Operations Officer

Aswan, Egypt
negotiable Expires in 6 days

JOB DETAIL

 

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 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”.

Purpose

Provide the required operational support to PA team members enabling them to trigger positive changes in the lives of marginalized children and communities, while ensuring that Plan Egypt’s operations policies (SCOM) are understood, applied and adhered to by the team members. Through working in tandem with the PAs’ leadership team, the OP retains final accountability for timely and quality delivery of the requested services contributing to the recognition of Plan Egypt as a fair, accountable and transparent organization..

Scope

  • The role support for SAP/ Procurement functional queries and issue handling, working closely with the Supply Chain Systems and Standards Lead to provide workable solutions for users.
  • The role will support the integration of current business processes for Logistics with a specific focus on Tracpoint.
  • Establish a proper office administration in line with Plan International policies and procedures.
  • Ensure proper maintenance of and establish a user-friendly working environment for staff.
  • Effectively and professionally manage international travels.
  • Provide support to staff to organize meetings
  • Facilitate International Staff’s stay in Egypt
  • Supervise and manage a motivated Administration Support Staff and other outsourced staff.
  • Ensure effective implementation of Plan International’s Policy and procedures on management of vehicles & Issue a monthly country report on fuel consumption
  • Contribute to preparation of quarterly and annual logistics related reports
  • Contribute to cost-efficient logistics

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Location: Upper Egypt Area – Aswan.

Type of Role: a contract till 31/07/2025

Reports to: Supply chain and Security Manager

Closing Date: 23rd of Oct. 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.

Please note that Plan International will never send unsolicited emails requesting payment from candidates.

 

Aswan, Egypt

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