THE CENTRE FOR DEVELOPMENT AND POPULATION ACTIVITIES

Location: Cairo, Egypt

Reports to: Director of Capacity Building

Salary: Negotiable per qualifications and experience

General

The incumbent is a member of a global capacity building team charged with implementing The Women's Leadership Project. This Position Description identifies the major responsibilities of this job. It does not include all aspects of the position such as additional duties assigned by supervisors and the requirements for flexibility in helping others for CEDPA's overall benefit.

Qualifications

* Eight to ten years experience in a combination of non-formal education, training, human resource development, organization development, or NGO management. Regional or international experience preferred

* Demonstrated commitment to participatory, learner-centered approaches in training and technical assistance

* Experience or educational background in any of the following areas is beneficial: management, leadership, economic development, gender, youth development, reproductive health, human rights, advocacy/building civil society, financial sustainability

* Ability to balance responsibilities to a global team with the needs and activities of the regional office

* Basic knowledge of computer technology for communications and education, especially internet use, email, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

Willingness to use email for daily communication and to learn additional computer skills if necessary

* Ability to travel regionally 50% time

* Native fluency in Arabic required; ability to communicate with colleagues in English mandatory. Additional languages a plus

Responsibilities

Within the context of the Women's Leadership Project goals and objectives:

* Collaborate with partner organizations in the Middle East to inventory institutional strengths and determine capacity building needs for increased sustainability

* Develop a regional strategy including annual work plans to build on institutional strengths and address capacity building needs of partner organizations

* Design and implement training/technical assistance (TA) interventions according to work plan

* With support from CEDPA's Monitoring and Evaluation unit, monitor activities, evaluate results and document impact of training/TA interventions

* Conduct regional Training of Trainers (TOT) and provide on-going support and mentoring to TOT alumni ("Master Trainers")

* Conceptualize and write training materials (manuals, workbooks, etc.)

* Serve as part of the Egypt country team as well as a member of the Global Women's Leadership team

* Hire and supervise consultants as needed.

* Prepare regional sections of project-wide technical and financial reports and plans