Job Purpose
The Senior Programme Officer provides strategic, technical, and operational leadership for the design, implementation, monitoring, evaluation, learning, and communication of organisational programmes. The role ensures high-quality programme delivery, evidence-based decision-making, compliance with organisational and donor standards, and effective knowledge management across projects.
Key Responsibilities
Programme Leadership & Strategic Oversight
- Provide vision and technical leadership for the implementation of projects.
- Lead Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E), communication, and Knowledge Management (KM) strategies to effectively capture, organise, access, and share programme knowledge.
- Provide leadership, mentorship, and supervision to Program Officers and other programme staff handling projects and activities.
- Work closely with the Executive Director, Program Manager, and other team members to understand programme goals and ensure expectations are met.
Programme Development & Partnerships
- Participate in, coordinate, and/or lead programme design, proposal development, and donor engagement efforts as required.
- Contribute to the preparation of technical reports, concept notes, presentations, and policy or learning papers.
- Support partnership development and coordination with stakeholders, donors, and implementing partners.
Monitoring, Evaluation, Learning & Reporting (MEL)
- Design and manage the programme’s performance monitoring system.
- Ensure appropriate data is collected, verified, analysed, and reported for programme decision-making.
- Align monitoring with the Activity Monitoring and Evaluation Plan (AMEP).
- Provide technical leadership in evaluations and development of results frameworks, strategic frameworks, and organisational plans.
- Lead data collection, analysis, and preparation for monthly, quarterly, semi-annual, and annual programme reports.
- Ensure data quality assurance, learning integration, and adaptive management across projects.
Knowledge Management & Communications
- Supervise documentation and dissemination of programme learning, innovations, best practices, and key results.
- Ensure programme outputs and outcomes are widely shared by coordinating activity reporting and identifying learning materials for internal and external stakeholders.
Systems, Compliance & Operations
- Develop, monitor, and ensure compliance with Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for programme implementation and M&E.
- Ensure programme activities comply with organisational policies, donor regulations, and ethical standards.
- Maintain flexibility to take on additional responsibilities as organisational needs evolve.
Required Qualifications & Experience
- Master’s degree in Development Studies, Project Management, Social Sciences, Public Policy, or related field.
- Minimum of 5–7 years of progressively responsible experience in programme management, preferably in donor-funded or development organisations.
- Strong expertise in Monitoring, Evaluation, Learning, and Knowledge Management (MEL/KM).
- Demonstrated experience supervising teams and managing multiple projects.
- Proven experience in proposal development and reporting.
Core Competencies
- Planning and organisation
- Team collaboration
- Problem-solving
- Accountability and reliability
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