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Dear all, We are looking for a high capacity Project Manager with at least 5+ years experience of management in the field to handle a team of 32 social workers. Our target groups is in Cairo and is: Street living/ street working/ street families/their families and communities (0-24 years old plus families and communities). The project is multi-faceted, more like a mini-NGO in many ways as there are so many branches to it. We have a Drop-In Center where 25-40 children come daily to access a variety of services (medical, counselling, recreational, non-formal education etc). Our project is modelled on our partners, Friends International, based in Cambodia, who provide us with technical assistance on a quarterly basis (http://www.friends-international.org/) and have been our mentors since we commenced in 2007. In the same building as the Drop-In Center (DIC), a newly opened Transitional Home(TH) (currently 5 residents 9-15years all male); a medical team (very small indeed with a newly recruited doctor), an Outreach team (currently 6 social workers on the streets at night making contact with the children); a Child Friendly School (teaching children in the TH the curriculum in an interactive/progressive way); a Case Management team composed of the social workers - this is focused on Reintegration (the core of our project) and a Vocational Training element to the project which currently outsources our training to workshops where children are trained in apprenticeship style trainings on the job. Within the Case Management section of the project, we offer small grants (hardly started), alternative livelihood strategies for street families/those with working children wishing to take their children off the streets and put them into school, and Home Based Production for mothers also wishing to take their children off the streets and produce from home. Any child coming into the TH, needs to opt for full-time education or vocational training to ensure their reintegration into society. All children coming into the TH are previously case-managed by our social workers and have been coming to the DIC for some time to show their committment. The reason its called a Transitional Home is because its a transition between life on the streets and reintegration. We prepare all cases to reintegrate into their own families, those of care-givers, civil society, independent life, jobs etc. We only take children into the TH if we cannot reintegrate them first. We're looking for someone with fluent Arabic, passionate, highly self-motivated, who has the ability to work alone, take initiative, build solid relations with their team, and learn fast. They will be running the team, reporting monthly on the projects (see annual report for info attached), and pushing the project forward. The team needs a high capacity individual to support them, increase their capacity and nurture their abilities. The majority of the 30 social workers have been with the project for over 18 months so have received a fair amount of technical training in our specialised methods. This PM would need to embrace those methods and support the approach we have whole-heartedly. This person would be supported by the London office (me) and Belgium (Flavia), whilst in Egypt, the Country Director on the ground is more engaged with the government side of things (need for high diplomacy) and less on the technical - hence the ability to work independently. The DIC/TH is situated near the Cairo airport, and 4/5 days a week the PM would be there on the ground, whilst he/she would spend a day a week in the HQ at Garden City to focus on reporting. The center is far out and takes time to travel to. The job is a big one; not easy, many difficult cases and highly challenging but highly rewarding. FACE is known to have the most innovative street children's project in Egypt, and is highly regarded by its peers and government partners (we work independently of the government, but traing some of their staff and keep good relations). We think this to be a hugely exciting opportunity for the right candidate. I am currently on maternity leave, but please do not hesitate to contact, Flavia Shaw-Jackson, the Founder of FACE, on +32 477 715 950 for more information. Please send all replies to: [log in to unmask] Kind regards, Tara Lewis Director of Project Development www.facecharity.com -- ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Note: The material contained in this communication comes to you from the Forced Migration Discussion List which is moderated by Forced Migration Online, Refugee Studies Centre (RSC), Oxford Department of International Development, University of Oxford. It does not necessarily reflect the views of the RSC or the University. If you re-print, copy, archive or re-post this message please retain this disclaimer. Quotations or extracts should include attribution to the original sources. 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