Girls lead project officer

Location: Alex., ALX, EG

Company: Plan International

The Organisation:

Plan International is an independent development and humanitarian organization that advances children’s rights and equality for girls. We believe in the power and potential of every child. But this is often suppressed by poverty, violence, exclusion and discrimination. And its girls who are most affected. Working together with children, young people, our supporters and partners, we strive for a just world, tackling the root causes of the challenges facing girls and all vulnerable children. We support children’s rights from birth until they reach adulthood. And we enable children to prepare for – and respond to – crises and adversity. We drive changes in practice and policy at local, national and global levels using our reach, experience and knowledge. We have been building powerful partnerships for children for over 80 years, and are now active in more than 70 countries.

Background

The prorgramme is intended for implementation in urban communities in Cairo, Assiut and Alexandria, with the aim of mainstreaming gender equality with a very specific focus on empowering girls and young women (aged 13 to 24 yrs) to take collective action for systemic change in their cities. Girls and young women, supported by boys and young men (aged 13-24 yrs), will take collective action to claim their right to safe, accountable and inclusive cities and to advance gender equality.

Overall programme objective

The overall objective of this programme is that” Girls and young women in Egypt collectively lead in safe, accountable, and inclusive cities”

By implementing this programme, Plan International Egypt seeks to achieve the following objectives:

Objective 1: Groups of adolescent girls and boys (age 13 to 24 years) are supported by their families and communities to contribute to change social norms around safety and participation of girls in cities.

Objective 2: The participating youth groups gain the essential skills and have access to resources and spaces to meaningfully engage in decision making at various levels.

Objective 3: Government authorities at local, district and national level strengthen the policy framework on girls’ safety and participation in cities.

Key end result and typical responsibilities

Responsible for follow up with the partner NGOs and CDAs activities and plans.

Conduct regular field visits to ensure the quality of implementation of the activities in addition to handle any challenges in field up to the level of the given authority.

Provide daily report for the field visits with main observations and recommendations.

Track the expenditure of the budget and compare VS planned.

 Able to develop success stories and case studies for the project activities.

Responsible for financial advanced and settlement within Plan office.

Experience in handling events indoor or outdoor with companion of Children.

Review with the project coordinator the implementation and status of the planned activities regularly.

Knowledge, Skills and Behaviours Required to Achieve Role’s Objectives:

Knowledge:

· University degree in related field.

· Documentation and report writing skills.

· Excellent command of computer skills and MS Office.

· Minimum 2 years of field experience.

Skills:

Detailed oriented.

Ability to handle heavy workloads and tasks, and meet deadlines.

Strong interpersonal skills.

Good English language writing and speaking skills

Reports writing skills

Ability to identify diverse, relevant external actors to work with and understand the purpose and implications of working with them

Ability to develop stakeholder capacities

Ability to work collaboratively with others

Behaviours:

Promotes equality, including gender equality, inclusion and girls’ empowerment in Plan’s work and in its work with partner

Ability to work collaboratively with others

Ability to thrive in a cross-cultural environment

Discreet when engaging with external powerful external stakeholders (such as representatives of politics and the media)

Flexible, self-starter, team player, able to work without supervision

Enthusiastic, focused

Excellent relationship building skills – networking, influencing and stakeholder management skills

Capacities and developmental stages of children, adolescents and young people

Behaviours (Plan International’s Values in Practice)

 We are open and accountable

Promotes a culture of openness and transparency, including with sponsors and donors.

Holds self and others accountable to achieve the highest standards of integrity.

Consistent and fair in the treatment of people.

Open about mistakes and keen to learn from them.

Accountable for ensuring we are a safe organization for all children, girls & young people.

We strive for lasting impact

Articulates a clear purpose for staff and sets high expectations.

Creates a climate of continuous improvement, open to challenge and new ideas.

Focuses resources to drive change and maximize long-term impact, responsive to changed priorities or crises.

Evidence-based and evaluates effectiveness.

We work well together

Seeks constructive outcomes, listens to others, willing to compromise when appropriate.

Builds constructive relationships across Plan International to support our shared goals.

Develops trusting and ‘win-win’ relationships with funders, partners and communities.

Engages and works well with others outside the organization to build a better world for girls and all children.

We are inclusive and empowering

Seeks constructive outcomes, listens to others, willing to compromise when appropriate.

Builds constructive relationships across Plan International to support our shared goals.

Develops trusting and ‘win-win’ relationships with funders, partners and communities.

Engages and works well with others outside the organization to build a better world for girls and all children.

Type of Role: One year fixed term contract.

Location: Alexandria

Reports to: Girls lead Project Coordinator

Closing Date:  6th of November  2019

Early application is encouraged as we will review applications throughout the advertising period and reserve the right to close the advert early.

Female candidates are highly encouraged to apply

Please note that only applications and CVs written in English will be accepted.

A range of pre-employment checks will be undertaken in conformity with Plan International’s Child Protection Policy.

As an international child centered community development organization, Plan International is fully committed to promoting the realization of children’s rights including their right to protection from violence and abuse. That means we have particular responsibilities to children that we come into contact with.

Plan International believes that in a world where children face so many threats of harm, it is our duty to ensure that we, as an organization, do everything we can to keep children safe. We must not contribute in any way to harming or placing children at risk.

Plan International operates an equal opportunities policy and actively encourages diversity, welcoming applications from all areas of the international community.