Programme Manager

Purpose of Job

The purpose of the Programme Manager role is to ensure successful delivery of the EU-funded Strengthening Inclusion and Participation in Decision Making and Accountability Mechanisms in Bangladesh programme. S/he will act as the lead project role, co-ordinating internal and external resources. In doing so s/he adheres to British Council’s standards for project, contract and financial management and client liaison. This will include leadership support to satellite office set up and management.

S/he will work with a range of internal and external stakeholders to ensure that the contract is managed in a way that maximises:

• Value for money
• EU satisfaction
• Compliance with British Council internal policy
• Complience with EU contract requirements
• Contribution to cultural relations impact

The Programme Manager’s main duties include:

• Successful implementation of the contract to the highest quality and as efficiently as possible, demonstrating year on year improvements.
• Work planning and scheduling of the programme activities, securing and contracting inputs from partners and short term experts in line with the Technical Assistance Provision Plan (TAPP).
• Monitoring the implementation of the British Council’s Project Management Framework and project management tools, to ensure contract compliance and efficient and successful delivery.
• Ensuring sound financial management and planning aspects of the programme/contract: working with the Finance Manager to oversee external and internal reporting, budget management and forecasting and client (i.e. the EU) invoicing
• Client Contract Management; ensuring all contractual and financial requirements are met, co-ordinating/inputting on client reporting, ensuring inputs from the project team are timely, quality assured and submission deadlines met. 
• Leading on internal planning and reporting including; risk and issue management, impact reporting and ensuring regional management information requests are met. 
•  Leading on effective and compliant sub-contract and consultancy management procedures and ensuring accurate record keeping is maintained.
• Human Resource Management, including; recruitment of Programme Management Team (PMT) staff, and ensuring appropriate training and effective performance and personnel management of the PMT; including monthly timesheet management

Interested candidates should send their detailed professional CV with a covering letter to the following email address by the deadline of 19th March, 2016

dhaka.recruitment@britishcouncil.org

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