Graduate, Postgraduate Vacancy at British Council

Overview:

British Council is hiring an experienced Deputy Director Arts India at their Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, and Chennai (India) locations. To lead mid-scale multi-year programs, galvanizing and mentoring India’s Arts Programme Managers to deliver an impactful portfolio nationally and across physical and digital platforms. To deputise for the Director Arts India who leads the high value, arts and culture strategy and programs. To manage and have oversight of the programme portfolio delivered as part of the Arts four global programs: Culture Connects, Spotlights on Culture, Creative Economy and Arts Responds to Global Challenges.

The complete details of this job are as follows:

Roles and Responsibilities

• Direct line management of Senior Arts Managers
• Ensure effective project management of programmes
• Model a transparent, consultative working culture between partners and stakeholders
• Convening programme boards and working groups
• Manage working together across the UK and India Arts colleagues and cities
• Support colleagues with high-level partnerships and in resource planning
• Ensure that India Arts team has a good working relationship with country leadership, business functions

Programme Delivery

• Provide senior programme management and leadership across the arts portfolio
• Seek delivery support from Cultural Engagement and business support functions to ensure programmes are of a high-quality and designed to produce impact
• Own the comms plan, programme copy and lead on all matters pertaining to branding and visual identity
• Monitor the impact of the programmes work and work with REF/KPI lead to ensure targets are met and data captures are put in place across
  the whole team
• Oversee commissioning of all research, monitoring and evaluation

Planning + Operations

• Support India’s Arts team in managing, preparing and quality-assuring their project elements, ensuring staff are trained in and utilizing appropriate processes
• Operational standard setting and decision-making, providing internal authority for project staff and consultants
• Provide reporting information for business function areas, collating data as necessary for reporting and review for regional leadership
  teams
• Lead monthly reviews and attend senior internal operational meetings representing the team with delegated authority
• Lead on reporting to the region on behalf of India
• Within agreed authority levels, negotiate, procure, authorise and advise on contracts
• Managing Resources, Risk and Compliance
• Cultivate a compliance culture to ensure that operational procedures are followed, risk is managed and programmes meet funding criteria
• Manage programme budgeting and forecasting
• Conduct monthly, quarterly and year-end reporting on income and expenditure
• Accountability for child protection and EDI standards across the programme
• Design systems for data capture and analysis

Business development 

• Build relationships with strategic clients/partners
• Use insights to understand current and prospective business development opportunities for the British Council.
• Support management of the project pipeline for India, ensuring high quality pipeline data and documentation to the Partnerships and
  Contract Approvals Board.
• Lead the development of bids, proposals and business cases in country.
• Lead and/or ensure appropriate assessment, technical and commercial quality assurance and evaluation procedures for Arts programmes and
  tender submissions in country.
• Provide direction and support on contract negotiations and delivery on individual contracts.
• Ensure internal and client compliance including legal finance, procurement, contract management and reporting
• Contribute to the development of internal and external communications materials to highlight impact and support positioning for new
  opportunities.

Minimum Essential Requirement-

• Relevant graduate or post-graduate qualification
• Extensive experience working in the Arts, with specialist knowledge and understanding of current trends and practices in arts and creative
  industrines in UK and India
• Experience and awareness of India culture and British Asian sectors
• Leadership of a mid to large-scale international programme including digital projects.
• Experience leading significant contract/partnership development particularly with governments, trusts, foundations and international
  funders
• Demonstrable commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
• Managing publicly-funded programmes or high-value contracts
• Experience in managing complex senior relationships
• Managing dispersed teams or projects taking place in multiple locations
• Excellent communication skills written and verbal
• Ability to work at pace and meet deadlines
• Strong organisational skills and attention to detail
• Ability to manage compliance processes
• Commissioning evaluation

Desirable Requirement:

• Business development experience
• Experience of reporting to programme boards and a range of stakeholders
• Working in a culturally diverse environment
• Research and analyses capability

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