Head Of Programme Design And Quality - UK

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Girls Not Brides

  • Career category: Programme/ Project design & management
  • Job type: Job
  • Organisation type: Civil Society
  • Remote option: Not Specified
  • Right to work requirements: Right to work required in advance
  • Remuneration: GBP 58,140 GBP / yearly
  • Work schedule: Full-time
  • Length of contract: Temporary/ Fixed-term
  • Deadline: 15/06/2026
  • Location: United Kingdom
Child protection/ Children’s rights
INTRODUCTION TO GIRLS NOT BRIDES 
Girls Not Brides is a global partnership working to end child marriage and ensure every girl can shape her own future. Since 2011, we’ve brought together more than 1,400 organisations in nearly 100 countries, all united by one goal: to stop child, early, and forced marriages and unions everywhere. We envision a world without child marriage, where girls in all their diversity decide if, when, and whom to marry, one where their rights and futures are fully realised.

In 2025, 1 in 5 girls were married under 18. By 2030, we will contribute to reducing that to 1 in 7. We will do this by mobilising and influencing international actors to unlock commitments and resources to end child marriage and by driving impactful collective action in ten focus countries.

INTRODUCTION TO THE ROLE
The Head of Programme Design and Quality provides strategic and technical leadership to ensure high-quality, evidence-based, and fundable programme design across Girls Not Brides' Country Impact portfolio. Working closely with Regional Heads, the Development team, and other key stakeholders, the role drives programme quality, strengthens design methodologies and systems, and supports the development of donor-ready, high-impact programmes across Africa, Asia, and Latin America & the Caribbean.
The role also leads cross-regional coordination, supports organisational learning and programme excellence, oversees global member engagement, and provides strategic oversight of coalition grant portfolios to ensure alignment, quality, and impact.

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE
  • Proven substantial experience in designing high-quality, fundable programmes and projects, including leading and shaping the development of complex concept notes and donor proposals for multi-million-dollar initiatives.
  • Proven successful delivery in programme design, management and quality, and the application of harmonised methodologies, frameworks and tools across the full project lifecycle, with the ability to drive their adoption across teams or regions.
  • Extensive experience in strengthening organisational systems, processes and ways of working to enhance programme design, quality and implementation at scale.
  • Strong experience working across multiple countries or regions, with the ability to lead and coordinate cross-regional processes and ensure consistency and alignment.
  • Proven successful expertise and results in supporting programme development for funded initiatives, with a strong understanding of donor requirements, competitive funding environments, and what makes projects fundable.
  • Experience working with coalitions, civil society organisations or membership-based networks, including capacity strengthening and support.
  • Proven ability to provide senior technical guidance and hands-on support to diverse teams, partners and stakeholders, including operating effectively in a matrix structure without direct line management authority, and influencing decision-making at multiple levels of the organisation.

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