Emergency Programme Officer – Middle East

Emergency Programme Officer Middle East

Starting Salary: £39,071 – £40,633 including London weighting

Contract: 12 months fixed term contract with possibility for extension

Hours of work: Full time/35 hours per week

Location: London Office/ Hybrid or Home Based

The role of the Emergency Programme Officer will contribute to CAFOD’s humanitarian response to the Israeli-Palestinian crisis in line with the agreed strategy, by taking the lead on the day-to-day management of CAFOD-supported programmes and partnerships.

CAFOD’s Middle East core programme strategy takes a partnership approach to community-based peacebuilding, upholding rights and resilient livelihoods, as well as humanitarian response. It covers CAFOD’s programming in Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, the occupied Palestinian territory, and Syria. The new strategy is spearheading a new way of working with greater integration across programmes and teams in the Middle East.

The primary focus for this role is CAFOD’s response to the Israeli-Palestinian crisis primarily in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory with the potential to include Lebanon and other locations as necessary.

Working as a member of the International Programme Group, this role will contribute to CAFOD’s Middle East core programme which is part of CAFOD’s Asia and Middle East region.

CAFOD’s programme work is underpinned by an Integral Ecology programme model, where programme strategies are developed with partners to focus on addressing the causes and symptoms of poverty, inequality, and environmental degradation.

Key Responsibilities

• Project management and development in line with the direction set by the Middle East Core Programme Strategy and the Israeli-Palestinian crisis response plan.
• Building and developing effective relationships with Partners
• Financial management and monitoring of programmes and projects
• Programme Quality and Capacity Strengthening
• Monitoring and communicating the impact of our programmes and projects.

A key focus of this post includes managing effective relationships with partners; developing and nurturing partnerships and providing or facilitating capacity-strengthening support where appropriate.

The post holder will be expected to undertake travel within the Middle East region, including to the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) and Israel.

What We’re Looking For

The ideal candidate will have strong experience in development and humanitarian programming in the oPT.

In addition, the essential criteria for the role will include:

• Familiarity with the Middle East context, especially Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory.
• Understanding and first-hand experience of institutional funding work/projects, priorities, trends and donor conditions.
• First-hand experience with a values-based partnership approach (between northern and southern organisations and communities)
• Thematic experience: Experience in peacebuilding, advocacy and/or resilient livelihoods programming.
• Experience using programme cycle management tools effectively to deliver work within an agreed programme framework.
• Knowledge of IT systems, including Microsoft Office and Sharepoint Online
• Financial management understanding and experience with experience of preparing and monitoring complex budgets.
• Ability and willingness to travel (up to 12 weeks per year) in all areas of Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory and other locations as necessary, sometimes at short notice and to areas of potential risk.
• Fluent in written and spoken English. Arabic language skills are desirable for this role however not essential.

Why Choose CAFOD?

At CAFOD we value our employees and are committed to offering a healthy work–life balance and promoting the well-being of our employees.

As well as the exciting opportunities this role presents, we also offer great benefits, some of which are below.

• 34 days holiday (20 days annual leave, 8 bank holidays and 6 closure days)
• Additional 10 days annual leave purchase scheme
• Cycle to work scheme and season ticket loan.
• Enhanced Maternity, paternity and adoption pay.
• Enhanced Sick pay.
• Employee Assistance Programme

We offer all our employees learning and development opportunities, we provide training, coaching and mentoring to support your development in various aspects of our work.

CAFOD is committed to being an anti-racist organisation and we are keen to increase the diversity of our teams. We are particularly keen to seek out applications from people of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds.

There’s room for everyone: Catholics and non-Catholics; people of all faiths and none. We employ people in all corners of the world, of all ages and ethnicities. The result? A friendly and open-minded organisation.

Safeguarding for Children and Vulnerable Adults

CAFOD recognises the personal dignity and rights of children and vulnerable adults, towards whom it has a special responsibility and a duty of care and respect. CAFOD, and all its staff and volunteers, undertake to do all in our power to create a safe environment for children, young people and vulnerable adults and to prevent their physical, sexual or emotional abuse. CAFOD is committed to acting at all times in the best interests of children and vulnerable adults, seeing these interests as paramount. Any candidate offered a job with CAFOD will be expected to adhere to CAFOD’s Safeguarding policy and sign CAFOD’s Code of Behaviour as an appendix to their contract of employment and agree to conduct themselves in accordance with the provisions of these documents. This post does not involve contact with children, young people and vulnerable adults or has responsibility for people who overall will do.

All offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references, and appropriate screening checks can include criminal records and terrorism finance checks. CAFOD also participates in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. In line with this Scheme, we will request information from job applicants’ previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment. By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms his/her understanding of these recruitment procedures.

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CAFOD is an equal opportunities employer. Recruitment and selection procedures reflect our commitment to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults.