Temporary Program Officer, Africa - London, United Kingdom - Mercy Corps

Mercy Corps

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London, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Description

Location:
The Hague, NL; or London, or Edinburgh, UK**
Position Status: Full-time, Open terms/permanent

Salary:
UK: 26-35K GBP depending on location and experience, NL: circa 33-38K euros

About Mercy Corps:

Mercy Corps is powered by the belief that a better world is possible.

To do this, we know our teams do their best work when they are diverse and every team member feels that they belong.

We welcome diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and skills so that we can be stronger and have long term impact.

Mercy Corps is powered by the belief that a better world is possible.

Mercy Corps Europe (MCE) has grown rapidly in terms of volume of activity and complexity. With offices in Edinburgh, London, Geneva and The Hague, we now attract over £90m in income. The breadth and impact of our programmes makes Mercy Corps a unique and truly rewarding place to work.

Our teams are proud of what we achieve in the country programmes and we are always looking for talented individuals who share our passion and commitment.

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The Position:

The Programme Officer (PO) supports strategic, impactful, and high-quality programming.

Reporting to the Senior Programme Officer, the PO supports the SPO, the Regional Director (RD), the Deputy Regional Director (DRD) and Country Offices in many aspects of their country programme and grant administration.

The PO plays a key role in connecting the field to HQ resources and represents the country/regional interests internally with various HQ teams as well as with external stakeholders.

The PO works with the Senior Programme Office (SPO), DRD and RD to provide the secondary check and supports the field (ultimate point of responsibility) in adhering to internal and external policies and regulations.

The PO also provides guidance to the Assistant Programme Officer (APO) and helps with the administration that is necessary for robust and accountable grant management.

The PO furthermore plays an important role in rolling out agency-wide initiatives in countries in the region. This role may be assigned a portfolio of countries, for which they will give specific support. This will depend on relevant experience, and requirements from the wider Africa portfolio.

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Essential Responsibilities:

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PROGRAMME AND GRANT ADMINISTRATION:

The PO is the HQ point of responsibility for overall monitoring of grants/programmes for external/donor requirements as well as Mercy Corps' internal policies and requirements. They provide ongoing monitoring of the status of programmes and complete regular checkins on grant requirements (such as cofinancing, budget versus actuals, data aggregation, etc.). They support country teams' adherence to Mercy Corps internal policies and Programme Management minimum standards. They review and contribute to high quality reports and other donor deliverables.

PROPOSAL DEVELOPMENT

The PO leads HQ coordination for proposals. Throughout the proposal process, the PO monitors the timeline, status of proposal, provides input into the design and communicates to the relevant parties as appropriate. The PO reviews the final draft for coherence and donor requirements, and manages submission. They may be appointed a different role in the design process and travel to the field if needed.

EXTERNAL REPRESENTATION

With guidance from the SPO, RD, DRD, Country Directors and other relevant stakeholders, the PO represents regional interests and programmes with external stakeholders.

STRATEGY, PLANNING & LEARNING

With guidance from the SPO, the PO supports country teams with strategy development and planning. The PO facilitates learning across country portfolios and regions and shares lessons learned and knowledge of agency resources/tools/best practices/etc.

OTHER

Internal Communication: In coordination with the APO, the PO supports internal communications and ensures knowledge management systems are up to date and accurate to support communication with other teams.
Knowledge Management: In coordination with the APO, the PO ensures management of agency systems and adherence to HQrelated Programme Management minimum standards, etc.
Orientation: For newhires visiting HQ, PO provides briefings on context, country strategy and programmes prior to their departure as initial step in the onboarding process. As requested, PO supports supervisors with onboarding of new expatriate team members.

Accountability to Participants and Stakeholders:

Mercy Corps team members are expected to support all efforts toward accountability, specifically to our program participants, community partners, other stakeholders, and to international standards guiding international relief and development work.

We are committed to actively engaging communities as equal partners in the design, monitoring and evaluation of our field projects.

Minimum Qualification & Transferable Skills: