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Programme Officer

Job Title: Programme Officer

Responsible for: Programme Assistant

Responsible to: Head of Programmes, Africa

Location: Vauxhall, London, UK – Right to work in UK a requirement

Job purpose: Grant management and country support for HPA work in Somaliland and Sierra Leone.

Salary: £29,000 – £32,000 depending on experience

Hours: Full-Time

Closing date: Wednesday 7th August, 11.59pm

Interview dates: Week commencing 12th August

Only applications that use the application form will be considered. Please send your application form to: personnel@healthpovertyaction.org

Please note that due to a potentially high number of applications, only shortlisted candidates will be notified.


The Programme Team in London provides support services to the development, implementation and administration of Health Poverty Action’s programmes. Health Poverty Action’s programme work in Africa takes place through country offices in Ethiopia, Kenya, Namibia, Rwanda, Sierra Leone and Somaliland and Find Your Feet’s in Malawi and Zimbabwe. This position will sit within the Africa Programmes Team and will operate as the direct contact point for the Somaliland and Sierra Leone country offices and act as donor contact point for HPAs’ grants in the these countries.

For more information, please refer to the Job Description.

At Health Poverty Action we celebrate diversity and promote equality and inclusion amongst all of our staff and everyone we work with.

Health Poverty Action recognises that all adults and children have equal rights to protection from abuse and exploitation. Health Poverty Action condemns exploitation and inappropriate behaviour, and is committed to taking action for the protection of programme participants. In cases where positions include a high level of safeguarding risk, police checks or local equivalents will be carried out.

Application Documents

Job Description

Application Form