Tuesday, September 13, 2016

PROJECT COORDINATOR, MCSP - Save the Children - Cairo, Egypt

PROJECT COORDINATOR, MCSP

TITLE: Project Coordinator, MCSP
TEAM/PROGRAMME: MCSP/IMCHN	LOCATION: Cairo
GRADE:	CONTRACT LENGTH: 24 months (September 2016 – September 2018)
CHILD SAFEGUARDING: Save the Children is a child rights organization where all its staff and consultants, associates, and vendors sign off Save the Children’s Child Safeguarding Policy that aims to reduce the possibility of incidence of child abuse and exploitation.
ROLE PURPOSE: In 2015, USAID/Egypt and the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) requested MCSP to review and assess Egypt’s national Raedat Refiat (RR) community health worker (CHW) program. The RR program was established in 1994 to address the country’s high fertility rate by seeking to increase demand for family planning services and to improve health behaviors among key populations. Based on MCSP’s assessment recommendations, USAID/Egypt will fund MCSP to implement the Improving Maternal and Child Health and Nutrition (IMCHN) project through September 2018 to strengthen the RR program to contribute to improvements in MCH/N outcomes in Egypt. Save the Children will lead the IMCHN project in Egypt, providing technical, management and administrative staff to the program. The program coordinator willprovide daily administrative, operational, logistical, and program support to the MCSP Egypt program staff in the Cairo office and liaise with SCUS staff, as needed. The program coordinator will ensure coordination and efficiency in the day to day operations of the team by serving as a central point for communications and logistics, both internally and externally (mainly with MCSP partners). Improve and maintain office systems to ensure that the unit functions smoothly. Areas of responsibility include but are not limited to: assisting with program analysis and preparation of documentation; negotiating meetings, consultant and vendor arrangements; establishing and maintaining administrative systems and files for program and technical specialists; arranging travel and logistics; organizing meetings and assisting in coordinating MCSP knowledge sharing and learning opportunities.
SCOPE OF ROLE: Reports to: MCSP/IMCHN Chief of Party
KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY: Administrative and Operational Support- 50% Responsible for meeting coordination: scheduling, setting up logistics for meetings, organizing agenda items, taking minutes during meetings, circulating notes and/or action items after meetings; Manage team travel and events calendar; Support staff in booking travel and obtaining visas; Coordinate travel concurrence process for MCSP staff; Take the lead on logistics for global meetings, conferences and other internal/external events; Manage staff lists including electronic distribution lists and team organizational chart; Provide support in presentation preparation; Coordinate international visitor hotel arrangements and agendas; Assist in processing vendor payments and purchase orders for office supplies and equipment; Prepare and process consultant contractual agreements and country-supported activities including establishing agreements, processing agreement extensions, reviewing & processing invoices for payment; Perform filing, photocopying, faxing, and assisting with other administrative support functions as assigned. Program Support- 30% Support country workplan development process; Review and edit program and technical documents; Ensure trip reports are received, reviewed, edited and documented before sending on US office; Support program and technical staff in communications with HQ staff; Organize and attend MCSP Egypt Team meetings. Support team to ensure donor and/or agency branding guidelines are followed and assist team, as needed; Knowledge Management- 20% Provide overall assistance for maintaining team and program information on internal systems working with the team to organize and maintain content and periodically updating pages; Support the department’s data collection and information needs including agency specific quarterly reporting.
BEHAVIOURS (Values in Practice) Accountability: Holds self accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving and role modelling Save the Children values Holds the team and partners accountable to deliver on their responsibilities - giving them the freedom to deliver in the best way they see fit, providing the necessary development to improve performance and applying appropriate consequences when results are not achieved Ambition: Sets ambitious and challenging goals for themselves (and their team), takes responsibility for their own personal development and encourages others to do the same Widely shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others Future orientated, thinks strategically. Collaboration: Builds and maintains effective relationships, with their team, colleagues, Members and external partners and supporters Values diversity, sees it as a source of competitive strength Approachable, good listener, easy to talk to Creativity: Develops and encourages new and innovative solutions Willing to take disciplined risks Integrity: Honest, encourages openness and transparency
QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE Bachelor’s degree or equivalent preferred Minimum of 3-4 years of administrative/program support experience in an international agency Familiarity/experience in international development, especially maternal, newborn, and child health, strongly preferred Ability to develop and manage tracking and reporting systems Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Office software including Word, Excel and PowerPoint Strong familiarity with intranet platforms such as SharePoint Excellent writing and presentation skills. English fluency (verbal and written) required. Excellent organizational and time management skills Strong interpersonal, verbal, and written skills required Ability to take initiative and work independently, as well as part of a team Ability to problem solve, multi-task, and prioritize Exceptional attention to detail Ability to work in high pressure environment with competing priorities and tight deadlines
Date of issue: September, 2016 Author: SCI

