Position Overview
We are a medium-sized NGO looking for a Programmes Manager to coordinate the development and management of our Community Health Programme in Madagascar. This is a superb opportunity for a development professional with two to four years work experience to work alongside national and international staff, leading on the programme development, grant writing, reporting and evaluation of SEED’s Community Health Programme.
This post would suit someone who has experience in international development and is now ready to make the move into managing a team and a portfolio of projects. It is essential that the post holder has grant writing experience, community health knowledge and is able to work in English to a high standard. Candidates who do not meet these criteria will not be considered.
SEED Madagascar is a British charity working in partnership with communities in the southeast of Madagascar. We integrate high quality community health, WASH, rural livelihoods, schools and conservation programmes to support long term, sustainable change and add to international best practice through research and publication across all our programmatic areas.
Location:Â Fort Dauphin, Anosy Region, Madagascar
Contract minimum duration:Â 2 years
Probationary period:Â 3 months
Terms and conditions: Local salary plus £1,000 contribution to flight and £650 to insurance Reporting to: Director of Programmes & Operations
Responsibilities:
Programme Development
Programme Management
People Management
Budget Management
13. Oversee the development of budgets, including full cost allocation with consideration of the organisational strategy and priorities over the coming years
14. Provide monthly overview of financial reports, ensuring project spending is on track and identifying trends in expenditure, and management of exchange rate gains
General
15. Provide core support to the Director of Programmes & Operations in management and ensuring the support and security of all international staff, including acting as an intermediary of organisational priorities to the wider team
16. Work flexibly, including changing work priorities at short notice and working unsociable hours when necessary to meet a short deadline, for example the submission of project funding documents within the timeframe set by donors
17. Ensure all of SEEDs policies and procedures are evident throughout the work of the department, including those for safeguarding, whistleblowing, and anticorruption, and undertake continual training to ensure these are always promoted
18. Represent SEED Madagascar in external meetings with other agencies, donors, and partners on the ground in Madagascar and in the UK
19. Act as a temporary stand-in for the Director of Programmes & Operations and/or other Programme Heads when required during a period of leave and absences
Required Skills & Experience
Essential
Interested applicants should send a CV and covering letter in English outlining why they wish to take up this position and how their skills and experience match the requirements in the job description criteria to SEED Madagascar Director of Programmes and Operations, Lisa Bass by email on lisa@seedmadagascar.org
Applications deadline: 29th February 2024 at 23:59 GMT. Applications will be reviewed on an ongoing basis throughout this period.
Candidates will complete an exercise, long-listed applicants will have an initial informal interview with Madagascar based staff and short-listed applicants will then be offered an interview with the London team.
SEED Madagascar actively encourages equality, diversity, and inclusion in the workplace and aims to create a working environment free of bullying, harassment, victimisation, and unlawful discrimination, where individual differences and the contributions of all staff are recognised and valued.
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