The Organisation

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 know this is often suppressed by poverty, violence, exclusion and discrimination. And it is girls who are most affected.

Working together with children, young people, supporters and partners, we strive for a just world, tackling the root causes of the challenges girls and vulnerable children face. 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.

For over 85 years, we have rallied other determined optimists to transform the lives of all children in more than 80 countries.

We won’t stop until we are all equal.

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 and Sohag. Plan international Egypt implements 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.

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 “Children, 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 change”.

About the Project

The purpose of the role is to follow up and monitor the project at the Program Area level (Cairo), while ensuring a seamless integration and quality of deliverables in line with the Country Strategy. The post holder will design, implement, monitor and report on progress of project activities in line with detailed implementation plan. He/she will work with various stakeholders and partners.

Project’s Brief:

In continuation of collaboration between UNHCR and PIE to improve the protection status refugee children at risk through the provision of multiple protection activities and MHPSS (Alternative care emergency response, Mental Health and Psychosocial Support) in Egypt.

In response to the emergency in Sudan and in light of the increasing numbers of arrivals into Egypt, the project will expand its influence and services to reach the at-risk refugee children in greater Cairo especially UASC to receive protection-oriented assistance and necessary care. The project aligns with UNHCR refugee response protection priorities.

PIE aims to use collaboration with UNHCR to build the foundation protection from violence approach, Following PFV PI strategy to works on 3 levels; “CAY, Parents and caregivers and community”.

This phase will focus on CAY and parents to build a good rapport with community in the target areas which prepare for new phase which can work on the three levels together to provide holistic protection services.

The new phase of the project will operate in greater Cairo to reach the refugee children especially UASC who face multiple protection risks- particularly child labor and child marriage which will focus on the following areas:

• Case management.

• MHPSS.

• Alternative care emergency response

Purpose:

The post holder is responsible for designing and implementing of all MHPSS group and individual sessions, the overall programmatic supervision of the project with partners in Cairo in terms of coordination and implementation, provision of support to the monitoring and evaluation of the project interventions.

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Location: Greater Cairo Program Area.

Type of Role: fixed term contract till 31st of Dec. 2024.

Reports to: UNHCR Project Coordinator

Closing Date: 30th of Aug. 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, girls’ 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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