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Position Overview<\/strong>
This is a fantastic opportunity for a motivated development professional with 2-3 years\u2019 of experience to contribute to impactful conservation work in one of Madagascar\u2019s most biodiverse regions. SEED\u2019s conservation programme supports communities bordering the island\u2019s last remaining littoral forests, focusing on reforestation, biodiversity research and conservation action through community-led, participatory approaches.<\/p>\nYou will play a key role in developing, funding, reporting on, and evaluating these initiatives, working closely with both national and international staff. The role is ideal for someone with in-field experience and a strong interest in forest conservation and reforestation. You’ll collaborate with our national implementation teams to manage donor relationships, ensure high-quality proposals and reports, maintain compliance and support effective budget management.<\/p>\n
Strong grant writing skills and excellent written English are essential. Applicants without these will not be considered.<\/p>\n
Title<\/em>: Programme Officer
Location<\/em>: Fort Dauphin, Anosy Region, Madagascar
Timeframe<\/em>: 2 years, extendable
Contract Type<\/em>: Local salary, \u00a31,200 contribution to flights and \u00a3650 towards insurance<\/p>\nCore Duties<\/strong><\/p>\n\u25cf 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
\u25cf 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
\u25cf 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
\u25cf 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
\u25cf Work alongside the Programme Manager and Head of Department in problem-solving and providing additional support in line with emerging issues from project implementation
\u25cf Manage pieces of long-term project work that require a higher level of expertise and experience across the Department
\u25cf Support in the recruitment of new staff and provide support, management, review and professional development to your team of Programme Interns, Junior Officers and specialists
\u25cf 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
\u25cf Provide pastoral care, guidance and act as a role model, both professionally and personally, for a team of early career professionals living in country
\u25cf Work alongside the Head of Department, Programme Manager and Head of Finance in developing and managing the budgets relating to projects
\u25cf Develop and update resources to support project development processes, including proposal and budget templates and style guidelines
\u25cf Assist MEL specialists in developing MEL tools and analysing data, including the writing of MEL reports when needed
\u25cf Support the development of project development procedures, guidelines and trainings and provide project-specific information to inform policy development across the organisation
\u25cf Work with the Junior Programme Officers and interns to ensure that statistics, research, funding trackers, photo database and handovers relating to the projects are accurate
\u25cf Oversee the project-specific website and social media content
\u25cf Work with the national team and external partners in increasing their skills and capacity, providing mentoring or training where appropriate
\u25cf Take an active role in project management meetings, leading discussions and standing in for the Programme Manager where appropriate
\u25cf Form part of the team representing projects or SEED when required
\u25cf Liaise closely with the UK team in London ensuring clear communication at all times
\u25cf Ensure all of SEED\u2019s 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
\u25cf Complete any other tasks required by the Programme Manager, or Director of Operations and Heads of Departments commensurate with this role.<\/p>\n
Person specification<\/strong><\/p>\n\u25cf Degree-level qualification or equivalent experience in conservation, ideally with a focus on reforestation or forest ecology
\u25cf At least two years\u2019 experience with similar programmes
\u25cf Minimum of 2 years\u2019 professional experience of securing funding, project management, donor compliance and donor reporting
\u25cf Familiarity with the use of project management tools including Logical Frameworks, Theory of Change models, Budgets, Activity Plans and Monitoring & Evaluation frameworks
\u25cf 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
\u25cf 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
\u25cf Demonstrate an understanding of and commitment to SEED\u2019s ethos and approach and be a good ambassador for the organisation at all times
\u25cf Have passion, curiosity and motivation for the job and the ability to enthuse others
\u25cf 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
\u25cf Demonstrate proven ability to recognise and appropriately deal with challenging situations and problem solve
\u25cf Demonstrate an awareness of and comfort with increased social and professional responsibility, working at all times with cultural sensitivity and respect
\u25cf 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
\u25cf Be able to work to and advocate for all of SEED\u2019s policies and procedures, safeguarding those that SEED works with and reporting any concerns appropriately
\u25cf Be punctual and be able to work to tight deadlines in an organised manner and to a high standard
\u25cf Be able to work both independently and as part of a team
\u25cf Excellent listening and verbal communication skills and a flexible and patient attitude
\u25cf Ability and desire to develop and support a team of staff and interns
\u25cf Proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly Word, Excel and PowerPoint<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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HOW TO APPLY<\/div>\n
Application procedure<\/strong><\/p>\nInterested applicants should send a CV and covering letter in English outlining how their skills and experience match the requirements in the job description criteria and why they wish to work with SEED to the Director of Programmes and Operations, Lisa Bass by email on\u00a0lisa@seedmadagascar.org<\/a><\/p>\nPlease note: AI generated cover letters and recruitment exercises will not be processed.<\/p>\n
Application Deadline: Monday 23rd June 2025 at 23:59 GMT<\/strong><\/p>\nApplications will be reviewed on an ongoing basis throughout this period. Candidates will complete an exercise and long-listed applicants will have an initial informal interview with Madagascar-based staff and those short-listed will then be offered a formal interview.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
When you apply, please indicate that you are responding to the posting on Conservation Job Board.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":8089,"featured_media":34097,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_s2mail":"yes"},"categories":[14,15,210],"tags":[4,32,33],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55849"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8089"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55849"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55849\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55850,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55849\/revisions\/55850"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34097"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55849"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55849"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}