Career with BRAC International
BRAC International is a leading non-profit organisation with a mission to empower people and communities in situations of poverty, illiteracy, disease, and social injustice. Founded in 1972, by Sir Fazle Hasan Abed, BRAC is the largest non-governmental development organisation in the world, and is present in 15 countries across Asia and Africa today. BRAC designs proven, scalable solutions that equip people with the support and confidence they need to achieve their potential. BRAC’s institutional expertise on various programmes, including health, agriculture, microfinance, education, and youth empowerment, is touching the lives of over 100 million people in the Global South.
BRAC International (BI) is seeking application from competent, dynamic and self-motivated individuals to fill the following position:
Deputy Regional Director, Africa Region, BRAC International
Reporting to the Regional Director, the Deputy Regional Director, Africa at BRAC International (BI) is responsible for Deputising for the Regional Director by leading processes that ensure program quality and operational efficiency across the region, driving performance and standards in all organisational areas. A key member of the Strategic Leadership Team at BRAC International, and with the oversight of key operational functions in the region, the Deputy Regional Director works closely with the Regional Director, Africa, and other members of the Executive Leadership Team to lift the quality of programs and the performance and accountability of Country Offices, ensuring they are reputationally sound, investable and high performing, ultimately leading to greater impact of our work on the ground.
The Deputy Regional Director provides a range of strategic, programmatic and operational management support to country programs and regional colleagues. A key function of the role is to navigate and influence the organisation on behalf of the country programs.
Key Responsibilities:
- **Strategic Leadership-**In alignment with BI Head Office develop and implement best practice organizational policies and supporting procedures aligned to overall strategy, building organizational resilience and enabling BRAC International to reach its goals, plan for growth, and respond effectively to change in the region.
- Program Quality and Operational effectiveness – Working with the BI Programs team and the Director of learning and effectiveness to ensure that the RO builds and rolls out a CO performance framework that lays out program quality and operational effectiveness standard and metrics. Further establish a mechanism to monitor and track CO performance.
- Financial Stewardship. Financial oversight of BI Country Offices and the Regional Office including setting and implementing financial processes, budget development, monitoring, re- forecasting and financial reporting
- Talent Management. Oversee the HR function in the region, developing programmes and initiatives designed to attract and retain the highest caliber of talent.
- Risk Management. Development and oversight of the Regional Risk Register aligned to the organization’s goals, identifying and driving actions to mitigate risk.
- Technology and Infrastructure. Evaluate and enhance the organization’s technology infrastructure to support growth and drive efficiency. Identify opportunities for automation and digital transformation, leading change management processes to do so.
- Regional Office Operations. Oversight of the operational effectiveness of the Regional Office, ensuring all entities and departments are able to perform their duties efficiently and effectively.
- Team Management. Provide leadership, supervision and coaching to the core Regional Office Team, ensuring performance management processes are implemented to drive organizational goals and develop staff, Coaching, mentorship, and troubleshooting with Country Directors.
Safeguard Responsibilities
- Establish a safeguarding culture across all levels of the program by implementing the safeguarding policy. Act as a key source of support, guidance, and expertise on safeguarding for establishing a safe working environment.
- Responsible for ensuring team members are appropriately trained, and 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 and encourage others to do so.
Educational Requirements:
- Master’s degree in project management/Operations or equivalent relevant discipline.
Required Competencies:
- A diverse background in programs, with strong understanding of M&E, strong analytical skills, and experience leading strategic planning processes.
- Demonstrated ability to influence peer agencies, local government and community leaders to work effectively towards a common and agreed upon result.
- Demonstrated ability to evaluate and implement best practices and processes affecting multiple technical specialties to achieve rapid, consistent and high-quality outcomes.
- Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills including influencing, negotiation and coaching. Must be able to give direction from a variety of management styles and roles.
- Demonstrated ability to work independently with limited supervision.
- Ability to travel to domestic and international offices on short notice.
- Maintain confidentiality of sensitive information.
- Communicate effectively, verbally and in writing, to a diverse audience.
- Excellent interpersonal and negotiation skills.
- Excellent organizational/leadership skills and attention to detail.
- Excellent time management skills with a proven ability to meet deadlines.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Strong supervisory and leadership skills.
- Ability to adapt to the needs of the organization and employees.
- Ability to prioritize tasks and delegate them when appropriate.
- Commitment to BRAC mission and values.
Experience Requirements:
- 10 – 15 years in senior program management roles, with several of these being in an international NGO.
Employment type: Contractual
Salary: Negotiable
Job Location: Nairobi, Kenya
How to apply
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 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 17/24 in the subject bar.
Only complete applications will be accepted and short listed candidates will be contacted.
Application deadline: 29 February 2024
BRAC is committed to safeguarding children, young people and 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 policy and procedure include extensive background checks and disclosure of criminal records in order to ensure safeguarding to the fullest extent.
BRAC is an equal opportunities employer