Career with BRAC International
BRAC is an award-winning international non-governmental development organization, with the vision of a world free from all forms of exploitation and discrimination, where everyone has the opportunity to realize their potential. BRAC is a leader in developing and implementing cost-effective, evidence-based programs to assist poor and disadvantaged communities in low-income countries, including conflict-prone and post-disaster settings. It is an organization of and for the people of the Global South, pioneering new development and social enterprise approaches to equip communities to achieve prosperity. As the world’s largest NGO by number of staff and people directly reached, BRAC has consistently been ranked the number one NGO globally by the Geneva-based NGO Advisor, retaining the top position in 2020 among the world’s top 500 NGOs for the fifth consecutive year.
BRAC was founded in Bangladesh in 1972 by Sir Fazle Hasan Abed. It began operations outside Bangladesh in Afghanistan in 2002 and has since reached millions of people in 11 countries across Asia and Africa. BRAC applies a holistic approach to development through diverse programs and social enterprises in microfinance, education, health, agriculture, gender, and human rights. BRAC believes every person has inherent potential, and when given an enabling environment, even the poorest can become agents of positive change for themselves, their families, and their communities.
BRAC Maendeleo Tanzania, established in 2006, focuses on Agriculture, Youth and Women Empowerment, Food Security, and Livelihood.
About the Program
The MasterCard Foundation, in partnership with BRAC International (BI), is implementing an initiative aimed at creating measurable positive impact for 1.2 million adolescent girls and young women and 9.5 million people across seven African countries—Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, and Uganda.
There is growing urgency to support adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) living in poverty, an issue heightened by the global pandemic. Through this partnership, scalable economic development approaches will be delivered to communities to strengthen AGYW’s agency and voice. They will be enabled to achieve their aspirations, secure sustainable livelihoods, and engage in advocacy.
BRAC International is implementing an integrated and holistic model addressing different life cycles of young women living in poverty, ensuring safe transition from adolescence to adulthood. They will be equipped with skills, tools, and financial access to enhance their agency and build sustainable livelihoods.
BRAC International invites applications from competent, dynamic, and self-motivated individuals for the following position at BRAC Maendeleo Tanzania.
Human Resource Officer
The purpose of this position is to support the mission of the internal audit function in the organization—enhancing and protecting organizational value by providing risk-based and objective assurance, advice, and insights.
Key Responsibilities:
Recruitment and selection
Receiving approved manpower requisition from the talent acquisition manager to initiate recruitment process.
Arranging interview for successfully shortlisted candidates.
To collect all necessary documents from the new staffs and contract issuing.
Probation reviews and to ensure that all probation reviews are completed within agreed timescales.
Maintenance of staff files.
Appropriate employment background check of the newly recruited staffs.
Ensure all new staff have the social security and medical registration and supervise the process by making sure that necessary application forms are completed/filled.
Training and Development
Assist HR Manager on lead in Training Need Analysis.
Assisting Training team in preparations, organization and evaluation of various training in the field.
HR Service
To work closely with Accounts in the matter of payroll preparation.
Managing leave and attendance of regional staffs.
Ensuring all staffs have renewed contracts.
Assisting HR Manager in issuing and processing transfer proposal, transfer orders and resignation letters.
Handling employee relations issues by consultation with Manager-HR, i.e., helping line managers in attending formal disciplinary hearings, helping line managers in issuing show-cause letters as well as documenting all disciplinary operations.
To preserve staff personal files and update them whenever necessary.
Assist HR Manager in managing staff information system software (HRIS).
Ensure all staff are issued with name tags and identity cards.
Human Resource Strategy
Periodically organize policy-sharing events to the concerned regional staffs.
To communicate the gaps of various policies and processes and the possible solutions to HR strategy.
Assist in Performance Management System in terms of staff objective setting in January, midterm review and year-end review.
Support staff development activities including promoting the BRAC Learning Catalogue.
Safeguarding Responsibilities:
Ensure the safety of team members from any harm, abuse, neglect, harassment and exploitation to achieve the program’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 safeguarding policy issues 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.
Understand, implement, and promote BRAC’s safeguarding policies and standards.
Ensure all audit activities reflect safeguarding considerations.
Report safeguarding concerns as per protocol and encourage others to do the same.
Educational & Experience Requirement:
Bachelor degree in human resource management/administration, industrial relations, laws, or relevant field.
Required Knowledge, Skills & Competencies:
Proven two years’ experience as HR officer, administrator, or other HR position.
Knowledge of HR functions (pay and benefits, recruitment, training and development etc.)
Understanding of labor laws and disciplinary procedures.
Proficient in MS Office; knowledge of HRMS is required.
Employment Type: Contractual
Salary: Negotiable
Job Location: Iringa & Dodoma
If you feel you are the right match for the above-mentioned position, please follow the application instructions accordingly:
Candidate needs to email their CV with a letter of interest mentioning preferred location, educational grades, years of experience, current and expected salary at: [email protected]
Please mention the name of the position in the subject bar.
Only complete applications will be accepted and shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
Application deadline: 11th December 2025
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, gender, 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