Programme Officer At Aidlink

Aidlink is recruiting a Programme Officer to join our small team and support senior management in the planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of Aidlink partners and projects.

The Programme Officer function is to ensure that Aidlink partnerships and programmes are managed in line with established policies and procedures, requiring the day-to-day management of the grant management processes across all partnerships.

Primary duties and responsibilities include:

• Partner Relations and Programme Management
• Donor Relations
• Organisational Development and Capacity Building
• Strategic and Policy Support
• Development Education / Immersion Programme support.

Partner Relations & Programme Management:

• Manage key relationships with Aidlink’s strategic partners in Kenya, Uganda and Ghana and ensure that they are in line with Aidlink’s policies and procedures;
• Assist partners throughout the project/programme cycle – applying current thinking and best practice in line with our commitment to management for results;
• Oversight of partner programme/project budgets;
• Monitoring & Evaluation of partners and programmes in line with Aidlink’s M&E Policy, including:
  • Preparing case studies on programmes and partnerships.
  • Attending, providing input to, and reporting back on various external technical working groups.
  • Preparing reporting materials for internal accountability processes (quarterly and annual reporting) in line with results based management systems.
  • Supporting the team in the development of analysis and thematic papers; planning processes, mid-term reviews and evaluations.

Donor Relations:

• Manage and implement the institutional and FTC (Foundations, Trusts and Corporate) components of Aidlink’s Fundraising Strategy;
• Develop proposals and reports, both narrative and financial, to the highest standards and to donor requirements;
• Liaise with donors (Irish Aid and others) in a timely and professional manner, ensuring that Aidlink meets requirements for submissions, communications and reporting.

Organisational Development and Capacity Building:

• Work with partners to develop and implement bespoke capacity building plans in line with Aidlink’s Capacity Building Approach;
• Contribute towards Partner and Staff training and organisational learning;
• Development of organisational policies related to Aidlink’s programmatic focus and key themes.

Other:

• To actively participate in professional / sectoral networks and working groups;
• Support advocacy, communications and development education activities;
• Represent Aidlink in line with organization ethos and values;
• Undertake from time to time other tasks relating to Aidlink activities as requested.

Candidate Profile – Skills and Experience

Applicants will need to demonstrate that they have a well-established track record of good performance and possess the following skills and experience:

Essential

• Strong understanding of and commitment to the core values and principles of Aidlink.
• Good communication, writing and strong IT skills.
• Understanding and commitment to the principals of Partnership, localization and Rights Based Approaches to poverty reduction and development.
• Knowledge and experience of Results Based Management systems.
• Knowledge and experience of organisational capacity development.
• At least 2 years’ experience of working on project cycle management including: partnership management, financial management, monitoring and evaluation.
• A Master’s degree in an area relevant to social development, poverty reduction, humanitarian.
• Well-organized, positive attitude and efficient; ability to work on own initiative and as part of a small team.

Desirable

• Knowledge of development in an East African context (Kenya and Uganda)
• Overseas experience working in a development context.

Candidates must be legally entitled to work in Ireland at the time of application.

Due to an anticipated high number of applications, Aidlink is not in a position to respond to every applicant individually. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for an interview.