Assistant Branch Manager

Job Description

Career with BRAC Sierra Leone

BRAC is an award-winning international non-governmental development organisation, with the vision of a world free from all forms of exploitation and discrimination, where everyone has the opportunity to realize their potential. BRAC is a leader in developing and implementing cost-effective, evidence-based programs to assist poor and disadvantaged communities in low-income countries, including in conflict-prone and post-disaster settings. It is an organisation of and for the people of the Global South, pioneering new development and social enterprise approaches to equip communities to achieve prosperity. As well as being the world’s biggest NGO by number of staff and people directly reached, BRAC has regularly been ranked the number one NGO in the world by the Geneva-based NGO Advisor, an independent organisation committed to highlighting innovation, impact and governance in the non-profit sector. BRAC retained the top spot in 2020 among the top 500 NGOs for the fifth consecutive year.

BRAC was founded in Bangladesh in 1972 by Sir Fazle Hasan Abed. It started its first program outside of Bangladesh in Afghanistan in 2002 and has since reached millions of people in 11 countries in Asia and Africa. BRAC has a holistic approach to development that uses a wide array of programs and social enterprises, including in microfinance, education, health, agriculture, gender and human rights. BRAC believes that every person has inherent potential, and when an enabling environment is created and that potential is unleashed, even the poorest can become agents of positive change in their own lives, for their families and their communities. 

ABOUT THE PROGRAMME

The Mastercard Foundation Accelerating Impact for Young Women (AIM) in Partnership with BRAC is equipping 2 million adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) with age-appropriate entrepreneurship, employability, and life-skills training, as well as the tools to start and scale their own businesses. The nine-year program (2021-2030) applies BRAC’s proven model using microfinance, youth empowerment, agriculture, education and skills development to improve lives and livelihoods. It currently operates in seven African countries: Sierra Leone, Liberia, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Ghana, and Kenya. Based on the AGYW age, needs, and circumstances, AGYW are placed on one of two pathways in the AIM program: an education pathway or a livelihood pathway.

 In this regard, BRAC Sierra Leone is seeking applications from competent, dynamic and self-motivated individuals to fill the following position in Sierra Leone

JOB PURPOSE:

Support the branch manager (BM) to provide overall leadership to branch-level activities in AIM setup/pre-implementation, safe space activities, education, livelihood, enabling environment, financial inclusion, and cohort completion-related activities. Supervise and follow-up on a single cohort programme officers who are implementing the programme`s activities. Help to ensure staff capacity strengthening. Facilitate staff meetings with the team and support the branch manager (BM) in all other related activities. Ensure use of the digital management information system (BInsight) by all reporting staff and prepare management information system (MIS) and other reports as well as financial reports. Maintain coordination with technical and operations colleagues at the AIM regional level . 

KEY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: 

Technical and Implementation Support:

• Support the BM in providing supervisory support to all AIM-related program activities at the branch level, ensuring activity planning, roll-out, implementation, and tracking, in accordance with the operations manual; ensure achievement of programmatic targets as per AOP. 
• Lead in team setup, staff onboarding, training, and activity planning of AIM-PAs and BAOO.
• Lead community identification, listing, entry, and household (HH) survey-related activities in her jurisdiction
• Oversee the selection and set-up and decoration of AIM clubs, participant selection by using the BInsight application, and supervise the operation of club activities with direct assistance from PAs 
• Lead mentor recruitment, training, YDC formation, training & meeting, VSLA formation, training and operations. 
• Ensure all programme data collection, activity implementation information, attendance, and other information is collected using BInsight and any other programmatic approved tool.  
• Provide technical guidance and direction to programme officers (POs) to match participants to livelihood and Education pathways. 
• Ensure the distribution of livelihood and education support to the right participants and the timely collection of the shared cost portion from the eligible participants.
• Ensure timely banking and other finance-related activities with reporting.  
• Support the BM to lead all market development-related activities, community mobilization & collaborate with the BRAC Microfinance (MF) team in ensuring AIM MF days are effectively conducted.
• Lead and ensure the education-related support to the eligible participants within the allocated AIM cohort.
• Lead the distribution or provision of school-related costs (in-kind or cash) and monitor the use of resources, as well as the school attendance of AIM education participants.
• Ensure 80% of eligible AIM participants in the allocated AIM cohort transition to MF. 
• Provide support to the BM to ensure custody of all digital devices and other accessories with the office furniture 
• Ensure the updating of all branch-level files, registers with the display board as per the programme design. 
• Ensure timely preparation and submission of management information system (MIS), financial, and donor reports 
• Ensure gender based violence (GBV) case management and reporting when cases are reported through the POs
• Finalize branch-wise, cohort-wise procurement plans for the necessary asset and input support, including numbers, item specifications, budget, and bidding
• Ensure all branch-level procurement in compliance with policy and budget allocations
• Track and maintain sufficient cash flow for smooth day-to-day project activities

Supervisory, Management and Coordination Support:

• Assist the BM in leading all branch-level activities and serve as the assistant branch’s main focal point for internal and external stakeholders.
• Coordinate closely with AIM Technical Sector officers  (AIM-TSOs) to develop the capacity of POs in life skills training, livestock, agriculture, education, market development, and socio-economic inclusion 
• Together with the BM, facilitate monthly branch coordination meetings to ensure communication, planning, and internal alignment.
• Assist the BM to organize and facilitate all branch-level trainings and workshops as per program design.

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 and encourage others to do the same.

REQUIRED SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

• Experience in project management and coordination, including supervision and monitoring, administration, finance, and logistics 
• Strong Microsoft Office skills
• Experience in the use of digital reporting and/or survey platforms (e.g. KoBo, Google forms, SurveyMonkey, CommCare, SurveyCTO, etc) is 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.
• Community mobilization skills, including good communication and facilitation skills.

• EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS:

Bachelor’s (preferred) / Diploma Social Science /Anthropology /Sociology /Community Development /Business Administration/ Education, and /or other relevant fields.

EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS:

At least 2 years’ experience in national/international development sector, including experience with managing finance and accounts for development programs including microfinance, livelihood, education, agricultural and food security, and/or girl’s and women’s empowerment programs

EMPLOYMENT TYPE: CONTRACTUAL

SALARY: NEGOTIABLE/ MENTION THE AGREED SALARY AMOUNT OR RANGE 

If you feel you are the right match for the above-mentioned position, please follow the application instructions accordingly:

Candidates need to email their CV with a letter of interest mentioning educational grades and years of experience at bimcf.sierraleone@brac.net 

Please mention the name of the position and location applied for in the subject bar.

Only completed applications will be accepted and shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Application deadline: 29th October 2026

BRAC is committed to safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults, and expects all employees and volunteers to share the same commitment. We believe every stakeholder and every member of the communities we work with has the right to be protected from all forms of harm, abuse, neglect, harassment, and exploitation – regardless of age, race, religion, and gender, status as an individual with a disability or ethnic origin. Therefore, our recruitment process includes extensive reference and background checks, self-disclosure of prior issues regarding sexual or other misconduct and criminal records and our values are a part of our Performance Management System.

BRAC is an equal opportunities employer.