United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Senior Regional Programme Officer (Africa)

Title:Senior Regional Programmes Officer – Africa
Employment Type:Permanent
Hours:35 hours per week
Salary:£26,500 – £30,000 per annum
Location:Whitechapel, London
Job Reference:SRPOA111015
Application Deadline:11th October 2015

Muslim Aid, an international humanitarian relief & development agency, is looking to employ a professional individual who will be highly committed to our mission, vision and values. Muslim Aid is committed to having a workforce that is representative of the wide community it serves at all levels of the organisation. We therefore welcome applications from all backgrounds and all sections of the community.

The International Programmes Department is responsible for the overall running and management of Development programmes and Field Offices in five distinct regions: South Asia, Africa, South East Asia, the Middle East and Europe. This includes providing leadership and strategic direction, programme design, monitoring, evaluation and resource mobilisation for Muslim Aid’s Development partners and Field Offices.

You will responsible for coordinating the development programmes for designated country field offices. You will review project proposals and prepare them for submission to relevant committees. You will provide technical support as well as review budgets and project-related documentation including completion reports. You will carry out monitoring and evaluation to ensure objectives of country programme are met.

You must be educated to degree or equivalent and have proven experience of project management, administration and monitoring and evaluation as well as competence in financial management. You must also have experience planning and organising conflicting workloads and working out competing priorities. You will be IT literate, have good interpersonal and communication skills and be a team player.

Due to the expected high response to this vacancy we reserve the right to close this campaign once we have a suitable pool of applicants, which could be prior to the published application closing date.