Job Description

Title: Arts Programme Manager

Company Name: British Council

Vacancy: --

Location: Dhaka

Minimum Salary: Negotiable

Published: 14 Feb 2024

Education:
∎ First degree level qualification
∎ Foundation level Project Management certificate
∎ Minimum/essential
∎ First degree level qualification
∎ Desirable
∎ Foundation level Project Management certificate

Requirements:

Additional Requirements:
∎ 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.
∎ More than 2 years working in project or programme management.
∎ Experience of using technology and project delivery.
∎ Good understanding and experience of supporting monitoring and evaluation.
∎ Specialist knowledge of the arts scene in Bangladesh and a broad knowledge and familiarity of UK culture.
∎ Recent professional experience of working in a creative, producing, programming or project management capacity, ideally in the arts sector.
∎ Artists or arts project management
∎ Minimum/essential
∎ 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.
∎ More than 2 years working in project or programme management.
∎ Experience of using technology and project delivery.
∎ Good understanding and experience of supporting monitoring and evaluation.
∎ Specialist knowledge of the arts scene in Bangladesh and a broad knowledge and familiarity of UK culture.
∎ Desirable
∎ Recent professional experience of working in a creative, producing, programming or project management capacity, ideally in the arts sector.
∎ Role specific skills
∎ Artists or arts project management

Responsibilities & Context:
∎ 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.
∎ 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.
∎ 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 BC financial policies and procedures.
∎ 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
∎ 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.
∎ Supports the identification and development of professional networks, relationships and partnerships to increase the British Council’s impact and reputation.
∎ Ensures high quality and accurate pipeline data for country/pillar.
∎ Conducts specific pipeline and partner/competitor analysis 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.
∎ 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.
∎ 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.
∎ Pay Band: 6
∎ Contract type: Indefinite contract - Local
∎ Role Purpose:
∎ Leads the successful delivery of a range of Cultural Engagement projects 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 on a particular component. These projects may be funded by British Council or by another client or funding mechanism.
∎ 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 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 (including, with Finance Manager, financial reporting) and ensure reports are delivered on time, to budget and to a high standard.
∎ Compliance to BC 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 SRO
∎ Responsible for internal and client, procurement, contracting, compliance and reporting pm
∎ 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.
∎ Ensures high quality and accurate pipeline data for country/pillar.
∎ Conducts specific pipeline and partner/competitor analysis 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.

Employment Status: Full Time

Job Location: Dhaka

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