Description
Programme Officer – Angola
Permanent. Full Time position
Location – Menongue, Angola
Salary – Between £25,000 and £32,000, dependent upon experience.
Job Description
About Us
The HALO Trust is the world’s largest and oldest international humanitarian mine action charity. Our mission is to save lives and restore livelihoods for those affected by conflict. HALO is known for its work to clear landmines and the disposal of other explosive hazards such as bombs, rockets, and improvised explosive devices (IEDs). HALO was established in Afghanistan in 1988 and now employs over 10,000 staff across 28 countries and territories.
HALO has been working in Angola since 1994 and now has over 1,400 staff working across five provinces. The programme currently has 17 ongoing contracts from a diverse set of donors, including institutional, private and corporate for projects across HALO’s three Strategic Goals. As a signatory of the international convention on the ban landmines, HALO supports the Government of Angola to comply with its treaty obligations. To date, HALO has cleared over 100,000 mines and made over 25km2 of land safe for use.
This is a great opportunity to join a programme with a strong team, many of whom have worked for HALO since the early nineties and have a wealth of experience to learn from. There is also a dynamic team of international staff working on the programme, to support operations working across the vast and varied landscape of Angola.
About the Role
HALO is seeking to recruit a Programme Officer (PO) who will support HALO’s growing projects and stakeholder management team in Angola. The PO will directly report to the Donor Relations Manager and work alongside other POs across the programme. The PO is responsible for coordinating with direct delivery staff to monitor donor contracts, drafting high quality reports and supporting donor engagement efforts, while also raising concerns proactively to the DRM and other senior managers as necessary. They will contribute towards the development of strong proposals that draw together lessons learned from previous projects, and identify partnership opportunities to maximise the impact of our work.
The PO will also be responsible for directing the Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, and Learning (MEAL) team(s) to collect socio-economic data, and will analyse data to understand and measure impact.
This role will be based in Menongue Angola. Programme Officers are based in the programme’s operational locations in either: Menongue, Cuito Cuanavale, or Benguela – with an opportunity to expand as the programme grows into new locations.
Requirements
Responsibilities
Duties will include the following:
Project Development and Monitoring
- Under the guidance of the Donor Relations Manager, exploring needs and opportunities for new donors and partners, including for programming in women’s, professional development, conservation, and development to maximise the impact of HALO programmes.
- Developing and writing donor proposals, with support from the Donor Relations Manager and other programme departments.
- Adhering to donor reporting schedules, internal review processes, and ensuring timely submission of all deliverables.
- Ensuring relevant programme trackers are updated a monthly basis, including indicator trackers and the monthly contract review sheet.
- Contributing towards and organising contract review processes on the programme in coordination with other departments.
- Writing and compiling inputs for donor reports, coordinating with others on programme, and ensuring compliance to donor requirements.
- Providing support to the Information Management department to ensure that data collected and shared is of a high quality.
- Coordinating with all programme departments and location offices as needed.
- Coordinating with HQ departments as needed.
- Supporting the Donor Relations Manager to maintain strong working relationships with donors and partners at a country level.
Impact Monitoring
- Supporting the DRM with the design and implementation of socio-economic data collection tools and processes.
- Directly managing the Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) teams, guiding the development of work-plans together with other POs.
- Conducting monthly quality check of data from the MEAL teams, and drawing out lessons learned to share with the DRM and other programme staff, as necessary.
- Maintaining indicator monitoring and tracking tools for socio-economic data, and help develop methods for measuring impact for non-traditional (Goal 3) activities.
Media and Communications
- Contributing to the development and implementation of the programme’s communications strategy.
- Developing advocacy and promotional materials (print/digital), ensuring adherence to HALO’s branding requirements and policies.
- Collecting content from the field and develop stories for sharing with donors and for external communications efforts.
- Supporting with programme communications opportunities by sharing content with HQ and pursuing opportunities to highlight HALO’s work in Angola.
Other
- Other administrative duties as and when required.
- Supporting compliance with HALO policies and procedures.
- Working on other standalone projects and initiatives.
- Contribute to the development of department and programme strategic plans.
Person Specification
Essential
- Experience in international development
- Experience working with a variety of donor types, such as government, private, corporate and foundations
- Experience with donor report and proposal writing
- Experience monitoring project performance against indicators
- Monitoring and evaluation skills, including designing logframes, designing surveys, collecting data, conducting data analysis, and reporting on findings
- Strong understanding of quantitative and qualitative research methods
- Advanced Microsoft Office skills
- Good interpersonal and communication skills
- Exceptional organisational skills
- Fluent written and spoken English
Desirable
- Experience in the mine action sector
- Experience managing donors and stakeholder relationships
- Results based management experience
- Experience working on projects relating to gender and women’s empowerment
- Portuguese language skills or a strong willingness to learn
Benefits
Benefits of working at HALO:
- Salary between £25,000 and £32,000, dependent upon experience.
- Local overseas allowance of $350 per month
- Shared accommodation in HALO accommodation provided at nil cost.
- 49 days of leave annually (weekend inclusive equivalent to 7 weeks of pay leave)
- Three economy return flights to the member’s official home address (or an alternative location up to an equivalent cost)
- Comprehensive insurance package: life assurance and emergency medical insurance, including evacuation and repatriation.
To apply for this role, please follow the link below and ensure you submit a cover letter / supporting statement (no more than 2 pages) detailing why you are suitable for this role, before the closing date for applications which is 20th August 2023. If there is a sufficient calibre of applicants, we reserve the right to close the role earlier than the date noted.
In addition to confirming that you can meet the essential skills, competencies and HALO’s values, job offers are subject to two satisfactory references, a pre-employment medical and a criminal record check.
The HALO Trust is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against any applicant for employment because of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation. The HALO Trust is committed to a culture that is both diverse and inclusive and we seek to recruit, develop, and retain the most talented people form a diverse candidate pool.
HALO requires its applicants to work in line with our values, which are:
- Courage
- Discipline
- Integrity
- Respect for Others
- Loyalty
- Selfless Commitment