BRAC Ghana Savings and Loans Ltd Recruitment 2023 – Recruitment Portal
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They invited applications from suitably qualified Ghanaians for the 2023/2024 BRAC Ghana Savings and Loans Ltd recruitment exercise. INTERESTED AND SUITABLY QUALIFIED members of the public can apply for any of the positions available at BRAC Ghana Savings and Loans Ltd.
Therefore, all Interested and qualified applicants must be Ghanaian citizen by birth with no criminal record. Possess a first Degree, not below a Second Class Lower from an accredited university in a related field. … Age of 21 and not more than 35 years by 31st December 2023.
BRAC Ghana Savings and Loans Ltd Recruitment 2023/2024
1. Job Title: Head of Information and Technology
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 realise their potential. BRAC is a leader in developing and implementing cost-effective, evidence-based programmes 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 2023 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 programme 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 programmes 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.
BRAC International is seeking applications from competent, dynamic and self-motivated individuals to fill the following position:
Head of Information and Technology, BRAC Ghana Savings and Loans Ltd.
The Head of Information and Technology, BRAC Ghana Savings and Loans Ltd. will be a member of the executive management team, reporting to the CEO and will be charged with defining and driving the execution of the information technology strategy.
Key Responsibilities:
Strategy Development and Implementation
- Working with other members of the executive management team, contribute significantly to the development of the business strategy.
- Provide strategic and planning input and monitor how operations can be improved to leverage technology innovations, increase critical business drivers, and achieve business objectives such as minimize costs, increase outreach, and maximize uptime and data security.
- Develop the IT strategy and ensure alignment with the overall business
- Co-ordinate and oversee key IT components of business project implementations – banking system rollouts/upgrades and digital financial services channel (e.g., mobile money, DFA) implementations.
- Effectively manage projects from start to finish including needs assessment/evaluation, scope of work creation, contract negotiation, and delivery of consultancies, review and approval of deliverables and invoices, and project closure.
- Maintain high standards of accuracy in the information and advice provided to Board, Executive Management, and employees
Management of the IT Function
- Ensure operational integrity of all IT infrastructure (software and hardware)
- Participate in various Board and Management Committees as assigned by the Chief Executive Officer.
- Oversee the delivery, installation and proper configuration of all new IT infrastructure and upgrades.
- Build and present strong business cases for all significant IT investments
- Oversee the documentation and application of sound and up-to-date IT principles and ensure compliance with local banking and finance legislation, regulations, policies, and procedures.
- Identify IT requirements and ensure that all IT function and activities are fully resourced, budgeted for and performance managed to maximize return on IT investments.
- Act as a technical advisor to Management and all users in all matters relating to IT, applications system improvements, enhancements, or changes by remaining current with new developments in the industry.
- Work with department heads to understand business challenges, objectives, and bottlenecks they face to advise on the use of channels and technologies that could enable the business and provide solutions.
- Ensure security and compliance requirements are built into all systems to minimize fraud and enhance information security.
Performance Management & Capacity Building
- Set, monitor, and assess achievements against performance targets, quality standards, and service agreements.
- Set, monitor and evaluate the performance of all IT staff against agreed performance standards.
- Ensure regular client, supplier and staff satisfaction surveys regarding IT services and takes corrective action.
- Ensure the delivery of high-quality service standards to internal and external clients on issues related to IT.
- Participate in new product development initiatives to ensure appropriate IT skills exist to provide technical support.
- Work with HR in establishing an effective and efficient team with the capability to manage and carry out IT roles.
Technology Risk Management
- Develop and maintain a framework for managing cyber and information security risks
- Develop, enforce, monitor, and document housekeeping and security policies and procedures for all technology systems for the purposes of disaster recovery and user security.
- Responsible for ensuring existence of effective IT disaster recovery plans, monitor and enforce regular testing of DR plans.
- Provide effective vendor management to ensure value for money in all IT-related transactions.
- Negotiate terms and conditions for purchases and provides ongoing support with computer hardware, software, telecommunication, and power.
- Develop and maintain an effective change management policy and procedure.
Safeguarding
- Establish a safeguarding culture across all levels of the programme by implementing the safeguarding policy. Act as a key source of support, guidance and expertise on safeguarding for establishing a safe working environment.
- Responsible to ensure team members are appropriately trained, supported and have access to resources regarding issues that are identified and actioned in accordance with the safeguarding policy and procedure.
- Follow the safeguarding reporting procedure in case any reportable incident takes place, encourage others to do so.
Educational Requirements:
- Minimum Bachelor’s Degree in Computer science, Computer Studies, Engineering, or related field.
- Master’s Degree in similar field will be of added advantage.
Required Competencies:
- Business and technical skills in key technology functional areas such as delivery channels, application development, communications technology, financial services technology.
- Passion for, knowledge and understanding of new technologies and digital delivery channels
- Ability to delegate effectively amongst teams and show commitment to the long-term development of team members through coaching, mentoring, and the creation of development opportunities
- Proven ability to drive change through collaboration and influence
- Excellent interpersonal relations and presentation skills
- Excellent oral and written communications skills
- Demonstrated professional judgment, consistency, and strong attention to detail
- Ability to deal with complex problems involving multiple facets and variables in non-standardized situations
- Disposition to share IT knowledge fully and willingly with other employees in the interest of the company
Experience Requirements:
- At least ten (10) years’ work experience in management of IT within a financial institution (preferably banking) or professional service firms
- At least five (5) years managing core banking (preferably Temenos) and alternate delivery channel systems in a cyber-secured environment.