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LIVELIHOODS OPERATIONS OFFICER - Save the Children - Cairo, Egypt

LIVELIHOODS OPERATIONS OFFICER

JOB TITLE: Livelihoods Operations Officer		TEAM/PROGRAMME: Program Operations – Livelihoods Team
GRADE: 4		LOCATION: Greater Cairo area, Egypt
TYPE OF CONTRACT: Fixed Term		START DATE: As soon as possible
		END DATE: 31^st of July 2017
Child Safeguarding: Level 3: the role holder will have contact with children and/or young people either frequently (e.g. once a week or more) or intensively (e.g. four days in one month or more or overnight) because they work in country programs; or are visiting country programs; or because they are responsible for implementing the police checking/vetting process staff
ORGANISATION PROFILE / PROGRAMME SUMMARY: Save the Children International is the world’s leading independent organisation for children. We work in 120 countries and work, together with our partners, to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats children and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their lives. In Egypt, Save the Children International has been working to ensure that children’s rights are respected, protected and promoted since 1982. We carry out both long-term development work and, more recently emergency humanitarian work.
ROLE PURPOSE: This position will be responsible for leading SCI’s livelihoods community mobilization and business outreach activities for youth refugees in host communities. The position will also be responsible for create and maintain partnerships with Refugees community and business partners. This position will also liaise with existing refugee response networks. The position holder will participate in Business reach out for both tracks. SCI strategy for livelihoods interventions focuses on refugees’ access to employment and micro-entrepreneurial activities. SCI engaged with the private sector in Greater Cairo to provide livelihoods support across two pathways – wage employment and micro enterprise. SCI livelihoods activities drew on proven packages of intervention through a holistic approach addressing various refugees’ needs to accelerate outcomes for the brief period of implementation for livelihoods support.
SCOPE OF ROLE: Reports to: Project Manager Staff reporting to this post: Livelihoods community mobilization coordinator – livelihoods field support
KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY: Project Implementation: Develop monthly plans and oversee the implementation of the livelihoods community and business reaching out activities for both tracks (Wage employment and Microbusiness). Participate with other livelihoods team to conduct the labour market assessment. Provide orientation for beneficiaries, partners and stakeholders on the Livelihoods intervention Responsible with his team to document all related livelihoods interventions and specially beneficiaries’ registrations and follow up. Responsible with his team for providing the administrative and financial assistance needed the livelihoods team. Responsible for the effective logistical assistance to assure proper implementation of the livelihoods stages from (Livelihoods training, apprenticeship, seed fund and purchasing, etc) Participate in developing the livelihoods model and the whole livelihoods operations Ensure that project activities are implemented in line with SCI’s policies and procedures, and adhering to donor requirements and guidelines; Make regular field visits to support creation and strengthening of community-based structures and mechanisms needed for local integration of refugees and migrants within the local community. Ensure Child Safeguarding standards are understood and met in liaison with the Child Safeguarding focal point. Reporting and documentation Compile concise quantitative and qualitative reports, etc. on a monthly, and quarterly basis; Highlight general livelihoods issues present in community to the project manager to take the prober action. Budgeting Ensure the timely and efficient spending of the project funds according to approved plans and keep up-to-date records of project expenses. Ensure that projects follow donor and Save the Children’s budget utilization guidelines Partnerships/Networks Plan and implement the partnerships with both community and business entities that could support and develop the livelihoods operations. Engage civil society partners in collaborations and networks to ensure the most vulnerable targeted beneficiaries. Setup that referral system for the project livelihoods component and ensure that it is maintained. Responsible for engaging existing partners in strategy planning and building their capacity for innovation.
SKILLS AND BEHAVIOURS (our Values in Practice) Accountability: Holds self-accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving results together with children and role modelling Save the Children values Holds the team and partners accountable to deliver on their responsibilities – giving them the freedom to deliver in the best way they see fit, providing the necessary development to improve performance and applying appropriate consequences when results are not achieved Creates a managerial environment in-country to lead, enable and maintain our culture of child safeguarding Ambition: Sets ambitious and challenging goals for self and team, takes responsibility for own personal development and encourages team to do the same Widely shares personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others Future oriented, thinks strategically and on a global scale Collaboration: Builds and maintains effective relationships, with own team, colleagues, members, donors and partners Values diversity, sees it as a source of competitive strength Approachable, good listener, easy to talk to Creativity: Develops and encourages new and innovative solutions Willing to take disciplined risks Integrity: Honest, encourages openness and transparency Always acts in the best interests of children.
EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS: Essential Bachelor’s degree in development related fields; Minimum of 5-7 years of experience in development/humanitarian aid. Strong Organizational and administrative skills. Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills including influencing and negotiation; Comfortable with high levels of ambiguity and able to take decisions independently in fluid context; Fluency in English and Arabic (spoken and written) is required; Experience with refugee/marginalized communities desired; Commitment to SCI’s values and Child Safeguarding policy. Desirable Previous experience in livelihoods projects for youth Familiar with African refugee context in Egypt and associated political/cultural sensitivities
Date: September 2016	Author: AS / RS / HM

