Regional Program Manager, Business Egypt

Job Title : Regional Program Manager
Project : Business Egypt
Reports to: Deputy Chief of Party
Location: Cairo, Egypt
Period of performance: One year renewable
Deadline for application : October ‎28, ‎2022
* PROJECT BACKGROUND
The Business Egypt Program is a five-year, USAID-funded program implemented by
DAI. Business Egypt aims to substantially increase sales revenues and
investments among Egyptian micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises and, by
so doing, create new job opportunities, especially for women and youth. The
project will co-invest with an ecosystem of institutions--business service
providers, business associations, supportive government institutions, and more
--to offer new products and services enabling MSMEs to better meet market
demand and increase their sales. Business Egypt's proposed sectors are
renewable energy, ICT, and ‎3 additional sectors TBD. The project will operate
from offices in Cairo, Alexandria, and Minya/Assiut (TBD).
‎2. POSITION DESCRIPTION
The Regional Program Manager will be responsible for the oversight and
coordination of regional program and operations activities. The RPM will be
based in Cairo but will travel frequently to the regional offices in
Alexandria and Minya/Assiut to ensure proper oversight and coordination of
activities. He/she will be expected to travel among offices and to MSMEs in
field locations frequently. This is to coordinate and support technical
assistance to MSMEs and BDS centers onsite.
‎3. KEY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
* Coordinate regional activities with program's technical teams and subcontractors, this includes Partnership Development Funds (PDF), and any subcontracting activities, and operational activities as necessary;
* Collaborate with technical teams on the design and implementation of regional activities;
* Coordinate operations and administration needs across both regional offices with the operations team in Cairo, this includes procurement, finance and logistics for regional offices;
* Lead/supervise a team of two Regional Program Coordinators based in Alexandria and Assiut or Minya;
* Oversee logistics for regional activities, working closely with the Regional Program Coordinators in Alexandria and Assiut or Minya and the operations team in Cairo, this includes procurements and events organization for program activities;
* Track and report expenditures for regional program activities against preset budgets. Provide data and contribute to setting individual budgets for activities.
* Assist with inputs into key project deliverables like the annual work plan, bi-weekly, monthly, and quarterly reports, and ad hoc requests from USAID;
* Build relationships with MSMEs, BDS firms, local GOE counterparts, etc.
‎4. QUALIFICATIONS
* Bachelor's degree in a relevant field is required, master's preferred.
* Minimum ‎9 years of relevant experience, including procurement, logistics, finance, budget management with a donor organization and the private sector.
* Minimum ‎5 years of experience working with donor organizations in Egypt is required.
* Proven interpersonal, supervisory, and management skills
* Ability to work independently and coordinate operations in multiple locations.
* Good command of English language, both spoken and written.
Application Link : https://fs23.formsite.com/OLJTgx/4r0hrutok4/index.html
* Application instructions* :
Select the position in which you are interested in applying for, fill out the
required information and upload CV. Applicants are encouraged to apply as soon
as possible as interviews will be conducted soon. Please note, due to the
volume of applications that we receive and the urgency to fill-up positions
only shortlisted applicants will receive notifications on next steps.
Interested candidates are encouraged to apply quickly as applications will be
reviewed on a rolling basis.