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Project Specialist, Gender & Women Economic Empowerment Project
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Plan International
- Career category: Programme/ Project design & management
- Job type: Job
- Experience level: 0-5 years
- Organisation type: Civil Society
- Remote option: No
- Right to work requirements: Right to work required in advance
- Remuneration: Not Disclosed
- Work schedule: Full-time
- Length of contract: Temporary/ Fixed-term
- Deadline: 10/02/2025
- Location: Egypt
ROLE PURPOSE
Plan International is a rights-based development and humanitarian organization working for better lives for all children. We are independent of government and have no political or religious affiliation. Our purpose is to strive for a just world that advances children’s rights and equality for girls. We have been building powerful partnerships for children for more than 80 years, and are now active in more than 70 countries.
Project Description
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- yearproject 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 Gender & Women Economic Empowerment Specialist will be responsible for providing high strategic technical input to the implementation of SWEET project.
SCOPE
The Gender & Women Economic Empowerment Specialist will play a pivotal role in providing high-level strategic and technical guidance to the implementation of the SWEET (Strengthening Women Entrepreneurs in Egypt) project. This role focuses on advancing gender-transformative approaches to empower women in the carpet and handmade crafts industries in Giza, Egypt. The specialist will conduct thorough analysis of the socio-economic environment, design and monitor gender-informed interventions, and ensure the project aligns with women’s economic empowerment goals. Key responsibilities include providing technical advisory support, developing capacity-building initiatives, enhancing the partnerships with stakeholders, and advocating for gender equality. The specialist will also ensure gender mainstreaming across all project activities, support resource mobilization, and contribute to policy innovation to create an enabling environment for women entrepreneurs. This role requires a strong commitment to gender equality, child protection, and inclusion, with a focus on achieving lasting impact for women and girls in the target community.
TECHNICAL EXPERTISE, SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE
Qualifications/ experience essential:
plan-international.org Role Profile 4
• Bachelor’s degree in Economics, Business Administration, Management, International Development, Gender Studies, or related fields.
• 3 - 5 years of experience in program development, policy analysis, and strategic planning in the field of gender and economic empowerment.
• Proven experience working with governments, donors, and civil society organizations.
• Knowledge of development issues, trends, challenges, opportunities and implications to community development with focus on handcraft industries for women in Egypt .
• Strong understanding of the socio-economic challenges facing women in Egypt.
• Strong communication, planning and organizational skills
• An open communicator and team player.
• Excellent writing and reporting skills
• Fluency in English (written and spoken) is required.
Plan International is a rights-based development and humanitarian organization working for better lives for all children. We are independent of government and have no political or religious affiliation. Our purpose is to strive for a just world that advances children’s rights and equality for girls. We have been building powerful partnerships for children for more than 80 years, and are now active in more than 70 countries.
Project Description
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- yearproject 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 Gender & Women Economic Empowerment Specialist will be responsible for providing high strategic technical input to the implementation of SWEET project.
SCOPE
The Gender & Women Economic Empowerment Specialist will play a pivotal role in providing high-level strategic and technical guidance to the implementation of the SWEET (Strengthening Women Entrepreneurs in Egypt) project. This role focuses on advancing gender-transformative approaches to empower women in the carpet and handmade crafts industries in Giza, Egypt. The specialist will conduct thorough analysis of the socio-economic environment, design and monitor gender-informed interventions, and ensure the project aligns with women’s economic empowerment goals. Key responsibilities include providing technical advisory support, developing capacity-building initiatives, enhancing the partnerships with stakeholders, and advocating for gender equality. The specialist will also ensure gender mainstreaming across all project activities, support resource mobilization, and contribute to policy innovation to create an enabling environment for women entrepreneurs. This role requires a strong commitment to gender equality, child protection, and inclusion, with a focus on achieving lasting impact for women and girls in the target community.
TECHNICAL EXPERTISE, SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE
Qualifications/ experience essential:
plan-international.org Role Profile 4
• Bachelor’s degree in Economics, Business Administration, Management, International Development, Gender Studies, or related fields.
• 3 - 5 years of experience in program development, policy analysis, and strategic planning in the field of gender and economic empowerment.
• Proven experience working with governments, donors, and civil society organizations.
• Knowledge of development issues, trends, challenges, opportunities and implications to community development with focus on handcraft industries for women in Egypt .
• Strong understanding of the socio-economic challenges facing women in Egypt.
• Strong communication, planning and organizational skills
• An open communicator and team player.
• Excellent writing and reporting skills
• Fluency in English (written and spoken) is required.
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