BRAC’s vision is a world free from all forms of exploitation and discrimination where everyone has the opportunity to realise their potential. The organisation was founded in Bangladesh in 1972 and acts as a catalyst, creating opportunities for people to transform their lives. BRAC believes in integrity, inclusiveness, effectiveness, and innovation in all areas of work. BRAC uses an integrated model to change systems of inequity, through social development programmes, humanitarian response, social enterprises, socially responsible investments and a university. It operates in conflict-prone and post-disaster settings in 11 countries across Asia and Africa.

BRAC is a global leader in developing cost-effective, evidence-based programmes, and has been ranked the #1 NGO in the world for the last four years consecutively by NGO Advisor.

Manager, ED’s Office

Job Description/ Responsibilities:

• Support on driving organisation-wide learning processes to continue BRAC’s effort to build and nurture a learning culture within the organisation
• Assist on managing the annual goal setting process (AOP), in coordination with different programme and department teams 
• Guide programmes/departments’ systematic internal learning practices, through annual and mid-year reflection exercises, focused on adjusting and improving their annual operating plans (AOPs) 
• Convene different working groups, consisting members from different programmes, to work on different learning and reflection exercises, related the organisatonal priorities—Annual Operating Plan (AOP) review, Annual Progress Review (APR) etc. 
• Coordinate timely preparation of ED’s deliverables for meetings and engagements in liaison with other programmes/departments, including donor/partner meetings, conferences, etc. 
• Assist in preparing the progress reports and presentations for the ED for the governing body meeting and annual general meeting, in consultation with programmes and departments across BRAC 
• Communicate possible gaps in the alignment of strategic organizational documents (e.g. logframes, annual operating plans, and donor requirements) 
• Support on different strategy development initiatives, including country strategy and programmatic strategy 
• Assist on managing projects that are of organistional importance, and which are led by the ED’s office 
• Support on managing the implementation BRAC annual operating plan (AOP), keeping track of the progress, and update senior leadership 
• Ensure the safety of team members from any harm, abuse, neglect, harassment and exploitation to achieve the programme’s goals on safeguarding implementation. Act as a key source of support, guidance and expertise on safeguarding for establishing a safe working environment 
• Practice, promote and endorse the issues of safeguarding policy among team members and ensure the implementation of safeguarding standards in every course of action 
• Follow the safeguarding reporting procedure in case any reportable incident takes place, encourage others to do so

Educational Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree in any discipline from any recognized University

Experience Requirements:

• 3+ years in development or related field; ideally having experience of working on strategic initiatives, including fundraising, strategy development, monitoring and evaluation, etc

Additional Job Requirements:

• Knowledge of BRAC, its history, its programmes and culture
• Knowledge of strategy development, log frame and M&E framework development; strong quantitative skills 
• Relationship management (internal and external) 
• Strong communications—oral and written, ideally Bengali and English 
• Problem solving and analytical skills 
• Critical thinking and strong attention to detail 
• High competency in self-management, and the ability to break strategic guidance down into action items 
• Comfortable working across a number of sectors, developing new domain knowledge 
• Ability to work across cultures, with external stakeholders, international colleagues, etc. 
• Resourceful in finding opportunities 
• Ability to learn new technologies easily 
• Interest in organisational development 
• Strategic thinking 
• Curious, constantly learning; adaptive

Salary Range: Negotiable

Other Benefits: Festival Bonus, Contributory Compulsory Provident Fund, Gratuity, Health & Life Insurance and others

Job Location: BRAC Head Office

Last Apply Date : 06/July/2019

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BRAC believes every one of its employees, suppliers, downstream partners, visitors, clients and community including children, youth and vulnerable adults that come into contact regardless of age, race, religion, gender, disability or ethnic origin has the right to be protected from all forms of harm, abuse, neglect, harassment, and exploitation. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and will do everything possible to ensure that those who are suitable to work within our values and beliefs are recruited to work for us.