Deputy Manager, Research and Insights; Microfinance Programme
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Posted on: Sun Mar 19 2023
Negotiable
Full Time
Dhaka
Total vacancy
Not Specified
Job Industry
NGO/INGO/DevelopmentDeadline
Tue Mar 21 2023
Position Summary
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: To protect client`s right and implement responsible inclusive finance by designing interventions in a way that is likely to generate positive social impact in client`s life.
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.
Job Responsibilities
- Responsible for BRAC's efforts in client protection initiatives for Microfinance activities in Bangladesh for 9+ million clients.
- Responsible for social performance management activities for BRAC Microfinance programme including national and international spaces.
- Responsible for preparing result framework, Strategic Partnership Agreement (SPA) reporting, Log-frame and annual operations plan (AoP), Monitoring and evaluation (M&E) framework for Microfinance program, following up the progress according to plan and make an end and midyear report for BRAC's top management.
- Responsible for maximizing value for BRAC microfinance's 9+ million clients through several approaches ranging from promoting client protection standards to ensure customers service and complaint resolution and initiating customer loyalty schemes.
- Assist in establishing client protection principles among the whole microfinance program through initiating innovating processes and systems.
- Continuously develop, establish, and execute client protection best practices across the country.
- Assist in projects which aims to provide basic awareness building by engaging more than 9+ million clients of BRAC's microfinance program across 2500+ branches, by engaging 27500+ regular staffs each time and to strengthen client centric policies and practices within the institution
Qualification
Educational Requirements
- Bachelors in any discipline from any recognized university/ institution
Experience Requirements
- At least 2 year(s)
Additional Requirements
- Specialized knowledge in research methodologies
- Knowledge of project management, CSR, and client protection
- Excellent interpersonal communication skills, acquired from organizational involvement and employment in different cross-cultural environments
- Excellent report writing and teamwork skills
- Advanced user of computer with detailed knowledge in office software, advanced in power point presentation and moderate knowledge in Graphics design
Required Skills
- Energetic, hardworking, self-motivated
- Problem solving ability and analytic skill
- Report Wriring
- Excellent in Communication
- Teamwork
Required Educational Qualifications
- Graduation Equivalent in Any discipline
Job Benefits
- Festival Bonus: 2
- As per company Policy
- Provident fund
- Gratuity
- Performance bonus
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