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LIVELIHOODS MENTORSHIP COORDINATOR - Save the Children - Cairo, Egypt

LIVELIHOODS MENTORSHIP COORDINATOR

JOB TITLE: Livelihoods Mentorship Coordinator		TEAM/PROGRAMME: Program Operations – Livelihoods Team
GRADE: 5		LOCATION: Greater Cairo area, Egypt
TYPE OF CONTRACT: Fixed Term		START DATE: As soon as possible
		END DATE: 31^st of July 2017
Child Safeguarding: Level 3: the role holder will have contact with children and/or young people either frequently (e.g. once a week or more) or intensively (e.g. four days in one month or more or overnight) because they work in country programs; or are visiting country programs; or because they are responsible for implementing the police checking/vetting process staff
ORGANISATION PROFILE / PROGRAMME SUMMARY: Save the Children International is the world’s leading independent organisation for children. We work in 120 countries and work, together with our partners, to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats children and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their lives. In Egypt, Save the Children International has been working to ensure that children’s rights are respected, protected and promoted since 1982. We carry out both long-term development work and, more recently emergency humanitarian work. SCI strategy for livelihoods interventions focuses on refugees’ access to employment and micro-entrepreneurial activities. SCI engaged with the private sector in Greater Cairo to provide livelihoods support across two pathways – wage employment and micro enterprise. SCI livelihoods activities drew on proven packages of intervention through a holistic approach addressing various refugees’ needs to accelerate outcomes for the brief period of implementation for livelihoods support.
ROLE PURPOSE: Livelihoods Mentorship Coordinator will be responsible for the support of SCI’s livelihoods activities for refugees, asylum seekers and their host communities. The position includes the management of cases and the provision of mentorship to the livelihood beneficiaries. Furthermore, he/she will deliver trainings and ensure their understanding and ability to develop their skills. These skills will be used either to start a micro-business or to maintain a job. Finally, the Livelihoods Mentorship Coordinator is expected to understand all needs of the beneficiaries in order to refer them to internal/external service providers while following up with them to ensure sustainability of the livelihood intervention.
SCOPE OF ROLE: Reports to: Livelihoods officer. Staff reporting to this post: None
KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY: Project Implementation: Participate in the development monthly field plans of the livelihoods activities of for youth refugees and host communities. Open/updating case files for livelihoods program participants and collect information about their health, psychosocial, and educational needs in addition to identifying cases for referrals. Match the applicants with the most appropriate job/business opportunities Contribute to the delivery of the essential work skills and essential business skills trainings. Mentor the livelihoods participants during the project implementation. Support the apprenticeships for the wage employment track and entrepreneurs developing business plans, business models, financial projections and explore vocational training opportunities through the micro-enterprise track. Follow up with the employed beneficiaries and provide career counselling. Follow up with established micro-businesses and support program participants’ technical capacity and business skills. Ensure that project activities are implemented in line with Save the Children’s policies and procedures, and adhering to donor requirements and guidelines. Reporting and documentation Prepare monthly field activities’ and achievements’ reports. Maintain records of project beneficiaries’ interactions – case management updates. Ensure information is captured accurately on our data collection devices. Partnerships/Networks Support engaging civil society partners in collaborations and networks to ensure the most vulnerable refugees’ issues are highlighted; Advocate that all service providers, employers and organizations act in best interest of refugee youth and host communities. Support the livelihoods referral system.
SKILLS AND BEHAVIOURS (our Values in Practice) Accountability: Holds self-accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving results together with children and role modelling Save the Children values Holds the team and partners accountable to deliver on their responsibilities – giving them the freedom to deliver in the best way they see fit, providing the necessary development to improve performance and applying appropriate consequences when results are not achieved Creates a managerial environment in-country to lead, enable and maintain our culture of child safeguarding Ambition: Sets ambitious and challenging goals for self and team, takes responsibility for own personal development and encourages team to do the same Widely shares personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others Future oriented, thinks strategically and on a global scale Collaboration: Builds and maintains effective relationships, with own team, colleagues, members, donors and partners Values diversity, sees it as a source of competitive strength Approachable, good listener, easy to talk to Creativity: Develops and encourages new and innovative solutions Willing to take disciplined risks Integrity: Honest, encourages openness and transparency Always acts in the best interests of children.
EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS: Essential: Bachelor’s degree. Minimum of 3 years of experience in livelihood projects (Microbusiness and/or wage employment track). Clear understanding of refugee situation in Greater Cairo area. Ability to network and follow-up with different service providers. Experience in advocacy with service providers in order to ensure beneficiary receive possible service with best quality. Strong background in start-ups and micro-business support and/or wage employment. Organizational and administrative skills. Interpersonal and communication skills including negotiation skills and working under pressure. Ability to accurately document information. Commitment to SCI values and Child Safeguarding policy. Understanding livelihoods context in Egypt. Ability to deliver trainings and critically think about the materials’ content and contextualization to the targeted beneficiary. Fluency in Arabic (spoken and written) is required Experience in mentorship and coaching for specific group of beneficiaries. Desirable: Academic or professional degree in development related fields is desirable. Familiar with African refugee context in Egypt and associated political/cultural sensitivities. Experience in supporting marginalized communities. Fluency in English.
Date: September 2016	Author : AS / RS / HM

