British CouncilHiring for Project Manager (Transformation) at Noida, Uttar Pradesh Full Time

Location: Noida, South Asia, IN

Company: British Council

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.

Externally this role is open to candidates in:

• UK
• India and
• Poland

No relocaton is required. You are expected to stay in the region you are working in.

Role Purpose:
You will assist the Transformation HR Workstream with the coordination and management of outsourcing-related initiatives. You will support the HR workstream on programme delivery, governance, risk management, stakeholder engagement, and assurance.

To assist with governance, planning, important activities, tracking progress against the baseline plan, trends, major milestones, and delivering workstream outcomes.

This role is located within the Transformation Programme and reports to Programme Director

Role Context:
The Transformation function is a fixed term function which has been put in place to lead the British Council’s Transformation Programme. It consists of programme, change management & organisation design, finance, and communications experts. Each workstream (SBU or Professional Service) has its own Programme Director, Change Manager and PMO.

The Project Manager to be part of Transformation HR Workstream .

Main accountabilities ( But not limited to the following) :
Leadership & management

Lead and facilitate the evaluation and selection process of supplier, this will also involve coordinating activities between regions and workstream.

Delivers the programme outputs and new ways of working / tools that either form essential parts of the programme, or are directly taken up and used by business stakeholders to drive Transformation.

Provides thorough knowledge of specialization such as Program Planning, Risk management, Gap analysis, Forecasting, resource planning etc to Workstream.

Ensures robust practices for project development, scoping, including costs, risks, governance, tolerances and quality management.

Monitors project data for transformation management.

Strategy and/or planning

Provides strategic direction for the successful implementation of the outsourcing component of the Programme

Ensure that project plans and direction align with corporate strategy, policies and processes to deliver the project objectives

Relationship and Stakeholder management

Engages with regions, countries, HR leadership team, extended HR leadership members, points of contact identified in the countries.

Work with core Transformation workstream to ensure alignment and compliance for programme delivery.

Work with external partners for the delivery of Transformation objectives.

Risk and compliance

Uses standard British Council Risk management guidelines, combined with previous project delivery experience and detailed knowledge of risk management for complex programmes.

Assesses a range of risks to project delivery/project milestones and ensures appropriate escalation is done to Workstream Team and Transformation Director effectively.

Analysis and reporting

Identify key Transformation Programme delivery milestones or trend of slippage and raise alert with Workstream Leads, Transformation Programme Director and Programme Board.

Review and report regular budget consumption, planned vs forecast vs actuals.

Role Specific Knowledge and Experience:
Minimum/essential

Proven project management experience delivering large projects to successful outcomes, preferably across a major part of an organisation and/or a significant geographical area.

Working knowledge of one outsourced project management, budgeting, and coordination with external partners.

Proven experience in managing and influencing senior stakeholders

It also highly desirable to have Professional Project Management Qualification e.g. PMP, Prince2 Certification etc.

Role Specific Skills:
Delivery Governance Experience – Create business case , Plan, set up and Maintain project governance and use project delivery experience to delivery successful Projects.

Project assurance experience – Design and establish assurance for large and complex projects in multi country / region implementation in British Council or outside in industry

Further Information

Pay Band: 8

Contract Type: 12 months FTC

Location:
Internally open to everyone

Externally: UK, India and Poland – Must have the right to work in these countries.

Requirement: No relocation required. Externally you must have the right to work in UK, India and Poland.

Closing Date: Wednesday 15th June [23:59 BMT]

A connected and trusted UK in a more connected and trusted world.

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.

If you have any problems with your application please email askhr@britishcouncil.org

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