With a degree in communications, he started his career in 1979[3] in the government of Tunisian Prime Minister Hedi Amara Nouira, where he worked as a First Secretary in Tunis until 1981.

[4] From 1994 to 1997, Jerandi served as Tunisia's ambassador to Nigeria, Ghana, Sierra Leone and Liberia, residing in Lagos.

In March of 2002, he was elected Chairman of the commission on the Status of Women (CSW), an organ of the Social and Economic Council (ECOSOC).

serving until his appointment as Chargé de mission in the cabinet of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, an office he held until 2010.

[4] During his tenure, the United States supported Tunisia's struggle with the COVID-19 pandemic, granting the nation 500,000 COVID vaccines.