Deputy Director of Programmes

Medical Aid for Palestinians; Greater London; On-site; GBP 72,000 - 76,000; Full time

Job summary

A humanitarian organization in London seeks a Deputy Director of Programmes to oversee UK programmes, ensuring quality in programming and achieving institutional funding targets. The candidate should have proven experience in programme planning, strong leadership skills, and a track record of successful stakeholder coordination. Right to work in the UK is necessary.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in programme planning and delivery.
• Experience leading diverse teams and coordinating with external stakeholders.
• Track record of delivering institutional funding targets.

Responsibilities

• Support the Director of Programmes in providing strategic direction.
• Lead the management of the UK programme team.
• Oversee budgets and expenditure forecasts.

Skills

Programme planning

Leadership

Interpersonal skills

Communication skills

Job description

Deputy Director of Programmes

Application Deadline: 14 December 2025

Department: Programmes

Employment Type: Permanent

Location: London, UK

Compensation: £72,000 - £76,000 / year

Description

Welcome to MAP.

About the Role

About MAP

Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) works for the health and dignity of Palestinians living under occupation and as refugees. For more than 40 years, we have been delivering essential health and medical care to those most affected by conflict, displacement and occupation in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) and Lebanon.

We are now responding to the largest emergency in our history. Over the last two year, tens of thousands of new supporters have joined MAP. We work to raise Palestinian voices and work to secure their rights to health and dignity.

At the forefront of this effort is MAP’s UK Programmes Team – shaping public narratives, protecting and strengthening MAP’s reputation, and ensuring that the voices of our colleagues and the Palestinian communities we serve are heard worldwide.

About the role

MAP is seeking an experienced programme professional to oversee the UK programmes quality and strategy and Institutional Funding team.

In this role, you’ll work across teams and with external stakeholders to ensure that MAP UK Programmes team strategy delivers quality in its programming and achieves its institutional funding targets.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the Director of Programmes in providing strategic direction for MAP's programmatic activity and deputise in his/her absence.
• Lead the day-to-day management of the UK programme team.
• Oversee UK programme budgets and expenditure forecasts.
• Ensure effective programme quality, coordination, and institutional funding across all operational contexts.
• Provide oversight to MAP’s medical missions and emergency medical teams.
• Drive organizational initiatives on safeguarding, accountability, MEAL, and technical standards while supporting country office autonomy and decision‑making.
• Deputise for the Director of Programmes in her/his absence.

About You

You’ll bring proven experience in programme planning, delivery, management, monitoring and evaluating humanitarian and developmental health projects/programmes overseas, especially in the middle eastern region. You will have experience motivating and leading diverse teams and would have coordinated programmes with external stakeholders, especially UN and non-governmental agencies. will have a track record of delivering institutional funding targets and will have strong interpersonal and communication skills.

Right to work in the UK is necessary.

Recruitment Process

Interviews will take place beginning of January 2026 on Microsoft Teams.

If you have any questions, or reasonable adjustment requests at point application and recruitment process, please contact [e-mail].

How to Apply

Please submit your CV and Personal Statement of 1 page before the deadline of 12:00 midnight GMT on 14th December 2025.

Equal opportunities

MAP aims to be an equal opportunities employer and we are determined to ensure that no applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender, age, disability, religion, belief, sexual orientation, marital status, or race, or is disadvantaged by conditions or requirements which cannot be shown to be justifiable.

Background checks

As an organisation MAP is committed to the welfare and protection of children and vulnerable adults. MAP will conduct appropriate background and references checks. Link in that safeguarding and ethical conduct.

Disclaimer

MAP reserves the right to close this advert before the confirmed closing date when we are in receipt of sufficient applications.

We would therefore advise interested applicants to apply as early as possible. Due to the high volume of applications, we receive, we are unable to respond to every application. If you have not heard from us within two weeks of the deadline, then you have not been successful in shortlisting.