Finance & Donor Coordinator Team Lead, Water Efficiency and Conservation (WEC) Activity
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- International Development
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- 2 days ago Post Date
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- 18800001390 Requisition #
The Opportunity:
Tetra Tech is adding a Finance & Donor Coordinator Team Lead to our Jordan Water Efficiency and Conservation (WEC) Activity team based in Amman, Jordan. (seconded to NCPMU Readiness Function at Ministry of Water & Irrigation).
Why Tetra Tech:
At Tetra Tech, we are Leading with Science to solve the world’s most complex challenges. Our industry-leading experts in engineering and consulting are committed to driving positive change in communities around the world. For over 50 years, we have been at the forefront of innovation and sustainability. Today we stand as a market leader, offering cutting-edge solutions in water, environment, energy, and international development. Our work has improved more than 625 million lives around the world.
Your Impact:
Join Tetra Tech to make a real difference. Our work leverages cutting-edge technologies, advanced analytics, and the expertise of world-class scientists and engineers to create meaningful change around the world. Discover your full potential – join us to advance your career while leaving a lasting legacy.
Position Summary:
The Finance and Donor Coordination Team Lead is to establish and operationalize an effective finance and donor/lender coordination function within the Readiness function that enables timely financing follow up, systematic tracking of Condition Precedent (CPs), safeguards, and reporting requirements, and reliable portfolio level financial and compliance reporting aligned with readiness bulks and National Conveyance Project (NCP) milestones.
Essential Job Functions:
• Serve as the primary focal point for donor and lender coordination and oversee portfolio financing follow-up.
• Perform and supervise key tasks essential to the effective operationalization of the Readiness Function.
• Develop finance and donor related Standard Operation Procedures (SOPs) and templates for the Readiness Function, including standard reporting packs, documentation and filing protocols, audit requirements, and a practical workflow for CPs and safeguards deliverables tracking across readiness bulks.
• Assess centralized monitoring tools and a GIS‑enabled database with focus on finance and compliance needs inclusion, ensuring that the tools capture financing status, CPs, safeguards deliverables, donor reporting fields, and audit-ready documentation links, and that outputs meet donor/lender requirements.
• Oversee the development and periodic updating of the Capital Investment Plan (CIP) for the Readiness Portfolio, ensuring integration of financing status, funding sources, implementation capacity considerations, and an annual update mechanism aligned with Readiness and NCP milestones.
• Support Project Management Unit/ Project Management Department (PMU/PMD) capacity strengthening from a finance/procurement/compliance lens, including identifying bottlenecks affecting disbursement, reporting, safeguards compliance, and audit readiness, and ensuring these are addressed through practical strengthening actions and targeted capacity building.
• Support emerging Readiness Function priorities through targeted technical assessments and oversight of preparatory studies for emerging bulk investments.
• Facilitate integration into donor engagement and financing pathways by packaging prefeasibility outputs into fundable concepts and aligning them with readiness prioritization, sequencing, and compliance.
• Support the recruitment and staffing of the NCPMU Readiness Function.
• Coordinate with the NCPMU Director, Water Authority of Jordan (WAJ), and water utilities to track financing, donor compliance, and readiness implementation progress.
• Provide WEC with monthly reports on milestones, risks, upcoming deliverables, and required support to maintain delivery momentum.
• Other tasks as defined by the NCPMU Director and Readiness Manager.
Required Qualifications:
• Bachelors degree in finance, economics, public administration, or related field required.
• Minimum 15 years of work experience in related area.
• Minimum 10 years of experience in financial/commercial management or donor coordination in the public sector or international organizations.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in leadership positions with supervision responsibilities.
• Experience in financial planning and modelling.
• Strong command in Arabic and English.
Work Environment / Environmental Factors:
• This is a full-time (FT) position based in Amman, Jordan. The standard work schedule is Sunday to Thursday.
• This assignment will be conducted across all governorates of the Kingdom, according to the requirement of the project. Transportation may be required as needed.
Life at Tetra Tech:
The perks of working at Tetra Tech include:
• Comprehensive and market-competitive benefits.
• Merit-based financial rewards.
• Flexibility and company-wide commitment to work/life balance.
• Collaborative team atmosphere that values the contributions of all employees.
• Learning and development opportunities for ongoing professional growth.
About Tetra Tech:
Tetra Tech is the leader in water, environment, and sustainable infrastructure, providing high-end consulting and engineering services for projects worldwide. With 30,000 employees working together, Tetra Tech provides clear solutions to complex problems by Leading with Science® to address the entire water cycle, protect and restore the environment, design sustainable and resilient infrastructure, and support the clean energy transition.
Tetra Tech is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified candidates will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, disability, sex, marital or familial status, status as a protected veteran, or any other characteristic protected by law.
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