Senior Manager, Financial Inclusion AIM at BRAC

Key Responsibilities:

Programme Design & Delivery

• Work closely with the AIM Central Team and BRAC International (BI) Programme team to design and refine guidelines, SOPs, programme materials, and workshops for AIM Financial Inclusion implementation.
• Drive innovations from entities on how to best deliver AIM FI and cascade any improvements across to other entities.
• Review and improve the quality of Financial, Digital and Life Skills Training (FLT) programme curriculum and materials, refining it to include new components like climate-smart agriculture, and delivering the Training of Trainers
• Ensure BI microfinance clients benefit from the broader suite of AIM services

Lead & Coordinate

• Lead entity AIM Focals through frequent touchpoints and visits to overcome barriers in implementing and achieving AIM FI objectives, and increase their capacity to do so
• Facilitate BI MF's technical leads to embed AIM Financial Inclusion into their workstreams
• Guide Financial Inclusion Innovation Labs in each country and support close collaboration between BI microfinance entities and their BRAC NGO counterparts.

Targets, Data & Reporting

• Support entities to set ambitious but achievable AIM FI targets and manage regular tracking and analysis.
• Prepare and contribute to internal and external reporting, including quarterly and annual narrative reports.
• Work with teams to identify and answer key learning questions, and synthesize insights on financial access for young women for dissemination across the network.

Safeguarding

• Ensure the safety and wellbeing of colleagues and programme participants from harm, abuse, neglect, harassment, and exploitation.
• Promote and implement safeguarding standards across all areas of work, and follow reporting procedures for any reportable incident.

Academic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Economics, Development Studies, Business, Finance, or a related field
• Certifications or training in impact management, product innovation, or social performance management are a plus 

Experience:

• 4–7 years in project management, consulting, or development programme operations
• Proven experience managing programmes with strong cross-functional delivery across areas like field operations, product, and partnerships
• Experience in multi-country or complex programme environments strongly preferred
• Exposure to financial inclusion, through NGOs or development finance institutions, in emerging markets is an advantage

Knowledge, Skills and Competencies: 

• Strong data analysis and presentation skills with ability to communicate results clearly
• Ability to bring structure to ambiguous problems and visibility to results at scale
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
• Flexibility and understanding in managing varying infrastructure, capacity and time zone environments
• Willingness and ability to train and mentor others across diverse, global teams
• Ability to travel 20–40% of the time within Africa, supporting our operating entities