Branch Manager Kisii/Kakamega

BRAC International (BI), a leading non-profit organization, is on a mission to empower people and communities facing poverty, illiteracy, disease, and social injustice. Our vision is to create a world free from exploitation and discrimination, where everyone has the opportunity to realise their potential. We design proven, scalable solutions that equip people with the support and confidence they need to achieve their potential.

BRAC was founded in Bangladesh in 1972 and over the last five decades has grown to become one of the world’s largest non-governmental organisations (NGOs), reaching over 100 million people. We started our first international operation by venturing into Afghanistan in 2002, building on lessons from our work in Bangladesh to support a nation devastated by war. Currently operating in 16 countries across Asia and Africa. Born, proven and led in the Global South, BRAC International brings a unique Southern perspective and commitment to continuous learning, providing a depth of insight, experience and evidence to meet the needs of diverse communities with humility and courage across Asia and Africa. To learn more about BRAC International, please visit (www.bracinternational.org)

About the AIM Program
The Mastercard Foundation Accelerating Impact for Young Women (AIM) in Partnership with BRAC is equipping 2 million adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) with age-appropriate entrepreneurship, employability, and life-skills training, as well as the tools to start and scale their own businesses. The nine-year program (2021-2030) applies BRAC’s proven model using microfinance, youth empowerment, agriculture, education and skills development to improve lives and livelihoods. It currently operates in seven African countries: Sierra Leone, Liberia, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Ghana, and Kenya. Based on the AGYW age, needs, and circumstances, AGYW are placed on one of two pathways in the AIM program: an education pathway or a livelihood pathway.

About the AIM Education Pathway
The AIM Education pathway is designed to increase access to and completion of quality secondary education for adolescent girls, aged 12-17, across the AIM countries: Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, and Uganda. The program seeks to achieve three core objectives: (1) to empower 400,000 adolescent girls by increasing their agency, voice, and life skills; (2) to support adolescent girls to complete at least lower secondary school; and (3) to improve gender-responsive education in at least 2,000 secondary schools, positively impacting an estimated 2.4 million students.
This AIM education pathway is closely aligned with the Mastercard Foundation’s strategic priorities under its Young Africa Works initiative, particularly the emphasis on improving the quality and accessibility of secondary education to better prepare young people for meaningful work. Through a set of integrated interventions, AIM Education targets structural and social challenges that often hinder girls’ education—including financial barriers, inadequate infrastructure, undertrained teachers, harmful gender norms, lack of community support, and weak school governance systems.

JOB SUMMARY
Reporting to the AIM Regional Manager (AIM-RM), the AIM Branch Manager (AIM-BM) will provide overall leadership to program implementation activity at the branch level and will be responsible for all branch level programme activities This will include day-to-day management and implementation, supervision, staff-capacity development, staff supervision and monitoring, stakeholder management, procurement and ensuring internal team coordination. The BM will directly supervise approximately 5-10 Program Assistants and indirectly one (1) Branch Accounts & Operations Officers (BAOO) to ensure effective and timely program implementation and quality assurance. She will also be responsible for overall reporting (MIS, internal, and donor reporting) and for supporting other technical and operational activities at the branch level.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Technical and Implementation Support:

• Provide supervisory support to all AIM-related program activities at the branch level, ensuring activity planning, roll-out, implementation, and tracking, in accordance with the operations manual; ensure achievement of programmatic targets as per AOP.
• Lead team-set up, staff onboarding, training, and activity planning of AIM-PAs and BAOO.
• Lead community identification, listing, entry, and household (HH) survey-related activities
• Oversee the selection and set-up and decoration of AIM clubs, participant selection by using the BInsight application, and supervise the operation of club activities with direct assistance from PAs
• Lead mentor recruitment, training, YDC formation, training & meeting, VSLA formation, training and operations.
• Ensure all programme data collection, activity implementation information, attendance, and other information is collected using Binsight and any other programmatic approved tool.
• Provide technical guidance and direction to PAs to match participants to livelihood and Education pathways.
• Ensure the distribution of livelihood and education support to the right participants and the timely collection of the shared cost portion from the eligible participants.
• Ensure timely banking and other finance-related activities with reporting.
• Lead all market development-related activities, community mobilization & collaborate with the BRAC Microfinance (MF) team in ensuring AIM MF days are effectively conducted.
• Lead and ensure the education-related support to the eligible participants within the Branch.
• Lead the distribution or provision of school-related costs (in-kind or cash) and monitor the use of resources, as well as the school attendance of AIM education participants.
• Ensure 80% of eligible AIM participants in the Branch transition to MF.
• Ensure custody of all digital devices and other accessories with the office furniture
• Ensure the updating of all branch-level files, registers with the display board as per the programme design.
• Ensure timely preparation and submission of management information system (MIS), financial, and donor reports
• Ensure gender based violence (GBV) case management and reporting when cases are reported through the PAs
• Finalize branch-wise procurement plans for the necessary asset and input support, including numbers, item specifications, budget, and bidding
• Ensure all branch-level procurement in compliance with policy and budget allocations
• Track and maintain sufficient cash flow for smooth day-to-day project activities

Supervisory and Coordination Support:

• Lead all branch-level activities and serve as the branch’s main focal point for internal and external stakeholders
• Coordinate closely with AIM Technical Sector officers (AIM-TSOs) to develop capacity of programme assistants (PAs) in livestock, agriculture, education, market development, and social inclusion
• Facilitate monthly branch coordination meetings to ensure communication, planning, and internal alignment
  Organize and facilitate all branch-level trainings and workshops as per program design

Safeguarding Responsibilities:

• 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 the same

EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor's degree (preferred) or Diploma in Social Science/Anthropology /Sociology /Community Development/ Business Administration/ Education and /or other relevant fields
• At least 3 years’ experience in the national/international development sector, including experience with extreme-poor and marginalized communities to implement integrated development programs, including microfinance, education, livelihood, agricultural and food security, and/or girl’s and women’s empowerment programs

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & COMPETENCIES (required to perform all the responsibilities of this role):

• Experience in project management and coordination, including supervision and monitoring, administration, finance, and logistics Strong Microsoft Office skills
• Experience in the use of digital reporting and/or survey platforms (e.g. KoBo, Google forms, SurveyMonkey, CommCare, SurveyCTO, etc) is preferable.
• Strong sense of teamwork and collaboration, and demonstrated ability to build relationships with individuals from diverse backgrounds
• Personal qualities of integrity, credibility, and dedication to the mission of BRAC.
• Community mobilization skills, including good communication and facilitation skills.

SPECIFIC EDUCATION QUALIFICATION

• Bachelor's (preferred) / Diploma-Social Science /Anthropology /Sociology /Community Development /Business Administration/ Education, and /or other relevant fields

HOW TO APPLY

This is an outstanding opportunity to work with BRAC International. If you feel you are the right match for the position mentioned above, please follow the application instructions accordingly:
Please submit your resume, including all job assignments in detail, and cover letter via the below link :Branch Manager Kisii and Kakamega
Only complete applications will be accepted, and short-listed candidates will be contacted.
Application deadline: 18th October 2026.

BRAC is committed to safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable 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 process includes extensive reference and background checks, self-disclosure of prior issues regarding sexual or other misconduct and criminal records and our values are a part of our Performance Management System.

BRAC is an equal opportunities employer

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