Job Description

TITLE: Localization Coordinator TEAM/PROGRAMME: Partnership /Operation LOCATION: Country office GRADE 5

CONTRACT LENGTH:

Till 31st Dec 2026

CHILD SAFEGUARDING:

Level 3: the post holder will have contact with children and/or young people eitherfrequently (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 Localization Coordinator will be responsible for coordinating and supporting the implementation of the locally led funding mechanism with Egyptian local actors and partner organizations. Reporting to the Localization Senior Officer, the postholder will support the planning, coordination, and management of partner engagement activities, capacity-strengthening initiatives, and localization efforts to promote meaningful participation and leadership of local actors.

The Localization Coordinator will support the localization senior officer in arrangement and coordination with local NGO partners, ensuring timely and effective communication, follow-up, compliance support, and strong coordination among stakeholders. The role will involve organizing and facilitating regular meetings, workshops, and consultations with local actors and partners to foster collaboration, knowledge sharing, and engagement.

The postholder will also be responsible for coordinating the administrative and logistical aspects of project implementation, including events, training, and partner meetings and consultations while ensuring compliance with Save the Children International (SCI) policies, procedures, and donor requirements.

In addition, the Localization Coordinator will maintain accurate documentation of project activities, events, lessons learned, and key reflections. The role will Assist the localization senior officer to ensure that Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, and Learning (MEAL) processes by ensuring that data collection, reporting, and documentation requirements are met in a timely and high-quality manner, contributing to continuous learning and effective program delivery.

SCOPE OF ROLE:

Reports to: Localization Senior Officer

Staff reporting to this post: Non

KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY

Key Responsibilities

Locally led funding mechanism land scape identification and organization

• Assist in the local actor’s identification, onboarding, and engagement
• Maintain regular communication with partner organizations and provide day-to-day coordination support.
• Coordinate the partners and local actors’ meetings and consultation to ensure real and comprehensive participation ensuring the application of the equitable partnerships and localization principles.
• Organize partnership meetings, workshops, consultations, and learning events.
• Timely and accurately document all events and share all the minutes of meetings with SCI and local actors’ meetings or events

· Lead on the arrangement and coordination of local partner events, ensuring that all logistical, administrative, and operational arrangements are completed effectively and on time to support the successful delivery of events and meaningful engagement of local partners.

Local Actors Capacity strengthening

• Assist in the application of the local actors capacity assessments.
• Coordinate technical assistance and capacity-strengthening activities for local NGOs.
• Track progress against organizational development plans.
• Assist in organizing the partners learning and knowledge sharing events
• Assist the localization senior officer to document the identified emerging partner needs and recommend

Monitoring, Evaluation, Learning and Reporting

• Assist and Support in the monitoring and learning activities related to locally led funding mechanism objectives.
• Maintain accurate records and databases on partnerships, grants, and capacity-building initiatives.
• Support with needed input for the project reports

Local actors Engagement

• Build positive relationships with civil society organizations, local NGOs and sector actors.
• Coordinate and document the consultations and feedback mechanisms with local partners.
• Fluency in English and Arabic (written and spoken) is highly desirable.

Reporting and documentation

· Draft the regular and regular reports to localization senior officer.

· Document all the project intervention.

· Regularly update the localization senior officer with progress, challenges and opportunities.

General:

· Demonstrate good examples in relation to Save the Children policies and practice with respect to the safeguarding, code of conduct, health and safety, equal opportunities, and other relevant policies and procedures.

· Comply with Save the Children policies and practice with respect to safeguarding policy, code of conduct, health, and safety, equal opportunities, and other relevant policies and procedures.

BEHAVIOURS (Values in Practice)

Accountability:

• holds self-3accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving and role modeling Save the Children values

• holds 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:

• sets 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 shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others

• future-orientated thinks strategically and on a global scale

Collaboration:

• builds and maintains effective relationships, with their team, colleagues, Members, and external partners and supporters

• value diversity, and sees it as a source of competitive strength

• approachable, good listener, easy to talk to.

Creativity:

• develops and encourages new and innovative solutions

• willing to take disciplined risks.

Integrity:

honest, encourages openness and transparency; demonstrates the highest levels of integrity

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree in, Social Sciences, or relevant development/management Studies

Minimumof3yearsofsuccessfulexperiencein working with local NGOS and local actors project

EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS

• Minimum 3 years of relevant experience in NGO programs, partnership management, localization and capacity strengthening.

• Experience working with local and national NGOs and familiarity with the Egyptian civil society and NGOs sector

• Knowledge of localization and locally led development approaches is highly desirable.

• Very good at using internet, MS Office and email

• Commitment to Save the Children values, and Child Safeguarding policy

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.

JD written by: Eman Shaban Date: 5th July 2026 JD agreed by: Date: 5th March 2026 Updated By: Date: Evaluated: Date: