Regional Manager, Gender Mainstreaming, Gender Justice and Diversity (GJD)

BRAC is an international development organisation founded in Bangladesh in 1972 that partners globally with over 100 million people living with inequality and poverty to create opportunities to realise their 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.

About the role

The Regional Manager, Gender Mainstreaming is responsible for region-based overall coordination, collaboration, and operational management of Gender Mainstreaming (GM) with BRAC's selected Programmes, Enterprises & Departments (PEDs).

Responsibilities

• Plan, coordinate, and facilitate capacity-building initiatives for staff, community members, and key stakeholders to strengthen gender equality and social inclusion outcomes.
• Provide technical support to implement standard gender messages on selected touchpoints of PEDs and ensure quality implementation and achievement of programme objectives.
• Strengthen community participation and promote gender-transformative practices through continuous engagement and mentoring.
• Collect community signals (mindset, beliefs, and practices) on gender issues and qualitative insights to inform programme improvement, adaptive management, and learning.
• Document emerging gender issues, good practices, challenges, and lessons learned from field interventions.
• Facilitate local NGOs coordination and strengthen their capacity to deal with gender equality and women's empowerment issues.
• Plan and implement local advocacy initiatives to promote gender equality, women's empowerment, and social inclusion.
• Facilitate dialogue and coordination with local government institutions, community leaders, religious leaders, civil society organisations, and other relevant stakeholders to strengthen gender-responsive policies and practices.
• Coordinate and facilitate community mobilisation activities and awareness campaigns during national and international observance days (e.g., International Women's Day, 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence, International Day of the Girl Child, etc.).
• Ensure effective planning, documentation, and reporting of campaign activities and outcomes.

Requirements

• 3+ years of relevant experience
• Master of Social Science (M.S.S.)

Skills

• Gender-based violence prevention
• Capacity development
• Gender-based violence knowledge
• Global human resources management
• Requirement documentation (BRD, FRD, SRS)
• CDM Coordinator
• Graduate recruitment
• HR policies