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LIVELIHOODS FIELD SUPPORT - Save the Children - Cairo, Egypt

LIVELIHOODS FIELD SUPPORT

JOB TITLE: Livelihoods Field Support		TEAM/PROGRAMME: Program Operations – Livelihoods Team
GRADE: 6		LOCATION: Greater Cairo area, Egypt
TYPE OF CONTRACT: Fixed Term		START DATE: As soon as possible
		END DATE: 31^st of July 2017
Child Safeguarding: Level 3: the role holder will have contact with children and/or young people either frequently (e.g. once a week or more) or intensively (e.g. four days in one month or more or overnight) because they work in country programs; or are visiting country programs; or because they are responsible for implementing the police checking/vetting process staff
ORGANISATION PROFILE / PROGRAMME SUMMARY: Save the Children International is the world’s leading independent organisation for children. We work in 120 countries and work, together with our partners, to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats children and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their lives. In Egypt, Save the Children International has been working to ensure that children’s rights are respected, protected and promoted since 1982. We carry out both long-term development work and, more recently emergency humanitarian work. SCI strategy for livelihoods interventions focuses on refugees’ access to employment and micro-entrepreneurial activities. SCI engaged with the private sector in Greater Cairo to provide livelihoods support across two pathways – wage employment and micro enterprise. SCI livelihoods activities drew on proven packages of intervention through a holistic approach addressing various refugees’ needs to accelerate outcomes for the brief period of implementation for livelihoods support.
ROLE PURPOSE: The livelihoods field support will be responsible for effective and timely administrative, financial and procurement support for Save the Children’s livelihoods team.
SCOPE OF ROLE: Reports to: Livelihoods Operations officer Staff reporting to this post: None
KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY: Project Implementation: Ensure that SCI’s minimum standards of financial, administrative and logistics procedures and country policies are implemented and adhered to the area of responsibility, supporting relevant staff as required. Support organizing meetings, workshops and accommodation for the livelihoods operations Support keeping and managing assets and consumable materials in the field. Financial and administrative coordination for activities planned in the field. Support in financial advances and settlements for all field activities and hold the responsibility of cash/goods delivery to the persons of concern. Support with the delivery of all participants’ allowances during the technical, apprenticeship trainings and the seed fund delivery. Prepare all procurement requests supporting all livelihoods’ operations. Attend the bidding analysis committees that related to the livelihoods operations. Support the procurement process related to the project implementation. Support the transportation needs for the team. Support the delivery of the seed fund for the program participants and the purchase of microbusiness equipment and tools. Other duties as assigned by the livelihoods operations officers Reporting and documentation: Maintain the weekly report updating the team for the achievements. Maintaining proper inventory records of payment, procurement requests, purchase orders
SKILLS AND BEHAVIOURS (our Values in Practice) Accountability: Holds self-accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving results together with children and role modelling Save the Children values Holds the team and partners accountable to deliver on their responsibilities – giving them the freedom to deliver in the best way they see fit, providing the necessary development to improve performance and applying appropriate consequences when results are not achieved Creates a managerial environment in-country to lead, enable and maintain our culture of child safeguarding Ambition: Sets ambitious and challenging goals for self and team, takes responsibility for own personal development and encourages team to do the same Widely shares personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others Future oriented, thinks strategically and on a global scale Collaboration: Builds and maintains effective relationships, with own team, colleagues, members, donors and partners Values diversity, sees it as a source of competitive strength Approachable, good listener, easy to talk to Creativity: Develops and encourages new and innovative solutions Willing to take disciplined risks Integrity: Honest, encourages openness and transparency Always acts in the best interests of children.
EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS: Essential Relevant bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Business Administration. Minimum two years of experience in finance and administration of field operations. Proactive, results orientated and able to remain positive and solutions-focused under pressure Clear written and spoken communication skills in English and Arabic Proven problem solving skills and ability to provide clear practical solutions to operational challenges Highly developed interpersonal skills including, ability to work well both independently and with diverse/international teams, with a good sense of humour Demonstrable time management/organisation skills in challenging environments Commitment to the mission, vision, values and policies of Save the Children International, with a focus on Anti Fraud policy. Desirable Familiar with African refugee context in Egypt and associated political/cultural sensitivities Previous experience (voluntary or waged) with procurement systems.
Date: September 2016	Author : AS / HM / RS

LIVELIHOODS COMMUNITY MOBILIZATION COORDINATOR - Save the Children - Cairo, Egypt

