Job circular at British Council

Project Coordinator - Schools

The British Council is the UK’s international organisation for cultural relations and educational opportunities. We create friendly knowledge and understanding between the people of the UK and other countries. We do this by making a positive contribution to the UK and the countries we work with changing lives by creating opportunities, building connections and engendering trust.

British Council invites applications for the position of Project Coordinator - Schools.

No of position/s – 01

Main Accountabilities

• Co-ordinate the delivery of specified project activities and undertake specified technical/support tasks (e.g. manage events, communications, contacts, networks, logistics, external suppliers, meetings) to meet agreed targets
• Provide administrative and logistical support to ensure smooth operations for Schools Programme delivery
• Manage coordination with internal and external stakeholders including Ministry of Education and Schools
• Ensure the completion of M&E documents for Schools Programme are fulfilled as per programme guidelines
• Liaise with the external contacts in partner organizations and other suppliers for achieving better outcome for Schools projects
• Manage visits of national and international schools, consultants / trainers and organisations as per the required British Council processes.
• Work closely with the procurement team to ensure financial compliance and risk management according to British Council policies for the Schools team budget.
• Support Project Manager/s to keep the budget on track by timely processing expenditures and income

And will have the following skills and experience

• Graduate in any discipline
• Ability to work in a way that promotes the safety and wellbeing of children
• Experience of safe planning, organisation and delivery of activities for children

We can offer

• Monthly salary BDT 46,809 (Consolidated).
• Transport allowance of Tk 9000.00 per month plus other benefits according to the organisation’s policy
• Professional development opportunities
• Experience of working in an international organisation includes good work life balance and flexible working hours.

Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted and called for interview. We will only shortlist applications submitted on a British Council application form submitted electronically through jobs portal. Any hard copies of the application and incomplete application in the portal will not be accepted.

To apply, please click on the following link that will take you to the Jobs portal of British Council

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Closing date: 8 June 2019

“The British Council believes that all children have potential and that every child matters - everywhere in the world. The British Council affirms the position that all children have the right to be protected from all forms of abuse as set out in article 19, UNCRC, 1989”

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