Immediate Vacancy: Programme Manager Heo, British Office Sudan

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Job Category

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (Programme Roles)

Job Subcategory

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (Programme Roles)

Job Description (Roles and Responsibilities)

Main purpose of job:

The British Office Sudan (BOS) is looking to recruit capable, motivated, and experienced Programme Manager to join the Operational Excellence Team. This role involves:

• Leading and supporting delivery of our development programmes.
• Ensuring programmes deliver results for Sudanese people.
• Building trusted and influential relationships with suppliers and partners.

In this role, the Programme Manager supports the management of a team’s portfolio and leads the programme management of complex and/or high-value programmes. Responsibilities include:

• Understanding the FCDO Programme Operating Framework (PrOF).
• Providing advice on programmatic issues.
• Leading on compliance and financial management.
• Supporting and managing Programme Officers.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Lead the management of the programmes/projects you are responsible for, ensuring compliance with UK Government rules.
• Deliver robust financial management of programmes to ensure spending limits are adhered to and value for money is achieved.
• Proactively manage risk, including fiduciary risk, and engage with partners to identify key risks to programme delivery.
• Establish and maintain strong relationships with implementing partners to maximize impact.
• Support wider team and/or cross-office priorities as required.

Resources Managed (Staff and Expenditure):

As part of this role, the postholder may be expected to have line-management responsibilities for EO Programme Officers within the British Office Sudan.

Essential Qualifications, Skills, and Experience

• Language requirements: Fluent English
• Understanding: A good understanding of Programme and Project Management (PPM) processes, procedures, and best practices.
• Resilience: The resilience to manage multiple projects/programmes concurrently, with the ability to take the initiative and manage own workload.
• Financial management: Proven financial management capabilities, including accuracy, attention to detail, and a proven ability to accurately forecast and manage expenditure.
• Risk management: Strong experience in managing risks and issues.
• Stakeholder engagement: Ability to work with a range of stakeholders, both internal and external, and challenge implementing partners when required.
• Flexibility: Flexibility and willingness to support colleagues as and when necessary, not just on PPM work.

Desirable Qualifications, Skills, and Experience

• Sector experience: Experience of working in the International Development or Humanitarian sector.
• Language skills: Arabic language skills.
• Regional experience: Prior experience working on or in Sudan.
• Formal qualifications: Formal Programme Management Qualifications (APM PMQ, AGILE, PRINCE2, or equivalent).

Required Behaviours

• Communicating and Influencing
• Delivering at Pace
• Making Effective Decisions
• Working Together

Application Deadline

3 October 2025

Grade

Higher Executive Officer (HEO)

Type of Position

Fixed Term, with possibility of renewal

Working Hours per Week

36

Duration of Post

12 months

Region

Africa

Country/Territory

Ethiopia

Location (City)

Addis Ababa

Type of Post

British Embassy

Number of Vacancies

1

Salary Currency

USD

Salary

1,439.40 (Base salary is subject to tax and other statutory deductions)

Type of Salary

Monthly

Start Date

3 November 2025

Other Benefits and Conditions of Employment

Working patterns and conditions:

• This opportunity is full-time, and the postholder is expected to work the British Office Sudan’s working pattern.
• The British Office Sudan can offer flexible working such as remote working; however, no part-time or job-share is available due to the instrumental nature of the PM role.
• This post will be based in Addis Ababa (Ethiopia), with the majority of the British Office Sudan team.
• Travel requirements: There may be travel requirements envisaged for this role, reviewed on an ongoing basis.
• The British Office Sudan may have further vacancies in the coming months and will use this recruitment to develop a pipeline of reserve candidates for approximately 1 year.

Additional Information

Please ensure that your application is authentically written based on your own experiences. If AI tools are used, their usage must only be limited to specific tasks such as ensuring formatting consistency and keyword relevance. The core content, personal narratives, and responses to behaviour and skill-based questions must genuinely reflect your professional journey, experiences, and achievements. We place great importance on originality and individual effort throughout the application process. Any form of plagiarism will result in immediate disqualification.

The British Embassy will never request any payment or fees to apply for a position.

The base salary is subject to tax and other statutory deductions.

Employees recruited locally by the British Embassy in Addis Ababa are subject to Terms and Conditions of Service according to local employment law in Ethiopia.

All candidates must be legally able to work and reside in the country of the vacancy with the correct visa/work permit status or demonstrate eligibility to obtain the relevant permit.

Responsibilities of the Successful Candidate

Skills Required:

• Political / Science / Ir
• Social / Science / Project / Management / Development