The British Council

Summary

Education

Additional Requirements

Qualification:

Minimum/essential:

Experience of managing projects from start to finish and familiarity with project life cycles.
Knowledge of education, preferably in HE sectors in Bangladesh
Track record of working in education sector
At least 3 years’ experience in a similar role. Proven track record in business management and or general office management.
Understanding of procurement, evaluation and reporting requirements of projects.
Proven experience of managing project finances.
Experience of managing stakeholders
More than 2 years working in project or programme management.
Experience of using technology and project delivery.
Good understanding and experience of supporting monitoring and evaluation.

Desirable

The British Council builds connections, understanding and trust between people in the UK and other countries through arts and culture, education and the English language.
We work in two ways – directly with individuals to transform their lives, and with governments and partners to make a bigger difference for the longer term, creating benefit for millions of people all over the world. We help young people to gain the skills, confidence and connections they are looking for to realise their potential and to participate in strong and inclusive communities. We support them to learn English, to get a high-quality education and to gain internationally recognised qualifications. Our work in arts and culture stimulates creative expression and exchange and nurtures creative enterprise. We connect the best of the UK with the world and the best of the world with the UK.
These connections lead to an understanding of each other’s strengths and of the challenges and values that we share. These builds trust between people in the UK and other nations which endures even when official relations may be strained. We work on the ground in more than 100 countries. In 2019-20 we connected with 80 million people directly and with 791 million overall, including online and through our broadcasts and publications.
Pay Band: 6/G
Location: Dhaka, South Asia, Bangladesh
Contract type: Indefinite Contract-Local.
Requirements – Candidates must have the pre-existing right to live and work in Bangladesh

Role Purpose:

Leads the successful delivery of a range of education projects from start to finish including managing the contract or project plan, managing client or internal stakeholders, successfully achieving reporting and meeting compliance standards. Or works within a larger program or multi country program on a particular component. These can be funded by British Council or by another client or funding mechanism.

Main Accountabilities:

Relationship & Stakeholder management

Has relationships with delivery partners and stakeholders within country and is able to procure services and contract delivery partners.
Establish and maintain effective working relationships with the government education stakeholders, internal stakeholders in Bangladesh and the UK to facilitate the smooth running of the projects and ensure alignment of interests.
Holds suppliers to account for delivering against contract.
Build strong internal relationships and networks

Commercial and Financial Management

Ensure sound financial planning, working closely with finance teams to ensure British Council and client financial year plans are up to date.
Ensure accurate and timely monthly (re)forecasting is in place, by running regular reports in the SAP system on actuals, monitoring outstanding purchase orders, reviewing commitments, analysing and commenting on reasons for variances to plan and recommending corrective actions.
Monitoring monthly finances, including correct expenditure, ensuring the P2P process is being followed and correcting any mis-postings or journals needed.
Lead on British Council, partner or client reporting (including, with Finance Manager, financial reporting) and ensure reports are delivered on time, to budget and to a high standard.
Compliance to BC financial policies and procedures.

Project Management

Contributes to develop, own and deliver Project Management Plan
Identifies risks in a project or program and puts together mitigation strategies with SRO
Responsible for internal and client, procurement, contracting, compliance and reporting pm
Checks on and reports on compliance.
Manages procurement on a project/program
Responsible for data management including timely data entry, quality assurance of data, undertaking basic analysis of monitoring data, and developing progress reports to meet funding needs
Undertaking program-specific data collection as needed. This includes working with colleagues to identify indicators and tools for data collection, quality assuring all data, and undertaking basic analysis.
Manages finance, procurement, compliance and reporting on a project.

Business Development

Supports the identification and development of professional networks, relationships and partnerships to increase the British Council’s impact and reputation.
Ensures high quality and accurate pipeline data for country/pillar.
Conducts specific pipeline and partner/competitor analysis to contribute to business development planning and prioritisation.
Provides support with development of new business proposals, ensuring that internal and external professional standards are met

Full Time

Dhaka

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