Details of Programme Officer

Job description

Job Title : Programme Officer

Reporting to: Programmes Manger

Location: Mogadishu, Somalia

Contract period:  1Year contract and renewable depending on availability of additional funding

Closing date: 25th November 2025

About Human Appeal

Here at Human Appeal, we have an exciting opportunity for Programme Officer to be based at our Somalia office in Mogadishu Banadir. This is 1 year fixed term contract, renewable depend on availability of funds

Human Appeal is a faith-based charity that aims to abolish poverty by providing humanitarian aid, sustainable development programs and championing advocacy for our beneficiaries worldwide. Human Appeal has seven International Field Offices across the globe. Here at Human Appeal, we have an exciting opportunity for the Programme Manager to be based at Human Appeal office in Mogadishu,

Job Summary:

The FSL officer is required to prepare technical proposal, develop concept notes and prepare weekly, monthly and final reports of all projects including review of the reports in terms of quality and submission of the reports timely to the program manager

Accountabilities

·         Responsible for the implementation of the assigned project in the targeted districts/area and lead field teams to carry out a high-quality implementation.

·         Ensuring high-performance level of their team and ensuring that activities and targets are met as per the program work plan.

·          She/he will provide management, operational, and technical support to assist the project team in the implementation of the project.

·         She/he will be responsible for facilitating appropriate community involvement in the stages of the program activities (local leaders, local authorities and local communities).

·          Lead community mobilization, sensitization, identification, verification and registration of beneficiaries and make sure beneficiary data is correct and complete and provide feedback on the process.

·         Enhancing community resilience that may include through implementation of high quality interventions e.g. improving farming systems.

·         She/he will be responsible for community entry, developing and maintaining relationships with all project stakeholders.

·         Responsible for empowering the communities to enable them adapt to unforeseen natural shocks through the creation of innovative livelihood options and system strengthening.

·         Responsible for ensuring equal participation by all categories of the community, taking into consideration issues regarding gender mainstreaming, age groups, PWDs, PLW, and household with more children within the target communities.

·         Create strategies in improving crop production and management by promoting better agricultural strategies to counter the effects of poor soils, climate change, and weather and pest damage.

·         Conduct training for farmers on Farmers Field School, Good Agricultural Practice (GAP), Integrated Pest Management (IPM) and Home Gardening

·          Lead in the identification of project beneficiaries in collaboration with Partners,  the local community and the local authorities using community-based approaches.

·         Lead in farmer’s capacity building/training and the establishment of demonstration sites to educate farmers on new/improved farming technologies.

·         Responsible for developing distribution plans for agriculture inputs (tools and seeds, tractor hours) to ensure the timely use of the inputs in enabling participating farmers for the best result.

·         Responsible for leading community mobilization, referrals and education on  food and nutrition security through engagement.

• Support the management, coordinate and liaise with other NGOs, UN agencies and Local authorities in attending meetings including cluster meetings, ABC among other task.
• Attend Humanitarian meetings on weekly basis, monthly or any other adhoc meetings
• Assist in the development of the Area Programme strategy and supporting documentation as required including developing any policies and standards.

Any other duties assigned by the line manager.

Monitoring, evaluation and reporting

·         Regularly monitor and supervise the activities of the various interest groups in the field to track progress and provide the necessary on-field mentoring support to improve group performance and results.

·         Actively participate in documentation of project learning and impact case stories and ensure that all lessons learned, and best practices are properly documented and used to inform project management decision making processes and project design.

·         With support of the MEAL team, facilitate any relevant project assessments and evaluation, including planning and organization of PDM, post-distribution assessment, etc.

·         Actively participate in regular project reviews and facilitation of both internal and external evaluation missions.

ACCOUNTABILITY/TRANSPARENT

·         Work independently on tasks related to beneficiary registration and mobilization with periodic reporting and direction from supervisor;

·         Make decisions on project implementation and its daily management responsibly based on available resources, skills and knowledge of staff and access to affected communities;

·         Ensure implementation of locally appropriate and feasible project activities in close consultation with Programme Manager, local authorities and communities;

·         Proper management of resources, equipment and project utilities.

·         Work in adherence to H.A’s policies and procedures.

·         In this position, you are expected to demonstrate HA’  core competencies, observe policies and procedures in the implementation of the projects.

Skills and qualifications

Education

·         Degree in Agriculture/Livestock production, Bachelor’s in Agricultural economy , Agricultural sciences (please do not apply if you are not FSL expert with background on Agriculture)

·         Minimum of 5 years work experience in FSL work in the INGO/LNGO and UN environment, including exposure to field operations in both emergency and development programs based on cash transfer programming

·         Strong report writing skills

·         Strong proposal and concept note developments including institutional funding

·         Proficiency in computer applications including Word, excel, power point and other applications

Experience

·         Minimum 3 to 5 year of relevant work experiences in INGO

·         Good understanding of local agricultural challenges and the ability to work closely with local communities and  beneficiaries

·          Effective communication and training skills.

·          Excellent problem-solving and analytical abilities.

·          Proficiency in relevant computer applications and data analysis tools.

·         Willingness to travel to project sites within the region.

Computer Skills

MS Office Suite,

Languages

English/somali

How to apply

We are looking to appoint this role ASAP and will be reviewing applications on a rolling basis, so for the best chance of success submit your application cover letter and CV as single PDF document- The cover letter being the first page to; hr.somalia@humanappeal.org.so with subject line Programme Officer by or before 25th November 2025. Apply today to become our Programme Officer – we would love to hear from you. *Female candidates are highly encouraged to apply and will be given priority*

Apply to hr.somalia@humanappeal.org.so