FCDO Programme Officer

Full Job Description

Programme Officer, FCDO (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)

Location: UK flexible (with occasional meetings in London)

Salary Range: £31,459 - £32,580 per annum

Hours: 35 per week

Permanent Contract

Join us as a Programme Officer and support our partnership with the UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO). In this varied development role, you’ll have the opportunity to lead essential stakeholder coordination and grant management activities. You’ll also assist our Director of Programme Quality and Accountability with wider strategic priorities.

What will a day in the life of our FCDO Programme Officer involve?

You’ll lead in managing the British Red Cross' core funding from FCDO. This involves monitoring and reporting on progress, coordinating across teams, Movement partners and FCDO. This ensures requirements are met and the impact of this vital funding is effectively communicated.

Over time, the position will progressively take on broader responsibilities across the FCDO-funded project portfolio. This may involve supporting the BRC and our partners to secure and manage programme funding from the FCDO globally. This also includes managing specific grants, assisting due diligence processes, or facilitating emergency appeal contributions.

You’ll be a member of the International Programme Quality & Accountability team. You’ll be central to everyday activities. that promote team cohesion, coordinating engagement with a variety of stakeholders, preparing meetings and agendas, following up on team actions and providing administrative support where needed.

This is a varied role with significant scope to learn and develop, working with many teams and stakeholders to support a key strategic partnership and its global humanitarian impact.

To be a successful FCDO Programme Officer, what will you need?

• Knowledge of the RCRC Movement, the relationships between key Movement partners and BRC’s auxiliary role.

• Excellent administration skills, including attention to detail and maintaining up-to-date and accurate records.

• Good organisational skills to manage multiple tasks and prioritise your workload effectively.

• Up to date knowledge of themes and issues of particular interest to FCDO.

• Good relationship-building and collaborative working skills, both internal and external. Your facilitation skills will allow you to coordinate processes with multiple stakeholders.

• Experience of working with a donor to high standards of performance and accountability.

• Experience of data capture and analysis. Ability to produce reports to high standards and make information accessible to a variety of audiences.

Interested? Closing date for applications is 23.59 on Monday 2nd November 2026. Interviews are expected to take place during the first 2 weeks of November.

In return for your commitment and expertise, you’ll get:

• Flexible working: Remote and hybrid working, flexitime, compressed hours, and job sharing.

• Holidays: 36 days annual leave (including bank holidays) plus the option to buy extra leave.

• Pension Scheme: Up to 6% contributory pension.

• Recognition Platform: Managers can reward great work with retail vouchers.

• Discounts: Discounts through our Reward Gateway, Blue Light Card, Tickets for Good, and more.

• Wellbeing: Peer Supporters, CiC (EAP) & Headspace App.

• Learning & Development: A range of career and learning opportunities.

• Will Writing Service: Access to a free will writing service.

• Death in Service: A tax-free lump sum paid to your beneficiary in the event of your death.

• Cycle2Work: Lease a bicycle through the scheme.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident and Carers Confident employer. We are dedicated to building an inclusive, equitable and wellbeing‑focused culture where everyone feels safe, valued and can thrive. Guided by our Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Wellbeing Strategy, we foster belonging, psychological and physical wellbeing, and work to remove barriers to fair opportunities. Grounded in compassion and anti‑racist practice, we listen to diverse voices, value lived experience and create environments where staff and volunteers can succeed. Join us and be part of an organisation that leads with care, celebrates difference and helps everyone succeed.

Together, we are the world's emergency responders

Qualifications And Requirements

• Retail Skills - Retail, General Skills - Leadership Skills, General Skills - Organisational Skills, General Skills - BUDGET, General Skills - ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT, General Skills - Listening, General Skills - Prioritisation, General Skills - PROJECT MANAGEMENT, General Skills - Analysis, General Skills - Attention to Detail, General Skills - Partnership Working, General Skills - Facilitation, General Skills - Flexibility, RSRFL Skills - Wellbeing, General Skills - Administration, General Skills - Development, General Skills - Reporting, General Skills - Humanitarian, General Skills - International, General Skills - Collaboration, General Skills - Planning, General Skills - CONFIDENT, General Skills - Coordination, General Skills - Compliance, General Skills - Dynamic, General Skills - Strategic, General Skills - Accountability, General Skills - Engagement, General Skills - Monitoring, Fundraising Skills - Grant management, International - FCDO, Fundraising Skills - Event

• Retail Skills - Retail, General Skills - Leadership Skills, General Skills - Organisational Skills, General Skills - BUDGET, General Skills - ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT, General Skills - Listening, General Skills - Prioritisation, General Skills - PROJECT MANAGEMENT, General Skills - Analysis, General Skills - Attention to Detail, General Skills - Partnership Working, General Skills - Facilitation, General Skills - Flexibility, RSRFL Skills - Wellbeing, General Skills - Administration, General Skills - Development, General Skills - Reporting, General Skills - Humanitarian, General Skills - International, General Skills - Collaboration, General Skills - Planning, General Skills - CONFIDENT, General Skills - Coordination, General Skills - Compliance, General Skills - Dynamic, General Skills - Strategic, General Skills - Accountability, General Skills - Engagement, General Skills - Monitoring, Fundraising Skills - Grant management, International - FCDO, Fundraising Skills - Event