Programme Manager

This is an excellent opportunity for a seasoned Programme Manager fluent in French to contribute to Client Earth’s work to protect the world’s forests and strengthen Indigenous Peoples’ and Local Communities’ (IPLC) rights on land and forestry governance. The postholder will use their experience of programme management, partner engagement and monitoring, evaluation and learning to facilitate strategic decision-making and the quality programme delivery.

Client Earth works to achieve systemic change  aim to drive systems change through legal reform, advocacy and influencing, and capacity sharing. We do this in collaboration with our partners, who represent diverse expertise and experiences and include law firms, NGO partners, consultants and local communities.

Meet your Manager

I n this role, you will report to Catherine Lalonde , Head of Food, Oceans, and Land Use, African Partnerships. Catherine joined Client Earth in 2025 and is based in Brussels. She leads Client Earth’s programmes and impact strategies in Africa, built on long-term partnerships with lawyers and civil society organisations across West and Central Africa. Her work is grounded in regional priorities while ensuring alignment with Client Earth’s global mission and strategy.

• Work collaboratively with partners to foster and create an effective and efficient programme management culture and embed best practices to support the optimal delivery of strategic initiatives. This includes continuing to innovate and strengthen the way in which Client Earth engages with partners, especially in light of the decolonizing aid agenda.
• Responsible for effective programme management of regional projects—including contract and budget oversight—to deliver efficient, value-for-money, and sustainable outcomes throughout the project lifecycle, working with colleagues across programmes to ensure plans and impacts are timely and aligned with strategic objectives.
• Support cross-partner regional collaboration, strategy, and planning to achieve consortium goals, while championing creative facilitation techniques and interactive group exercises in both online and in-person settings.

See the job description (below) for a full list of duties for this role.

• Proven, extensive experience managing complex, multi-country programmes in the not-for-profit sector, including oversight of substantial six- to seven-figure budgets and coordination with diverse internal and external stakeholders.
• Proven track record of working collaboratively and effectively with national partners and s take holders in developing countr y setting s , such as civil society organizations , law firms, consultants and local communities.

See the job description (below) for a full list of requirements for this role.

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