Area Sponsorship Program Coordinator

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.

For over 85 years, we have rallied other determined optimists to transform the lives of all children in more than 80 countries.

We won’t stop until we are all equal.

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, Aswan, 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”.

Driven by the overall purpose of PII and anchored on Plan International core values, bolder commitment to gender transformation and feminist leadership, program quality and influencing and a more vibrant and efficient operating model.

The purpose of the role is to lead and manage sponsorship program implementation and sponsorship communication in Plan Program Area (PA). He/she will lead and support a team of Field Officers, communication officer, and assistants to implement & monitor grants and sponsorship activities within specific geographic area and contribute to the establishment of annual plans to achieve Plan Egypt’s short- and long-term objectives.

management scope, reporting lines, key relationships

SCOPE

• The post holder will report to Area Program Lead. He/she will lead the sponsorship program implementation and sponsorship communication in Plan PA and is responsible for overall supervision of sponsorship implementation (including; sponsorship staff, partner capacity-building and financial management) in his/her area.
• He/she is responsible for the coordination with all the grants being implemented within his/her specific geographic area.
• He/she will serve as key liaison with partners on technical implementation and other key stakeholders involved.
• He/she may support in overseeing some grants if needed.   

Direct reports: Sponsorship Field Officers and Sponsorship communication officer

Key relationships

Internal

• Area Manager and Program Implementation team (high contact).
• Other respective departments at Area level (high contact).

External

• Respective partner CDAs, NGOs and other stakeholders to ensure their best engagement in the program implementation. 

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Location: Upper Egypt Program Area.

Type of Role: One year fixed term contract

Reports to: Upper Egypt Area Program Lead 

Closing Date: 30/06/2024

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’ 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.

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