Job Vacancy @ Brac – Programme Support and Reporting Officer

Career with BRAC Sierra Leone

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 realize their potential. BRAC is a leader in developing and implementing cost-effective, evidence-based programs 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 program outside of Bangladesh in Afghanistan in 2002 and has since reached millions of people in 11 countries in Asia and Africa. BRAC has a holistic approach to development that uses a wide array of programs 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.

ABOUT THE PROGRAMME

In 2022, the Mastercard Foundation in partnership with BRAC International (BI) announced an initiative that is creating a positive and measurable impact for 1.2 million adolescent girls and young women and 9.5 million people across seven countries in East and West Africa, including Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, and Uganda.

There is mounting urgency to support adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) living in poverty, which was further amplified by the global pandemic. Through this partnership, scalable economic development approaches are being delivered in communities to foster the agency and voice of AGYW. They will have the opportunity to fulfill their aspirations, achieve sustainable livelihoods, and engage in advocacy issues.

BRAC Sierra Leone is implementing an integrated and holistic model to address the various life cycles of a young woman living in poverty, ensuring she is able to transition safely from adolescence to adulthood. She will be equipped with the appropriate skills, tools, and access to finance to effectively exercise her agency and build a fulfilling and productive livelihood.

In this regard, BRAC Sierra Leone is seeking applications from competent, dynamic and self-motivated individuals to fill the following position in Sierra Leone

JOB PURPOSE:

BRAC International is looking for a smart, dynamic, creative and results-oriented programme support and information officer who will support the country AIM team in official work, communications, receive and send documents and other information, collect required report/information and submit to the management and other need base support as required by programme team.

KEY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: 

The AIM programme support and information Officer will be responsible for assistance to the AIM country team as a messenger with different BRAC departments/programmes, collecting programmatic information assigned by the PM/FOM and providing other need-based support.  Working closely with the country AIM team, the position will do the following:

• Administrative, logistics, messenger and communication

• Work as a messenger to receive and send documents and information
• Prepare challan/ material indent, requisition and other related document(s) in material distribution
• Manage store and record keeping
• Preserve country office level documents and files
• Collect material requisition, compiling and submitting to the management
• Support to ensure/supply logistics and other programme materials to the field team
• Collect and preserve field level tenancy agreement and other documents from the field.

• Information management and reporting

• Collect programmatic information and progress reports from the field as assigned by FOM or PM AIM
• Share message/information with the filed teams assigned by AIM country management
• Provide other support to the field teams assigned by AIM country management

• Perform other responsibilities, as requested by the FOM or PM.

SAFEGUARDING RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Read, understand, practice, promote and endorse the issue of safeguarding policy among team members and ensure the implementation of safeguarding standards in every course of action.
2. Follow the safeguarding reporting procedure in case any reportable incident takes place, encourage others to do the same.

REQUIRED SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES:

• • Prior experience as logistic/admin officer
  • Proficient in MS Office
  • Basic knowledge on IT

• Ability to ensure effective communications

EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor’s Degree

EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS:

• 1-2 years of experience as logistic/admin officer

EMPLOYMENT TYPE: CONTRACTUAL

SALARY: NEGOTIABLE/ MENTION THE AGREED SALARY AMOUNT or RANGE

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

Candidates need to email their CV with a letter of interest mentioning educational grades and years of experience at bimcf.sierraleone@brac.net

Please mention the name of the position in the subject bar.

This is a National Position. Only completed applications will be accepted and shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Application deadline: 26th March 2025

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 a part of our Performance Management System.

BRAC is an equal opportunities employer.