Senior Project Manager- Contracts, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Band 7, Fixed term contract, Submission Deadline: 10 April 2017
The British Council is the UK’s international organisation for cultural relations and educational opportunities. We create friendly knowledge and understanding between the people of the UK and other countries. We do this by making a positive contribution to the UK and the countries we work with – changing lives by creating opportunities, building connections and engendering trust.
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We work with over 100 countries across the world in the fields of arts and culture, English language, education and civil society. Each year we reach over 20 million people face-to-face and more than 500 million people online, via broadcasts and publications. Founded in 1934, we are a UK charity governed by Royal Charter and a UK public body
The Business Delivery team within Education & Society (E&S) manages all aspects of business and contract delivery. Working closely with colleagues across E&S and wider British Council, the team is responsible for ensuring the quality and consistency of all delivery activities conducted by E&S and meeting the expectations of contractors and partners. This includes: managing all aspects of delivery across E&S income streams, managing compliance, risk and finances across the portfolio; providing global projects and programme management standards; and managing business assurance. The team also provides input into business development, product development, proposals and business case production to ensure that robust delivery processes and delivery models are in place.
Purpose of the Job
The purpose of the Project Manager role is to support all aspects of the business and contract delivery of E&S portfolio of contracts in Bangladesh.
S/he will work with a range of internal and external stakeholders to ensure that the Bangladesh portfolio of contracts is managed in a way that maximises:
Value for money
Client satisfaction
Compliance with British Council internal policies
Compliance with the clients’ contract requirements
Contribution to cultural relations impact
S/he will provide critical support to project management teams across the portfolio through working and with internal and external teams. In doing so, s/he adheres to British Council’s standards for project, contract and financial management and client liaison.
S/he will report to Senior Project Manager, South Asia and task-manage other members of project management staff within individual contract teams as required.
The successful candidate will be expected to:
Support the delivery and management of portfolio of contracts through all stages of project transition from the business development team, inception, implementation and closure to British Council and clients’ standards
Supporting successful implementation of programme management systems to ensure that client, corporate and programme standards are fully met
Assist project and secure and contract inputs from partners and experts in line with contract requirements
Build and motivate individual project management and administration teams, including supporting buy-in to a single vision or purpose
Support project Finance Manager(s) with financial management and planning aspects of the programmes to meet income and expenditure targets for the programme(s) and delivery is compliant with British Council and client systems and standards, including external and internal reporting, budget management, forecasting and client(s) invoicing
Supporting project office teams with effective office management to ensure necessary compliant systems in place around procurement management, IT solutions, information management, and overall office functionality in line with BC and client(s) requirements
And will have the following skills and experience:
knowledge of operating Civil Society based project
Experience of managing & delivering large scale complex projects for international donors
At least five years’ recent professional experience of working in the relevant sector
Understanding of business planning principles and processes
Excellent written and spoken communication skills both in English and Bangla
level qualification or equivalent
We can offer:
Monthly salary BDT 153,000 (Consolidated)
Transport allowance of BDT 8000.00 per month plus other benefits according to the organisation’s policy.
Professional development opportunities
Medical benefits upon confirmation on the post for the staff and their family members (spouse/declared partner and children).
Experience of working in an international organisation includes good work-life balance and flexible working hours
Application Pack
Role profile.pdf
BC Behaviours
Core skills
Only short-listed applicants will be contacted and called for interview. We will only shortlist applications submitted on a British Council application form submitted electronically through jobs portal. No hard copies of the application will be accepted.
Submission starts 27 March 2017
Submission deadline 10 April 2017
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