Program Officers job at Brac

JOB PURPOSE

The Program Officers (POs) will be responsible for the overall implementation of direct field-level program activities for the three programmatic pillars: Social & Economic Empowerment ( Livelihood & Education pathways), Enabling Environment for AGYW. The PO will lead the participant selection process and set-up of the clubs. The PO will be in-charge of the day-to-day management and supervision of the clubs and will supervise and follow-up on all mentor activities. The PO will also be responsible for conducting mentor training, asset purchase and distribution,selecting participants to the AIM education pathways, working with schools, and follow-up of school-related activities. PO will keep all related program documents, prepare programmatic data, and other required reports. The role will keep close working relations with regional technical persons, BRAC microfinance counterparts and key community stakeholders.

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES

Program Implementation.

Social Empowerment Pillar.

• Lead the AIM program community-level inception activities, including community and participant selection, club selection and setup, club launching, participant enrolment activities, mentor selection, training and onboarding, community mobilization, linkage services, and value chain mapping.
• Lead the implementation and supervision of activities in assigned clubs as per program design, activity plan, and budget.
• Conduct household (HH) and other surveys,as per program requirement.
• Form and manage AIM safe spaces/ clubs as per program target in selected communities.
• Ensure achievement of club- level program targets as per implementation guideline and report any operational/ management issues to AIM-Branch Manager.
• Follow-up closely with participants to minimize attrition and prepare monthly attendance reports and bi-monthly drop-out reports.
• Ensure manual and digital attendance collection by the mentors.

AIM Livelihoods Pathway.

• Conduct participant-wise livelihood option selection, organise livelihood technical training, entrepreneurship training and other need base training / refreshers.
• Provide enterprise development support, and coordinate all market development and facilitation activities in the community.
• Ensure assets / inputs transfer and other livelihood-related activities
• Conduct participant follow-up through initial / immediate home visits after receiving livelihood assets, home visits, and group visits to ensure the asset safety and growth, increase household income, and confidence building.
• Collect the livelihood shared cost portion installments from the livelihood participants and deposit them accordingly to the branch office.
• Form and follow-up VSLAs to create a savings culture to the participants and to serve few other program activities by leveraging this platform based on the program design.
• Help with conditional cash transfers of assets and cost recovery of such assets .
• Ensure a minimum 80% of transition to formal microfinance institutions for AIM livelihood participants.

Education Pathway.

• Select participants for AIM-Education, mobilize, and support the set-up of a peer mentor study circle.
• Ensure education-re;lated support to the eligible participants.
• Support and follow-up activities of ongoing peer-mentor study circle.
• Support with distribution or provision of school- related costs (in-kind or cash) and monitoring use of resources, as well as school attendance of AIM education participants.
• Support in creating linkages between enabling environment activities and school management activities.
• Support identifying out of school very young adolescent (VYAs) & adolescent girls ( AGs) who are interested in completing their education.
• Supporting in conducting household (HH) and other surveys, as per program requirement.

Enabling Environment Pillar.

• Formation of the youth development committee (YDC), training, meetings and other community-level activities/meetings as per program design.
• Conduct local level service providers mapping and support Branch managers to establish a rapport with relevant service providers mapped.
• Support in GBV and SRH referrals and other relevant referrals of AGYW to relevant service providers.
• Support to ensure gender equality and social inclusion (GESI) related activities.
• Support in identifying AIM youth and mobilising for AIM community dialogues and action planning.

Procurement, Coordination and Supervisory Support.

• Select, train, and supervise AIM club mentors and ensure continued follow-up coaching and mentoring for their capacity improvement.
• Help to ensure all branch level procurement and logistics and supply and keep all program related documents, file, and registers as per design.
• Support with the school improvement planning and execution, follow-up of teacher development activities, and supervision of school-related activities.
• Manage and strengthen management information System (MIS), program / management data collection, and reporting through manual and digital ( BInsight) platforms.
• Ensure internal monitoring within the program to assess the quality of service delivery, data collection and integrity, and documentation in the clubs.
• Ensure appropriate, timely and accurate data collection against agreed indicators to enable both consolidation of branch internal and external reports.
• Attend monthly coordination meetings organised at the branch level and provide updates on club activities, flagging any issues needing attention from the branch / area manager.
• Ensure cashflow by submitting cash requisition timely for smooth day-to-day project activities.
• Prepare and input quality program data using both relevant manual and digital program management information system ( BInsight MIS)
• Prepare financial and other reports , as needed, and submit it in time.

SAFEGUARDING RESPONSIBILITIES:

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

EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS

Bachelor’s Degree in Social studies, Community Development,Gender and Development,Human Resources, Business Administration and any relevant subjects.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES

• Ability to spend extended periods of time in the field and travel within the country .
• Computer literacy and proficient in using mobile devices, and computers, particularly with Microsoft Office.
• Experience in use of digital reporting and / or survey platforms ( e.g. KOBO, Google forms, SurveyMonkey, Commcare, Survey CTO etc) are preferable.
• Strong sense of teamwork and collaboration and demonstrated ability to build relationships with individuals from diverse backgrounds.
• Personal qualities of integrity, credibility, and dedication to the mission of BRAC.
• Strong sense of teamwork and collaboration and demonstrated ability to build relationships with individuals from diverse backgrounds.
• Community mobilisation skills, including good communication and facilitation skills.

EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS

At least 1 year of experience in the international development sector, including experience working with marginalized communities to implement community development programs, including education, microfinance, livelihood, agricultural and food security, and / or girl’s, women’s empowerment programs and other related programs / projects.

EMPLOYMENT TYPE

Full time

JOB LOCATION

Iganga(7 positions), Kamuli (7 positions), Fortportal (6 positions), Mbale (6 positions), Masindi (7positions) and Kampala(5 positions).

• Lead AIM community-level inception activities, including community and participant selection, club setup and launching, enrolment, mentor selection and training, mobilization, linkage services, and value chain mapping.
• Implement and supervise activities in assigned clubs and ensure achievement of program targets.
• Conduct household and other surveys; manage safe spaces and clubs; monitor attendance, participant retention, and dropout reporting.
• Deliver livelihood pathway support, including livelihood option selection, technical and entrepreneurship training, enterprise development, market facilitation, asset transfers, follow-up visits, shared-cost collection, and VSLA support.
• Select and support AIM-Education participants and peer mentor study circles; monitor education assistance, use of resources, and school attendance.
• Support youth development committees, service-provider mapping, GBV and SRH referrals, GESI activities, and community dialogues.
• Select, train, supervise, coach, and mentor AIM club mentors.
• Support procurement, logistics, school improvement activities, monitoring, data collection, MIS management, and manual and digital reporting.
• Prepare program, financial, and other reports; attend coordination meetings and submit timely cash requisitions.
• Promote safeguarding, help establish a safe working environment, and follow safeguarding reporting procedures.

• Community mobilisation skills
• Good communication and facilitation skills
• Teamwork and collaboration
• Relationship-building with individuals from diverse backgrounds
• Computer literacy and proficiency using mobile devices, computers, and Microsoft Office
• Experience using digital reporting and survey platforms such as KOBO, Google Forms, SurveyMonkey, Commcare, or Survey CTO is preferable
• Ability to spend extended periods in the field and travel within the country
• Integrity, credibility, and dedication to the mission of BRAC

• Bachelor’s Degree in Social studies, Community Development, Gender and Development, Human Resources, Business Administration, or any relevant subjects.
• At least 1 year of experience in the international development sector, including experience working with marginalized communities to implement community development programs.