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Programme Officer - Community Health (Madagascar)
Position Overview
This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in strengthening and shaping community-led health programmes in Madagascar. You will support the development, funding, reporting and evaluation of SEED’s Community Health portfolio, working closely with national teams delivering projects on the ground.
Our work focuses on maternal and child health, sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), violence against women and girls (VAWG) and food security - using participatory approaches that place communities at the centre of identifying needs and driving sustainable solutions.
You will lead on developing high-quality funding proposals, managing donor reporting, supporting monitoring and evaluation and ensuring programmes are delivered effectively and to a high standard.
We are seeking an early career, public health professional with one to three years experience, strong grant writing experience, particularly in maternal, reproductive health, or gender-based violence programming. Excellent written English is essential; French proficiency is highly 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 to support with accommodation and living costs, 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
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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 theJunior Programme Officers to ensure that statistics, research, funding trackers, photo database and handovers relating to the projects are accurate
Coordinate the project-specific website and social media content, ensuring a constant flow of information to donors and supporters
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
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Experience of working in a similar environment would be an advantage
● 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 Madagascar. We integrate high quality community health, sustainable 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.
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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 25th May 2026 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.
Please note that the expected in-country start date for this position will be June 2026.
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.