Social Entrepreneurship Incubator for Economic Empowerment Field Officers 279 views0 applications

The Organization:

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.

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.

The Opportunity:

The Field officer will provide programmatic, administrative and other logistical support to the Social Entrepreneurship Incubator for Economic Empowerment project in achieving its goals in line with Plan policies and guidelines to address women and youth’s socio-economic challenges in Upper Egypt, the disempowerment of women and youth age 18-35 years, the lack of capacity of CSOs and the poor collaboration between Local Authorities and CSOs.

Responsibilities include:

• Responsible for follow up the project implementation plans, overseeing project implementation and liaising with relevant stakeholders.
• Provides supervision, technical support and guidance to the project partners and CSOs.
• Responsible for producing project progress reports aligned with donor requirements, monitoring activity progress in the field and provide accurate and timely status reports and support development of external donor reports.
•  Monitors financial spending for the project – both for Plan and implementing partners on the governorate level.
• Supports the coordination of all activities of the target beneficiaries and Civil Society Organizations.
• Provide partners and CSOs with technical and capacity support.
• He/she will also be responsible for supporting the development of project implementation plans and ensure effective coordination and team work.
• Facilitates regular collaborative partner and other staff reflection and coordination meetings and to ensure effective implementation of project activities as per the set timelines and develop mechanism for implementation plan review and modification to achieve the set objectives.
• Works together with Plan staff, NGO partner, CSOs and other technical partner/s in developing activity plans, reports, and other implementation and monitoring tasks, as required.
• Represents Plan in a “front-line” role, effectively and efficiently communicating the project’s objectives, activities and methodology to project stakeholders.
• Assists the Project manager with the preparation of plans and reports and other administrative tasks, as required.

Do you have what it takes?

In order to succeed in this challenging and varied role you will require proven professional experience gained, especially working with Socio economic programs, preferably focusing on enterprenurship.

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

Knowledge and experience:

• Bachelor degree in development, business studies, social science, economics, or equivalent combination of education and work experience.
• 3-5 years of experience in development and/or humanitarian organizations.
• Expertise in income generation, Social Enterprises (SEs), Social entrepreneurship, social incubators, poverty alleviation, livelihood development, and social inclusion will be an asset.
• Strong facilitation skills, including the design and management of effective trainings, workshops and meetings with a diverse population is desirable.
• Sensitivity to cultural differences and the ability to work effectively with people of different cultural contexts.
• Effective team player, able to develop and maintain effective working relationships.
• Flexible, creative and problem solving-oriented.
• Competence with MS Office applications, including Word, Excel and Outlook

Skills:

• Fluency in English and Arabic and ability to effectively write reports.
• Proven skills in effective coordination, mentorship and working in multi-stakeholder collaborative environment.
• Problem solving, team working, conflict resolution, strong communication and planning skills.
• Building effective team and partnerships through mutual respect, mentorship and team work
• Ability to handle stress and deliver under tight deadlines

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 organisation 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 maximise 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

Number of Vacancies : 3

Locations: Assuit, Sohag and Qena

Reports to: Social Entrepreneurship Incubator for Economic Empowerment Project Manager

Closing Date: 1st of May 2019

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

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.

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