Kvinna till Kvinna is a Swedish foundation that provides support to women rights organisations and women human rights defenders in more than 20 countries. Kvinna till Kvinna’s Tunis office was established in 2018 and handles support to Tunisia and Egypt. We currently support 50+ women’s rights organizations in the MENA region through country offices in Palestine, Lebanon and Iraq and a regional office in Amman.

 

Kvinna till Kvinna is looking to recruit

a Programme Officer 

for Egypt (with country specific and regional tasks) based in Tunis. 

As Programme Officer you are responsible for the following main tasks, variety of independence is depending on seniority:

• Supporting development and implementation of Kvinna till Kvinna Egypt country programming;
• Maintaining a contextual understanding of organisations and trends within the women’s rights movement within Egypt and North Africa and participating in relevant coordination meetings;
• Making appropriate recommendations on the programme’s progress and further development as requested;
• Supporting drafting of various baseline documents, donor mapping and mapping of potential partners;
• Providing support to partner organisations through the project cycle, including i.e. identifying new partners, review of applications, reporting, monitoring and evaluation;
• Supporting capacity building efforts and organising exchanges, study trips and networking meetings to enhance quality programming and implementation;
• Carrying out interpretation/translation work when needed (minor);

• Performing all other tasks in relation to the operations as delegated by the Head of Office.

As Programme Officer you are part of the Programme Department and report to the Head of Office, Tunis. The assignment will require travel to Egypt as well as regional and international travel.

Mandatory qualifications

• Bachelor degree or equivalent in Gender Studies, Political Science, Human Rights or any other related field (Master´s degree preferred);
• Minimum four years of relevant work experience with women’s human rights, gender equality issues, women’s empowerment, women’s political activism and/or organisational development.
• Valid drivers license.

Merits

• In-depth experience in project cycle management and in planning, monitoring and evaluation, MEL and proven experience of identifying and providing capacity building to local NGOs;
• Good understanding of human rights and the application of a rights-based approach in development cooperation;

• Strong analytical skills and excellent written and oral communication skills in both Arabic, and English (French is an advantage) as well as good grasp of Excel and Office package;
• Experience of conducting assessments and drafting reports;
• Experience from working in/with Egypt is an advantage;
• Knowledge of the donor landscape for Egypt and experience with fundraising is an advantage;
• Strategic thinking;
• Responsible, flexible, adaptable;
• Responsiveness, integrity, and ability to handle stressful situations and peaks of intense work load; 
• Belief and commitment to women’s human rights and gender equality and acts as a good ambassador for the organisation even outside of work.
• Good social and outreach skills and ability to cooperate with a range of partners and offices.

Personal qualifications

• Strategic thinking;
• Responsible, flexible, adaptable;
• Responsiveness, integrity, and ability to handle stressful situations and peaks of intense work load; 
• Belief and commitment to women’s human rights and gender equality and acts as a good ambassador for the organisation even outside of work.
• Good social and outreach skills and ability to cooperate with a range of partners and offices.

Terms and conditions

• It is a two year position, full-time, with the possibility for extension. Start of employment March 1^st 2020, or soonest thereafter.
• Location: Tunis

Please also note that due to the nature of the work only women (legal and/or self-identified) applicants will be considered

Application

Send your application no later than 5 January 2020.

The application shall include a letter of motivation and CV.

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[email protected] et [email protected]  

Please answer the following questions in the letter of motivation:

• What do you find interesting in this position and what would be developing?
• Which of your experiences and knowledge would you use in this position?

Interviews and written tests are expected to take place during the last two weeks of January 2020.