Programme Officer - Community Health

(Madagascar)

Position Overview

This  role  offers  an  opportunity  for  a  development  professional  to  join  a  team  of  national  and
international staff supporting the development, reporting, and evaluation of SEED’s programming within
the Community Health department.

The Community Health programme focuses on maternal and child health, sexual and reproductive health
and rights (SRHR), violence against women and girls (VAWG), and food security.  We use community-led,
participatory approaches, working with local communities to identify and implement projects that meet
their needs and priorities.

This  position  is suited to someone with experience in public health, particularly in maternal, child, and
reproductive  health, and/or violence against women, who is keen to work alongside national staff who
are  implementing  the  project.  The  role  will  involve  developing  and  managing  projects,  securing  and
reporting on donor funding, supporting monitoring and evaluation, and ensuring projects are delivered
to a high standard.

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

Title: Programme Officer
Location: Fort Dauphin, Anosy Region, Madagascar
Timeframe: 24 months extendable
Contract Type: Local salary, contribution of £1,200 towards flights and £650 towards insurance

Duties and responsibilities:

●  Support Junior Programme Officers and interns in compiling funding proposals based on past
evaluation, team discussion and international best practice in an engaging and professional
manner

●  Support Junior Programme Officers and interns in writing 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 Head
of Programmes and the implementation team to ensure that project milestones are being met

●  Work alongside the Head of Programmes 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 your team of Project Development Interns, 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 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 departmental 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 trainings and

provide project-specific information to inform policy development across the organisation
●  Work with the Programme Officers and interns to 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

Head of Programmes where appropriate

●  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

●  Form part of the team representing projects or SEED when required
●  Liaise closely with the remote online team ensuring clear communication at all times
●  Complete any other tasks required by the Head of Programmes or Director of Operations and

Heads of Departments commensurate with this role.

Person specification

●  Hold an undergraduate in or relating to Global Health, Public Health, International Development

or have transferable skills or equivalent experience

●  Demonstrate sound knowledge and keen interest in MCH, SRHR and/or VAWG and its interface

with international development

●  At least two years experience with similar programmes
●  Minimum of 1-3 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

●  Proficiency in French is strongly desired
●  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
livelihoods;  education
Madagascar.  We
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.

integrate  high  quality  community  health,  sustainable

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.