Youth and Civil Society Project Manager

29 سبتمبر، 2022

0 6 6 دقائق

الوصف الوظيفي

The British Council builds connections, understanding and trust between people in the UK and other countries through arts and culture, education and the English language.
We work in two ways – directly with individuals to transform their lives, and with governments and partners to make a bigger difference for the longer term, creating benefit for millions of people all over the world. We help young people to gain the skills, confidence and connections they are looking for to realise their potential and to participate in strong and inclusive communities. We support them to learn English, to get a high-quality education and to gain internationally recognised qualifications. Our work in arts and culture stimulates creative expression and exchange and nurtures creative enterprise. We connect the best of the UK with the world and the best of the world with the UK.
These connections lead to an understanding of each other's strengths and of the challenges and values that we share. This builds trust between people in the UK and other nations which endures even when official relations may be strained. We work on the ground in more than 100 countries. In 2019-20 we connected with 80 million people directly and with 791 million overall, including online and through our broadcasts and publications.

Role Purpose

Implementation of projects with a low level of complexity funded by British Council or by another client or funding mechanism in the area of Youth and Civil Society. 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.

Role context

This role sits within the Cultural Engagement (CE) Strategic Business Unit (SBU). CE brings together our portfolio of work in arts, education, English, and research. Our portfolio is delivered through a set of globally led programmes that locates our work and impact within our strategic framework. These programmes deliver our key performance indicators and impact ambitions.

All programme management roles deliver activities and projects within this global programme and strategic framework. This role in particular, supports programming focusing on strengthening youth voice and empowerment working with youth focused civil society organisations. Our programmes are funded by the British Council’s grant in aid, through partnerships and external clients.

The British Council has a contextualised programme and project management framework with clear standards and procedures for programme management set out by the CE Centre of Excellence. This framework is in line with Cabinet office functional standard for project delivery, FCDO Operating Framework and the Association for Project Management Body of Knowledge.

Main Accountabilities:

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 British Council financial system (SAP) 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 (including, with Finance Manager, 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

• Identifies risks in a project or programme and puts together mitigation strategies with Senior Responsible Owner (SRO)

• Responsible for internal and client, procurement, contracting, compliance and reporting

• Checks on and reports on compliance

• Manages procurement on a project/programme

• 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 within the area of Youth and Civil Society.

• Ensures high quality and accurate pipeline data for country/pillar.

• Conducts specific pipeline and partner/competitor analysis within the area of Youth and Civil Society 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.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI)

• To actively Contribute to an inclusive and anti-racist organisational culture, being aware of your own biases, and taking action to mitigate against these. Ensuring people feel valued and are treated equitably, with support for people’s well-being and mental health.

• Understand the British Council’s approach to equality, diversity and inclusion and how it applies to your role and make time for learning and development relating to EDI and anti-racism.

About You (essential requirements for the role):

• C1 English

• Experience of managing projects from start to finish and familiarity with project life-cycles (ideally within projects focusing on Youth and Civil Society).

• Understanding of procurement, evaluation and reporting requirements of projects.

• Proven experience of managing project finances.

• Experience of managing stakeholders (ideally within projects focusing on Youth and Civil Society)

• 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 requirements:

• Foundation level Project Management certificate or equivalent work experience.

Further Information

• Number of positions: 1

• Location: Jordan

• Job Grade: 6/G

• Deadline to receive applications: October 13th, 2022 (23:59 Gulf Standard Time)

• Other requirements: This role is open to candidates who have the right to work in the job location.

Please note that all applications should be submitted in English only.

It is advisable to apply in advance to avoid any technical issues at the last moment

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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.

The British Council iscommitted 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.

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