Deputy Manager, Director's Office

Responsibilities & Context

BRAC is an international development organization founded in Bangladesh that partners with over 100 million people living with inequality and poverty globally to create sustainable opportunities to realize potential.

BRAC is the pioneer of the Graduation approach, a globally recognized holistic solution to curb extreme poverty. Since 2002, BRAC's flagship, the Ultra-Poor Graduation program, has reached more than 2.2 million households in 48 districts of Bangladesh and supported them to sustainably break the poverty trap. Join us at BRAC to build an inclusive society free from the clutches of extreme poverty. It's not just a job but a platform to drive real changes for those who need it the most. Be a part of the journey.

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This role is pivotal in supporting the Director's office operations, including scheduling, stakeholder relations, and travel arrangements. Responsibilities also encompass information dissemination, compliance with directives, and communication material development.

JOB PURPOSE: The position involves close collaboration with the UPG operation team and ensures supports to operation team mainly in the area of engagements with selected internal and external stakeholders, implementation of innovations & pilot projects, and information analysis.

Responsibilities:

Communication Material Development: Assist in creating communication materials such as speeches, presentations, and meeting minutes for the Director and operation team, as and when required.

Coordinate national and international travel arrangements for the Director, including managing travel documents.

Document events organized under UPGP and distribute notes and minutes to relevant stakeholders promptly. Assist in organizing public events, meetings, workshops, and seminars to support various units of the UPG Programme.

Provide high-quality support for change management and operational transformation initiatives.

Ensure compliance of financial documents before submission to the Director for approval.

Act as the primary point of contact between the Director, stakeholders, and colleagues.

Coordinate with teams to ensure the effective implementation of new projects and services for the programme operation team.

Provide assistance/support to the operational team in information analysis and materials development and communication with different stakeholders (internal & external).

Safeguarding Responsibilities:

Ensure the safety of Programme Participants, people who come into contact with the organization and team members from any harm, abuse, neglect, harassment and exploitation including sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA) to achieve the programme's 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.