Project Coordinator, UNHCR - Livelihood "Subject to funding"

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.

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Plan started working in Egypt in 1981 and has a presence in ten of the 27 governorates in which the country including Cairo, Alexandria, Giza, Beheira, Kalyoubia, Damietta, Qena, Assuit and Sohag. Plan international Egypt implements programmes designed to enable communities to improve the lives of the most marginalised children and their families. Plan Egypt’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 “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”.

Role Purpose

The project Coordinator plays a vital role in supporting the implementation of the pilot project “Strengthening the Ministry of Local Development’s Capacity to Enhance Livelihoods of Vulnerable Groups”. The position focuses on coordinating training, mentorship, and partnership processes that build institutional capacity of the Ministry of Local Development (MLD) and its Directorates to deliver more efficient, inclusive, and community-responsive livelihood programming for refugees and host communities. Working closely with UNHCR, and MLD, the Coordinator will support the delivery of learning training modules, oversee logistical and administrative arrangements, facilitate knowledge-sharing, and ensure smooth collaboration among stakeholders.

The role also contributes to monitoring and documenting lessons learned from the pilot phase, preparing for adaptation and replication in additional locations across Egypt.

Accountabilities and MAIN WORK ACTIVITIES

• Coordinate and support the implementation of the pilot capacity-building programme with the Ministry of Local Development (MLD) and its Directorates in Giza.
• Organize and facilitate training sessions, workshops, and mentorship activities, ensuring the use of participatory learning methods.
• Manage logistical and administrative arrangements for trainings, including venues, materials, participants’ attendance, and reporting.
• Support the adaptation and delivery of Project Management Training of Trainers (PM TOT) modules, ensuring practical application and relevance to MLD staff.
• Collect and analyse participant feedback to improve training content, methodology, and delivery.
• Document lessons learned, good practices, and success stories from the pilot to inform future replication and scaling.
• Coordinate with UNHCR, and MLD stakeholders to ensure smooth collaboration and timely implementation of activities.
• Support monitoring of programme outcomes, including tracking progress against training objectives and institutional capacity improvements.
• Maintain well-structured records and databases for training sessions, participant performance, and follow-up actions.
• Assist in preparing progress updates, reports, and inputs for donor and partner communication.
• Contribute to troubleshooting operational or coordination challenges, escalating issues to the line Manager when required.

Safeguarding Children and Young People and Gender Equality and Inclusion (GEI)

• Understands and puts into practice the responsibilities under Safeguarding and GEI policies and Plan International’s Code of Conduct (CoC), ensuring that concerns are reported and managed in accordance with the appropriate procedures.
• Ensures that Humanitarian Program staff are properly inducted on and understands their role in upholding Plan International’s safeguarding and GEI policies;
• Ensures that Plan International’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;
• Ensures that Plan Egypt contributes to Plan International’s global efforts to ensure safeguarding and GEI, including making sure that relevant reporting and data are submitted.

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Location: Greater Cairo Program Area, Maadi

Type of Role: contract till 31/12/2025 - Subject to funding

Reports to: Humanitarian Preparedness and Response unit Manager   

Closing Date: 01/10/2025 – Rolling Interviews.

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