Graduate Junior Programme Officer

Graduate Opportunity: Junior Programme Officer: International Programmes (12-month paid role)

Motivated to create real global change? Creative, passionate and ready to kickstart your international development career?

Join our international non-profit supporting vulnerable children and young people around the world. We're looking for a recent International Development graduate to join our International Programmes team based in Milton Keynes, starting in early September. Over the 12-month programme, you'll develop practical skills in project management, Monitoring and Evaluation, targeted fundraising, safeguarding and much more to build on your academic learning.

You’ll also have the chance to research and lead on your own initiative- which if successful could make a real difference. You’ll experience first-hand what life is like in a small but ambitious charity and get access to mentorship from senior leadership to help shape your professional journey.

The essentials:

·         22 days holiday (plus bank holidays) as a minimum- plus discretionary three days over Christmas and the opportunity to buy more.

·         A pension – you contribute a minimum of 2% and we’ll add another 6%.

·         Access to confidential support and counselling, when you need it.

·         A hybrid and flexible working policy where employees are able to work remotely for up to 60% of their working hours (role dependent)

·         Enhanced Leave Policies

The extras:

·         Focus on innovation - employees are given 5 -10% of their time to work on innovation

·         On the job plus formal training opportunities.

·         Birthday Leave – employees are eligible for a full day of paid leave on their birthday.

·         Exclusive range of high street discounts including cinema, tech, travel, fashion and food and drink through charityworkerdiscounts.

·        Well-being days – employees are given two paid well-being days a year plus an organisational well-being day with the team.

To apply for this role, you must have the right to work in the UK.