About the Organisation:
Plan International is a rights-based development and humanitarian organization working for better lives for all children. We are independent of government and have no political or religious affiliation. Our purpose is to strive for a just world that advances childrenโs rights and equality for girls. We have been building powerful partnerships for children for more than 80 years, and are now active in more than 70 countries.
Our global strategy has a specific focus on girls, as they are often the most marginalized and most often left behind. We have committed ourselves to the ambitious target of reaching 100 million girls over 5 years, to ensure they can learn, lead, decide and thrive. This is our contribution to reaching the sustainable development goals, and in particular the goals on gender equality. Our organization is transforming itself to meet this enormous challenge everywhere we work. We need bold, forward-thinking and innovative individuals to lead our country operations, driving change and delivering results that will allow us to have Girls Standing Strong for Global Change.
Plan started working in Egypt in 1981 and has a presence in ten of the 27 governorates in which the country including Cairo, Alexandria, Giza, Beheira, Kalyoubia, Damietta, Qena, Assuit, Aswan, and Sohag. Plan international Egypt implements programmes designed to enable communities to improve the lives of the most marginalised children and their families. Plan Egyptโs Country Strategy focuses on five strategic objectives.
Through a five-interconnected, gender transformative and context-fit country objectives, PIE intends along with the various stakeholders at all levels to continue delivering positive and transformative changes so that โChildren, especially girls, and young people grow up in an enabling environment, realizing their rights and contributing in both development and humanitarian settings as active agents of changeโ.
Driven by the overall purpose of PII and anchored on Plan International core values, bolder commitment to gender transformation and feminist leadership, program quality and influencing and a more vibrant and efficient operating model.
The purpose of the role is to manage the project and maintain the accountability for ensuring timely and quality delivery and monitoring the implementation of the projectโs activities in addition to budget monitoring to ensure meeting both Plan and donorโs requirements. PC is expected to provide technical support and guidance to the projectโs staff at PIE and the partners to ensure best level of performance to meet the projectโs objectives.
Background of the Project:
Combatting the negative effects of Harmful traditional practices implementing at 2 Governorate Sohag & Qena and 2 Districts in each governorate. The project will benefit vulnerable Upper Egyptian girls and boys, adolescents and youth as well as family and community members.
The overall objective of this project is that Children, Adolescents and Youth, supported by families and communities, are able to take informed decisions about their sexual and reproductive health, and work together to defend their rights and hold duty-bearers accountable.
Project Outcomes:
1: Community Action Youth are empowered to challenge stigma, discrimination, and negative norms, particularly around FGM/C and CEFM.
2: Parents, caregivers and other family members provide informed and adequate guidance and support for their childrenโs SRHR and oppose HTPs.
3: Community members, leaders, committees, groups and service providers promote SRHR and facilitate local initiatives, including to challenge stigma and harmful practices, including early marriage and FGM.
4: Relevant government and local authorities take action to promote SRHR through enhanced collaboration and media for development initiatives.
To view Job description and download it : Role Profile - GNO Project Coordinator.pdf
Location: Sohag - Qena
Type of Role: The project ends on September 2025
Reports to: Program Unit Manager.
Grade: C2
Closing Date: 14/04/2024
Equality, diversity and inclusion is at the very heart of everything that Plan International stands for.
We want Plan International to reflect the diversity of the communities we work with, offering equal opportunities to everyone regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.
Plan International is based on a culture of inclusivity and we strive to create a workplace environment that ensures every team, in every office, in every country, is rich in diverse people, thoughts, and ideas.
We foster an organisational culture that embraces our commitment to racial justice, gender equality, girlsโ rights and inclusion.
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 organisation, do everything we can to keep children safe. This means that we have particular responsibilities to children that we come into contact with and we must not contribute in any way to harming or placing children at risk.
A range of pre-employment checks will be undertaken in conformity with Plan International's Safeguarding Children and Young People policy. Plan International also participates in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. In line with this scheme we will request information from applicants previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment. By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms their understanding of these recruitment procedures.
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