Job Opportunity: Program Officer for Egypt
Application Deadline: May 31, 2012
THE ORGANIZATION
The Fund for Global Human Rights is a leading supporter of on-the-ground human rights groups around the world. Dedicated to finding and funding the most effective human rights activists in countries from Africa to South East Asia to Latin America, the Fund for Global Human Rights offers grants and facilitates technical support to ensure the long-term effectiveness and viability of frontline groups working in challenging conditions with scant resources.
Since 2002, the Fund has awarded over $28 million to more than 350 human rights organizations in twenty-five countries. Grantees work on a wide range of issues from indigenous land rights in Guatemala, to women’s rights in Morocco, to accountability for war crimes in West Africa, to discrimination against HIV positive people in India.
THE EGYPT PROGRAM
Egypt’s revolution has presented both huge opportunities and challenges for human rights activists. With its grant-making program in Egypt, the Fund for Global Human Rights aims to deliver financial resources to effective and emerging human rights actors as they push for a transition that offers meaningful political participation and delivers improved respect for human rights.
The Fund’s approach to grant-making—developed over the past eight years of building programs in diverse contexts—focuses on funding dynamic, young organizations; emerging issues, and movements that aim to build broad-based constituencies for human rights.
In Egypt, this will mean supporting a range of activities and actors operating at all levels—from the local to the national, with a particular focus on groups working outside Cairo.
THE POSITION
The Fund for Global Human Rights seeks a Program Officer to work closely with the Executive Director, Director of Programs and a Egypt-based consultant to develop and implement a strategy for grant-making that responds to the rapidly changing context and delivers essential resources to front line activists in critical positions to make a difference in the current environment.
Manage grant-making and technical assistance programs in Egypt
• Identify new grantee organizations through networking activities and open RFPs; conduct appropriate due diligence to evaluate potential grantees
• Undertake all aspects of the grant making cycle including: proposal review, grant recommendations, preparing documents for board approval, indicator review, progress evaluation
• Maintain contact with grantees and make site visits as appropriate
• Facilitate technical assistance to grantees on leadership development, security, strategic planning, communications and media work, human rights skills, fundraising, and partnering with other NGOs and Fund grantees
• Develop and implement appropriate and effective evaluation tools
• Partner with grants administration staff to ensure smooth and efficient organizational workflow of administrative logistics for grant-making on a rolling basis
• Work closely with development and communications staff to ensure good communication flow about programmatic work for use in reports to donors and other fundraising activities
• Conduct or review translation work as needed
• Keep abreast of human rights issues, trends and activities throughout Egypt; attend meetings and conferences, read current literature, and maintain contact with networks of advisors on the ground and in the region
• Participate in annual program planning and evaluation process
Build Network of Collaborative Partnerships
• Build and strengthen existing networks of activists and advisors who can assist in identifying newly emerging advocates
• Maintain contact and collaborate with other organizations working in the region
• Evaluate the need for and coordinate regional convenings of activists to share experiences, strategies and learn from one another
• Explore partnerships, idea sharing, and fund leveraging with other grant-making organizations working in the region or on similar issues
Qualifications:
• Demonstrated commitment to human rights
• 4+ years of experience working in the Egyptian human rights arena; field experience and/or advocacy experience highly desired
• Grant-making or fundraising experience preferred
• Strong knowledge of the current and evolving political and cultural context in Egypt
• Familiarity with human rights trends, activities, movements, and key activists/actors outside of Cairo
• Strong critical thinking skills required, including the ability to identify emerging human rights trends and analyze issues from multiple perspectives
• Excellent interpersonal and intercultural skills required
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• High level of comfort traveling independently required
• Excellent communication and writing skills required
• Fluency in Arabic and English required
• BA required; Master's or other graduate degree preferred
NOTE: This position will be based in Egypt.
How to Apply: Please send a resume and cover letter to: jobs@globalhumanrights.org Please mention “Egypt Program Officer” in the subject line. No phone calls please.
Applicants are encouraged to apply as early as possible. Salary is commensurate with experience. Generous benefits package. The application deadline is May 31, 2012.
