Senior Manager, Youth Empowerment

BRAC International is Hiring! Join BRAC International to create opportunities for people to realise their potential.Position: Senior Manager, Youth EmpowermentJob Location: Dhaka, Bangladesh / Nairobi, KenyaAbout the Role:The primary objective of this role is to provide technical and operational support to various countries across Asia and Africa to deliver high-quality youth empowerment programming that builds the capacity and agency of adolescent girls and young women as leaders, entrepreneurs, and changemakers in their communities. This position will offer hands-on technical support, develop operational guidelines, and strengthen the capacity of country teams while providing technical oversight and supervision to ensure the effective implementation of youth empowerment activities in projects such as the Mastercard Foundation Accelerating Impact for Young Women in Partnership with BRAC (AIM) and others. The incumbent will also play a key role in programme development for youth and integrated programmes, support monitoring, learning, and advocacy efforts.Key Responsibilities:Technical Support and quality assurance of youth empowerment activities* Provide hands-on technical support to BI country teams, particularly AIM implementing teams, in planning and executing club-related activities and rolling out the youth empowerment curriculum through standard operating procedures (SOPs) and curriculum development and rollout. * Support curriculum adaptation and contextualization including localizing content for accessibility. * Develop assessment tools to measure participant progress using practical measurement approaches that work in resource-constrained settings * Conduct periodic field visits and meetings with country teams to support implementation and ensure the timely achievement of key project milestones. * Support initiatives and collaborations across sectors to ensure programming is adolescent and youth friendly and age-appropriate * Establish a supportive supervision and monitoring system to regularly assess the progress, quality, impact, and effectiveness of youth empowerment interventions within BI programmes.Programme Development* Work closely with country teams to continuously assess the context, needs, and opportunities, designing innovative youth programmes to expand BRAC International’s portfolio across different countries. * Participate in the project design process—both proactively and in response to calls for proposals—and contribute to the concept note and proposal development, including budget preparation for youth and integrated programmes. * Represent BRAC International in meetings with potential donors and partners to present the programme strategy, approach, achievements, and learnings as required.Support for Grants Management* Participate in and support country teams during the grant kick-off process and regularly engage in grant review meetings involving youth empowerment interventions to ensure effective project implementation. * Assist country teams with budget reviews, monitoring and donor reports, and the development of action plans. Ensure the successful execution and oversight of these action plans.Capacity Building* Collaborate with country programme teams to assess capacity-building needs and plan, organize, and facilitate effective capacity-strengthening activities for staff involved in AIM and other youth empowerment projects. * Support development of training materials and training of frontline workers/peer educators on youth-friendly and participatory facilitation skills * Support the development of Youth Empowerment training and support roll out across the organization * Create learning platforms to facilitate cross-country and cross-sector sharing of best practices to enhance the capacity of programme staff.Other Responsibilities* Support the recruitment and onboarding of youth empowerment staff across different countries. * Assist country teams in developing and maintaining strong relationships with key government stakeholders, donors, partners, and other relevant actors. * Document and disseminate implementation experiences, knowledge, and learnings, representing the organization in relevant forums, conferences, and meetings to cultivate partnerships and engage in advocacy. * Support country teams in actively participating in national and international advocacy efforts.Safeguarding* 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 so.Academic Qualifications:* Bachelor’s / Master’s preferred in Youth Development, Education, Social Science, Development studies, International Development, Gender studies, and Community Development preferred.Experience and Knowledge:* At least 5-6 years’ practical experience designing and implementing multi-sectoral youth empowerment programming for adolescent girls and young women. * Proven ability to effectively collaborate with multicultural teams, fostering an inclusive and diverse work environment. * Open to learning and exploring new ideas, with a deep commitment to delivering high-quality work. * Ability to think strategically and drive innovation in programme design and implementation * Ability to thrive in dynamic and fast-paced environments, demonstrating a high level of adaptability to changing circumstances and priorities * Proficient in using Microsoft and Google online tools, including Docs, Sheets, Slides, and Drive, for seamless productivity and collaboration * Possesses strong critical and strategic thinking, exceptional problem-solving skills, and a client-oriented service mentality * Experience of providing technical guidance and supportive supervision to a large geographically dispersed team * Capable of working both individually and as part of a team * Excellent communication (written, verbal, negotiation, and presentation skills), facilitation and presentation skills. * Fluent verbal and written communication skills in English.Skills and Competencies:* Demonstrated technical expertise in the subject area (youth empowerment, youth development, youth participation, youth integrated programming) * Experience and knowledge of Global South (particularly in the countries of Asia and Africa) development challenges, particularly in the sector of youth development. * Proven experience linking youth empowerment programming with entrepreneurship training, financial literacy and economic opportunities, with particular expertise in making business concepts accessible to youth with limited formal education. * Experience in providing hands-on direct technical support to programme implementation bridging theory and practice * Expertise in participatory approaches that actively involve young people in decision-making and programme design, mentorship programmes, and leadership development for young people. * Experience in organizing and delivering capacity-building initiatives and youth-friendly facilitation * Ability to produce highly professional reports and donor updates with excellent English & professional writing skills. * Proven experience in building and managing partnerships with donors, partners, government and private sector actors * Experience adapting complex content for participants with varying literacy levels * Proven ability to design practical, experiential learning activities that balance skills-building with knowledge transfer * Experience of multi-level capacity strengthening approaches (from peer educators to trainers and programme managers) * Ability to balance programme quality with scalability in resource-constrained environments * Ability to develop accessible training materials using visual aids, storytelling, and culturally relevant examples * Experience working across multiple languages and cultural contexts.Employment type: Regular/ContractualSalary: NegotiableHOW TO APPLYIf you feel you are the right match for the above-mentioned position, please follow the application process to grab your dream opportunity!External candidates, please follow the direct apply link: https://career44.sapsf.com/sfcareer/jobreqcareer?jobId=1638&company=brac.Internal candidates are recommended to apply with their latest Resume including all job assignments in detail and a cover letter mentioning core competence and career aspiration with BRAC PIN and email to [email protected] copying their immediate reporting manager.Please mention the name of the position and AD# BI 04/26 in the subject bar.Application deadline: 23 February 2026BRAC is committed to safeguarding children, young people and 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 policy and procedure include extensive background checks and disclosure of criminal records in order to ensure safeguarding to the fullest extent.“BRAC International is an equal opportunities employer”