The British Embassy located in Addis Ababa stands as one of our most significant embassies in Africa, and the development program managed from this location is our largest initiative on the continent. We take pride in our enduring bilateral relationship with Ethiopia.
We are seeking a skilled, motivated, and innovative individual to become a part of our welcoming, cohesive team, where you will have the opportunity to enhance your abilities while engaging in various aspects of the mission – spanning from development to diplomacy.
Position: Programme Officer
Essential qualifications, skills and experience
- Excellent verbal and written English.
- Experience of managing projects / programmes with a focus on delivering results.
- Proven financial management capabilities.
- Proven experience of challenging stakeholders on a range of issues and holding them to account.
- Ability to take initiative and manage own workload.
- Experience of working at pace under the pressure of tight deadlines.
- Strong organisational skills, flexibility and capability to work on a broad range of topics simultaneously.
- Strong IT capability including MS Excel and Word.
Desirable qualifications, skills and experience
- Experience of working in the International Development or Humanitarian sector.
- Arabic language skills.
- Prior experience working on or in Sudan.
- Formal Programme Management Qualifications (APM PMF, AGILE, PRINCE2 or equivalent)
Required behaviors:
- Communicating and Influencing, Delivering at Pace, Making Effective Decisions, Working Together.
Salary: USD 901.41 (Base salary is subject to tax and other statutory deductions)
Location (City): Addis Ababa
Application deadline: 3 April 2026
How to Apply:
- Please be aware that you will only be able to apply to vacancies for Country Based Staff roles with the British Government through this official tal.net site (operated by Oleeo). Jobs may be advertised on third party websites, however our adverts will always link back to the official tal.net site. If you complete and send an application through any other site, we will not receive it.