ASI Call for Experts - Jordan Growth and Prosperity Programme

About ASI

Adam Smith International is a global advisory company that works locally to transform lives by making economies stronger, societies more stable, and governments more effective. We work on behalf of governments, foundations and companies that share our ambition to take on the big challenges facing the world. Our work is grounded in deep country experience and strong partnerships with governments, donors and the private sector.

Over the past three decades, ASI has delivered high-quality, impactful and innovative programmes that support inclusive and sustainable growth. We aim to help countries unlock economic opportunities, strengthen markets and institutions, and improve livelihoods at scale. We deliver a diverse global portfolio spanning economic policy and governance, public financial management, private sector development, trade and investment, infrastructure and climate-resilient growth. Our support ranges from strategy and analysis to long-term technical assistance and programme delivery.

ASI has built a strong presence in Jordan, through a current operational platform and a decade of programme delivery across security, governance, public financial management and climate-resilient infrastructure. Our experience working closely with government institutions, development partners and the private sector provides a strong foundation for supporting Jordan’s growth agenda.

About the Jordan Growth and Prosperity Programme

ASI is seeking candidates across a range of technical areas to deliver FCDO’s Jordan Growth and Prosperity Programme, a forthcoming economic and private sector development programme intended to strengthen Jordan’s economic resilience and enable job-rich growth. The programme is expected to support both the Government of Jordan and the private sector through two complementary areas of work:

·       Macro-level advisory support to maintain macroeconomic stability, improve debt management, and reduce fiscal pressures; and

·       Micro-level Market Systems Development (MSD) interventions in selected sectors to foster productive, inclusive private-sector-led growth. There will be a particular focus on enhancing trade and exports.

Call for Experts

ASI is building a diverse roster of core team members and technical experts to support the anticipated Jordan Growth and Prosperity Programme. We are seeking both Jordanian and international specialists who can provide advisory support across the programme’s macroeconomic reform and MSD components. Experts may be engaged during programme inception and implementation, subject to programme award and needs. We particularly welcome candidates with experience in Jordan, but will also consider experts from the Middle East and comparable economic development contexts.

We are seeking experts across the following technical areas. In your application, please clearly state what technical areas you are applying for.

·       Market Systems Development: Experience designing and implementing MSD interventions that address systemic constraints, strengthen market functions, improve market access and linkages, promote value chain development, crowd in private sector investment, and deliver sustainable improvements in competitiveness, inclusion and productivity.

·       SME Development, Entrepreneurship, and Business Growth: Experience supporting SMEs through business advisory services, incubation, innovation, productivity improvements, scaling strategies, investment readiness, and entrepreneurship ecosystems.

·       Trade, Export Promotion and Investment: Experience supporting export competitiveness, trade facilitation, investment promotion, and linkages between domestic firms and international markets.

·       Labour Markets, Employment and Decent Work: Experience analysing labour market challenges and designing interventions that promote job creation, workforce participation, skills development, productivity, and inclusive employment outcomes, particularly for women and young people.

·       Macroeconomic Policy, Reform and Modelling: Experience supporting governments on macroeconomic policy design and implementation, economic reform programmes, growth strategies, economic resilience, and policy responses to fiscal and external shocks. Expertise in macroeconomic modelling, forecasting, scenario analysis, growth diagnostics, and economic impact assessment to inform policy decisions and reform priorities is highly desirable.

·       Public Finance, Fiscal Policy and Debt Management: Experience strengthening public financial management systems, fiscal governance, tax policy and administration, domestic revenue mobilisation, debt sustainability, sovereign financing strategies, and fiscal risk management.

·       Stakeholder Engagement and Political Economy: Experience working with business membership organisations, government counterparts, and other stakeholders to identify reform opportunities. Ability to conduct political economy analysis, manage political economy constraints, and build coalitions for economic change.

·       Gender Equality and Social Inclusion: Experience integrating gender and inclusion considerations into economic growth, labour market, SME development, and market systems programmes to improve opportunities and outcomes for women, youth and other underserved groups.

·       Monitoring and Evaluation: Experience designing and managing MEL systems for economic development, particularly for FCDO and comparable donors. Familiarity with MEL for MSD programmes and to inform adaptive management is highly desirable.

·       Intervention Design and Project Delivery: Experience identifying opportunities for economic reform and market systems change, designing and managing portfolios of interventions, and overseeing implementation through effective programme management, stakeholder engagement, quality assurance, risk management and adaptive delivery.  

We encourage women and members of traditionally marginalised and vulnerable groups to apply.

Applications will be assessed and contacted on a rolling basis depending on programme needs. Successful candidates will be kept on a roster and contacted periodically when opportunities arise.