Which method applies on this route
Two systems exist for proving a foreign signature. One is the treaty slip, honoured on sight between members. The other sends the file past an officer of the country that will use it. Jordan works the second way, so the British stamp does not end the job; it prepares the paper for the desk that will decide.
Jordan and the Hague Convention
Jordan has not joined the Hague Apostille Convention. A British paper intended for Amman, Irbid or Aqaba requires embassy legalisation as a distinct stage after the British one. The United Kingdom is inside the treaty, which is why the apostille exists here at all, though that fact alone does nothing for a file heading somewhere outside it.
The Sheffield stage, in practice
None of the British work happens face to face. A single office covers the country by post, so there is nowhere in Sheffield to hand a paper across a counter. The city's part is producing the source: the Register Office at the Town Hall for civil entries, a university for a degree, a professional body for a registration.
An apostille from United Kingdom to Jordan usually involves several papers rather than one. Teaching and medical files in particular arrive as sets. Sending them in a single round keeps the British marks dated together, which makes a cleaner bundle for the consular desk than papers trickling in over several weeks.
Arabic, and what employers ask to see
Arabic is the language of official record in Jordan, so most bundles arrive with an Arabic version bound in beside the English. Prepare that text once the stamps are on. A translation produced too early describes only the original sheet, while the desk in Amman is looking at a bundle that now carries two separate marks.
Employers there set the shape of the file. A school or hospital will want the degree, the transcript behind it and a police record, all proved before a permit is issued. Aid organisations ask for much the same. Family records follow later for residence and schooling, and each one repeats the two-stage path from the beginning.