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| Head of Programmes | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Country | Afghanistan | Province | Kabul, |
| Categories | Other, | Type | Full Time |
| Post Date | 2022-03-26 | Close Date | 2022-04-10 |
| Vacancy No | AD# BI 33/22 | Gender | male female |
| No Of Jobs | 1 | Contract Duration | 1 year extendable |
| Education | Masters in any discipline. | Experience | 10+ years of proven programme management experience |
| Organization | Opportunities for you | Salary | Negotiable |
About Company
About BRAC Afghanistan: BRAC is an award-winning international non-governmental development organisation, with the vision of a world free from all forms of exploitation and discrimination, where everyone has the opportunity to realise their potential. BRAC is a leader in developing and implementing cost-effective, evidence-based programmes to assist poor and disadvantaged communities in low-income countries, including in conflict-prone and post-disaster settings. It is an organisation of and for the people of the Global South, pioneering new development and social enterprise approaches to equip communities to achieve prosperity. As well as being the world's biggest NGO by number of staff and people directly reached, BRAC has regularly been ranked the number one NGO in the world by the Geneva-based NGO Advisor, an independent organisation committed to highlighting innovation, impact and governance in the non-profit sector. BRAC retained the top spot in 2020 among the top 500 NGOs for the fifth consecutive year. BRAC was founded in Bangladesh in 1972 by Sir Fazle Hasan Abed. It started its first programme outside of Bangladesh in Afghanistan in 2002, and has since reached millions of people in 10 countries in Asia and Africa. BRAC has a holistic approach to development that uses a wide array of programmes and social enterprises, including in microfinance, education, health, agriculture, gender and human rights. BRAC believes that every person has inherent potential, and when an enabling environment is created and that potential is unleashed, even the poorest can become agents of positive change in their own lives, for their families and their communities.
Job Description
The purpose of the Head of Programmes position is to lead strategic planning, programme development, programme risk management and provide supportive supervision to Programme Managers. Provide leadership and direction on progarmme development and implementation, and resource mobilization. Integrating and ongoing management of effective monitoring and evaluation frameworks into programme design. The Head of Programmes will maintain close contact with the technical anchors at BRAC International HQ to ensure BRAC International profile and reputation with stakeholders are strong and reflect organisational values, vision and mission.
• Contribute to progarmme design and proposal development for BRAC Afgahnistan.
• Provide guidance to sectors on programmatic issues; programme planning, technical implementation, etc.
• Drive achievement of all project results and oversee project work planning, performance management, and risk forecasting and mitigation
• Ensure that all project assistance is technically sound and appropriate
• Work in close collaboration with program leadership to implement studies or operational research, supervising data collection and analysis and presenting results.
• Document processes and achievements to ensure best practices are captured and disseminated. This will include the continual re-evaluation of program activities and information, with resulting activity adjustments in keeping with new insights.
• Produce written reports on program activities, capturing the impacts of activities.
• Conduct field visits to all project sites.
• Advance the capacity building of programme team
• Define program indicators and develop data relevant resources and tools (including M&E plan, technical data collection tools, databases, dashboards and reporting templates), that align with the Humanitarian M&E Standards, donor requirement and overall BRAC goals.
• Develop M&E plans and tools and ensure analytical report
• Create and sustain a work environment of mutual respect where team members strive to achieve excellence.
• Set a team culture valuing learning and adaptive management in support of an ongoing resilience approach in programming
• Promote accountability, communicate expectations and provide constructive feedback via regular performance reviews.
Others (Safeguarding):
• 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.
Job Requirement
• Masters in any discipline.
• Professional Training on Programme Development and Management will be added value.
• Professional knowledge in diverse development approaches, demonstrable leadership, organisational, managerial and communication skills
• Ability to think strategically, conceptualize new ideas, digest and analyze complex information and present coherent work plan or implementation plan
• Understanding of BRAC core competencies so that programme knowledge and skills can be transferred
• Entrepreneurial and proactive
• Work on own initiative with minimum supervision and to stay on task.
• Work under pressure and tight deadlines
• Ability to travel frequently
• Possess professional attitude and diligence and able to work independently as well as work in a team
• Ability to prioritize tasks and manage time efficiently
• Proven skills in networking and relationship building
• Strong analytical and information gathering skills
• Excellent writing and facilitation skills
• Strong communication and representational skills
• Strong administrative skills
• Know the cultural sensitivity
• 10+ years of proven programme management experience in a developing country setting. Preferred to have experience as Assistant Country Director – Programme or Head of Programme/equivalent role in INGOs, especially in Afghanistan and/or in neighbouring countries.
Submission Guideline
Cadidates 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
Please mention the name of the position and AD# BI 33/22 in the subject bar.
Only complete applications will be accepted and short listed candidates will be contacted.
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