Programme Assistant

Programme Assistant (2 roles) – Forest Peoples Programme 🌍🌿

📍 Location: Remote

• 1 role: GMT ±2

• 1 role: GMT-5 to GMT+1
  (Hybrid/office option if UK-based and near the office)

💷 Salary: £30,000–£35,000 FTE (depending on experience)
🕒 Hours: 4–5 days per week (part-time or full-time considered)
📄 Contract: Permanent (UK-based) / Consultancy (outside UK)

About the Organisation

Forest Peoples Programme (FPP) is an international NGO working for 35+ years with Indigenous Peoples and forest communities across Africa, South & Central America, and Southeast Asia.

They focus on:

• Securing land and territorial rights

• Environmental and climate justice

• Business and human rights

• Supporting Indigenous-led change

This is serious, values-driven international development work.

🎯 What This Role Really Is

This is not a basic admin job.

It’s a high-responsibility programme support role inside an international NGO — blending:

• Project administration

• Donor reporting support

• Budget tracking

• Meeting coordination

• Monitoring & evaluation support

• Some travel

• Cross-cultural collaboration

You’ll be supporting Programme Coordinators and acting as a key operational backbone.

🛠️ Key Responsibilities

• Tracking programme deliverables and deadlines

• Organising meetings, drafting agendas, taking minutes

• Supporting donor reporting (narrative + financial)

• Tracking grant budgets and expenditure

• Assisting with grant applications

• Supporting international events and workshops

• Contributing to Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability & Learning (MEAL)

• Occasionally travelling internationally (1–2 weeks, 2–3 times/year max)

✅ Essential Profile

You’ll need:

• Experience in the not-for-profit sector, ideally international

• Experience with project administration & grant reporting

• Budget tracking experience

• Strong written English (clear, concise, analytical)

• Excellent organisation and time management

• Ability to work across cultures

• Strong Microsoft Word & Excel skills

• Availability for occasional overseas travel

⭐ Strong Advantages

• Experience working with Indigenous Peoples or global south partners

• French, Spanish, or Bahasa Indonesia

• Understanding of human rights / environmental governance

• Remote working in multicultural settings

💡 Who This Would Suit

• Someone with 3–6 years’ NGO/programme support experience

• A detail-oriented, mission-driven operator

• Someone who enjoys coordination more than frontline campaigning

• A calm, capable multi-tasker who can manage deadlines across time zones

If you struggle with fast-paced, multi-threaded work — this won’t be comfortable.
If you enjoy being the organisational anchor behind meaningful international work — this is strong.

🌱 Work Culture & Benefits

• 25 days annual leave + Christmas closure

• Flexible working

• Enhanced parental leave

• Inclusive, collaborative culture

• International exposure