LIVELIHOODS COMMUNITY MOBILIZATION COORDINATOR

JOB TITLE: Livelihoods Community Mobilization Coordinator	TEAM/PROGRAMME: Program Operations – Livelihoods Team
GRADE: 6	LOCATION: Greater Cairo area, Egypt
TYPE OF CONTRACT: Fixed Term	START DATE: As soon as possible
	END DATE: 31^st of July 2017
Child Safeguarding: Level 3: the role holder will have contact with children and/or young people either frequently (e.g. once a week or more) or intensively (e.g. four days in one month or more or overnight) because they work in country programs; or are visiting country programs; or because they are responsible for implementing the police checking/vetting process staff
ORGANISATION PROFILE / PROGRAMME SUMMARY: Save the Children International is the world’s leading independent organisation for children. We work in 120 countries and work, together with our partners, to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats children and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their lives. In Egypt, Save the Children International has been working to ensure that children’s rights are respected, protected and promoted since 1982. We carry out both long-term development work and, more recently emergency humanitarian work. SCI strategy for livelihoods interventions focuses on refugees’ access to employment and micro-entrepreneurial activities. SCI engaged with the private sector in Greater Cairo to provide livelihoods support across two pathways – wage employment and micro enterprise. SCI livelihoods activities drew on proven packages of intervention through a holistic approach addressing various refugees’ needs to accelerate outcomes for the brief period of implementation for livelihoods support.
ROLE PURPOSE: The livelihoods community mobilization coordinator will be responsible for supporting SCI’s livelihoods activities for youth refugees, asylum seekers and their host communities. The position holder will support the community mobilization, targeted refugees and migrants’ youth reach out and regular collaboration building with different CBOs and INGOs in order to expand the reach out activities with different refugees’ groups in Greater Cairo. He/she will also liaise with existing refugee’s humanitarian response networks.
SCOPE OF ROLE: Reports to: Livelihoods Operations Officer Staff reporting to this post: None
KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY: Project Implementation: Develop monthly field plans and lead on the reach out assessments and implementation of the livelihoods activities for refugee youth and host communities (wage employment and microbusiness activities). Support in activating and maintaining the internal and external livelihoods referral systems. Collaborate with SCI livelihoods’ team members to focus on targeted group Profiling. Build strong relations with different CBOs and INGOs in order to expand the reach out activities in coordination with livelihoods operations officer. Make regular field visits to support creation and strengthening of community-based structures and mechanisms needed for local integration of refugees and asylum seekers within the local community. Ensure that project activities are implemented in line with Save the Children’s policies and procedures, and adhering to donor requirements and guidelines Maintain records and databases related project operations and beneficiaries’ updates. Reporting and documentation Prepare monthly field activities plans and achievements’ reports. Maintain records of project beneficiary interactions. Collect information on different livelihoods services for refugees and how to access it. Report relevant issues and highlights in community to line management. Partnerships/Networks Support engaging civil society partners in collaborations and networks to ensure the most vulnerable children’s issues are highlighted; Advocate that all service providers, employers and organizations act in best interest of refugee youth and host communities. Support the livelihoods referral system.
SKILLS AND BEHAVIOURS (our Values in Practice) Accountability: Holds self-accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving results together with children and role modelling Save the Children values Holds the team and partners accountable to deliver on their responsibilities – giving them the freedom to deliver in the best way they see fit, providing the necessary development to improve performance and applying appropriate consequences when results are not achieved Creates a managerial environment in-country to lead, enable and maintain our culture of child safeguarding Ambition: Sets ambitious and challenging goals for self and team, takes responsibility for own personal development and encourages team to do the same Widely shares personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others Future oriented, thinks strategically and on a global scale Collaboration: Builds and maintains effective relationships, with own team, colleagues, members, donors and partners Values diversity, sees it as a source of competitive strength Approachable, good listener, easy to talk to Creativity: Develops and encourages new and innovative solutions Willing to take disciplined risks Integrity: Honest, encourages openness and transparency Always acts in the best interests of children.
EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS: Essential: Bachelor’s degree. Two-years’ experience in reach out activities. Minimum of 1 year of experience in livelihood projects (Background in Start-ups, micro-business initiation and wage employment.). Experience in communication with CBOs, INGO with the goals of doing partnerships and collaborations. Working experience with refugees and migrants. Strong knowledge about refugee’s geographic divisions. Strong ability to understand the profile of the beneficiaries. Strong communication and negotiation skills. Strong ability to build and maintain partnerships with different organizations based on clear agreement. Organizational and administrative skills. Interpersonal and communication skills including negotiation skills and working under pressure. Fluency in Arabic (spoken and written) is required. Commitment to SCI values and Child Safeguarding policy. Desirable: Academic or professional degree in development related fields is desirable. Familiar with African refugee context in Egypt and associated political/cultural sensitivities. Experience with marginalized communities. Fluency in English and other African Languages such as Tigrinya, Amharic, or Somali.

Date: September 2016	Author : AS /RS /HM

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Finance Assistant - Save the Children - Cairo, Egypt

