Team Leader(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

Job Summary

Amideast is recruiting a Team Leader for a potential 8-month project to research, analyze and provide evidence-based guidance, recommendations, and tools for disability inclusion in a non-profit organization in Egypt. The Team Leader is expected to:

• Provide overall technical leadership for project.

• Coordinate with teams conducting research, collecting data, creating M&E framework, designing capacity building training.

• Lead the organizational analysis of HR policies, recruitment, workplace accommodation systems, internal communication, budgeting processes, and compliance with CRPD, Law 10/2018, UN Disability Inclusion Strategy, and organization strategy.

• Lead the program cycle inclusion review, including templates, rubrics, partner selection, contracting, and reporting mechanisms.

• Set the methodology and ensure ethical, participatory, rights-based research design.

• Participate in high-level meetings, alignment sessions, and validation workshops with client leadership and staff.

• Draft deliverables including inception report and workplan, assessment report, inclusion strategy, and action plans.

• Oversee risk management, safeguarding, ethical participation, and accessibility standards.

Qualifications:

• Advanced degree (PhD preferred, minimum of a master's) in disability studies, public policy or related disciplines.

• 8 to 10 years of relevant work experience.

• Proven track record in conducting disability and inclusion analyses and developing and implementing disability mainstreaming strategies, preferably within development organizations or grant-making foundations in Egypt.

• Strong understanding of Disability and Inclusion, mainstreaming approaches and best practices.

• Strong knowledge of the UN CRPD, Egypt’s disability policies, and other relevant international and national frameworks.

• Strong knowledge of social model of disability, rights-based approach

• Experience in conducting capacity-building and training programs.

• Excellent analytical, writing, and communication skills.

• Ability to work collaboratively with diverse teams and stakeholders.

• Ability and willingness to travel within Egypt for field assignments.

• Strong facilitation skills and experience in delivering training and capacity-building sessions.

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