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.

About the Project:

The project is a 24-month collaboration between Plan international, CARE Egypt Foundation and Women of the South. Its overall objective is to improve access to safe, quality and inclusive education that promotes a more integrated society for refugee and Egyptian host community boys and girls in Aswan, Egypt. This will be achieved by adopting a structured framework of interrelated services and capacity-building activities to address core barriers faced by vulnerable children and youth to access education in the target communities. To realize this objective, the response will work towards achieving the following results

1. Improve access to education for the target group through the integration of eligible refugee OOSC ”out of school children” into the Egyptian school system, as well as provide access to accredited community schools for those who are not eligible for the Egyptian system. The response will also address financial barriers by providing Cash Plus to vulnerable households, improving the infrastructure in schools, providing catch-up and remedial classes necessary for children to re-join or be retained in the education system, and building the capacity of educators.
2. Improve protection of the target group and promote social cohesion: this will involve personalized (case-by-case) support aiming to address the unique barriers faced, Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) and recreational and social cohesion activities.

Purpose:

The purpose of the role is to manage the project, while ensuring a seamless integration and quality of deliverables in line with the Country Strategy. The PM will design, implement, monitor and report on progress of project activities in line with detailed implementation plan. The PM is intended to manage partnerships as appropriate and sustain good working relationships with local partners to help providing quality delivery of the project. The PM is the link between the target beneficiaries and all stakeholders critical to the project success. The PM is the accountable for ensuring timely and quality delivery and monitoring the implementation of the project’s activities in addition to budget monitoring to ensure meeting both Plan and donor’s requirements

Scope:

The post holder will report to Area Manager, the Project Manager (PM) is entitled to plan, manage, and monitor the project that focuses on pathway to education beyond borders, bridging gaps for vulnerable children from refugees and host communities and protection from violence in Aswan through working closely with the local partners and CO technical advisors to ensuretimely implementation of the project to achieve project’s objectives with the optimal quality.

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Location: Aswan

Type of Role: One year fixed term contract.

Reports to: Upper Egypt Progam Area Manager.

Closing Date: 31/08/2014

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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