British Council Hiring For Senior Academic Manager – English Programmes South Asia at Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India Full Time

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

• To provide technical sector expertise to the English Programmes portfolio of contracts and programmes in South Asia.
• To contribute to business development and quality, compliant delivery of programmes and contracts to improve standards of the teaching, learning and assessment of English.
• To share knowledge, expertise, and best practice from South Asia with the global English Programmes team and externally.

Main Accountabilities But Not Limited To The Following

• Consultancy, analysis and problem-solving
• Relationship and stakeholder management
• Portfolio and product improvement
• Sector expertise: Monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEL)
• Sector expertise: Thought leadership.
• Business Development

Role Specific Knowledge And Experience

• English teaching qualification
• Postgraduate qualification in related field and/or Diploma ELT (TEFL-Q)
• Experience designing and delivering professional development programmes in national education systems at pre-school, primary, secondary, or tertiary level (including with substantial use of educational technology)
• Experience leading monitoring, evaluation and learning processes (including design) for English projects.
• Experience managing teacher education content development projects and/or advising on produce and service development for use in projects.
• Experience of engaging with diverse stakeholders including multilateral agencies, donors, government officials, academics the global / UK English language teaching sector
• Ability to apply the evidence-based principles for effective continuing professional development to teacher education programme design

Further Information

Pay Band – PB 7 /F

Contract Type – Indefinite Contract -Local

Location – India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal , Srilanka

Requirements – Candidates must have the pre-existing right to work in location. Mobility / relocation support will not be provided.

Closing Date – Monday 14 August 2023, 23:59 IST

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