- Demonstrates progressive information technology management and leadership roles
- Experience managing interdisciplinary teams and working in multi-cultural organizations
Employment Type: Regular
Salary: Negotiable
Job Location: BRAC Ghana Savings and Loans Ltd. Office
If you feel you are the right match for the above mentioned position, please follow the application instructions accordingly:
External candidates need to email their CV with a letter of interest mentioning educational grades, years of experience, current and expected salary at recruitment.bi@brac.net
Internal candidates need to apply with their latest CV including all job assignments in detail with BRAC PIN and email to internal.bi@brac.net
Please mention the name of the position and AD# BI 75/22 in the subject bar.
Only complete applications will be accepted and short listed candidates will be contacted.
Application deadline: 10 July 2023
BRAC 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 is an equal opportunities employer
2. Job Title: Head of Human Resources and Training
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 realise their potential. BRAC is a leader in developing and implementing cost-effective, evidence-based programmes 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 2023 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 programme 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 programmes 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.
BRAC International is seeking application from competent, dynamic and self-motivated individuals to fill the following position:
Head of Human Resources and Training, BRAC Ghana Savings and Loans Ltd.
The Head of HR & Training (HoHR&T) position is responsible for aligning business objectives with employees and management of BRAC Ghana Savings and Loans Ltd. through executing HR, talent management, and performance management strategies. The HoHR&T provides tactical and operational support on all aspects of HR operations to achieve the institution’s goals and objectives in the country.
Key Responsibilities:
- Work with the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of BRAC Ghana to determine business needs and collaborate with HR specialist teams in the BRAC International HR Department (BIHRD) to help meet these needs.
- Assist in formulating talent management strategies including women leadership development strategies and coordinate with talent management specialists in BIHRD to implement talent reviews, talent development and succession planning.
- Work closely with key management staff at country level and Head of Gender and Safeguarding in BIHRD to identify, develop and retain high potential women employees in BRAC Ghana.
- Ensure internal talent mobility and manage the talent mobility process.
- Manage end-to-end senior level hires of BRAC Ghana, and partner with hiring agencies and country HR team to ensure the right talent in the key roles.
- Establish performance driven culture in BRAC Ghana, partner with the performance management specialist in BIHRD and country HR team to drive the performance management system.
- Provide support and input on BRAC Ghana company restructuring, workforce planning and succession planning.
- Build and maintain strategic partnerships with the management team, HR team and employees and collaborate effectively to create ground for acceptance and friendly adoption of BRAC Ghana HR strategies.
- Assist international employees of BRAC Ghana with expatriate assignments and related HR matters.
- Drive training needs analysis for BRAC Ghana, partner with specialists in BIHRD and country HR team to ensure the necessary training programmes are in place, participate in evaluation and monitoring of training programmes to ensure success, and follow up to ensure training objectives are met.
- Analyse HR data in partnership with the country HR team in order to develop and enhance solutions, processes, and programmes that address current problems and avoid future issues.
- Partner with the legal team of BRAC Ghana as required in order to reduce legal risks and ensure regulatory compliance in day-to-day management of employees.
- Ensure the safety of team members from any harm, abuse, neglect, harassment and exploitation to achieve the institution’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 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
Safeguarding
- Establish a safeguarding culture across all levels of the programme by implementing the safeguarding policy. Act as a key source of support, guidance and expertise on safeguarding for establishing a safe working environment.
- Responsible to ensure team members are appropriately trained, supported and have access to resources regarding issues that are identified and actioned in accordance with the safeguarding policy and procedure.
- Follow the safeguarding reporting procedure in case any reportable incident takes place, encourage others to do so.
Educational Requirements:
- Master’s Degree in Human Resources Management or relevant subjects.
- Professional degree in relevant subject will be of added advantage.
Required Competencies:
- Proven strong foundation and knowledge of principles and practice of HR including employment law and compliance requirements
- Competent in managing multicultural staff, working effectively with senior management teams
- Experience managing multiple tasks, priorities and projects
- Understanding in HR policies and procedures
- Strong interpersonal/ communication skills
- Effective client management and negotiation skills
- Proficiency in MS Office applications
- Proficient with HRIS tools
- Commitment to staff motivation, equity as well as organisational goals
- Ability to present sound and well-reasoned arguments to convince others
Experience Requirements:
- At least five (05) years of work experience in HR function.
- Working knowledge of multiple human resource disciplines, including talent management, performance management, talent acquisition, compensation practices, organizational diagnosis, employee relations, diversity, and federal employment laws is highly preferred.
Employment Type: Regular
Salary: Negotiable
Job Location: BRAC Ghana Savings and Loans Ltd. Office
If you feel you are the right match for the above mentioned position, please follow the application instructions accordingly:
External candidates need to email their CV with a letter of interest mentioning educational grades, years of experience, current and expected salary at recruitment.bi@brac.net
Internal candidates need to apply with their latest CV including all job assignments in detail with BRAC PIN and email to internal.bi@brac.net
Please mention the name of the position and AD# BI 76/22 in the subject bar.
Only complete applications will be accepted and short listed candidates will be contacted.
Application deadline: 10 July 2023
BRAC 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 is an equal opportunities employer
IMPORTANT NOTICE:
- BRAC Ghana Savings and Loans Ltd DO NOT demand or accept gifts or gratification to offer employment.
- Do not offer money to anyone before, during or after the recruitment exercise. Any candidate found doing either of these would be summarily disqualified and prosecuted.
CAUTION: Candidates who wants to Apply for this Recruitment should be very sensitive and careful, We advise that Candidates should visit the Recruitment PORTAL or WEBSITE and follow the Steps outlined for Application. DO NOT GIVE MONEY to any agent proving to get you Recruited Please take Note.
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- Follow the details on each individual position to apply.