Qureos Mentor

Plan International

<div><h2 class="jobSectionHeader">The Organization</h2> 
Plan International is an independent development and humanitarian organisation that advances children&rsquo;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&rsquo;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. 
Plan started working in Egypt in 1981 and has a presence in five of the 27 governorates in which the country including Greater Cairo, Alexandria, and Upper Egypt, Plan started working in Egypt in 1981 and has a presence in ten of the 27 governorates in which the country including Greater Cairo, Alexandria, Damietta, Aswan and Assuit. Plan international Egypt implements programmes designed to enable communities to improve the lives of the most marginalised children and their families. Plan Egypt&rsquo;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 &ldquo;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&rdquo;.
<h2 class="jobSectionHeader">The Opportunity</h2><h2 class="jobSectionHeader">
The Opportunity</h2>
At Plan International, we work to advance children&rsquo;s rights and equality for girls. We are currently seeking a Project Assistant, UNHCR &ndash; Livelihood to support the implementation of a livelihoods project in Aswan that aims to enhance the economic resilience and self-reliance of refugees and vulnerable host community members.
In this role, you will support the day-to-day implementation, monitoring, and coordination of project activities, ensuring high-quality delivery in line with Plan International&rsquo;s Country Strategy and donor requirements. You will work closely with partners, field teams, and stakeholders to ensure effective execution of livelihoods interventions, including vocational training, business support, and social cohesion activities.
You will play a key role in linking beneficiaries with services and opportunities, supporting reporting processes, monitoring progress against indicators, and ensuring strong coordination across all project stakeholders.<h2 class="jobSectionHeader">
The Role</h2>
As Project Assistant, UNHCR &ndash; Livelihood, you will:<ul><li>Support the implementation and follow-up of project activities in Aswan in line with approved workplans</li><li>Assist in developing and maintaining detailed project implementation plans and tracking progress against targets</li><li>Contribute to preparation of quarterly progress reports and donor reporting requirements</li><li>Monitor project activities, ensuring alignment with indicators, timelines, and quality standards</li><li>Support coordination meetings, partner engagement, and implementation review sessions</li><li>Assist in monitoring budgets and ensuring expenditures are aligned with approved plans</li><li>Support preparation of Project Outlines (POs) in SAP and ensure compliance with donor requirements</li><li>Facilitate collaboration with field teams and other projects to promote synergies and learning</li><li>Support logistics, procurement, and operational processes for smooth implementation</li><li>Ensure safeguarding, Gender Equality and Inclusion (GEI), and M&amp;E standards are embedded in all activities</li><li>Maintain effective working relationships with government stakeholders, partners, and community actors</li><li>Support documentation of lessons learned, best practices, and project evidence</li></ul><h2 class="jobSectionHeader">
About You</h2>
We are looking for a proactive and detail-oriented professional with strong coordination and field implementation skills, and a passion for supporting inclusive and sustainable livelihoods programming.
You will ideally have:<ul><li>A Bachelor&rsquo;s degree in Social Sciences, Development Studies, or a related field</li><li>1-3 years of experience in an INGO or humanitarian development context</li><li>Experience in livelihoods, community development, or project implementation</li><li>Strong skills in coordination, reporting, and stakeholder engagement</li><li>Good understanding of monitoring and evaluation processes</li><li>Experience working with local partners and community-based organizations</li><li>Strong communication, facilitation, and problem-solving skills</li><li>Good command of English language</li><li>Willingness to conduct regular field visits (approximately 20%)</li></ul> 
Safeguarding Children and Young People and Gender Equality and Inclusion (GEI)<ul><li>
Understands and puts into practice the responsibilities under Safeguarding and GEI policies and Plan International&rsquo;s Code of Conduct (CoC), ensuring that concerns are reported and managed in accordance with the appropriate procedures.</li><li>
Ensures that Humanitarian Program staff are properly inducted on and understands their role in upholding Plan International&rsquo;s safeguarding and GEI policies;</li><li>
Ensures that Plan International&rsquo;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;</li><li>
Ensures that Plan Egypt contributes to Plan International&rsquo;s global efforts to ensure safeguarding and GEI, including making sure that relevant reporting and data are submitted.</li></ul>
Location: Aswan
Type of Role: The project ends by 31/12/2026.
Reports to: Project Officer, UNHCR &ndash; Livelihood
Closing Date: 17/05/2026.
This role requires 100% working from the office and the vacancy is open to Egyptian Nationals only 
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&rsquo; 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.
Please note that Plan International will never send unsolicited emails requesting payment from candidates.</div>

