BRAC Job- Executive Director in Europe 2024 (salary £100,000)

BRAC is an international development Organisation based in Bangladesh. BRAC is the largest non-governmental development Organisation in the world, in terms of number of employees as of September 2016. Established by Sir Fazle Hasan Abed in 1972 after the independence of Bangladesh, BRAC is present in all 64 districts of Bangladesh as well as 16 other countries in Asia, Africa, and the Americas.

BRAC states that it employs over 90,000 people, roughly 70 percent of whom are women, and that it reaches more than 126 million people with its services. The organization is partly self-funded through a number of social enterprises that include a dairy and food project, a chain of retail handicraft stores called Aarong, seed and Agro, and chicken.

BRAC’s office in London was opened in 2006, and supports the development of partnerships with institutions, foundations, and wealthy donors across Europe, as well as a growing role in supporting BRAC’s global advocacy on key issues affecting the poorest households around the world, and building awareness of BRAC’s work in the development sector in Europe. BRAC has ambitious plans to grow their engagement in Europe over the next decade, to realise the full potential from European partnerships to support their global mission.

As BRAC’s Executive Director, Europe, the job holder’s role will be to lead and develop the BRAC team across Europe to realise this potential, working closely with BRAC’s global leadership. BRAC is looking for someone who will bring to this role a good understanding of practical development issues, a track record of success in building partnerships across sectors to deliver social change at scale, and comfort in networking at senior leadership and political levels.

Programmes

BRAC is one of the largest NGOs involved in primary education in Bangladesh. As of the end of 2012, it had more than 22,700 non-formal primary schools with a combined enrolment of 670,000 children. Its schools are typically one room with one teacher and no more than 33 students. Core subjects include mathematics, social studies and English. The schools also offer extracurricular activities. They incentivise schooling by providing food, allowing flexible learning hours, and conferring scholarships contingent on academic performance.

Bangladesh has reduced the gap between male and female attendance in schools. The improvement in female enrollment, which has largely been at the primary level, is in part attributable to BRAC. Roughly 60% of the students in their schools are girls.

BRAC also runs a university called BRAC University.

Public health
BRAC started providing public healthcare in 1972 with an initial focus on curative care through paramedics and a self-financing health insurance scheme. The programme went on to offer integrated health care services.

Disaster relief
BRAC conducted one of the largest NGO responses to Cyclone Sidr which hit vast areas of the south-western coast in Bangladesh in mid-November 2007.[citation needed] BRAC distributed emergency relief materials, including food and clothing, to over 900,000 survivors, provided medical care to over 60,000 victims and secured safe supplies of drinking water. BRAC is now focusing on long-term rehabilitation, which will include agriculture support, infrastructure reconstruction and livelihood regeneration.