Project Officer (Assiut)

The Opportunity

This project is part of the national Forsa (opportunity) program launched by the Ministry of Social solidarity (MoSS) in 2017 targeting working age members of households (women, men, youth and disabled) in Assiut included or almost included in the conditional (Takafol) and unconditional (Karama) cash transfer program. Forsa is a social protection plus graduation pathway from Takafol and Karama program that offers productive inclusion, and creating livelihoods through a series of interventions, including asset transfer and financial inclusion. It adopts a child sensitive comprehensive model for the targeted group particularly youth and women headed households, including those with disabilities to be more financially self-reliant and no longer dependent on the governmental financial assistance. This model gives special attention to social behavioral change communication, shock-responsiveness, and climate change.
Project duration is 18 months with multiple sources of fund including MoSS as the main donor (with World Bank as the originating donor) and Save the Children (SCI) different funds. Partner NGOs that have well- established connections with local governmental authorities and private sector will be selected to implement project activities at both governorates.

Project Officer will be responsible for day-to-day planning and implementing project activities, supervises the implementation of activities under the partner NGO, support in development of monitoring tools and ensures quality of implementation, develop monthly reports, manage relationships with stakeholders in Assiut, cooperate with the project’s team to ensure meeting project targets abiding by SCI’s related policies and procedures and provide intensive capacity building and technical support to partner’s team. This position will be accountable for ensuring cost-effectiveness and efficiency of operation through the management of various functions of the operational aspects of this project in coordination with Assiut field office finance, HR, admin and procurement units. S/he will be primarily responsible for managing the administrative and logistical tasks of the project. This post requires high level of coordination with other projects. Also it requires regular communication with the project target beneficiaries.

Essential:
QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE:

• Bachelor degree in a related field.
• 3-5 years of demonstrated experience in the field of project operations, small scale budget monitoring specially for livelihood and economic empowerment projects. Working for similar projects in INGOs is an asset.
• Experience in overseeing and monitoring partner NGOs.
• Solid experience in providing in adapting and delivering trainings and coaching to partner NGO staff.
• Demonstrated ability to conduct regular and intensive field visits to ensure quality of implementation.
• Familiar with large scale livelihood projects that include seed funding, asset transfer, financial inclusion, Village Savings and Loan Associations (VSLA) and cash-based interventions specially for youth and women.
• Familiar with gender – child sensitive approaches and national social protection programming.
• Demonstrated ability to keep active networking with relevant local stakeholders including government /non-government entities and private sector actors.
• Fair knowledge about community mobilization mechanisms.
• High level of communication skills.
• Very good command of written and spoken English and Arabic

We offer a competitive package in the context of the sector This role is offered on the basis of national terms and conditions only.

The Organisation
We employ approximately 25,000 people across the globe and work on the ground in over 100 countries to help children affected by crises, or those that need better healthcare, education and child protection. We also campaign and advocate at the highest levels to realise the right of children and to ensure their voices are heard.

We are working towards three breakthroughs in how the world treats children by 2030:
No child dies from preventable causes before their 5th birthday
All children learn from a quality basic education and that,
Violence against children is no longer tolerated

We know that great people make a great organization, and that our employees play a crucial role in helping us achieve our ambitions for children. We value our people and offer a meaningful and rewarding career, along with a collaborative and inclusive environment where ambition, creativity, and integrity are highly valued.
Application Information:
Please attach a copy of your CV and cover letter with your application, and include details of your current remuneration and salary expectations. A copy of the full role profile can be found at www.savethechildren.net/careers

We need to keep children safe so our selection process, which includes rigorous background checks, reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.

All employees are expected to carry out their duties in accordance with our global anti-harassment policy.