Director job description

This TOR was sent on 6 march. The full staff structure can be found at Deca staffing

Job Summary

Position- Deca Director
Program Title- DECA
Level of Effort- Full time: with three month probation period
Start Date - Immediately
Salary - According to Experience
Working Hours - 10:00AM-6:00PM
Supervisor - ADEF Director
Location - Moqattam, Cairo - Egypt

The director will be responsible for the management of all the activities of the Digital Expression Community Area, in coordination with community area facilitator & program manager. He/She will be responsible for developing the work-plan for the community area, and monitoring its implementation. The director will also be supervising all expenses of the community area

Essential duties and responsibilities

Recruitment, management, supervision, and support of DECA Staff

Networking with local NGOs, artists, community members

Point of call for people interested in space rental at DECA

Oversees implementation of activities

Financial planning/disbursement (budgeting/spending)

Will work closely with Community Area Facilitator(s) and program manager in managing

and developing Deca program

Liaison with media team

Liaising with the ADEF and DECA board

Strategic Planning

Responsible for Monitoring & Evaluation, and reporting

Problem-solving with staff/parents/community members/youth in coordination with community area facilitator

Developing sustainability and fundraising strategies

Participate in the development of concept papers, project proposals

Qualifications

Relevant academic qualifications, preferably a degree in arts, social science or management

five years experience doing similar work tasks

Fluent in Arabic and English (Written and Spoken)

Excellent communication, organizational, planning, and interpersonal skills

Experience in financial planning and budget management

Experience working with community, particularly youth

Experience in organizing workshops, and event planning

Passion for encouraging self-expression

Experience in Staff management and supervision experience

Experience in Program Development

Ability to take initiative, proposes ideas, and add to the already inspiring and dynamic team.

Flexibility and ability to work independently, and among teams

Ability to work with multi-stakeholders and partners

Experience in developing sustainability and fundraising strategies

Participation in the development of concept papers and project proposals

Familiarity with youth education and development and/or arts and culture/technology for development is a plus

Familiarity with Moqattam area and communities-preferred

Interest in digital tools-preferred

Proficient use of Microsoft Word, Access, Excel and desktop publishing programs-preferred

CPR and First Aid Certified-preferred

Application

Please send a CV and brief cover letter outlining your qualifications to: info@arabdigitalexpression.org

Please indicate "DECA Director “ in the subject bar

Deadline: 30, March 2012

Background

The Arab Digital Expression Foundation, ADEF

ADEF aims, through an on-going process of collaboration between techies, artists, activists, youth leaders, educationalists and others, to unfold as a hub for knowledge production and sharing. ADEF strives to develop and promote collaborative models and processes for the production and sharing of knowledge in a quest to contribute to an evolving Arab identity; one for which knowledge is critical and shared knowledge is essential for decision-making. ADEF believes it is through open culture that freedom of expression and right to knowledge thrives and becomes a force that drives us to explore and discover our endless potential. Through its core team and rich web of affiliates, ADEF creates and documents models of collaboration to design activities and projects that build on technology in order to develop self-expression, knowledge dissemination and production of thought. In its new iterations, ADEF engages with and supports Arab collectives, initiatives and groups to embark on projects that creatively capitalize on digital technology for the production of free and open knowledge and the promotion of artistic expression.

Since it started its activities in 2007, ADEF has organized 5 consecutive summer digital expression summer camps. It has trained 170 young Arab professionals aged between 20-40 from Egypt, Tunisia, Morocco, Lebanon, Palestine, Iraq, Sudan, Yemen, Jordan and Syria in digital arts based on open-source technology and various experiential based training methodologies for the purpose of expression. It has also trained 284 youngsters aged 11 to 16 from across the region, in various forms of digital expression including cinema, sound and music, graphic design, web design, animation, web comics and web 2.0. It has been building a network of committed NGOs working with youth, art and ICT development, along with a wide and diverse network of artists, techies and educators.

On Digital Expression Community Area, DECA

DECA (Digital Expression Community Area) or ‘bench’ is an exciting new space opening in Moqattam, Cairo. DECA will serve both local youth communities and a broader Cairo community of artists and techies. Through a rich youth-led participatory programme in an open-access and safe space, DECA seeks to foster confidence, skills and creativity amongst Arab youth using digital tools and self-expression. DECA aims to cultivate a self-sustainable vibrant Arab digital and self-expression community of young active citizens contributing to the digital world and participating in shaping their lives and futures.