OverviewDirector of Programmes and Learning – AmnaPosted 13 Feb 2026 | Closing date 20 Mar 2026Amna envisions a world where refugees have the power to shape their own futures, unbounded by trauma, conflict and displacement. We are a refugee-led organisation focused on expanding mental health support and community-led psychosocial services for communities affected by conflict and displacement. We fund, train, and empower frontline organisations and humanitarian workers to deliver trauma- and identity-informed care, supporting healing, resilience, and belonging.Since 2016, Amna has directly supported over 76,000 individuals and trained over 3,600 facilitators from 720 organisations across 23 countries, with indirect impact on more than 2 million displaced people. Amna emphasises community, healing, and hope, and strives to break cycles of intergenerational trauma.SafeguardingWe embed safeguarding into all work and expect staff to adhere to ethical safeguarding principles and Amna’s Safeguarding Policy.How Will You Make a Difference?The Director of Programmes & Learning (DPL) provides strategic, technical, and operational leadership for Amna’s programmes across geographies and partners. The DPL champions learning, quality, and continuous improvement, ensuring programme strategies advance Amna’s global mission. The post holder is accountable for programme quality, safeguarding, impact measurement, learning, sustainability, and the professional development of the Programmes & Learning team. The role represents Amna externally and contributes to organisational strategy as a member of the Senior Leadership Team (SLT), reporting to the CEO.Key areas of responsibility include:Strategic Leadership & Organisational DirectionProvide strategic leadership for Amna’s global programmes and ensure activity advances the organisation’s mission, values, and Healing Ecosystem approach. Steward programme strategy across geographies, lead decisions on new geographies and scale, and ensure coherence and risk management. Represent Amna with donors and networks, identify opportunities and risks, and provide leadership to the Programmes & Learning Team. Oversee cross-geography coordination and integration.Lead strategic decision-making on new geographies, multi-year initiatives, and major partnerships.Ensure alignment across the organisation while balancing innovation, quality, sustainability, and risk.Guide programme positioning in humanitarian, MHPSS, and healing sectors.Represent Amna externally and develop partnerships with donors and networks.Programmes Oversight and ManagementAccountability for design, quality, delivery, safety, and sustainability of all programmes; oversee planning, budgeting, risks, and dependencies; ensure safety, ethics, safeguarding, and trauma-/identity-informed approaches; lead safeguarding and risk management; ensure long-term sustainability and partner capacity; align across layers of the Healing Ecosystem; oversee performance, quality, and MEL integration.Provide end-to-end oversight of all programme activity across contexts.Ensure coherence and methodological fidelity across Healing Ecosystem layers.Oversee planning, sequencing, and delivery for contextual relevance and strategic alignment.Embed safeguarding and psychological safety across the programme cycle.Lead safeguarding focal point for incidents.Team Management & Talent DevelopmentProvide inclusive, values-led leadership, build leadership capacity, and foster a culture of accountability and care. Manage senior programme staff and ensure clear roles, mentoring, development, and wellbeing. Encourage learning and reflective leadership.Lead senior programme staff and ensure accountability and coordination.Develop talent, mentorship, performance management, and wellbeing.Model professional, ethical leadership and cross-cultural humility.Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL)Embed learning, evidence, and reflection across programmes; oversee MEL strategy, evaluations, and use of evidence for improvement; collaborate with MEL Manager to build long-term learning partnerships and share insights widely.Provide strategic leadership for MEL across all programmes.Ensure evaluations inform programme adaptation and decision-making.Strengthen safety, quality, and sustainability through evidence.As a member of the Senior Leadership TeamContribute to organisational strategy, governance, risk management, financial planning, and decision-making; provide programme insight for priorities and resource allocation; report on performance and risks to SLT and the Board.Support a values-led organisational culture and ethical leadership.Qualifications And ExperienceMinimum of 10 years’ senior leadership experience within humanitarian, psychosocial, community-healing, public health, or related NGO contexts.Proven experience designing and leading trauma-informed, healing-centred programmes, ideally with displaced or marginalised communities.Experience leading multi-country, multi-partner programmes in emergency, protracted crisis, or development settings.Strong track record in strategic programme planning, donor engagement, proposals, and reporting.Experience scaling programmes while maintaining quality and safeguarding.Ability to establish and manage partnerships with donors, partners, and researchers.Strong people leadership, including line management and performance development of diverse teams.Commitment to learning and evidence-informed practice with MEL or learning processes embedded.Fluency in English; Arabic is a strong advantage.Other RequirementsWillingness to undertake periodic international travel, including to fragile contexts.Ability to work remotely across geographies and time zones.DesirableExperience with refugee-led or community-led organisations and localisation models.Experience cascading training systems, accreditation, or CPD.Experience establishing research partnerships and longitudinal learning.Experience with change management.Personal experience or contextual understanding of Amna’s contexts.Skills & AttributesRelational, trauma- and identity-informed leadership with capacity to balance care and accountability.Operational literacy across budgets, safeguarding, procurement, HR, and compliance.Systems thinking across community, organisational, and ecosystem levels.High emotional intelligence and ethical leadership in demanding environments.Excellent communication, writing, and influencing skills.Values-led decision-making under pressure.Location, Travel & EnvironmentThis role is remote (UK and MENA region); preference for candidates from Lebanon and Jordan where Amna has partnerships. Hybrid work environment offered; schedule may evolve with organisational needs.Remuneration & DiversityCompetitive compensation; remuneration benchmarked to local market and cost of living. Amna is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion. Applications from refugees or people with lived displacement experience are encouraged.How to ApplySubmit CV and motivation letter to hr@amna.org by 20 March 2026. More information at www.amna.org. Applications may be reviewed on a rolling basis; only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.Job DetailsCountries involved include Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syrian Arab Republic, United Kingdom. Source: Amna. Type: Job. Career: Program/Project Management. Years of experience: 10+ years. #J-18808-Ljbffr