Humanitarian Senior Programme Manager

1 month ago

London, Greater London, United Kingdom Prospectus Full time


Prospectus is delighted to be working with Plan International UK to recruit a Senior Programme Manager as a maternity cover fixed-term contract for up to 12 months.

The post is offered as full-time with flexibility on hybrid work (4 days a week working from home, 1 day a week from the office).


The role sits within Plan UK's Humanitarian Unit, operating across the whole spectrum of disaster work from anticipatory action, risk reduction, and first response through to recovery.

The purpose of this role is to lead and oversee a regional portfolio team with a focus on West and Central Africa, the Middle East and Central and Latin America.

The post holder will provide strategic and operational guidance and leadership to team members as they collaborate with colleagues in the regions to develop, fund and implement programmes.

The Senior Programme Manager will have overall responsibility for budget management of the geographical portfolio and will monitor the humanitarian context in assigned regions, including donor trends analysis research frequently for defined areas.

The post holder will lead on donor engagement strategy and action plans and internally, you will lead on emergency response collaboration across the organisation to mobilise resources.


We are looking for a French-speaking Programme Manager with substantial humanitarian work experience in different crises and experience in managing complex projects in challenging and stressful/high-risk environments.

The role requires a significant level of external representation, networking, partnership and donor relationship development and management.

To be successful, you need to have demonstrable line management and team management experience and the capacity to negotiate and build relationships with a range of institutions and partners, as well as significant experience in analysing donor trends, positioning for, developing and securing institutional donor funds.

In line with the focus portfolio Spanish and/or Arabic language skills are also an advantage.

At Prospectus we invest in your journey as a candidate and are committed to supporting you with your application.

We welcome candidates from a diverse range of backgrounds and we are happy to make reasonable adjustments to enable all interested candidates to apply.

If you are interested in this position, please submit your CV in the first instance. Should your experience be suitable, we will send you the full job description and will arrange for a call to brief you on the role

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