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TITLE, Community Engagement and Advocacy Sr. Officer TEAM/PROGRAMME, PATWAYS Project LOCATION, Upper Field Office- Minya. Explicit requirements include Fluency in written and spoken English and Arabic and 5 years of experience.
Last checked: 28 minutes ago
Closing date: Sunday, 22 March 2026
Country: Egypt
Duty station: Egypt
Contract type: Professional
Grade: Not specified
Applicant eligibility: Not explicit in source
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TITLE: Community Engagement and Advocacy Sr. Officer TEAM/PROGRAMME: PATWAYS Project LOCATION: Upper Egypt Field Office- Minya. GRADE: 3 CONTRACT LENGTH: Fixed Term contract and the position is subject to donor approval.
CHILD SAFEGUARDING:
Level 3: the post holder will have contact with children and/or young people either frequently (e.g. once a week or more) or intensively (e.g. four days in one month or more or overnight) because they work country programs; or are visiting country programs; or because they are responsible for implementing the police checking/vetting process staff.
ROLE PURPOSE:
The Community Engagement & Advocacy Senior Officer will be responsible for leading the planning, implementation, and monitoring of community mobilization and local advocacy activities under the GAC SRHR project, which aims to improve adolescent sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) through gender-transformative approaches.
This role will support the creation of inclusive, youth-centred, and gender-sensitive platforms for community engagement, while working to strengthen community accountability, promote behavior change, and support evidence-based advocacy with local stakeholders. The Officer will work in close collaboration with project staff, implementing partners, youth leaders, and local authorities to ensure community ownership and the sustainability of project outcomes.
SCOPE OF ROLE:
Reports to: PATHWAYS Project Manager
Staff reporting to this post: Health Advocacy Officer, Community Engagement Officer, and Adolescents &Youth Development Officer.
Budget Responsibilities: No
KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:
Community Engagement and Mobilization
Advocacy and Partnerships
· Develop advocacy and policy briefs capturing the knowledge, successful approaches and lessons learnt during implementation.
Capacity Building and Support
Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, and Learning (MEAL):
Other Duties:
· Ensure that all activities are implemented in line with SCI’s policies on child safeguarding, gender equality, and safe programming.
· Represent Save the Children in relevant community-based forums and advocacy platforms.
· Carry out any other tasks assigned by the Project Manager to support the objectives of the PATHWAY project.
BEHAVIOURS (Values in Practice)
Accountability:
· hold him/herself accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving and role modelling Save the Children values
· hold 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 and applying appropriate consequences when results are not achieved.
Ambition:
· Set ambitious and challenging goals for themselves and their team, takes responsibility for their own personal development and encourages their team to do the same.
· Widely share their personal vision for Save the Children, engage and motivate others.
· Think a head, think strategically and on a global scale.
Collaboration:
· Build and maintain effective relationships, with their team, colleagues, Members and external partners and supporters
· Value diversity, see it as a source of competitive strength
· Be approachable, good listener, easy to talk to.
Creativity:
· Develop and encourage new and innovative solutions
· Be willing to take disciplined risks.
Integrity:
· Be honest, encourages openness and transparency; demonstrates highest levels of integrity
QUALIFICATIONS
· Bachelor’s degree in public health, social sciences, gender studies, development studies, or a related field.
· Advanced training in community engagement, advocacy, or social and behavior change communication is an asset.
· Minimum 3–5 years of experience in community and partnership engagement or advocacy in SRHR, gender equality, or youth programming.
· Experience working directly with adolescents, women, and marginalized populations in rural or underserved areas.
· Strong understanding of gender-transformative approaches, adolescent health, and rights-based programming.
· Strong facilitation, training, and communication skills.
· Experience in participatory approaches and community-led initiatives.
· Fluency in written and spoken English and Arabic.
· Proficient in Microsoft Office and basic data reporting tools.
EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS
Additional job responsibilities
The duties and responsibilities as set out above are not exhaustive and the role holder may be required to carry out additional duties within reasonableness of their level of skills and experience.
Equal Opportunities
The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with the SCI Equal Opportunities and Diversity policies and procedures.
Child Safeguarding:
We need to keep children safe so our selection process, which includes rigorous background checks, reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.
Safeguarding our Staff:
The post holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with the SCI anti-harassment policy
Health and Safety
The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with SCI Health and Safety policies and procedures.
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