Country People and Culture Manager

**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 five of the 27 governorates in which the country including Greater Cairo, Alexandria, and Upper Egypt, Plan started working in Egypt in 1981 and has a presence in ten of the 27 governorates in which the country including Greater Cairo, Alexandria, Damietta, Aswan and Assuit. 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”.**

**The Country People and Culture Manager will**:

- Understand, influence, and Interpret the Country Strategy and Plan International Inc (PII) P&C’s Strategic Plan and priorities to develop and implement Country Office P&C strategic and operational plans to enhance the Country Office’s performance through our people.
- Partner with the Country Leadership Team (CLT) to nurture an agile organisational culture in the CO, underpinned by our values and feminist principles.
- Lead and manage the P&C function in the Country Office (CO) focusing on responsive and efficient operations and targeted excellence.
- Build CO P&C capacity and capability to deliver CO strategic and operational plans, through competency assessments, learning and development, performance and talent management, workforce planning, etc.

**Accountabilities and Main Work Activities**

**Strategic Leadership and Direction**

Understand, influence, and Interpret the Country Office strategy and Plan International Inc (PII) P&C’s Strategic Plan and priorities to develop and implement CO P&C strategic and operational plans to enhance the Country Office’s performance through our people.
- Be an active participant and contributor to the Regional and the Global P&C team (i.e., sharing of skills, ideas, and expertise)
- Influences the development of PII P&C strategy and ensures and supports operational implementation within the country office and the region, to enhance the Country Office’s performance through our people.
- Operate as One Plan across the breadth of P&C specialisations. Integrate P&C work in the CO operations and programme planning (including people aspect of project/grants from proposal development to grants completion) as appropriate. Foster a culture of inclusivity, diversity, and equity in the CO.

**Agile Organisational Culture**

Partner with the Country Leadership Team (CLT) to nurture an agile organisational culture in the CO, underpinned by our values and feminist principles.
- Partner with management to build a highly engaged and inspired team and achieve targeted excellence through our people.
- As a member of the Country Management Team, support change management and initiatives required for sustainability, accountability, and quality.
- Adopt a culture of continuous improvement as part of the Country Leadership Team (CLT) - process, policies, and systems, conduct reflections and analysis with CLT of P&C Key Performance Indicators for making strategic decisions and improvements.

**Globally integrated, responsive, and efficient P&C function**

Lead and manage the P&C function in the Country Office focusing on responsive and efficient operations and targeted excellence.
- Ensure **high-quality operational service** across the full employee lifecycle for staff, including but not limited to contracts of employment, pre-employment checks, onboarding, payroll, probation, sickness absence, parental leaves, job changes and exit. Ensure that the country's P&C function (policies, procedures, systems, and controls) is in place and compliance with PII