Project Manager for Early Grade Education Activity

Development Gateway

This is an exciting opportunity for someone who is based in Amman, Jordan, is a practical thinker and highly organized, is sociable and enjoys building new relationships and working with people from different backgrounds, and is highly motivated and passionate about the potential of technology to improve education outcomes for young children.

In this role, you will primarily report to DG s Deputy Director of Programs based in the U.K., with a dotted reporting line to the Asas Deputy Chief of Party who will have dual oversight in the coordination of DG s tasks with the overall needs of the Asas Program. Your primary day-to-day responsibilities will include supporting and working with any additional DG staff that may be hired to support Asas in Amman (currently one other technical role is planned); ensuring that timelines, deliverables and budgets are met; and, coordinating with DG staff based in the U.S., U.K. and elsewhere as needed.

At DG, we are a creative and dynamic group of people based around the globe. We value and reward hard work, innovative thinking, a commitment to teamwork, and a good sense of humor. With this role, we are looking for a new colleague to join our team and be our primary representative on the Asas program in Amman.

The work you get to do:

Project management and delivery

• Lead day-to-day management of DG s activities under Asas in Jordan, ensuring timelines, deliverables, and budgets are met.
• Develop, maintain, and update work plans, activity trackers, and budgets in close coordination with the DG Oversight Lead and Program Coordinator.
• Identify and manage key risks and emerging issues through mitigation actions and escalation.
• Ensure timely submission of programmatic reporting (quarterly and annual), coordinating across DG staff and partners.
• Coordinate weekly internal check-ins and quarterly meetings, ensuring smooth flow of information and accountability across teams.
• Contribute to program reports that are submitted to the donor on a regular basis
• Identify gaps in capacity or expertise and flag the need for consultant support or additional hiring.
• Keep a strategic eye on progress, adjusting direction as needed to reflect new priorities or contextual realities.

Partnership building and maintenance

• Serve as DG s embedded lead within the IREX-hosted Asas office in Amman, Jordan, contributing to office culture and ensuring DG s work is fully-integrated and aligned with other consortium partners.
• Represent DG externally in meetings and contribute to external communications content for the program.
• Engage frequently with Jordan s MoE (e.g., Queen Rania Center, Examination and Testing Department, Planning and Statistics Department) and other key government and university stakeholders.
• Coordinate closely with consortium partners, including School-to-School (STS) and all consortium data leads (IREX, HEIs, MoE units) to align data flows, interfaces, and dashboards.
• Support stakeholder mapping to ensure the program is always engaging appropriate decision-makers, influencers and partners at the right levels.
• Coordinate directly with government and university partners on project activities; maintain proactive, transparent communication to build trust.

Technical

• Work with, and support, the technical staff member we will also hire to support Asas implementation in Amman.
• When needed, support translation of technical work into practical action steps for stakeholders and decision-makers.
• Support the implementation of our technical work as part of Asas as needed (for instance through leading organization and set-up of meetings with consortium and external partners as needed, supporting DG staff when travelling to Amman with logistical needs as well as providing pre-travel briefings, supporting interviews with external partners as part of assessment processes as needed, etc.).