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British Council

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Education Manager India

Date: 22-Feb-2023

Location: New Delhi, South Asia, IN

Chennai, South Asia, IN

Kolkata, South Asia, IN

Mumbai, South Asia, IN

Company: British Council

We support peace and prosperity by building connections, understanding and trust between people in the UK and countries worldwide.

We work directly with individuals to help them gain the skills, confidence and connections to transform their lives and shape a better world in partnership with the UK. We support them to build networks and explore creative ideas, to learn English, to get a high-quality education and to gain internationally recognised qualifications.

Working with people in over 200 countries and territories, we are on the ground in more than 100 countries. In 2021–22 we reached 650 million people.

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 programme or multi country programme on a particular component. These can be funded by British Council or by another client or funding mechanism.

Main opportunities and challenges for this role:
  • Develop, maintain and nurture close partnership with relevant stakeholders from higher education institutions, schools, colleges and other organisations whom we work closely, to expand the programme reach and meet the desired outcomes
  • Provide strategic inputs on programme delivery and impact to ensure they meet the British Council objectives
  • Provide operational and financial accuracy by working closely with internal expert teams and following the P2P processes for project delivery with standards
  • At times work under challenging timelines and manage demanding partners

Main accountabilities but not limited to the following:
Relationship & Stakeholder management
  • Has relationships with delivery partners and stakeholders within country and is able to procure services and contract delivery partners.
  • 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.
  • 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
Project Management
  • Contributes to development of, owns and delivers on Project Management Plan
  • Identifies risks in a project or programme and puts together mitigation strategies with SRO
  • 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 programme-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
Business Development
  • Supports the identification and development of professional networks, relationships and partnerships to increase the British Council’s impact and reputation.
    • 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.

Role specific knowledge and experience:
  • Experience of managing projects from start to finish and familiarity with project life-cycles.
  • Understanding of procurement, evaluation and reporting requirements of projects.
  • Proven experience of managing project finances.
  • Experience of managing stakeholders
  • Project management qualification desirable.
  • More than 2 years working in project or programme management.
  • Experience of using technology n project delivery.
  • Good understanding and experience of supporting monitoring and evaluation.
  • Experience of using Technology in project delivery
  • Good understanding and experience of supporting monitoring and evaluation.

Further Information
Pay Band – 6
Contract Type – Indefinite contract
Location – Chennai, Mumbai, Delhi and Kolkata
Requirements – Right to work in India
Closing Date – 9 March 2023, Thursday 23:59 PM

Note : Provident Fund Transfer in and out from EPFO is not possible as BHC PF is managed by a private PF trust governed by Indian Income Tax Act, 1961. The staff still has the option to transfer out and in from a privately held PF trust which are not governed by EPFO.

A connected and trusted UK in a more connected and trusted world.

Equality , Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) Statement

The British Council is committed to policies and practices of equality, diversity and inclusion across everything we do. We support all staff to make sure their behaviour is consistent with this commitment. We want to address under representation and encourage applicants from under-represented groups, in particular, but not exclusively, on grounds of ethnicity and disability. All disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria are guaranteed an interview and we have Disability Confident Employer Status. We welcome discussions about specific requirements or adjustments to enable participation and engagement in our work and activities.

The British Council is committed to safeguarding children, young people and adults who we work with.

We believe that all children and adults everywhere in the world deserve to live in safe environments and have the right to be protected from all forms of abuse, maltreatment and exploitation as set out in article 19, UNCRC (United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child) 1989.

Appointment to positions where there is direct involvement with vulnerable groups will be dependent on thorough checks being completed; these will include qualification checks, reference checks, identity & criminal record checks in line with legal requirements and with the British Council’s Safeguarding policies for Adults and Children.

If you have any problems with your application please email [email protected]

Please note: Applications to this role can only be considered when made through the Apply section of our careers website. Our ‘ASK HR’ email is only to be used in case of a technical issue encountered when applying through the careers website. Emails with supporting statements and CV/Resumes sent to this email address will not be reviewed and will be deleted.

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