Global Programme Coordinator

Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health

Hours
35 hours per week

Length of contract
6 months

About the Organisation

RCPCH has more than 25,000 members and fellows and employs around 200 staff, most of whom work in our London office in Holborn. We have a Devolved Nations team operating from Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. Our College values: Include, Influence, Innovate, and Inspire are important to us. These values ensure we bring out the best in each other and strive forward together to make the College a positive and dynamic place to work.

About the role

The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) is seeking an organised and proactive Global Programme Coordinator to join RCPCH Global on a maternity cover basis. This is an exciting opportunity to support international health programmes that aim to strengthen maternal, newborn and child health systems in low- and lower-middle-income countries.

RCPCH Global is a small, specialist team responsible for designing and managing humanitarian and health systems development programmes internationally. The team works with partners to strengthen clinical education, guidelines, training, digital health tools and organisational capacity, helping to improve healthcare for children and families in some of the world's most challenging settings.

Reporting to the Head of Global Operations, you will coordinate the delivery of RCPCH Global's partnership programme in Myanmar, working closely with local partners, donors, stakeholders and colleagues across the College. You will support programme implementation, financial monitoring, reporting, monitoring and evaluation, and stakeholder engagement, with opportunities to contribute to field visits where appropriate.

Alongside the Myanmar programme, you will coordinate the RCPCH Global Visiting Fellows Scheme, supporting paediatric clinicians from low- and lower-middle-income countries to undertake one-month observerships within the UK/NHS. This will involve coordinating applications and selection, travel and accommodation, financial arrangements, NHS placements and pastoral support.

RCPCH has more than 25,000 members and fellows worldwide and is committed to improving the health and wellbeing of children and young people. Through RCPCH Global, the College works with partners internationally to strengthen health systems, build clinical capacity and improve access to high-quality healthcare for children and families. This role offers an opportunity to make a tangible contribution to international child health while gaining experience across programme coordination, grant management, international partnerships, clinical education and global health.

Responsibilities

Key Tasks & Responsibilities:

• The Programme Coordinator will coordinate programme activities, including currently grant-funded phase activities as well as completion of (expected) new grant proposal process for RCPCH Global’s programme of work in Myanmar. This will include:
  • Coordinating continuing delivery of agreed programme and partnership activities with KNA/KNU and EHSSG/MTC partners, within the agreed grant timeframe and in compliance with grant financial and implementation stipulations
  • Overseeing grant-related expenditures, monitoring spending in compliance with agreed budget(s) as well as monitoring variance in spending lines, and ensuring regular liaison with RCPCH Finance Team to ensure accurate and timely reconciliation of budget and expenditure.
  • Ensuring timely invoicing procedures between RCPCH and local programme partners as relevant.
  • Ensuring timely and accurate liaison with the grant donor(s), as well as programme reporting to donor(s).
  • Ensuring regular, ongoing liaison with local programme counterparts and stakeholders in the field, including through field visit(s) as required, funded and agreed.
  • Supporting development of new grant proposal towards agreement of new grant-funded programme with the donor.
  • Ensuring high-quality programme monitoring and evaluation processes.
  • Coordinating role and inputs of the RCPCH Global Myanmar Advisory Group, the advisory body providing governance oversight on the Myanmar Programme.
  • Representing the College’s global health activities as requested and relevant.

Supporting promotion of RCPCH Global Activities:

• Participating in team activities designed to promote RCPCH Global activities, including presentations to external stakeholders.
• Supporting team contributions of material to the international section of the RCPCH website, ebulletins and publications.

Supporting RCPCH Global Visiting Fellows Scheme (2026-27):

• Administering the Visiting Fellows Scheme 2026-27
• Managing selection, communication and preparatory administrative support for Visiting Fellows (2026-27); ensuring smooth and effective communication with selected candidate fellows
• Coordinating and completing logistical arrangements (travel, transport, accommodation, etc) for Visiting Fellows during the period of stay in the UK
• Coordinating, overseeing and reporting on financial arrangements (indirect costs and direct financial support) for Visiting Fellows and ensuring effective liaison and information flow with RCPCH Finance Team
• Providing pastoral support to Visiting Fellows during UK stay
• Coordinating with NHS/hospital trusts to receive and oversee fellows’ observerships
• Coordinating Visiting Fellows attendance at RCPCH annual conference 2027
• Facilitating entry-point and exit-point induction and debriefing sessions with Visiting Fellows

General:

• In addition to the specific duties and responsibilities outlined in this job description, all RCPCH employees should be aware of their specific responsibilities towards the following:
  • Adhere to all College policies including health and safety, safeguarding, equality and diversity, information security and acceptable use of College resources.
  • Uphold ethical and professional standards and not behave in a manner that is likely to bring the College into disrepute.
  • Demonstrate a commitment to ongoing registration requirements or any national professional or occupational standards associated with the role.
  • Demonstrate a commitment to ongoing learning and development and to participate in any training relevant to the role.
  • The College is committed to encouraging young people to work with the College either through the apprenticeship programme and as such the post holder will be expected to support and respect young people, and may be asked to work alongside or supervise a young person as part of their role whilst working at the College.

Our Commitment to Safeguarding:

• RCPCH is committed to safeguarding the children, young people and adults it has contact with in the exercise of its functions and responsibilities. The RCPCH expects all staff to share this commitment.
• All staff are expected to be alert to safeguarding risks and to respond appropriately to such risks in accordance with the College’s safeguarding policy and procedures.
• All staff are required to take part in safeguarding training and development.
• Managers are required to ensure that they remain vigilant to any safeguarding concerns in respect of those they supervise and to ensure their teams regularly review actual and possible safeguarding dimensions in their work. The foundation of good safeguarding is a healthy organisational culture. All staff are expected to promote such a culture through their behaviours.

Skills, Competencies, Experience & Attributes

Essential:

• Previous experience of successfully coordinating projects/programmes, preferably including supporting field-programme teams both remotely and in the field, within the international development and health sectors
• Experience of dealing with a variety of international project/programme stakeholders, including government counterparts, NGOs, UN partners, donors, etc.
• Excellent administrative and coordination skills and experience; evidence of early track record in a relevant international project/programme coordination or implementation role
• Experience supporting complex programme processes, including coordination with government counterparts, local partner organisations, and international and multilateral donor agencies
• Experience of budget, financial monitoring and reporting support; evidence of understanding of donor agencies
• Ability to prioritise competing demands and meet deadlines
• Evidence of understanding of project/programme monitoring and evaluation processes
• Excellent communication skills, both oral and written. The ability to set out and discuss complex issues clearly for a wide audience and to give presentations as required fluently and persuasively to people at all levels externally and across the College
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills demonstrating the ability to understand and discuss complex issues around international development and health
• Self-motivation and the ability to work both independently and as part of a team

Desirable:

• Experience working on health programmes or health systems strengthening initiatives
• Knowledge or experience of the Southeast Asia context
• Experience working on international child health or paediatric programmes
• Experience supporting international clinical education, training or capacity-building programmes

Required Qualifications

• Degree-level or postgraduate qualification in international development, public health, global health, health systems strengthening, child health or equivalent relevant experience

Compensation & Benefits

• 27 days of annual leave. 2 years of completed service, one additional day of leave of 29 days. Christmas and New Year, and these days are in addition to annual leave.
• Contributory Pension Scheme with an employer’s contribution of up to 10%
• Eye care vouchers
• 6-month probationary period.
• Employee Discount Scheme
• Comprehensive Learning & Development provision
• Enhanced maternity, adoption, surrogacy, and paternity leave
• Enhanced redundancy pay
• 21 hours volunteering leave per annum (pro rata for part-time staff)
• SMARTech up to £1000 once the probationary period has been successfully passed
• Cycle2Work up to £1000 once the probationary period has been successfully passed
• Occupational health, including counselling and neurodiversity assessments
• Paid IVF Leave
• Pregnancy and Infant Loss leave and pay

Working locations

• 40% London office / 60% Remote
• The role will involve travel within London, the UK and internationally, with overnight stays where required.

How to apply

• If you are interested in this opportunity, please click the Apply button. You will need to register on the applicant portal and complete the application form including your CV and supporting statement. 
• The supporting statement should set out how your qualifications, experience and training meet each of the selection criteria. The supporting statement is an essential part of the selection process, and thus a failure to provide this information will mean that the application will not be considered. An answer to any of the criteria such as "Please see attached CV" will not be considered acceptable.
• If you have questions about the role or would like to apply using a different format, please email [email protected]

Interviews

• Interviews to take place mid-September 2026

Policies

The RCPCH champions Equality, Diversity and Inclusion. Our workplace is inclusive, offering a supportive environment where staff can thrive. The College is keen to accept applications from people with protected characteristics. We believe that our staff should represent all of the diverse communities we serve. Join us to help realise our vision of a world where every child is well.

The RCPCH is committed to safeguarding the children, young people, and adults it has contact with in the exercise of its functions and responsibilities. The RCPCH expects all staff to share this commitment. We place a high priority on ensuring only those who do so are recruited to work for us.

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