Career Opportunity  

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. Working at BRAC is not like any other job. It is a platform where you can bring about real change for people who need it the most. We are not just dreaming of a better world, we are building it. Join us to find the way.

  Position  

Programme Manager, Gender Mainstreaming; Gender Justice and Diversity Programme

About the role:

We are looking for a Programme Manager for our Gender Justice and Diversity (GJD) programme. The role focuses on driving gender mainstreaming initiatives across BRAC’s programmes and enterprises through strategic guidance. Additionally, the Programme Manager will coordinate initiatives to help institutionalise gender-inclusive practices effectively.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Analyse and design gender mainstreaming scopes, providing tailored support across BRAC's programmes, enterprises, and departments.
  • Conduct gender assessments, facilitate training, and build staff capacity to address emerging issues, improve practices, and strengthen team ownership of gender goals.
  • Develop frameworks and tracking mechanisms for monitoring progress, result-based reporting, and gender mainstreaming impact evaluation.
  • Plan, manage, and monitor gender mainstreaming budgets, ensuring compliance with financial policies.
  • Conduct regular field visits to identify gaps, generate reports, perform operational activities, and provide technical input for on-ground operations.
  • Address workplace gender responsiveness and violence against women and girls (VAWG) through interventions and policy implementation.
  • Build external partnerships, develop advocacy strategies, and uphold safeguarding standards to ensure a safe, inclusive, and gender-responsive environment.

Safeguarding Responsibilities:

  • Ensure the safety of Programme Participants, people who come into contact with the organisation and team members from any harm, abuse, neglect, harassment and exploitation including sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA) to achieve the programme goals of 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 and encourage others to do so.
  Requirements  

Additional Job Requirements:

  • Strong understanding of gender equality issues and policies and Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG).
  • Proficiency in MS Office Suite, Google Workspace, and other productivity tools for documentation, reporting, and collaboration.
  • Experience in leading large teams efficiently.

Educational Requirements:

  • Masters in Development Studies/ Gender Studies/ Social Sciences or any relevant discipline from a recognised university/ institution.

Experience Requirements:

  • Minimum of 5 years of experience in the development field.
  Salary and benefits  

Salary: Negotiable.

Other Benefits:

Festival Bonus, Contributory Provident Fund, Gratuity, Health and Life Insurance, Maternity/ Paternity Leave, Wellness Centre Facility, Day Care Facility, and others as per policy.
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Location: BRAC Head Office, Dhaka.

Last Date of Application: November 30, 2024.

Other Way to Apply: Email your CV to resume@brac.net stating the position title in the subject line.

BRAC believes that everyone we work with including our staff, programme participants, partners, and the communities have the right to be protected from all forms of harm, abuse, neglect, harassment, and exploitation including sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA). We uphold human dignity and inclusion for all, regardless of age, race, religion, gender, disability, ethnic origin, or socio-economic condition. As an equal-opportunity employer, we actively encourage applications from gender-diverse individuals and people with disabilities.

Selected candidates will have to go through a rigorous reference and background checking process which may include police verification.
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