Overview
The Project Officer - Innovation in Sustainable Design will provide technical support, partnerships, and programme coordination for the Danish Egyptian Dialogue Initiative (DEDI), focusing on youth, innovation, green transition, and entrepreneurship.
Key Responsibilities
- Support the coordination and implementation of programme activities related to innovation, youth, entrepreneurship, and skills for the green transition.
- Develop and co-create programme concepts for bootcamps, ideation activities, incubation cycles, mentoring, and showcase events.
- Design and lead calls for proposals, including the selection and onboarding of youth participants, partners, and stakeholders.
- Support the development and refinement of youth-driven business models, technical solutions, and initiatives.
- Identify project challenges and risks and contribute to mitigation strategies.
- Supervise a national UNV in supporting programme-related tasks and logistics.
- Develop and maintain effective partnerships in Egypt and Denmark.
- Support engagement and coordination with diverse partners, including universities, innovation hubs, SMEs, design institutions, and entrepreneurship support organizations.
- Lead and coordinate the design and finalization of contractual agreements.
- Support financial tracking, procurement processes, and payment processing.
- Facilitate collaboration and showcase opportunities between youth innovators, stakeholders, and industry partners.
- Support networking efforts to expand DEDI’s partner base and stakeholder engagement.
- Lead the development and refinement of indicators, tracking of KPIs, articulation of results, and follow-up on activities.
- Prepare progress and learning reports, including tracking results of innovation and youth-focused activities.
- Support bi-annual reporting to the DEDI Advisory Group and provide substantive technical inputs to ad hoc reporting requirements.
- Contribute to knowledge management and learning efforts within DEDI.
- Provide substantive inputs to communication and visibility efforts.
- Systematically document achievements and challenges.
- Contribute to the identification and application of innovative approaches to programme delivery.
- Stay abreast of relevant local and global research and support the integration of emerging knowledge and best practices.
Required Experience
- Minimum of 2 years (with master’s degree) or 4 years (with bachelor’s degree) of relevant experience at national and/or international level in designing and/or implementing innovation programmes, entrepreneurship support initiatives (e.g. incubation, acceleration), and youth-focused programmes related to sustainable development or the green transition.
- Demonstrated experience in supporting the design, coordination and/or implementation of development programmes is required.
- Experience working with youth-related initiatives, innovation, entrepreneurship, sustainable development, or related fields is required.
- Proven experience in stakeholder engagement and partnership development, including collaboration with public, private, or civil society actors, is required.
- Demonstrated ability in programme coordination, including planning, implementation support, monitoring and reporting, is required.
- Experience in the use of computers and office software packages (MS Word, Excel, etc), database packages, and web-based management systems such as ERP is required.
Qualifications
- Advanced university degree (master's degree or equivalent) in Business Administration, Entrepreneurship, Innovation Management, Sustainable Development, Economics, Development Studies, Social Sciences, or a related field is required, OR
- A first-level university degree (bachelor’s degree) in the areas stated above, in combination with an additional two years of qualifying experience will be given due consideration in lieu of the advanced university degree.
