Perks & Benefits:
Location:
Islamabad
Finance and Grants Manager GOAL
Date: 26 Jul 2024
Location: Islamabad, South Asia, PK
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 2021–22 we reached 650 million people.
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 2021–22 we reached 650 million people.
Pay Band – 7-F
Department – English Programmes
Contract Type – Fixed Term – 3 years
Location – Lahore and Islamabad
Requirements – Candidates must have the legal right to work in Pakistan.
Closing Date – 4th August 2024
Purpose of Role:
Khilo aur Barho (KaB) is an education service-delivery component of the Girls and Out of School Children: Action for Learning (GOAL) programme. Khilo aur Barho is a 3-year project which will contribute into GOAL programme that aims to build more inclusive provincial education systems delivering quality education in the Pakistan provinces of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab. The target population is girls and marginalised children aged 5 to 16 years. The service-delivery component is expected to work with the long-term technical assistance component to deliver the overall GOAL objectives to support at least 100,000 girls and marginalised children to enrol and stay in school and at least an additional 150,000 girls supported to read by age 10.
British Council is delivering this programme on behalf of the FCDO and we are looking to put a project management team in Islamabad and Lahore. The final selection and contracting are dependent on British Council's signing of an accountable grant agreement with the FCDO.
Main Accountabilities:
The Senior Finance/Grant Manager’s main duties include:
Financial Management
- Lead the financial planning, forecasting and reporting and analysis of the project
- Produce monthly financial reports, manage budget checks and accurate financial data is maintained.
- Line Manage Grants Officer and foresee grant management process
- Prepare financial reports for review and evaluation of the Grants
- Ensure compliance to GOAL and British Council financial controls and policies
- Review budget spending and enable accurate monitoring of project budget
- Provide commercial forecasting and develop financial reports for GOAL
- Train and supervise the Grant Officer
- Support the project team during internal and external audits
- Manage financial procedures and payments to consultants (where applicable)
- Ensure compliance of project spending to financial procedures
- Ensuring that all financial documents/records are maintained as per GOAL guidelines and are available for spot checks/audits
- Maintain detailed financial record on all project related transactions and expenditures.
- Support the project team in revisions of budgets
- 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.
- Interpret and follow British Council and GOAL project procedures (project, financial and risk reporting) to ensure compliance with all systems and standards
Relationship & Stakeholder management
- Has relationships with implementing partners,and stakeholders within country for financial management and reporting.
- Holds suppliers to account for delivering against contract.
- Build strong internal relationships and networks
Project Management
- Contributes to development of GOAL Project Management Plan (from financial perspective)
- Identifies financial risks in a project or programme and puts together mitigation strategies with SRO.
Safeguarding:
- Complete Introduction of Safeguarding e-learning courses (Mandatory e-learning course)
- Due diligence for Safeguarding are conducted for implementing partners.
- Ensure that the implementing partners and strategic partners understand the safeguarding code of conduct and comply with the safeguarding standards related to children /adult when conducting British Council activities
- Ensure protection of data related to children and adult
- Ensure strict application of safeguarding in planning, implementation and monitoring of implementing partners
- Escalate Safeguarding issue to the project safeguarding focal person.
Equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI)
- To actively contribute to an inclusive and anti-racist organisational culture, being aware of your own biases, and taking action to mitigate against these. Ensuring people feel valued and are treated equitably, with support for people’s well-being and mental health.
- Understand the British Council’s approach to equality, diversity and inclusion and how it applies to your role, and make time for learning and development relating to EDI and anti-racism.
Role specific knowledge and experience
- Sixteen years of education qualification in any discipline
- Familiar with SAP ERP Management and reporting knowledge
- Foundation level Project Management certificate
- 5 years of relevant experience preferably of donor funded projects
Minimum/essential
- Proven experience of managing project finances.
- Experience of managing projects from start to finish and familiarity with project life cycles.
- Understanding of procurement, evaluation and reporting requirements of projects.
- Experience of managing stakeholders
- Project management qualification desirable.
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’s Safeguarding policies for Adults and Children.
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