Experience Needed : 2-3 years
Education Level: Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Social Sciences, or related field .
Contract Length : 12 Month
Location : Remotely (requires frequent traveling between governorates)
About Life Makers Foundation
Life Makers Foundation (LMF) is an Egyptian youth-led, voluntary, and non-governmental umbrella organization. It was established in 2011 to foster youth engagement in addressing emerging challenges at the local and global levels. Since its establishment, LMF has worked closely with community-based organizations to build youth capacities and support their efforts to develop their societies and respond to humanitarian needs and disasters. LMF operates in 24 governorates through a non-formal network of partner youth-led organizations and registered offices across Egypt, with a broad portfolio of projects and local initiatives in the sectors of Health, Education, Livelihoods, Humanitarian Assistance, Environment, and Youth Participation.
LMF adopts the core principles of humanity, neutrality, impartiality, and independence in its operations to ensure the provision of assistance with no discrimination towards differences in ethnicity, religion, race, or any other consideration. LMF provides development and humanitarian interventions for the most vulnerable while preserving their dignity and ensuring their participation.
Life Makers is a voluntary, non-governmental, non-religious, non-political, and non-partisan movement that was launched in 2003 to mobilize the best of the human spirit to alleviate human suffering and protect human life and human rights.
About the Project:
Life makers foundation Egypt (LMF) is the local reintegration partner of EURP, through which, LMF provides the eligible returnees from all European countries with multiple services to support their reintegration in their home country Egypt.
The services are delivered in-kind (unless otherwise stated) and can vary depending on where the returnees are coming from, their profiles, and whether they have particular needs.
Monitoring and evaluation visits are conducted for six months after implementation to assess the sustainability of the services and whether the returnees need more support.
Key Responsibilities:
· Supervise and support caseworkers in all stages of reintegration assistance, including reintegration plans, market assessments, and project implementation.
· Conduct regular field visits across all governorates with caseworkers to monitor the workflow and ensure progress at different implementation stages.
· Monitor the progress of reintegration plans to ensure activities are conducted in line with set timelines and quality standards.
· Review feasibility studies and market assessments prepared by caseworkers, providing guidance and constructive feedback.
· Ensure that financial settlements and supporting documentation are accurate and compliant before submission to the project’s finance team.
· Facilitate communication between caseworkers and the project management team to address challenges and provide solutions.
· Ensure adherence to project guidelines, donor requirements, and organizational policies.
Core Competencies and Skills
Achievement focused:
- Follow Results-based management (RBM) in achieving planned goals and objectives.
Working Smart:
- Achieve more in less time.
- Balances between work life and personal life to ensure the sustainability of high-quality performance.
- Able to contribute and create a participatory, enjoyable, fulfilling, and rewarding work environment.
Accountability:
- Holds self-accountable to making decisions and managing resources efficiently.
- Holds the team and partners accountable to deliver on their responsibilities - giving them the freedom to deliver in the best way they see fit, providing the necessary development to improve performance.
Ambition:
- Sets ambitious and challenging goals for himself/herself (and the team), takes responsibility for self-development and encourages others to do the same
- Widely shares their vision, engages, and motivates others to contribute to the bigger vision of LMF.
- Future orientated and thinks strategically.
- Thinks globally and acts locally.
Collaboration:
- Builds and maintains effective relationships with project team, colleagues and external partners.
- Values diversity as a source of competitive strength.
- Approachable, good listener and easy to communicate with.
Creativity:
- Develops and encourages new and innovative solutions.
- Willing to take disciplined risks.
Integrity:
- Honest and encourages openness and transparency
Qualifications & Skills:
· Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Economics, Social Sciences, Development Studies, or related fields.
· Minimum of 2–3 years of experience in field coordination, project management, or monitoring within NGOs or development projects.
· Strong ability to review, analyze, and validate reintegration or livelihood projects.
· Excellent organizational, communication, and problem-solving skills.
· Ability to manage multiple tasks under tight deadlines.
· Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite and familiarity with project management.
· Fluency in English.
· Willingness and ability to travel frequently across governorates.