Project Manager - ECRAIL (Egypt)

COMPANY DESCRIPTION

Established in 1951, Amideast is an American nonprofit organization dedicated to creating hope, opportunity, and mutual understanding among people in the Middle East, North Africa, and United States through life-changing opportunities for education and cultural exchanges. Working with local, regional, and international partners, we provide programs and services that improve educational opportunity and quality, expand access to U.S. study, empower youth and women, strengthen local institutions, and develop language and professional skills for success in the global economy. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., Amideast operates offices in 11 countries in the MENA region. For more information, visit us at www.amideast.org.

POSITION DESCRIPTION

The ECRAIL Project Manager will lead the implementation of a five-month, multi-city workforce development initiative designed to advance U.S. economic competitiveness and strategic interests in Egypt. The project equips emerging technology and policy leaders with advanced workplace English, professional soft skills, and applied artificial intelligence (AI) literacy, while fostering alignment with American business ethics and governance norms.

The Project Manager will provide end-to-end leadership for planning, staffing, partner coordination, implementation, monitoring and evaluation (M&E), budgeting, and reporting.

Responsibilities

• Provide overall management and operational oversight for all project activities, ensuring timely, high-quality delivery aligned with approved work plans and targets.
• Coordinate staffing, scheduling, logistics, and instructional delivery across three cities.
• Supervise and mentor the project staff, ensuring clarity of roles, accountability, and workflow efficiency.

• Serve as primary point of contact with internal Amideast units, instructors, vendors, and external partners supporting instruction, AI content, and career engagement activities.
• Oversee coordination of CAN activities with employers, speakers, mentors, and industry partners.

• Oversee recruitment, selection, and on boarding processes to ensure transparent, merit-based selection of 240 participants.
• Monitor participant attendance, engagement, and retention, addressing risks proactively.

• Track program progress against targets, milestones, and learning outcomes.
• Ensure consistent application of M&E tools, data collection, and documentation across locations.
• Lead regular reviews of implementation quality and recommend corrective actions as needed.

• Manage the project budget in coordination with finance staff, ensuring appropriate allocation, timely spending, and compliance with donor and Amideast policies.
• Review financial reports, invoices, and IC contracts related to the project.

• Prepare clear, accurate, and timely narrative and data reports for internal leadership and donors.
• Maintain well-organized project files, including work plans, participant records, financial documents, and reports.

Qualifications

• 10+Years experience is a must
• TOEIC score of 900 or equivalent.
• Excellent Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and Outlook skills.
• Effective project management skills.

The physical demands and work environment that have been described are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

This position description is an overview of the major functions and requirements of this position. This document is not intended to be an exhaustive list encompassing every duty and requirement of the position; the Employee’s Manager may assign other duties as related or as otherwise deemed appropriate and necessary within the general scope, without the need for additional compensation.

Amideast is an equal opportunity employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Positions that involve interaction with children will be required to read, acknowledge, and comply with and attend special training in accordance with the Child Protection and Safeguarding policy. All Amideast representatives must comply with the Code of Conduct and all applicable organizational policies which include but are not limited to, Anti-Human Trafficking and Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse.