Senior Officer - Youth Empowerment; Microfinance Programme (Project Staff)

Job Description

Title: Senior Officer - Youth Empowerment; Microfinance Programme (Project Staff)

Company Name: BRAC

Vacancy: --

Age: Na

Job Location: Dhaka

Salary: --

Experience:

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

Bachelors/ Masters in any discipline from any recognised university/ institution.

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

Experience Requirement:

• Preference will be given to candidates with at least 1 year of experience in youth empowerment.

• Experience in youth development in financial sector will also be given preference.

Additional Job Requirements:

• In-depth understanding of project implementation, youth skills development, and microenterprise promotion.

• Strong coordination, planning, and team management skills with the ability to handle multi-district operations.

• Sound analytical and reporting skills with proficiency in MS Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint).

• Knowledge of data management, monitoring, and evaluation systems.

• Excellent communication and facilitation skills in both Bangla and English.

• Ability to work independently and travel frequently to field locations (70% field visit).

• Strong commitment to BRAC’s values and principles of inclusiveness, integrity, and innovation.

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.

Job Purpose: The Senior Officer – Youth Empowerment will be responsible for coordinating and executing the activities of the project “Empowering the Future” under the Entrepreneurship Development Unit (EDU) of BRAC Microfinance. This position will ensure effective implementation of project interventions including youth mobilization, sector-specific skills training, job placement, and entrepreneurship development for youths across Bangladesh. The role will also support campaign, training coordination, data management, partner liaison, and reporting to achieve the project’s overall goal of reducing youth unemployment through upskilling and enterprise creation.

Job Description:

• Support planning, execution, and monitoring of all project activities according to the Detailed Implementation Plan (DIP).

• Coordinate and supervise District/ Upazila-level implementation of youth mobilization campaigns, training sessions, and placement/entrepreneurship activities.

• Facilitate the recruitment, onboarding, and engagement of training facilitators, resource persons, and business mentors.

• Monitor and ensure quality and timely delivery of training sessions in different trades across employment and entrepreneurship categories.

• Coordinate job placement linkages/partnership with employer partners; facilitate entrepreneurship mentoring, and linkage with successful entrepreneurs, including financial linkage with financial institutes.

• Collect and validate data through the project MIS and Google Form system; ensure accurate reporting on youth registration, training progress, and employment & entrepreneurship outcomes.

• Prepare and submit periodic progress reports and documentation for internal management and donor requirements.

• Collaborate with other BRAC’s relevant units to ensure seamless coordination and compliance with BRAC policies.

• Contribute to knowledge management by documenting case stories, best practices, and learning for future replication.

Safeguarding Responsibilities:

• Ensure the safety of team members from any harm, abuse, neglect, harassment and exploitation to achieve the programme’s goals on 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, encourage others to do so.

Festival Bonus, Health and Life Insurance, Maternity/ Paternity Leave and others as per policy.