Deputy Manager, Staff Development; Microfinance Programme

Job Description

Title: Deputy Manager, Staff Development; Microfinance Programme

Company Name: BRAC

Vacancy: --

Age: At least 20 years

Job Location: Anywhere in Bangladesh

Salary: --

Experience:

• At least 1 year
• The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s): NGO

Bachelor's/ Master's in any discipline from a recognized university or institution.

• At least 1 year
• The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s): NGO

• Age At least 20 years

Additional Job Requirements:

• Understanding staffing requirements, workforce distribution, transfer planning, and deployment.
• Knowledge of objective setting, performance reviews, PIP, and reward processes.
• Understanding relevant organizational guidelines and people-related procedures.
• Working knowledge of recruitment coordination, transfer, grievance, performance, and separation processes.
• Understanding program priorities, field operations, geographical challenges, and workforce needs.
• Ability to analyze workforce and performance information and identify trends or gaps.
• Ability to communicate effectively and facilitate discussions among relevant stakeholders.
• Ability to coordinate multiple activities and ensure timely completion.
• Ability to work effectively with HR, line managers, staff, and Head Office.
• Ability to compile information, document findings, and prepare concise reports.

Experience Requirements:

• Minimum 1 year of relevant work experience. Experience in the Microfinance sector will be preferred.

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

BRAC Microfinance provides people who cannot access traditional financial banking services with access to a suite of financial services, including loans, savings and microinsurance. We provide an alternative to high-interest loans from informal lenders, supporting families to invest in income-generating activities, build assets, and reduce vulnerability to health shocks and natural disasters. Passionate about finance beyond formal banking systems? Join the BRAC Microfinance team to help build a more financially-inclusive society, where everyone can access finance when they need it - safely, responsibly and sustainably.

Working at brac is not like any other job. It is a platform where you can bring about real change for people who need it the most. We are not just dreaming of a better world, we are building it. Join us to find the way.

Location: BRAC Field Office

Job Purpose: The role will be responsible for facilitating effective workforce management by collaborating with HR and line management on staffing, deployment, performance management, transfers, employee concerns, and workforce planning. The role will provide programmatic insights, analysis, coordination, and necessary follow-up to support informed decision-making, appropriate workforce allocation, and smooth implementation of people-related processes.

Key Responsibilities:

• Coordinate with HR and line management to facilitate the collection, checking, and submission of required documents for the hiring of project and service staff.

• Collaborate with HR and line management to facilitate timely deployment of selected staff against approved workforce requisitions.

• Support line management and coordinate with HR to ensure objective setting, mid-year review, and year-end performance review activities are completed within the organizational timeline.

• Compile and review reward recommendations in coordination with line management, identify gaps against organizational guidelines, obtain required justification, and share relevant information with HR/Head Office for further processing.

• Coordinate staff transfer proposals by collecting rationales and relevant information from line management and facilitating communication with concerned staff regarding proposed transfers.

• Support annual transfer planning by providing programmatic inputs on staff location, tenure, operational requirements, and individual considerations in consultation with line management and HR.

• Review PIP-related information, including performance rationales, targets, and comparative data, and share observations with line management and HR for appropriate decision-making.

• Participate in relevant forums and meetings to understand staff concerns, share programmatic updates, and contribute to collective planning and decisions in coordination with HR and line management.

• Facilitate the communication of staff grievances to the appropriate HR/management authority, provide relevant programmatic information, and support implementation of decisions as required.

Safeguarding Responsibilities:

• Ensure the safety of team members from any harm, abuse, neglect, harassment, and exploitation to achieve the program’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.

Benefits: Festival Bonus, Contributory Provident Fund, Gratuity, Performance Bonus, Health and Life Insurance, Maternity/ Paternity Leave and others as per policy.