SIDA Project Officer

The Organization

Plan International is an independent development and humanitarian organisation 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 it’s 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.

Please see https://plan-international.org/organisation/strategy for Plan international strategy

Plan started working in Egypt in 1981 and has a presence in ten of the 27 governorates in which the country is divided: two urban (Cairo and Alexandria) and eight rural (Giza, Beheira, Kalyoubia, Damietta, Qena, Assuit, Sohag and Aswan). Plan Egypt’s work focuses on child rights, implementing programmes designed to enable communities to improve the lives of the most marginalised children and their families. Plan Egypt’s Country Strategy focuses on five strategic objectives listed below:

1. Improve the quality of early childhood care & education;
2. Promote economic empowerment of vulnerable young men & women;
3. Facilitate girls in realising their full potential in an enabling and gender responsive environment that protects them from all forms of abuse, neglect, exploitation and violence;
4. Support adolescents and young people, particularly girls to become active drivers of change and lead the way towards more equitable and inclusive societies;
5. Promote adolescents and young people, particularly girls to be empowered to take informed decisions about their sexual and reproductive health and live free from gender-based violence

   About The Project

   • The project focuses in children (14-18 years) and youth (19-24), especially girls and young women. The main objectives of the projects are:
   • Girls, young women, boys and young men are empowered to challenge harmful SRHR approaches and practices and hold duty bearers to account
   • Parents and primary care-givers are able to challenge harmful practices related to their children’s SRHR, including CEFM and FGM/C, and support youth in their role as change agents
   • Local community leaders, including religious leaders, defend and promote SRHR and youth engagement
   • Civil Society Organizations are transformed into legitimate spaces that facilitate participation of youth, women and girls in particular, and can advocate for SRHR
   • Relevant government and local authorities take action to promote SRHR through enhanced collaboration and media engagement

     Purpose:

     • Reporting to the Project Manager of “Empowering Youth and CSOs for promotion of SRHR and the elimination of FGM and Child Marriage” project , Sohag field officer through working together with the project officers and relevant PU team; should be responsible for supporting development and follow up of project implementation plans, providing supervision, technical support and guidance to the collaborating partners, producing project progress reports, and overseeing financial spending for the project – both for Plan and other implementing partners.

       Dimensions of the Role:

       • This role acts as front liner; dealing with communities through communities partners (Umbrella NGOs and CDAs)
       • This role has no direct reporter of PIE staff
       • This role requires close coordination with other project officers(field officers and M&E officer), and relevant PU team members (PUM, PU accountant, operation officer,….)

         Accountabilities and Typical Responsibilities - Key End Results of Position

         Leadership role in PUs

         • Collaborate and lead coordination with the relevant program staff, ensuring that the project is implemented within the ambit of the strategic objectives of Plan Egypt’s Country Strategic Plan-2017-2023.

           Networking and Advocacy

           • Build and foster relationships with local level government departments/officials and collaborating partners for efficient project implementation.
           • Represent Plan in meetings and deliberations in relevant networks in PUs on the advice of the Program Coordinator.

             Budget and PO’s management

             • Set up and ensure well-functioning community-based M&E systems to effectively monitor the project implementation.
             • Ensure that the budget planning and implementation of the relevant Project Outlines (POs) are done with the maximum level of quality and in tandem with the project objectives.
             • Support the development of PO in SAP, ensuring their alignment with the projects’ approved budget and donor’s guidelines.
             • Support the Finance Department to generate the required financial reports that inform the projects’ team members on the progress of expenditure

               Safeguarding Children and Young People (Safeguarding) and Gender Equality and Inclusion (GEI)

               • Understands and puts into practice the responsibilities under Safeguarding and GEI policies and Plan International’s Code of Conduct (CoC), ensuring that concerns are reported and managed in accordance with the appropriate procedures.
               • Ensures that all staff in the unit/function/department are properly inducted on and understands their role in upholding Plan International’s safeguarding and GEI policies;
               • Ensures that Plan International’s global policies for Safeguarding Children and Young People and Gender Equality and Inclusion are fully embedded in day to day work.
               • Ensures that Plan Ethiopia contributes to Plan International’s global efforts to ensure safeguarding and GEI, including making sure that relevant reporting and data are submitted