Project Assistant, UNHCR - Livelihood - Aswan "Subject to Funding"

<div><h2 class="jobSectionHeader">The Organization</h2>
Plan International is an independent development and humanitarian organisation that advances children&rsquo;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&rsquo;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. 
Plan started working in Egypt in 1981 and has a presence in five of the 27 governorates in which the country including Greater Cairo, Alexandria, and Upper Egypt, Plan started working in Egypt in 1981 and has a presence in ten of the 27 governorates in which the country including Greater Cairo, Alexandria, Damietta, Aswan and Assuit. Plan international Egypt implements programmes designed to enable communities to improve the lives of the most marginalised children and their families. Plan Egypt&rsquo;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 &ldquo;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&rdquo;.
<h2 class="jobSectionHeader">The Opportunity</h2>
At Plan International, we are committed to advancing children&rsquo;s rights and equality for girls. We are currently seeking a Project Assistant, UNHCR &ndash; Livelihood to support the implementation of a livelihoods project aimed at improving economic resilience and self-reliance among refugees and vulnerable host community members.
This role plays a critical part in ensuring the smooth implementation of project activities at the field level, supporting coordination with partners, monitoring progress, and maintaining quality standards. The position will serve as a key link between beneficiaries, partners, and internal teams to ensure effective delivery of interventions including vocational training, entrepreneurship support, and social cohesion activities.<h2 class="jobSectionHeader">
The Role</h2>
As Project Assistant, UNHCR &ndash; Livelihood, you will:<ul><li>Support the implementation and follow-up of project activities in line with the approved workplan</li><li>Coordinate closely with partners, field teams, and stakeholders to ensure timely and quality delivery of interventions</li><li>Assist in developing and updating project implementation plans and tracking progress against targets</li><li>Prepare regular progress reports and contribute to donor reporting requirements</li><li>Support monitoring and evaluation activities, including data collection, verification, and documentation</li><li>Monitor project budgets, support financial tracking, and ensure expenditures align with approved plans</li><li>Facilitate coordination meetings with partners and stakeholders</li><li>Support logistics, procurement, and operational processes related to project implementation</li><li>Ensure safeguarding, gender equality, and inclusion principles are embedded across all activities</li><li>Maintain strong relationships with local authorities, partners, and community representatives</li></ul><h2 class="jobSectionHeader">
About You</h2>
We are looking for a motivated and detail-oriented professional with strong coordination and field implementation experience.
You will ideally have:<ul><li>A Bachelor&rsquo;s degree in Social Sciences, Development Studies, or a related field</li><li>1-3 years of experience in project implementation within an INGO or humanitarian context</li><li>Experience working on livelihoods, economic empowerment, or community development projects</li><li>Strong coordination, reporting, and organizational skills</li><li>Good understanding of monitoring and evaluation processes</li><li>Ability to work effectively with partners, communities, and government stakeholders</li><li>Strong communication, facilitation, and problem-solving skills</li><li>Good command of English language</li><li>Willingness to conduct regular field visits (approximately 20% travel)</li></ul>
Safeguarding Children and Young People and Gender Equality and Inclusion (GEI)<ul><li>
Understands and puts into practice the responsibilities under Safeguarding and GEI policies and Plan International&rsquo;s Code of Conduct (CoC), ensuring that concerns are reported and managed in accordance with the appropriate procedures.</li><li>
Ensures that Humanitarian Program staff are properly inducted on and understands their role in upholding Plan International&rsquo;s safeguarding and GEI policies;</li><li>
Ensures that Plan International&rsquo;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;</li><li>
Ensures that Plan Egypt contributes to Plan International&rsquo;s global efforts to ensure safeguarding and GEI, including making sure that relevant reporting and data are submitted.</li></ul>
Location: Delta Program Unit in Alex.
Type of Role: The project ends by 31/12/2026.
Reports to: Project Coordinator, UNHCR &ndash; Livelihood
Closing Date: 17/05/2026.
This role requires 100% working from the office and the vacancy is open to Egyptian Nationals only
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&rsquo; 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.
Please note that Plan International will never send unsolicited emails requesting payment from candidates.</div>

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