brac is an international development organisation founded in Bangladesh that partners with over 100 million people living with inequality and poverty globally to create sustainable opportunities to realise potential.

JOB PURPOSE

This position will ensure effective implementation of organization-level and programme-level Gender, PSEA, Safeguarding and gender mainstreaming strategies in BRAC HCMP and accordingly will guide PSEA and gender mainstreaming initiatives. The position will contribute to gender equality and promotion of women empowerment to achieve the SDGs. The position will also ensure coordination and leadership on PSEA, gender mainstreaming, taking the lead in managing, setting, and communicating overall direction, innovation for new GEWE focused programme/project design, partnership, and collaboration under the supervision of Area Director, HCMP.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Strategic Planning and Implementation: 

• Lead advocacy for gender mainstreaming across BRAC HCMP to achieve BRAC gender strategy, gender strategy goals and beyond and ISCG Gender Mainstreaming guidelines. 
• Lead sector specific/ appropriate gender mainstreaming designs, scale-up plans and methodologies to achieve gender equality and women empowerment programmatic goals.
• Provides strategic input and support to gender justice management and programmes focusing on achievement of the results through gender analysis, policy analysis and capturing learning for knowledge sharing.
• Provide strategic directions and ensure overall coaching, mentoring and effective decision-making of Gender Inclusion (GI) programme/ project managers and other working team members.
• Provide technical advice, direction, and support to all sectors of HCMP to achieve significant impact on gender and women’s rights.
• Strategically contribute to organizational gender equality culture building and change management.

Programme Development: 

• Ensure budget analysis, budget projection, cost efficiency and effective fund management of GJD’s projects.
• Support the PDDR and Programme MEAL team to ensure high quality, evidence and needs-based project proposals are developed where gender mainstreaming, gender equality, gender balance and other gender related issues are addressed. 

Programme Implementation & Monitoring: 

• Lead and ensure overall effectiveness of Gender Mainstreaming (GM) portfolio management focusing on quality control and result achievement.
• Explore and initiate collaborative innovations in line with BRAC’s and HCMP’s emerging priorities considering future up-scaling possibilities.
• Ensure support for gender responsive programme/ project development based on the gender related SOP and checklist.

Knowledge & Learning Management: 

• Lead HCMP staff gender skills transfer process. 
• Contribute to the development of knowledge, skills, and technical expertise for the project management team on GM. 
• Report to HCMP senior management on the progress of GM. 

Networking and Relationship Management: 

• Represent BRAC HCMP in different donors/ partners’ network meetings and flag BRAC’s contribution to Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment (GEWE).
• Provide technical support and guidance to GJD and other units for capacity building, results tracking, and other best practices in connection with GM, GI and GEWE. 

SAFEGUARDING RESPONSIBILITIES

• Establish a safeguarding culture across all levels of the programme by implementing the safeguarding policy. Act as a key source of support, guidance and expertise on safeguarding for establishing a safe working environment.
• Responsible to ensure team members are appropriately trained, supported and have access to resources regarding issues that are identified and actioned in accordance with the safeguarding policy and procedure.
• Follow the safeguarding reporting procedure in case any reportable incident takes place, encourage others to do so.

ADDITIONAL JOB REQUIREMENTS

• Sound knowledge and understanding on gender and women development, gender mainstreaming, humanitarian principles, emergency situations, sphere standards and capacity to link with other development agenda.
• Experience in developing strategic planning with ability to contribute to programme overall strategies. 
• Extensive experience in capacity development role at senior level and good ability to facilitate learning and knowledge management 
• Capacity to work in partnership with multi-sector team ensuring coordination and providing technical inputs.
• Have excellent knowledge and understanding of local communities and customary rules
• Knowledge on budgeting and result reporting. 
• Planning, organizing and decision making with competent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent conceptual and analytical skills regarding gender issues
• Ability to lead and work under pressure and volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous situation

EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS

Masters in Sociology/ Gender and Women Studies/ Law/ Development Studies/ International Development/ Anthropology/ Economics or any other relevant subject from any recognised university/ institution with all second class/ division or equivalent GPA/ CGPA in academic examinations.

EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS

Minimum 7 years of professional experience in the field of social development, where 5 years of working experience in the field of gender mainstreaming is required.

BENEFITS

As per organisation policy