Summary
Date Posted: Wednesday, August 09 2023, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
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 Holdings B.V. (BIHBV) was set up in 2010 as a private limited liability company under the laws of the Netherlands and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Stichting BRAC International. BIHBV is a socially responsible for-profit organisation, engaging people in sustainable economic and income-generating activities. The core focus of BIHBV is to provide microfinance services to people, particularly women, living in poverty in rural and hard-to- reach areas to build their financial resilience and improve the quality of life for them and their families.

BRAC has been one of the pioneers of microfinance since it first started in 1974. BRAC first expanded its microfinance operations internationally in 2002 and now operates in six countries outside of Bangladesh - Myanmar, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, Sierra Leone and Liberia. Together, these six entities serve more than 750,000 clients, 96% of whom are women.

BRAC International Microfinance’s mission is to provide a range of financial services responsibly to people at the bottom of the pyramid. It particularly focuses on women living in poverty in rural and hard-to-reach areas, to create self-employment opportunities, build financial resilience, and harness women’s entrepreneurial spirit by empowering them economically.

BRAC International Microfinance is seeking application from competent, dynamic and selfmotivated individuals to fill the following position:

Job Purpose
This role will lead safeguarding activities for all programs in the country. Responsibilities include: implementing the Safeguarding and sub-set of policies and procedures across the organization, act as the reporting avenue for safeguarding concerns violations: lead the process of ensuring safeguarding risk management is done and safeguarding indicators are mainstreamed in the programme design, implementation, monitoring, evaluation and partnerships: lead the case management process ensuring timely reporting of incidents to donors, BRAC international (BI) Head Office affiliates, ensure confidential investigations are done in a timely fashion following a risk assessment of cases, ensure disciplinary actions are implemented and documented by HR , provide survivor support, and lead the mapping of referral services in the country for all programs.

Core Roles and Responsibilities
1. Lead the implementation of the Safeguarding and sub-set of policies by training all the BRAC Uganda staff and build up a pool of trainers to ensure 100% staff, partners, volunteers, consultants and service providers receive training and refreshers on the safeguarding policies, prioritizing AIM project staff and partners;
2. Ensure the country management and programme leads champion safeguarding;
3. Act as the primary reporting avenue for safeguarding related concerns/violations and be the key resource for survivors, ensuring their safety, and security and providing survivor support services in line with a survivor-centered approach
4. Conduct safeguarding risk assessment and integrate safeguarding measures in programs.
5. Lead case management of safeguarding violations ensuring that BRAC Uganda meets its donor obligations to report safeguarding violations without delay
6. Develop the capacity of staff to conduct sensitive investigations and produce high-quality investigation reports, maintaining confidential investigation case files
7. Ensure organizational reporting and response mechanisms are functional, practical and community-friendly.
8. Lead the process of identifying, mapping and regularly updating local support services available to survivors across the country in all the regions where programs operate, prioritizing the AIM project.
9. Maintain the online safeguarding case management system, reviewing incidents submitted and ensure timely follow-up actions.
10. Lead the annual safeguarding budgeting process for BRAC Uganda, monitoring expenditure and follow up actions with support from the Regional and Head Office Safeguarding units
11. Prepare quarterly reports of reported cases for reporting to BI management.
12. Create impactful presentations for senior management on reported cases and trend analysis.
Safeguarding roles
1. 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.
2. Responsible for ensuring 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.
3. Follow the safeguarding reporting procedure in case any reportable incident takes place, encourage others to do so.

Educational Requirements
• Bachelor's degree in Sociology, Gender and Women's Studies, Development Studies,
• International Development, Anthropology or any relevant discipline
• Experience Requirements, Skills and Competencies
• At least 5-7 years of experience in the development or humanitarian sector, areas of safeguarding , protection, gender or GBV in any reputed organization Excellent conceptual and analytical skills with regard to safeguarding, Experience of implementing safeguarding policies and practices, Ability to build trust among stakeholders to report safeguarding violations, Ability to maintain the highest level of confidentiality and sensitivity, Knowledge of international standards of safeguarding and ability to implement best practices, Experience of conducting complex and sensitive safeguarding investigations and preparing investigation reports and guiding other teams to do so, Ability to work strategically and practically with multiple stakeholders, Strong facilitation and presentation skills, Experience of designing and delivering training and capable of delivering messages appropriately to a variety of audiences, Clear communication and public speaking skills, Capable of working both individually and as part of a team, Excellent relationship management skills and ability to communicate in all forms (written, verbal, negotiation, presentation skills), Ability to prioritize and deal with competing demands to deliver results, Ability to work under pressure and manage tight deadlines Excellent Excel and PowerPoint skills.

Persons with disabilities and women are encouraged to apply.


Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 84

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

Job application procedure
Interested candidates should send their Application, CV and academic documents as one document addressed to the Head Human Resources by email to hrd.uganda@brac.net Deadline is Friday 11 August 2023. The subject must be the name of the position applied for strictly when submitting. Only complete applications will be accepted, and only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

NOTE: BRAC Uganda doesn’t charge any fee at any stage of the recruitment process from the applicants. Should you have any doubts about the authenticity of any communication purportedly on behalf of BRAC Uganda please send us an email before taking any further action in relation to the issue at hand.

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

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