Lead, International Programme Management

Social Impact Guide; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 38,000 - 63,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexa accredited Employer

Flexible working policy

Job summary

ClientEarth is seeking an experienced Lead, International Programme Management to guide teams delivering environmental change across regions. You will ensure well-planned, adequately resourced programmes that deliver meaningful results and act as the link between strategy and delivery.

The role requires expertise in multi-country programme management, strategic leadership, and strong financial oversight to manage grants and budgets across Europe, Japan, Southeast Asia and Africa with a hybrid

Qualifications

• Advanced specialist expertise in programme or portfolio management of complex, multi-country initiatives in the non-for-profit sector.
• Experience in programme strategy development, project-cycle management and adaptive programming including mastery of a range of portfolio and financial management techniques in planning, staff resource management, implementing, monitoring, and reporting within a complex & dynamic environment.
• Strong financial and grant oversight experience (seven figures).
• Excellent project and programme management skills including budget management and planning.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic and people leadership to a team of three Programme Managers supporting the Europe portfolio, with clear decision making rights for delivery, performance management, and continuous improvement.
• Provide strategic and operational programme management guidance to regional leaders in the Japan & Southeast Asia Region and the Africa Partnerships region.
• Provide oversight and, where needed, coordination of cross-regional grants implementation: as business partner to relevant global and regional programmatic leaders and fundraising colleagues, support/coordinate the planning, financial and programmatic monitoring, and closure of cross-regional and ClientEarth Group (CE Group) international grants, in close collaboration with relevant Regional/System programme management and fundraising colleagues.
• In coordination with the Deputy Chief Programmes & Impact Officer (DCPIO) and the Impact & Learning team within the Programme Quality community, lead the implementation of programme management standards, tools, and templates ensuring they demonstrably improve programme effectiveness and accountability and work collaboratively with relevant regional staff to align with standards and processes

Skills

Programme management

Portfolio management

Non-profit sector

Strategic leadership

Financial oversight

Job description

ClientEarth is hiring! We are looking for an experienced Lead, International Programme Management professional to help teams across ClientEarth deliver ambitious programmes that drive environmental change.

In this role, you will work closely with colleagues across different regions and teams to make sure our programmes are well planned, properly resourced and delivering meaningful results. You will also act as a link between strategy and delivery, strengthening programme management practices, supporting effective decision-making and helping ensure our work is coordinated, impactful and set up for success.

Important dates to note

Deadline to submit an initial application: 21 September 2026.

If your profile passes initial screening, you will be asked to submit additional information in the form of three additional questions.

The deadline to submit your answers is the 24 September 2026.

If we do not receive a response to these questions by the deadline we will assume you are no longer interested in the role.

Interviews will take place from the 5th of October.

Application DeadlineSeptember 21, 2026DepartmentGlobal ImpactEmployment TypePermanent - Full TimeLocationLondonAddress34 Drayton Park, London, London, N5 1PBWorkplace typeHybridCompensation£63,491 / yearReporting ToCatalina Buciu

Key Responsibilities

• Provide strategic and people leadership to a team of three Programme Managers supporting the Europe portfolio, with clear decision making rights for delivery, performance management, and continuous improvement
• Provide strategic and operational programme management guidance to regional leaders in the Japan & Southeast Asia Region and the Africa Partnerships region.
• Provide oversight and, where needed, coordination of cross-regional grants implementation: as business partner to relevant global and regional programmatic leaders and fundraising colleagues, support/coordinate the planning, financial and programmatic monitoring, and closure of cross-regional and ClientEarth Group (CE Group) international grants (restricted and unrestricted), in close collaboration with relevant Regional/System programme management and fundraising colleagues.
• In coordination with the Deputy Chief Programmes & Impact Officer (DCPIO) and the Impact & Learning team within the Programme Quality community, lead the implementation of programme management standards, tools, and templates ensuring they demonstrably improve programme effectiveness and accountability and work collaboratively with relevant regional staff to align with standards and processes

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

Skills, Knowledge & Expertise

• Advanced specialist expertise in programme or portfolio management of complex, multi-country initiatives in the non-for-profit sector
• Experience in programme strategy development, project-cycle management and adaptive programming including mastery of a range of portfolio and financial management techniques in planning, staff resource management, implementing, monitoring, and reporting within a complex & dynamic environment
• Strong financial and grant oversight experience (seven figures)
• Excellent project and programme management skills including budget management and planning

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

Note to candidates: We know that long lists of criteria can be daunting and that some candidates will not apply for a role unless they feel they are 100% qualified. If you feel you meet at least some of the essential criteria, we still encourage you to apply.

Job Benefits

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Flexible working: We are proud to be a Flexa accredited Employer. Visitour Flexa Employer page for more information on our approach to flexible working. Our flexible working policy allows our people the choice to decide to work from home/another location in the country where our contract of employment is issued for 80% of our month, with the other 20% of our month being office-based See our Benefits page for more as well as our flexible working FAQ.

ClientEarth values diversity and inclusion and the benefits this brings. We aim to appoint the most suitable candidate at all times and welcome applications from people from all different backgrounds. See our equity, diversity and inclusion journey page for more.

Please note that ClientEarth is only able to employ those who have the pre-existing legal right to work in the countries listed at the top of this job advert.

About ClientEarth

We are a non-profit using the power of the law to bring about end-to-end systemic change: informing, implementing and enforcing the law, drafting and advising decision-makers on policy, building legal expertise, and ensuring citizens’ access to the laws that defend them.

We take governments to court – and win. We force polluting industries to shut down. We protect irreplaceable forests and vulnerable species. We empower people and NGOs with the legal rights to bring forward environmental battles of their own.

Using the law means that we create real, long-lasting and embedded change.

We’re working to secure a lasting civilisation in which people and nature thrive together. We work in partnership across borders, systems and sectors, ingeniously using the law to protect life on Earth.

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Application DeadlineSeptember 21, 2026DepartmentGlobal ImpactEmployment TypePermanent - Full TimeLocationLondonAddress34 Drayton Park, London, London, N5 1PBWorkplace typeHybridCompensation£63,491 / yearReporting ToCatalina Buciu

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ClientEarth is an environmental law charity, a company limited by guarantee, registered in England and Wales, company number 02863827, registered charity number 1053988, registered office The Joinery, 34 Drayton Park, London, N5 1PB, a registered international non-profit organisation in Belgium, ClientEarth AISBL, enterprise number 0714.925.038, a non-profit limited liability company in Germany, ClientEarth gGmbH, HRB 202487 B, a registered foundation in Poland, Fundacja "ClientEarth Prawnicy dla Ziemi", KRS 0000364218, NIP 7010254208, a registered delegation in Spain, Fundación ClientEarth Delegación en España, NIF W0170741C, a registered 501(c)(3) organisation in the US, ClientEarth US, EIN 81-0722756, a registered subsidiary in China, ClientEarth Beijing Representative Office, Registration No. G1110000MA0095H836, a registered subsidiary in Japan, Ippan Shadan Hojin ClientEarth, corporate number 6010405022079, a registered subsidiary and company limited by guarantee in Australia, ClientEarth Oceania Limited, company number 664010655. All materials on this website have been prepared for general information purposes only to permit you to learn more about ClientEarth, our work and the expertise of our staff. The information presented is not legal advice, is not to be acted upon as such, may not be current and is subject to change without notice.