This role will support the planning, delivery, and evaluation of overseas Hostile Environment Surgical Training (HEST) courses and to lead on administration for train-the-trainer and Humanitarian Sector Surgical Training (HSST) courses run within the UK.

The role holder will be the lead officer for managing the supply chain for programme activity, maintaining an inventory of training materials, developing equipment manifests, procuring items in short supply, liaising with logistics contractors for international movements, and accounting for items on a routine basis.

The programmes officer will also provide staff and administrative support to a range of other initiatives within the Foundation, as required. This could include helping to plan and deliver events for staff and volunteers, maintaining volunteer databases, supporting office administration, and helping fundraising and communications functions.

By preference, we are interested in providing an opportunity to someone from the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham who wishes to enter the humanitarian sector and who has not had the benefit of privilege in their upbringing. Desirable qualifications, skills, attributes, and experience include:

• Knowledge of, and keen interest in, public health, current affairs, the humanitarian sector, and international relations.
• Ability, personal resilience, and willingness to travel to high-risk countries to facilitate HEST training, which – as things stand – involves approximately 7 weeks of international and 2 weeks of national travel per year.
• Willingness to travel outside of normal office hours.
• Proven ability to manage own workload, organising and prioritising tasks to meet deadlines.
• Good communication, interpersonal and writing skills.
• An ability to manage time-sensitive work in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent organisational skills with an ability to establish tools for effective workload management.
• Willingness to grow with the role.

Further details, including a full job description, are available from enquiries@devidnottfoundation.com.