Job Description

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.

Project Manager - Climate Skills India

Role Purpose:

This role leads the implementation of the Climate Skills Building Communities (working title) project in India, which is part of the wider global programme co-funded by the British Council and a leading corporate. This role is responsible to ensure successful delivery at the country level. This involves designing the project in compliance with British Council policies and procedures to achieve impact and quality targets.

This role will oversee partner delivery to ensure compliance with contract standards. The role will work with a range of internal and external stakeholders from different sectors such as non-formal education, English and arts.

Your role will also involve managing client and internal stakeholders and ensuring the successful achievement of reporting and progress within the global programme scope.

This is a new role with agency to design the programme in India for the benefit of young people and a focus on ensuring that those worst impacted by climate change are included in delivery and decision making. This is an exciting opportunity to work within a Global team, with colleagues in Brazil, Mexico, India, Indonesia, Vietnam, Pakistan and the UK. You will be part of building an international network of initiatives working towards a just transition away from fossil fuels.

Main accountabilities but not limited to the following:

Works within and across the Global team, with colleagues in Brazil, Mexico, India, Indonesia, Vietnam, Pakistan and the UK; supporting global project work as necessary. Supports project participants, partners and colleagues to engage in a global network of countries working towards a just transition away from fossil fuels.

Relationship & Stakeholder management

• Has relationships with delivery partners and stakeholders within country and is able to procure services and contract delivery partners.
• 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.
• Ensures 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 for India (including, with Finance Lead, financial reporting) and ensure reports are delivered on time, to budget and to a high standard.
• Compliance to British Council financial policies and procedures.

Project Management

• Contributes to development of, owns and delivers on Project Management Plan for India\'s delivery on the Climate Skills programme
• Ensures youth centred approaches in project design and delivery.
• Monitors achievement against the plan and reports on this to the Global Senior Programme Manager (based in the UK) and line manager based in India
• Identifies risks in a project and puts together mitigation strategies with the Global Senior Programme Manager and Senior Responsible Officer
• Responsible for internal and client, procurement, contracting, compliance and reporting in India
• Responsible for data management including timely data entry, and developing progress reports to meet funding needs and supply these to the Global Senior Programme Manager
• 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.
• Design the project to bring demonstrable benefit within India through delivery partnerships with local organisations.
• Works with the Global Senior Programme Manager to ensure values are implemented in project set-up, considering the impact of project on young people, communities and the environment.

Equality Diversity and Inclusion

• Understand the British Council\'s approach to equality, diversity and inclusion.
• Ensure that young people as key project participants are empowered through delivery plans.
• Ensure that communities most affected by climate change are included in the design and delivery of the project.

Role specific knowledge and experience:

Minimum and essential

• Experience of managing projects and familiarity with project life-cycles.
• Understanding of procurement, evaluation and reporting requirements of projects.
• Experience of managing project finances.
• Experience of managing stakeholders, in particular monitoring
• partners\' delivery to agreed outcomes, outputs, schedule and budget.
• Good understanding and experience of supporting monitoring and evaluation.

Desirable

• Knowledge and/or experience of programmes which address youth empowerment and skills development.
• Interest and/or experience in
• climate/ environmental work.

Further Information:

Vacancy - 1

Pay Band - 6/G
Contract Type - Indefinite contract - Local
Location - India
Requirements - Candidates must have the pre-existing right to live and work in India.
Closing Date - Wednesday, 20 September 2023.

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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.

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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.

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