Job Description

Title: Senior Officer-Sub Grants (Pooled Fund), HCMP

Company Name: BRAC

Vacancy: --

Location: Cox's Bazar

Maximum Salary: Negotiable

Experience:
∎ At least 3 years
∎ The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s):NGO, Development Agency

Published: 9 Sep 2024

Education:
∎ M. Com/ MBA (Accounting/ Finance/ Management) or CA/CC or any other relevant subject from any reputed public or private university or Institution

Requirements:

Additional Requirements:
∎ At least 3 (three) years of experience including experience in Grants/ Sub-grants management/ finance department/ internal audit/ external audit
∎ Having experience in PNGO’s financial monitoring and working as an internal auditor will be added as an extra qualification and will get preference
∎ Experience with computerized accounts packages, MS Office
∎ Strong communication and interpersonal skills
∎ Ability to work under pressure, adapt to challenging working environments and maintain deadlines
∎ Written and verbal fluency in English
∎ Work for the BRAC vision and mission and commit to its objectives
∎ Commitment to BRAC values
∎ Must have knowledge on BRAC’s values and mission, development sector, global development scenario to identify funding trends, financial and grants management, donor agencies
∎ Must have skill in monitoring, accounting software skills, MS Office application skills, communication, researching, writing, and evaluating, preparing reports, auditing, analyzing budgets
∎ Must have competencies in facilitating group meetings, managing timelines, oral and written fluency in both Bangla and English, handling critical issues with the partners
∎ At least 3 (three) years of experience including experience in Grants/ Sub-grants management/ finance department/ internal audit/ external audit
∎ Having experience in PNGO’s financial monitoring and working as an internal auditor will be added as an extra qualification and will get preference
∎ Experience with computerized accounts packages, MS Office
∎ Strong communication and interpersonal skills
∎ Ability to work under pressure, adapt to challenging working environments and maintain deadlines
∎ Written and verbal fluency in English
∎ Work for the BRAC vision and mission and commit to its objectives
∎ Commitment to BRAC values
∎ Must have knowledge on BRAC’s values and mission, development sector, global development scenario to identify funding trends, financial and grants management, donor agencies
∎ Must have skill in monitoring, accounting software skills, MS Office application skills, communication, researching, writing, and evaluating, preparing reports, auditing, analyzing budgets
∎ Must have competencies in facilitating group meetings, managing timelines, oral and written fluency in both Bangla and English, handling critical issues with the partners

Responsibilities & Context:
∎ Conduct independent Financial Monitoring of partners at the field level for checking, verifying and coaching the relevant personnel
∎ Preparing the report based on Financial Monitoring visits of partners at the field level
∎ Arranging and coordinating respective personnel for exit meetings of Financial Monitoring and giving feedback and follow-up
∎ Desk review of Partner's financial reports
∎ Recording and preserving all the Partners reports both hard copies and soft copies on a synchronized basis
∎ Provide technical support to PNGOs' staff as needed
∎ Assist in the staff management and capacity development of partner organizations
∎ Support in preparing the partner payments (advance) and fund reconciliation
∎ Ensure the partners are complying with all donor and BRAC policies and procedures
∎ Proactively support the identification of compliance risks of partners, advise on the necessary measures, and thus support the risk management
∎ Support the team in capacity building of partners
∎ Assist the Supervisor in conducting the monthly learning sessions
∎ Ensure the safety of Programme Participants, people who come into contact with the organisation 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.
∎ Senior officer-Sub Grants in his/her capacity supports the Deputy Manager/ Manager, Sub Grants in the areas of partner NGOs management, capacity building and support of partners, and assist of checking financial reports, conducting independent partners’ financial monitoring and evaluation. The position ensures quality services to implementing partners in line with BRAC Policies and Procedures
∎ Conduct independent Financial Monitoring of partners at the field level for checking, verifying and coaching the relevant personnel
∎ Preparing the report based on Financial Monitoring visits of partners at the field level
∎ Arranging and coordinating respective personnel for exit meetings of Financial Monitoring and giving feedback and follow-up
∎ Desk review of Partner's financial reports
∎ Recording and preserving all the Partners reports both hard copies and soft copies on a synchronized basis
∎ Provide technical support to PNGOs' staff as needed
∎ Assist in the staff management and capacity development of partner organizations
∎ Support in preparing the partner payments (advance) and fund reconciliation
∎ Ensure the partners are complying with all donor and BRAC policies and procedures
∎ Proactively support the identification of compliance risks of partners, advise on the necessary measures, and thus support the risk management
∎ Support the team in capacity building of partners
∎ Assist the Supervisor in conducting the monthly learning sessions
∎ Ensure the safety of Programme Participants, people who come into contact with the organisation 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.

Skills & Expertise:

Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ Festival Bonus
∎ Health & Life Insurance
∎ Paternity/ Maternity leave and
∎ others as per Organisation policy.
∎ Festival Bonus
∎ Health & Life Insurance
∎ Paternity/ Maternity leave and
∎ others as per Organisation policy.

Workplace:
∎ Work at office

Employment Status: Contractual

Job Location: Cox's Bazar

Read Before Apply:

BRAC believes that everyone we work with including our staff, programme participants, partners, and the communities have the right to be protected from all forms of harm, abuse, neglect, harassment, and exploitation including sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA). We uphold human dignity and inclusion for all, regardless of age, race, religion, gender, disability, ethnic origin, or socio-economic condition. As an equal-opportunity employer, we actively encourage applications from gender-diverse individuals and people with disabilities

Selected candidates will have to go through a rigorous reference and background checking process which may include police verification

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Company Information:
∎ BRAC
∎ BRAC 75 Mohakhali, Dhaka-1212, Bangladesh
∎ 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.
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.

Address::
∎ BRAC 75 Mohakhali, Dhaka-1212, Bangladesh
∎ 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.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.

Application Deadline: 18 Sep 2024

Category: NGO/Development