Programme Manager Community Health
Madagascar

Position Overview
This  is  a  superb  opportunity  for  an  early  career,  development  professional  with  3-5  years  of
experience in community health to lead a team of international staff supporting SEED’s Community
Health  Programmes  (Maternal  and  Child  Health,  SHRH,  Food  Security)  alongside  our  national
management and implementation team.

It is essential that the post holder has a background in community health, grant writing experience,
can work in English to a high standard and has a good (at least C1) level of French.  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  while  adding  to  International
best practice through research and publication.

Location: Fort Dauphin, Anosy Region, Madagascar
Contract minimum duration: 2 years
Probationary period: 3 months
Terms and conditions: Local salary, plus contribution to of £1,200 to a flight and £650 towards
insurance
Reporting to: Director of Programmes & Operations

Responsibilities:
Programme Development

1.  Work with national and international staff to design Community Health Projects that fulfil

local needs and align with SEED’s strategic aim, taking into account past learning,
international best practice, contextual constraints and government objectives.

2.  Oversee the development of project frameworks (e.g. Log Frames and Theory of Change) and
proposals to ensure they are representative of the community needs whilst being attractive to
donors

3.  Support the team to conduct research into international and national development best

practice and funding opportunities for the Community Health Programme

4.  Ensure the high standard of all project documents submitted to donors to secure the ongoing

funding of SEED’s projects – currently at around £250,000 per annum across all active
interventions
Identify partners and build networks and collaborations across Community Health
programme to increase the impact of SEED’s work in these areas

5.

6.  Use evidence-based advocacy from research and project findings in briefing papers for staff,

local and regional stakeholders and government departments to inform regional and national
development strategy

Programme Management

7.  Provide timely updates to the Programmes and Fundraising Coordinator of project activities

and support them to communicate any changes in project activities to donors when necessary
8.  Oversee effective systems for monitoring project progress against activity plans, working with
project teams to ensure objectives are met and using learning from ongoing evaluation to
inform the development of projects

9.  Conduct fieldwork and monitoring visits to project sites when appropriate and ensure

observations are fed back into ongoing project design

People Management

10. Recruit, support, manage, review and provide professional development to a team of
Programme Officers and Specialists, delegating to and managing their work to achieve
departmental objectives and support organisational ethos and strategy

11. Foster essential cross-cultural collaboration and learning, providing support to both the

national and international teams to bridge gaps in understanding and priorities for project
development and implementation

12. Provide pastoral care, guidance and act as a role model, both professionally and personally,

for a team of early career professionals living in country

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 SEED’s 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 promoted at all times

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

●  At least a first degree-level qualification or equivalent experience in public health,

international development, or related discipline

●  Sound knowledge of international development frameworks and contemporary global issues

facing least developed countries

●  Sound knowledge of and interest in public health issues and approaches in least developed

countries

●  Minimum of 2 years’ experience of public health projects in a developing context
●  Minimum of 2 years’ professional experience in line management and/or project

management

●  Familiarity with the use of project management tools including Logical Frameworks, Theory

of Change models, Activity Plans and Monitoring & Evaluation frameworks

●  Experience of creating and managing budgets
●  Fluency in English (written and spoken) with excellent written communication skills, to the

●

level of editing English documents for publication
Intermediate or advanced French and be able to conduct meetings and read reports in
French

●  Excellent listening and verbal communication skills, and a flexible and patient attitude
●  Excellent proposal and report writing and editing skills, with previous experience compiling

project proposals and reports and the ability to tailor written information to various
audiences

●  Cross-cultural negotiation skills and a curiosity in effective work practices in a cross-cultural

setting.

●  Ability and desire to build capacity and share skills both within international and national

teams

●  Ability and desire to develop, support and manage a team of volunteers and staff, and to

oversee the Project Development internship programme

●  Ability to demonstrate and support staff to develop appropriate professional and social

attitudes required for living in another country, and to manage these aspects of volunteers’
behaviour when required

●  Proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly Word, Excel and PowerPoint
●  Excellent problem solving and analytical skills, with demonstrable ability in gathering and

assimilating facts and data from various sources

●  Experience of living and working in a developing country with the ability and desire to work
with teams from different economic and cultural backgrounds and across multiple language
barriers

Application Procedure

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.

Please note: AI generated cover letters and recruitment exercises will not be processed.

Application  Deadline:  Monday  29th  September  2025 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.