Project Specialist - SWEET

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, Sohag and Aswan. 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.

SWEET (Strengthening Women’s entrepreneurs in Egypt) project asserts that targeted gender-specific action is critical to empower women and girls to amplify their inherent individual and collective agency and create an enabling social and economic environment for them. The SWEET project is a five- year- project that will take a three-pronged, rights-based and gender-transformative approach for women and adolescent girls in the carpet industry in the Giza governorate of Egypt to: expand their knowledge and understanding of the sector, improve their social status, provide them a range of industry-relevant skills, and strengthen governance systems and business linkages to build a supportive social environment and an enabling institutional environment for women and adolescent girls.

The Micro and Small Enterprise Development Specialist will be responsible for providing high strategic technical input to the implementation of SWEET project.

The purpose of the role is to support the Project Manager , also The Micro and Small Enterprise Development Specialist will play a key role in the SWEET (Strengthening Women Entrepreneurs in Egypt) project, which aims to empower women and adolescent girls in the carpet and handicraft industries in Giza. The specialist will provide technical advisory support, facilitate access to financial and non-financial services, and ensure gender-sensitive enterprise development interventions.

SCOPE

• Provide technical advisory support in gender-sensitive enterprise development, including finance, marketing, e-commerce, and business planning.
• Conduct sector analysis and research to inform project interventions.
• Develop and implement capacity-building programs for women entrepreneurs.
• Following up with the consultant on a mission related to the economic empowerment
• Build partnerships with Business Development Service (BDS) providers, NGOs, and private sector associations.

Ensure alignment with Plan International’s gender equality and safeguarding policies

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Location: Greater Cairo Program Area, Maadi

Work Mode: Full-time on-site

Type of Role:  fixed-term contract ( 31-12-2025) 

Reports to: Project Manager, SWEET

Closing Date: 07/05/2025

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