FINANCE ASSISTANT

JOB TITLE: Finance Assistant		TEAM/PROGRAMME: Finance Team
GRADE: 5		LOCATION: Greater Cairo area, Egypt
TYPE OF CONTRACT: Fixed Term		START DATE: As soon as possible
		END DATE: 31^st of July 2017
Child Safeguarding: Level 3: the role holder will have contact with children and/or young people either frequently (e.g. once a week or more) or intensively (e.g. four days in one month or more or overnight) because they work in country programs; or are visiting country programs; or because they are responsible for implementing the police checking/vetting process staff
ORGANISATION PROFILE / PROGRAMME SUMMARY: Save the Children International is the world’s leading independent organisation for children. We work in 120 countries and work, together with our partners, to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats children and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their lives. In Egypt, Save the Children International has been working to ensure that children’s rights are respected, protected and promoted since 1982. We carry out both long-term development work and, more recently emergency humanitarian work.
ROLE PURPOSE: The post holder performs major roles in finance, including implementation of internal SCI accounting and provision of finance SCI procedures in order that the Egypt programme is run in a cost-effective and efficient manner in the fulfilment of its strategic aims.
SCOPE OF ROLE: Reports to: Finance officer Staff reporting to this post: None
KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY: Project Implementation: Review Monthly payroll for service staff and volunteers Reviewing request for Program advances. Follow-up on receiving due settlements of program advances and sending appropriate reminders for advance holders Settlements of program Advance including reviewing settlement documents and alerting Program team for any supporting documents/actions needed, preparation of settlement voucher, signing it by the Grant and finance officer and senior finance manager, and ensuring that the settlement reached the checks unit for further action (Reimbursement check or cash deposit) Reviewing payment requests and advising relevant support and program staff for missing documents / approvals. Focal point for support and program staff for any inquiries on financial matters on the operational level Extraction of monthly financial exports and distribution of financial reports Ensure Child Safeguarding standards are understood and met in liaison with the Child Safeguarding focal point. Ensure that project activities are implemented in line with Save the Children’s policies and procedures, and adhering to donor requirements and guidelines;
SKILLS AND BEHAVIOURS (our Values in Practice) Accountability: Holds self-accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving results together with children and role modelling Save the Children values Holds the team and partners accountable to deliver on their responsibilities – giving them the freedom to deliver in the best way they see fit, providing the necessary development to improve performance and applying appropriate consequences when results are not achieved Creates a managerial environment in-country to lead, enable and maintain our culture of child safeguarding Ambition: Sets ambitious and challenging goals for self and team, takes responsibility for own personal development and encourages team to do the same Widely shares personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others Future oriented, thinks strategically and on a global scale Collaboration: Builds and maintains effective relationships, with own team, colleagues, members, donors and partners Values diversity, sees it as a source of competitive strength Approachable, good listener, easy to talk to Creativity: Develops and encourages new and innovative solutions Willing to take disciplined risks Integrity: Honest, encourages openness and transparency Always acts in the best interests of children.
EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS: Essential: Bachelor degree in Accounting, Finance or any relevant experience. Recommended a minimum of 2-3 years in finance & accounting experience an INGO environment. Very good experience in Microsoft applications (Excel – Word). Ability to plan and organise a workload that includes diverse tasks and responsibilities. Demonstrated credibility with colleagues and stakeholders at all levels of an organization Good oral and written communication skills in English and Arabic Ability to submit a timely and accurately reports and data. Good communication skills and ability to support and deal with different staff member from different functions and government representatives.
Date: September 2016	Author : SCI

Friday, September 9, 2016

A Consultancy For Preparing A Detailed Baseline Needs Assessment

TERMS OF REFERENCE:

A CONSULTANCY FOR PREPARING A DETAILED BASE LINE NEEDS ASSESSMENT

Country: Arab Republic of Egypt

Project Title: Egyptian Italian Environmental Cooperation Project (EIECP3)

Post Title: a consultancy for preparing a detailed base line needs assessment

Duty Station: Wadi El Gemal National Park (Red Sea), Siwa and White Desert Protected Areas (Western Desert) and Wadi El Rayan and Qaroun Protected Areas (Fayoum)

Duration: 6 months (the number of working days is estimated: fess will be paid on the actual working days and reports delivered). The consultancy could be extended for further tasks to be implemented.

Expected Starting Date: October 2016

Responsibilities

In close coordination and collaboration with the Project Manager and the Protected Areas’ staff within the project intervention areas, the CBNRM consultant will lead a professional team to undertake the following tasks: Revising the management plans of the targeted protected areas (where applicable) in

· order to identify to what extent the concept of CBNRM is integrated in those management plans; Define how appropriate CBNRM scheme can be integrated in each protected areas;

· Conduct surveys to collect data and relevant reports within the Protected Areas and

· central/local official agencies particularly CAPMAS and IDSC to identify the status quo in terms of populations/tribes statistics, locations, jobs and other source of income, available economic opportunities, NGOs and its activities, natural resources and its benefits to the local communities, current cooperation between local communities and PAs and/or other entities within the local settings; Identify existing resource users in each intervention area with particular attention to

· women; Identify appropriate levels of Local communities’ NGOs who tackles environmental issues

· and contribute to conservation of natural resources; Establish a CBNRM task force to contribute to the implementation of the CBNRM scheme;

· Design and execute a survey based on a random sample and a formal interviews to enable

· assessment of development needs, as well as income and assets of the local community. The survey has also to collect knowledge, attitude and practice of the local communities regarding the PAs; Building upon the outcomes of the above mentioned data gathering processes (i.e.

