Advisor (m/f/d) Desalination
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- Job-ID: V000064389
- Location: Amman
- Assignment period: 01.10.2026 - 31.07.2028
- Job Category: Waterresourcesmanagement
- Working hours: full- or part-time
- Application deadline: 09.08.2026
Our Offer
The project "Jordan" Strong Water Utilities (SWU) aims at improving the performance of the three Jordanian water utilities. The project has the following main partners: the Jordanian Water Utilities (WUs), the Water Authority of Jordan (WAJ), the Ministry of Water and Irrigation (MWI) and the National Conveyor Project Management Unit (NCP). The overall objective is for actors in the Jordanian water sector to enhance their capacities in areas of Non-revenue Water, energy consumption, desalination, as well as wastewater and rural drinking water. This includes reducing physical and administrative water losses in selected areas, improving energy efficiency, increasing desalination capacity, and ensuring the safe operation of wastewater treatment plants in the project focus areas. In the south of the country, women are being empowered to form user groups that represent interests of the population to the water company. As Jordan needs increased desalination capacities, due to the extreme water scarcity, climate change impacts and depletion of the overexploited groundwater resources, the SWU- Deslination Output aims at strengthening the capacities of WAJ and the WUs in diverse aspects of desalination and organizational development. They will be advised in the management, supervision of existing and the planning of new desalination schemes to increase desalination capacities using modern and appropriate technologies, operated in a cost-efficient manner. The project is a key technical cooperation module within the "Water Resources Management" program of German Development Cooperation in Jordan.
Your tasks
- Providing advice to project partners in the fields of planning, operation and management, regulation, environmental impact, rehabilitation and optimization of desalination facilities
- Preparation of related cost and performance analyses and rehabilitation proposals for existing desalination plants
- Reviewing and commenting on documents related to desalination projects (feasibility studies, design concepts, O&M contracts, energy concepts, financial concepts)
- Development of Standard Operation Procedures (SOPs) for desalination related processes
- Capacity Building of counterpart staff in the management of large-scale desalination projects
- Supporting the BOT contract management of the Aqaba-Amman Water Desalination and Conveyance (AAWDC) project, under the National Conveyor Project Management Unit (NCPMU)
- Capacity development of the Water Laboratory of WAJ
- Preparation of tenders and supervision of consultants
- Support of the project team leader in costs and impact monitoring, as well as reporting to the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development
Your Profile
Required criteria:
- University degree (Master) in desalination, process engineering or comparable scientific studies
- Many years of professional experience in planning, design, construction, operation, and optimization of water desalination facilities, particularly reverse osmosis systems of sea and brackish water
- Several years of proven experience in providing technical advisory services and project supervision for desalination projects, including design review, construction oversight, commissioning, and performance testing
- Multiple years of hands-on experience in the operation, troubleshooting, and performance assessment of desalination plants, including membrane fouling and scaling analysis, energy optimization, and process improvement
- Demonstrated experience in preparing and reviewing technical specifications, tender documents, bills of quantities (BOQs), and technical evaluations for desalination projects
- Proven work experience in international development cooperation projects financed by bilateral or multilateral donors
- Business fluent command of English
Desirable criteria:
- Previous professional experience in Middle Eastern countries
- Knowledge of German and/or Arabic
Location information
We are pleased to offer you a first impression on topics such as climate, shopping and services, the school situation and health care in Jordan.
The GIZ offers an additional benefits package for deployments in fragile security situations. You can find further information in the Guide to the Collective Agreement on Assignment Conditions in Fragile Contexts.
The security situation requires heightened vigilance. Tailored security risk mitigation measures are in place for GIZ staff in country. GIZ staff must adhere to security measures at all times. Please also check the county-specific information provided by the German Federal Foreign Office. GIZ runs a professional security risk management system in the field of deployment. In some cases, there may be restrictions on freedom of movement that are specific to the environment in which the work is carried out. GIZ does not impose any restrictions on life partners and family members to move with you to the country of deployment. Please note that the general and personal living conditions in the country of assignment may meet with different legal and social acceptance. We gladly support you with our many years of experience.
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Notes
This position is allocated to salary band 4 and is suited to a full or a part-time position.
The willingness for frequent business trips is required.
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Our benefits
- We are a provider of international cooperation services for sustainable development and work to build a future worth living around the world. We support projects in over 130 countries to achieve goals sustainably together with our partners.
- Everyone has the same opportunities in our company, regardless of gender, nationality, religion, sexual orientation or physical disability. We recruit based on specialist expertise and social skills. Transparency and fair opportunities for career advancement are just as much a matter of course for us as gender not being a barrier to taking up a management position.
- Your work will begin with an onboarding and preparation phase that will give you initial insights into GIZ and lay the groundwork for your upcoming assignment, establishing new contacts and building up your network.
- We provide opportunities for taking part in training and professional development to all our staff. Our Academy for International Cooperation (AIZ) will help you develop your skills.
- Ensuring the compatibility of career, family work and care commitments is part of our corporate policy. Flexible working hours and comprehensive preparation packages for families accompanying staff abroad are two examples of the opportunities that GIZ offers its employees. Our family-friendly philosophy also includes providing support for family members in need of care.
- Flexi-time and the possibility for mobile working gives staff maximum flexibility.
- We offer you various part-time working models to give you flexibility in planning your working and home lives.
- Under certain conditions, we allow our staff to accrue working time credits in a long-term working time account. This credit can then be used to take a lengthy leave of absence.
- Extensive check-ups and preventive measures (e.g. on appointment, before the outward journey, during the stay in a country of assignment, in an emergency) are provided to our staff and the family members accompanying them as a matter of course.
- We reward staff who achieve their agreed annual targets with a variable remuneration component.
- You will receive various additional benefits during your stay abroad that will depend on your country of assignment.
- We have put together an extensive package of benefits for family members accompanying staff abroad, including medical check-ups, language lessons and lump-sum allowances for the outward and homeward journeys. The Academy for International Cooperation (AIZ) also offers a range of preparatory courses on local culture, history and customs and on travelling with children.
- During your assignment abroad, we will largely reimburse you for the school fees incurred for sending your children to schools providing a general education.
- In many places, you will receive a subsidy towards the rent on your place of residence. If you have not yet found suitable accommodation at the time of your outward journey, you will receive a subsidy to put towards your hotel costs.
About us
Your professional and personal development is important to us. At GIZ, you will be offered global work opportunities and an atmosphere that is characterised by diversity, respect and genuine equal opportunities. Gender equality promotion is a matter of course for us. Our benefits are also impressive in terms of work-life balance and family friendliness. Flexible working hours that fit your life situation, comprehensive onboarding and internal health management are an integral part of our corporate culture, along with the opportunity to use childcare facilities and parent/child offices.
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We support equal opportunities and welcome applications from people with disabilities. Severely disabled people and their equals are given preference in the interview process if they are equally qualified.
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