Job Title: Business Enabling Environment Advisor

Duration: Long-Term  

Reporting to: Business Enabling Environment Team Lead

BACKGROUND 

The Jordan Economic Reform Activity Task Order 1 is a 5-year program funded by the USG. ERA works with the government of Jordan, in coordination with the private sector and stakeholders, to prioritize and implement economic reforms to enable economic growth.

POSITION DESCRIPTION   

The Business Enabling Environment Advisor will play a central role in supporting the implementation of ERA’s business environment reform agenda. The Advisor will help design, coordinate, and implement reform interventions that strengthen Jordan’s regulatory and institutional framework, particularly in areas related to e-sports, IP laws, licensing, permits, land use, and investment facilitation.

While legal expertise is not a requirement, the Advisor should demonstrate strong familiarity with regulatory and legislative processes and will preferably have a background in law or public policy. The Advisor will contribute to high-level technical engagement with government partners and other stakeholders and support coordination with ERA’s legal and technical teams to ensure regulatory reforms are informed by both policy and legal analysis. 

DETAILED RESPONSIBILITIES   

• Analyze policies, administrative procedures, and institutional processes that impact the business environment, identifying bottlenecks and proposing reforms.
• Contribute to the design and execution of regulatory and procedural reforms, including action planning, stakeholder consultations, and implementation tracking.
• Lead or support the drafting of policy briefs, reform recommendations, and technical notes that communicate complex reform issues to non-specialist audiences.
• Coordinate with ERA legal advisors to ensure alignment between policy directions and legal drafting needs.
• Support engagement with public-sector counterparts such as ASEZA, PDTRA, MoITS, and others to implement business environment reforms.
• Facilitate consultations with private-sector actors, chambers, and associations to gather input on reform priorities and practical implementation challenges.
• Represent ERA in technical meetings, workshops, and working groups focused on regulatory reform and private sector development.
• Provide technical advice to ERA counterparts on reform priorities, institutional design, and implementation strategies.
• Support the delivery of capacity-building initiatives including training, process redesign, and institutional coordination mechanisms.
• Contribute to ERA’s work across the investor journey, with a focus on regulatory simplification and policy coherence.
• Contribute to the preparation of work plans, progress reports, and success stories, ensuring accurate reporting on reform milestones.
• Support MEL and communications staff in collecting and analyzing data on reform outcomes.
• Ensure collaboration and coordination, sharing of information, needs, and progress across all functions and components of ERA to implement as one team including but limited to MEL, Communications, and all component team leads.  
• Operate with integrity and assurance of confidentiality, commitment to excellence, compliance with all USG rules and regulations, contractual requirements, and Chemonics policies, systems, and values 
• Collaborate on the review and management of continual efficiency improvement recommendations of ERA operations, implementation, analysis, communications, and management teams 
• Contribute to and/or lead as assigned pitch decks, brief reports, and analysis for stakeholders,  
• Contribute to and/or lead as assigned periodic planning documents, progress, and impact reports for USG and other partners 
• Manage, utilize, and monitor project management tools adopted by ERA.  
• Perform other tasks assigned by the Component Leader, Deputy Chief of Party, or Chief of Party.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree in public policy, law, economics, political science, or another relevant field. A legal background is preferred.
• At least 5–7 years of relevant professional experience in economic reform, regulatory policy, or public sector engagement.
• Experience working with or in government institutions, particularly on economic or investment-related reform processes.

• Familiarity with Jordan’s business environment and legal/regulatory framework.
• Demonstrated experience drafting policy documents, reform action plans, or regulatory assessments.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Strong analytical, organizational, and project management abilities.
• Fluency in Arabic and English, including strong writing and presentation skills.

LOCATION OF ASSIGNMENT   

The Business Enabling Environment Advisor will be based in the project’s office in Amman, Jordan.