Senior Programmes Officer, Africa Region

IsraAID

Senior Programmes Officer coordinating humanitarian programs for IsraAID in Africa. Working with Country Offices to design and implement effective programs aligned with organizational priorities.

Posted 6/25/2026full-timeTel Aviv • 🇮🇱 IsraelSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Support Country Offices in programme design and implementation aligned with IsraAID's organizational priorities, resilience framework, programmatic approaches, community needs, and donor requirements.
Provide programmatic guidance to CO teams on best practices, innovative approaches, and solutions to programmatic challenges — drawing on organizational standards and cross-regional learning.
Advance and embed IsraAID's programmatic frameworks and approaches across the region, in coordination with the Director of Global Programmes.
Conduct regular programme quality assessments and monitoring visits to COs and programme sites, identifying areas for improvement and working with teams to address them in a timely and constructive manner.
Ensure programme effectiveness, sustainability, and alignment with organizational quality standards throughout the programme cycle.
Support the Director of Region on the development and review of a regional strategy.
Support and coordinate programme design, implementation, reporting, and compliance processes across all COs in the region, ensuring adherence to internal standards and donor requirements.
Facilitate and coordinate project and proposal development between CO and HQ teams, ensuring high-quality documentation that meets donor expectations — in coordination with the DevComms team.
Ensure timely submission of programmatic deliverables, reports, and compliance documents, proactively tracking deadlines and flagging risks to the Director of Region.
Oversee the delivery of regional projects where relevant, maintaining technical oversight and ensuring continuity of programme momentum.
Support MEAL processes across the region, ensuring robust data collection, analysis, and reporting in line with organizational standards and donor requirements.
Work with CO teams on adaptive management — facilitating reflection, analysis, and course correction based on monitoring data and emerging evidence.
Document and disseminate lessons learned, best practices, and success stories from COs across the region and the wider organization, in coordination with the Director of Global Programmes and the MEAL function.
Facilitate training and capacity-strengthening initiatives for CO programme teams in the areas of programmatic management, programme quality, reporting, and organizational approaches.
Support the professional development of CO programme staff by sharing resources, technical knowledge, and organizational tools — contributing to a culture of continuous learning and improvement across the region.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor's degree required; Master's degree preferred in International Development, Project Management, Social Sciences, Humanitarian Affairs, or a related field.
Minimum 5 years of relevant experience in humanitarian and/or development programme management, including at least 12 months of accumulated field-based experience leading programmatic work across one or more country missions (required).
Demonstrated experience in programme coordination, quality assurance, and compliance across multi-country or regional portfolios.
Strong experience in proposal and report development, including coordination with CO and HQ teams and alignment with donor requirements.
Experience in knowledge management, programmatic learning, and documentation of best practices.
Experience in capacity strengthening and training for CO programme teams.
Ability to provide interim programme management support and maintain continuity during transitions or gaps.
Experience working across diverse cultural contexts, including in sub-Saharan Africa (desirable).

Benefits

Comp & perks

Professional development
Training and capacity-strengthening initiatives

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Hard Skills & Tools

programme designprogramme implementationprogramme quality assessmentsmonitoring and evaluation (MEAL)proposal developmentreport developmentcompliance processesdata collectiondata analysiscapacity strengthening

Soft Skills

programmatic guidanceadaptive managementcommunicationcollaborationproblem-solvingtraining facilitationorganizational skillscultural sensitivitycontinuous learningleadership

Certifications

Bachelor's degreeMaster's degree (preferred)