Programme Officer -
Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development
(Madagascar)

Position Overview
This  is  a  fantastic  opportunity  for  a  motivated development professional with 1-3 years’ experience to
contribute to impactful agricultural and livelihoods work in one of Madagascar’s most biodiverse regions.
SEED’s  agriculture  project  works with communities to strengthen food security, promote climate-smart
farming,  and  support  sustainable  land  management  practices.  We  use  community-led,  participatory
approaches,  working  with  local communities to identify and implement projects that meet their needs
and priorities.

This is an exciting position for someone who has 1-3 years in-field experience and a particular interest in
and exposure to agricultural development and climate-resilient farming systems. You will work alongside
national  and  international  staff,  supporting  the  development, funding, reporting and evaluation of our
programme.   You  will  be responsible for generating funds across the programmes to maximise impact.
This  post  will  partner  our  national  implementation  teams,  managing  donor  compliance,  ensuring
proposals and reports are to a high standard and budgets are appropriately managed.

It  is  essential that the post holder has grant writing experience and is able to work in English to a high
standard. Candidates who do not meet these criteria will not be considered.

Title: Programme Officer
Location: Fort Dauphin, Anosy Region, Madagascar
Timeframe: 2 years, extendable
Contract Type: Local salary, £1,200 contribution to flights and £650 towards insurance

Core Duties

●  Compile funding proposals based on past evaluation, team discussion and international best

practice in an engaging and professional manner

●  Write project reports that clearly demonstrate the successes and challenges of the projects,

learning from the project and providing clear budgetary information

●  Provide first-stage editing of all proposals and reports across the Department to a high standard

and providing detailed, constructive feedback to interns and Officers

●  Support in the management of donor compliance across several projects, working with the

Programme Manager and the implementation team to ensure that project milestones are being
met

●  Work alongside the Programme Manager and Head of Department in problem-solving and
providing additional support in line with emerging issues from project implementation

●  Manage pieces of long-term project work that require a higher level of expertise and experience

across the Department

●  Support in the recruitment of new staff and provide support, management, review and

professional development to Programme Interns, Junior Officers and specialists

●  Foster essential cross-cultural collaboration, providing support to both the national and

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

●  Provide pastoral care, guidance and act as a role model, both professionally and personally, for a

team of early career professionals living in country

●  Work alongside the Head of Department, Programme Manager and Head of Finance in

developing and managing the budgets relating to projects

●  Develop and update resources to support project development processes, including proposal

and budget templates and style guidelines

●  Assist MEL specialists in developing MEL tools and analysing data, including the writing of MEL

reports when needed

●  Support the development of project development procedures, guidelines and training and
provide project-specific information to inform policy development across the organisation

●  Ensure that statistics, research, funding trackers, photo database and handovers relating to the

projects are accurate

●  Oversee the project-specific website and social media content

●  Work with the national team and external partners in increasing their skills and capacity,

providing mentoring or training where appropriate

●  Take an active role in project management meetings, leading discussions and standing in for the

Programme Manager where appropriate

●  Form part of the team representing projects or SEED when required

●  Liaise closely with the UK team in London ensuring clear communication at all times

●  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

●  Complete any other tasks required by the Programme Manager, or Director of Operations and

Heads of Departments commensurate with this role.

Person specification

●  Degree-level qualification or equivalent experience in agriculture, rural development, food

security, or a related field

●  At least two years’ experience with similar programmes
●  Minimum of 2 years’ professional experience of securing funding, project management, donor

compliance and donor reporting

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

Change models, Budgets, Activity Plans and Monitoring & Evaluation frameworks

●  Fluency in written and spoken English with excellent written communication skills, to the level of

editing English documents for publication to a very high standard

●  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
●  Demonstrate an understanding of and commitment to SEED’s ethos and approach and be a good

ambassador for the organisation at all times

●  Have passion, curiosity and motivation for the job and the ability to enthuse others
●  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
●  Demonstrate proven ability to recognise and appropriately deal with challenging situations and

problem solve

●  Demonstrate an awareness of and comfort with increased social and professional responsibility,

working at all times with cultural sensitivity and respect

●  Demonstrate the ability, social skills and confidence to give clear guidance and support to other
members of the team in respect of the philosophy and procedures of SEED in order to protect
both their safety and the reputation of the NGO

●  Be able to work to and advocate for all of SEED’s policies and procedures, safeguarding those

that SEED works with and reporting any concerns appropriately

●  Be punctual and be able to work to tight deadlines in an organised manner and to a high

standard

●  Be able to work both independently and as part of a team
●  Excellent listening and verbal communication skills and a flexible and patient attitude
●  Ability and desire to develop and support a team of volunteers and staff and to support the

Project Development internship programme

●  Proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly Word, Excel and PowerPoint

About the Organisation
SEED Madagascar is a British Charity working in partnership with communities in the southeast of
Madagascar. We integrate high quality community health, rural livelihoods; education infrastructure and
conservation programmes to support long term, sustainable change and add to international best
practice through research and publication across all of our programmatic areas. We are now looking for
entry level interns and officers to work alongside national staff and expand our team.

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.

We value concise and focused applications. To help us review all submissions efficiently, please limit your
CV to a maximum of four pages. Unfortunately, longer CVs cannot be considered.

Application Deadline: Monday 24th November 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.