Career with BRAC International

BRAC is a development success story, born in Bangladesh and expanding into 10 other developing countries in Asia and Africa. It spreads anti-poverty solutions making it a global leader in providing opportunities for the world’s poor.

BRAC was founded in Bangladesh in 1972 by Sir Fazle Hasan Abed, and is today one of the top leaders in developing cost-effective, evidence-based poverty innovations in extremely poor, fragile and post-disaster settings. BRAC started its first programme outside of Bangladesh in Afghanistan in 2002 through its Dutch registered Stichting BRAC International. BRAC International is currently reaching over 19 million people beyond Bangladesh and creating opportunities to break the cycle of poverty.

With a holistic approach that uses a wide array of interventions including microfinance, education, healthcare, legal services and more, BRAC invests in communities’ own human and material resources, catalyzing lasting change and creating an ecosystem in which the poor have the chance to seize control of their own lives. Of the world’s top development and humanitarian relief organisations, BRAC is one of the few based in the global south. In February 2020, BRAC was ranked as the number one NGO in the world for the fifth consecutive year by the Geneva-based NGO Advisor, an independent media organisation committed to highlighting innovation, impact and governance in the non-profit sector.

BRAC International (BI) is seeking application from competent, dynamic and self-motivated individuals to fill the following position:

Programme Officer, Asia Region

The purpose of this position is to achieve BRAC International’s organizational mission, vision, and program objectives through supporting our offices in the Asia region. The ideal candidate will support the development and design of new projects, perform reporting, documentation and research tasks and coordinate with the country offices. Job responsibilities include but not limited to the following-

Major Responsibilities:

  • Support and assist the Asia Regional Office team as required.
  • Assist program development initiatives for new funding opportunities for Country Offices in Asia.
  • Coordinate with the Country Offices and take weekly/bi-weekly/monthly progress updates of the countries of operation in Asia region.
  • Support the Country Offices to perform reporting and documentation requirement as required by the board, management, regional office and country offices.
  • Take meeting minutes, follow-up on meetings’ action items to ensure they are resolved.
  • Maintain regular contact with country offices and link head office personnel with various colleagues of the Country Offices.
  • Conduct secondary and desk-based research as required by country offices and Regional Office.
  • Assist the Asia Regional Office team on operational issues, including program operations at Country level.
  • 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.
  • Other ad hoc duties as required.

Safeguarding Responsibilities

  • 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:

  • Master’s degree in any discipline from any recognized university/institution.

Required Competencies:

  • Good time management, communication, presentation, community organization and report and proposal writing skills.
  • Knowledge on community mobilization, women's empowerment, development programming, such as on education, humanitarian program, health, ultra-poor graduation, etc.
  • Good understanding of project management.
  • High proficiency in writing and speaking in both English and Bangla.
  • Excellent data analysis skills
  • Knowledge of MS Office and all google based platforms

Experience Requirements:

  • At least one year of working experience.

Employment Type: Regular

Salary: Negotiable

Job Location: BRAC International Dhaka Office, Bangladesh


If you feel you are the right match for the above mentioned position, please follow the application instructions accordingly:

External candidates need to email their CV with a letter of interest mentioning educational grades, years of experience, current and expected salary at recruitment.bi@brac.net

Internal candidates need to apply with their latest CV including all job assignments in detail with BRAC PIN and email to internal.bi@brac.net

Please mention the name of the position and AD# BI 17/22 in the subject bar.

Only complete applications will be accepted and short-listed candidates will be contacted.

Application deadline: 10 February 2022

BRAC is committed to safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults, and expects all employees and volunteers to share the same commitment. We believe every stakeholder and every member of the communities we work with has the right to be protected from all forms of harm, abuse, neglect, harassment, and exploitation - regardless of age, race, religion, and gender, status as an individual with a disability or ethnic origin. Therefore, our recruitment process includes extensive reference and background checks, self-disclosure of prior issues regarding sexual or other misconduct and criminal records and our values are the part of our Performance Management System.

BRAC is an equal opportunities employer