· secondary data and interviews), design, arrange and conduct focus groups to further deepen the understanding of the attitude of local communities regarding the PAs around which the project has defined its IAs. All surveys, interviews and focus groups should cover a represented sample of the

· concerned populations at least 20% of the communities in each intervention area; Based on the results of the three Actions defined above, prepare a set of structured

· qualitative models of the social, economic, institutional and ecological systems spanning over each of the selected IAs, and identify key variables (indexes and indicators) for the quantitative assessment of the behaviour of the said systems. Conduct statistical analyses to define the key control variables for each of the Pas

· systems, and compare the results of such statistical analyses against the results of the secondary data gathering, the questionnaires/interviews, survey and the focus group meetings. This with the view of identifying possible gaps between the information and data available and those needed for the planning and management of the sustainable development contexts of the project IAs. Based on the outcomes of all the above described actions, identify entry points through

· which each of the selected PAs will be at the centre of sustaining the livelihoods of the locals.

Qualifications:

Postgraduate university degree in social sciences, sustainable development or

· environmental sciences related to the specific field of expertise required for the consultancy or with proven extensive work experience in this field; Track record the specific field of expertise required for the study for at least 15 years;

· Working experience, preferably in the project intervention areas;

· Professional record should include experiences in:

· o Design, management and technical coordination of complex multi-stakeholders projects and programs; o Strategic analysis, policy making, planning and programming for sustainable development; o Mainstreaming of environment considerations into local development plans.

Deliverables

1. Monthly field visits report (including all used materials: collected secondary data, recordings with stakeholders, surveys, questionnaires, factsheets… etc.,);

2. End of the second month of the consultant, should submit a report that identifies how appropriate CBNRM scheme to be integrated in each protected area and which PA/s is more appropriate for this scheme;

3. On the third month, Submit a list of indented key variables (indexes and indicators) for the quantitative assessment of the behaviour of the said systems.

4. End of third month of the consultant should submit a detailed progress report;

5. Final detailed report for the whole mission including recommendations for best practice of CBNRM within the selected PAs and which PA/s are most recommended for CBNRM scheme and detailed justifications for this/ these choice/s.

Team building and communication skills are required. The candidate must be able to deal with central agencies, local administrations, Private sector, representatives of the donor community, and investors. S/He should have an excellent command of the English language (both written and oral communication)

Interested candidates should submit their updated Resume along with detailed technical and financial proposals with detailed timeline for this consultancy to:

Egyptian Italian Environmental Cooperation Project III. Email: hamedyousria@yahoo.co.uk amany.nakhla@undp.org; Deadline for applications: 25th of September 2016. NB: Please refer to the title of the position in the e-mail subject

Lab Technician - Cairo, Egypt

Lab Technician

Improving the environmentally safe management and the control of transboundary movements of hazardous wastes in the Arab countries Project

Scope of Work

Receiving, processing and analyzing samples.· Conducting tests on samples and experimental processes.· Using, cleaning and maintaining various types of equipment.· Handling and storing chemicals and other materials.· Administrative tasks such as maintaining notebooks, documenting procedures, and· preparing orders and invoices. Picking-up and delivering items for the lab· Dealing with inquiries or needs from the visitors and workers· Monitor and authorize entrance and departure of employees, visitors, and other· persons to guard against theft and maintain security of premises Any other assignment depending on the kind of the business.· Working time: 5 days/week (Sunday- Thursday) from 9am-5pm·

Key Qualifications

At least High school diploma.· At least 3 years of professional work experience in the related areas dealing with chemicals.· Fluency in both Arabic (working language of the BCRC Egypt) as well as in English (working· language of the Basel Secretariat and UNDP) are a must. Previous work experience with international agencies projects is an asset.· Good interaction abilities and professional personal display.·

All applications specifying the title of the post to be sent to the attention of: Dr. Mostafa Kamel

Project Director Strengthening of the Regional Cooperation of Arab States in Hazardous Waste Management and Trans-boundary Control E-mail: kmostafa@sci.cu.edu.eg Vacancy Notice issued on: 07/09/2016 Deadline for application is: 05/10/2016

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