Project Manager (Outsourcing)
Based in Cardiff or Manchester
12 month fixed term contract
Attractive salary
This post attracts a generous benefits package, including 32 days’ leave and Civil Service pension arrangements, and benefits from a range of family-friendly policies.
The British Council is a world leader in cultural relations, building long-term relationships and trust between people in the UK and other countries, for mutual benefit. The programmes we use to do this are wide-ranging and cover the arts, education, English, science and society. We strive to be continuously innovative to ensure that we represent the best of the UK and are relevant to the needs of the thousands of people we work with around the world. We operate in 238 cities in 110 countries and territories.
Programmes & Project’s purpose is to lead the British Council’s contract growth ambitions, working in partnership with Strategic Business Units (SBUs), regions and BC teams globally to identify, position for, secure and implement contracts that deliver cultural relations impact for the organisation. The Project Manager (Outsourcing) is responsible for developing and delivering operational plans which deliver the strategy for outsourcing products and services across P&P. The postholder will work closely with P&P Contract Management (Procurement), senior leaders and HR to scope and implement specific areas of outsourcing.
You will be:
- Qualified in Procurement (e.g CIPS)
- Qualified in Project Management (e.g APM, PMI, PRINCE2, Agile)
- Fully experienced in the outsourcing project life cycle (end to end) in multiple contexts, particularly defining and leading programmes of work
- Experienced in senior management engagement and influencing global stakeholders
- Experienced in defining and implementing SLA’s and OLA’s
Closing date: 07:00 BST on 26 July 2012
Application Pack
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The British Council is committed to a policy of equal opportunity and is keen to reflect the diversity of UK society at every level within the organisation. We welcome applications from all sections of the community.
The United Kingdom’s international organisation for cultural relations and educational opportunities. A registered charity: 209131 (England and Wales) SC037733 (Scotland).
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