The British Embassy in Amman is seeking a highly motivated and enthusiastic individual for the position ofCSSF Yemen Project and Finance Officer, Grade – B3 (L).

Purpose of the job:

This is an exciting opportunity to help to deliver the UK Government’s Conflict, Stability and Security Fund (CSSF) in Yemen. This position is based in the British Embassy in Amman’s Yemen CSSF Team. The Yemen CSSF team implements programmes totalling around £8m per year and you will remote manage the finance and delivery of HMG CSSF projects to enhance stability in Yemen.

Main Responsibilities:

Finance (around 50% of the role)

• Professional management of programme and project finances, including receipting, paying invoices, overseeing the budget, ensuring accurate forecasts, and investigating and solving problems.
• Scrutinising financial information received from implementers, leading on financial meetings, and resolving problems to ensure effective spend.

Project management (around 40% of the role)

• Alongside the CSSF Programme Manager jointly manage around £8m of CSSF Yemen projects, including managing implementing partners, contract management, monitoring and evaluation, ensuring value for money, risk management, and communications.
• Identifying, recommending, and implementing improvements to ensure projects deliver the greatest possible benefits for Yemen and the UK.
• Organising and attending project-related events in Amman, encouraging experience-sharing between project partners, and staying abreast of research and developments in Yemen.
• Persuasive engagement with UK Government colleagues to ensure the successful delivery of our programmes.
• Providing programme management support for the wider Yemen Office Network’s delivery of the Global Britain Fund (GBF).

Programme administration support (around 10% of the role)

• High quality administrative support to the CSSF Yemen Team including coordinating meetings, transport, and logistics; managing correspondence and team budgets.
• Responding flexibly and actively to evolving priorities and needs.

Key Competencies and Required Skills:

• Delivering Value for Money – The efficient, effective and economic use of taxpayers’ money in the delivery of public services. Seeking out and implementing solutions which achieve the best mix of quality and effectiveness for the least outlay.
• Delivering at Pace – Delivering timely performance with energy and taking responsibility and accountability for quality outcomes.
• Making Effective Decisions – Effectiveness in being objective; using sound judgement, evidence and knowledge to provide accurate, expert and professional advice.
• Collaborating and Partnering – People skilled in this area create and maintain positive, professional and trusting working relationships with a wide range of people within and outside the Civil Service to help get business done.

Essential:

·Fluent communication skills in English (both written and spoken, this will be tested).

·Minimum two years’ experience of successfully delivering programmes/projects in an international political/development context, preferably in a bilateral or multilateral aid agency.

·Contract management experience

·Candidates should be highly organised and able to work in a diverse, high-performing environment.

·Strong interpersonal skills and an ability to build productive working relations with project implementers and wider stakeholders.

·Proven ability to take responsibility for own work, with a track record as a team player.

·Strong analytical and decision-making skills are required to deliver projects in a dynamic environment.

·Experience of managing budgets and working with financial information.

·Literacy in Microsoft Office packages.