Job Description

Education Programmes Coordinator, India

Date: 4 Jan 2024 Location: New Delhi, South Asia, IN Company: British Council

We support peace and prosperity by building connections, understanding and trust between people in the UK and countries worldwide.

We work directly with individuals to help them gain the skills, confidence and connections to transform their lives and shape a better world in partnership with the UK. We support them to build networks and explore creative ideas, to learn English, to get a high-quality education and to gain internationally recognised qualifications.

Working with people in over 200 countries and territories, we are on the ground in more than 100 countries. In 2021\xe2\x80\x9322 we reached 650 million people.


Role Purpose

• Supports the programme team in the implementation of programmes and projects in compliance with British Council policies and procedures including financial admin, reporting and data collection, operational project delivery and managing relations with delivery partners.

Main Accountabilities:

Managing self and others

• Holds vendors and suppliers to account for delivering services.
• Has the ability to work independently and manage workload against project deadlines and across varied projects

Financial Support

• Plan and report on project financial plans and budget expenditure and forecasting to Programme Managers and Head of Programme Delivery; manages smaller budgets.
• Maintain clear and up-to-date records on all financial transactions as per audit requirements.
• Create Agreements/Addendums as per compliance and ensuring all financial procedures are followed
• Highlight and escalate any risk due to underspend or non adherence to contractual obligation to the project manager and the Head of programmes
• Ensure relationships with vendors are maintained and payments are processed on time and in accordance with FABS on-line system (SAP Finance) guidelines.
• Compliance to BC financial policies and procedures.

Project Management

• Responsible for data management including timely data entry, quality assurance of data, undertaking basic analysis of monitoring data, and developing progress reports to meet needs of funders.
• Supports internal compliance such as due diligence, records management, data collection and storage.
• Undertaking program specific data collection as needed. This includes working with collegues to identify indicators and tools for data collection, qulaty assurance and basis analysis.
• Manages grants administration, selection & evaluation,report collation and procurement processes.
• Manages events-based components and trainings within a programme.
• Supports the project / programme manager in implementing diversity mainstreaming action plans and contributes to it.
• Experience of supporting colleagues to improve compliance or ensuring compliance on their own projects
• Able to lead digital events on basic platforms (Microsoft Teams) ensuring all corporate standards are met, including those for accessibility and safeguarding
• Provides support with development fo new business proposals, ensuring all standards are met

Relationship and Stakeholder Management

• Manages relationships with clients/partners/stakeholders at appropriate level.
• Manages relationship with vendors and suppliers and holds them to account for delivering services.

Further Information

• Number of positions: 1
• Employment Type: IDC
• Location: Delhi/ Mumbai, India
• Grade: 4/H
• Deadline to receive applications: 23rd of January 2024 (23:59 IST)

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.


Any queries please reach out to Astha Srivastava - Senior Executive Recruitment MENA and South Asia (astha.srivastava@britishcouncil.org)


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.


The British Council is committed 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\xe2\x80\x99s Safeguarding policies for Adults and Children.


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


Please note: Applications to this role can only be considered when made through the Apply section of our careers website. Our \xe2\x80\x98ASK HR\xe2\x80\x99 email is only to be used in case of a technical issue encountered when applying through the careers website. Emails with supporting statements and CV/Resumes sent to this email address will not be reviewed and will be deleted.