Deadline: 19 October, 2021

Location: Cairo, Egypt

Plan International is seeking to fill the role of Gender and Women Economic Empowerment Specialist for the Strengthening Women’s Entrepreneurs in Egypt (SWEET) project.

Plan International is an independent development and humanitarian organisation that advances children’s rights and equality for girls.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical advisory support to SWEET project team in the area of women economic empowerment
• Ensure thorough analysis and research of the social and economic situation in Egypt that affects women economic empowerment and preparation of considerable inputs to the project team
• Ensure constant monitoring and analysis of the economic environment in Egypt with proactive suggestions for readjustment of the project interventions if feasible
• Provide context input to support the quality assurance of policy services and foster policy innovation in the specific thematic area to enhance project delivery
• Conduct field visits to make sure the project activities being implemented are gender-informed and respond to the key women economic issues within the context of the community
• Support in identifying the opportunities for the women entrepreneurs to benefit from funds provided by different institutions and the private sector and other donors
• Support in building and maintaining close liaisons with relevant donors and other actors supporting women economic empowerment
• Support in the implementation of relevant impactful advocacy activities and campaigns with key stakeholders for supporting the realisation of the project goal
• Support the development and implementation of the gender strategy for the project during the planning phase
• Develop tools and guidelines to support gender mainstreaming and ensure cohesion and alignment
• Support the project team to build the capacity of partners for mainstreaming gender transformative approaches in their activities
• Provide technical input for the development of content and methodology for capacity building trainings on gender and economic empowerment
• Develop, implement and monitor capacity building initiatives
• Identify good practices and strategic opportunities in women economic empowerment
• Lead the orientation of programme staff
• Ensure that Plan International’s global policies for Safeguarding Children and Young People and Gender Equality and Inclusion are fully embedded in project design, during implementation and as principles applied in day-to-day work of programme team
• Ensure that Plan International Egypt contributes to Plan International’s global efforts to ensure safeguarding and GEI, including making sure that relevant reporting and data are submitted

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Economics, Business Administration, Management, International Development, Gender, Human Rights, or a related field
• Five years, minimum, of relevant experience
• Experience in programme, policy analysis, and strategic planning
• Experience in working with and building partnerships with governments, donors and civil society organisations internationally and in the field
• Strong experience in addressing the socio-economic situation in Egypt and its impact on women
• Ability to analyse girls’ strategic interests and needs in a range of contexts, and develop holistic, programmatic and influencing responses to address these needs
• Knowledge of external and internal best practices on mainstreaming gender equality and inclusion (diversity) in all areas of work
• Ability to develop, implement, monitor and evaluate gender transformative approaches
• Knowledge of best practices and specific challenges around engaging boys and men in development programmes
• Ability to lead strategic planning, results-based management and reporting
• Ability to advocate and provide policy advice
• Good oral and written communication skills
• Knowledge and understanding of the local context
• Fluency in spoken and written English
• Demonstrated writing skills (report writing, proposal, and concept paper writing)
• Excellent interpersonal communication skills and team work abilities
• Ability to work under stress and pressure and meet multiple deadlines and targets

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