Project Manager - English and School Education

The Role:
Implementation of projects with a low level of complexity funded by British Council or by another client or funding mechanism. Leads the successful delivery of a range of 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.

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.
• 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.

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 internal and client, procurement, contracting, compliance and reporting pm.

Requirements of the role:

• 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.
• Experience of working in project or programme management. 
• Experience of using technology in project delivery.
• Good understanding and experience of supporting monitoring and evaluation.

Desirable:

• Foundation level Project Management certificate or equivalent work experience.