Dr. Ruba Jaradat takes up role as ILO’s new Regional Director for Arab States
The ILO’s new Assistant Director-General and Regional Director for Arab States will oversee the agency’s work in the 11 countries and one territory covered by the regional office in Beirut.
26 November 2015
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Ruba Jaradat has assumed her new duties as the ILO’s Assistant Director General and Regional Director for Arab States, based at the Regional Office in Beirut.
Jaradat brings with her extensive experience in designing and managing complex and highly visible economic growth programmes on the national level, and in leading teams through strategy development and implementation. She has managed programmes with budgets exceeding US$ 300 million and engaging over 250 multinational staff. She holds a PhD in Management and International Development from the United Kingdom.
“I sincerely look forward to working with our tripartite partners in the region – governments, workers and employers – to create jobs, extend social protection, increase social dialogue and guarantee rights at work, towards making Decent Work and social justice a reality for all,” said Jaradat upon assuming her new duties in Beirut this week.
In 2013, Jaradat took on her most recent role prior to joining the ILO when she established and managed the Jordan Strategy Forum, the most influential private sector-funded think tank in Jordan. From 2005 to 2008, Jaradat managed the USAID Jordan Cash Transfer Program that helped improve fiscal conditions and business environments in the country, and from 2008 to 2013 she managed the USAID Economic Development Program that created 63,000 high value jobs. She has also previously worked as an international business development consultant in higher education in the United Kingdom.
Jaradat chairs Jordan’s Board of the British Universities Alumni Association. She is a member of several councils including the Advisory Committee of the Euro Mediterranean Council, the Jordan Economic and Social Council, the Jordan National Competitiveness and Innovation Council, and the UK Arab Partnership Initiative.
She holds several certificates in economics and leadership from international institutions such as Harvard University, the World Bank Institute, Georgia State University and the U.S. Federal Institute.
Jaradat brings with her extensive experience in designing and managing complex and highly visible economic growth programmes on the national level, and in leading teams through strategy development and implementation. She has managed programmes with budgets exceeding US$ 300 million and engaging over 250 multinational staff. She holds a PhD in Management and International Development from the United Kingdom.
“I sincerely look forward to working with our tripartite partners in the region – governments, workers and employers – to create jobs, extend social protection, increase social dialogue and guarantee rights at work, towards making Decent Work and social justice a reality for all,” said Jaradat upon assuming her new duties in Beirut this week.
In 2013, Jaradat took on her most recent role prior to joining the ILO when she established and managed the Jordan Strategy Forum, the most influential private sector-funded think tank in Jordan. From 2005 to 2008, Jaradat managed the USAID Jordan Cash Transfer Program that helped improve fiscal conditions and business environments in the country, and from 2008 to 2013 she managed the USAID Economic Development Program that created 63,000 high value jobs. She has also previously worked as an international business development consultant in higher education in the United Kingdom.
Jaradat chairs Jordan’s Board of the British Universities Alumni Association. She is a member of several councils including the Advisory Committee of the Euro Mediterranean Council, the Jordan Economic and Social Council, the Jordan National Competitiveness and Innovation Council, and the UK Arab Partnership Initiative.
She holds several certificates in economics and leadership from international institutions such as Harvard University, the World Bank Institute, Georgia State University and the U.S. Federal Institute.