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Job Description

About the project

This transformative 54-month programme, jointly co-financed by the European Union and the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and implemented by GIZ and the British Council, is designed to advance inclusive socio-economic development in Pakistan. By equipping individuals with future-ready skills and strengthening links between training and industry demand, the programme will help build a skilled workforce capable of driving sustainable economic growth.

As lead partner for Component 4, the British Council is managing a €10 million investment focused on expanding opportunities for women in digital and high-tech sectors. The initiative seeks to strengthen Pakistan’s Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) system by creating more inclusive, high-quality learning pathways that support access to higher education, skills development, and meaningful employment for women, including refugees, returnees, and persons with disabilities.

Implemented across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Balochistan, and Gilgit-Baltistan, the project is introducing competency-based training and assessment (CBT&A) programmes in fields like Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, Internet of Things (IoT), and Data Science and Analytics. Developed in close collaboration with industry, these programmes seek to ensure graduates are equipped for the evolving demands of the modern workforce.

A key feature of the initiative is the establishment of two state-of-the-art Centres of Excellence (CoEs) dedicated to digital and high-tech skills. These centres aim to deliver industry-aligned training, strengthen institutional capacity through teacher development and internationally accredited programmes, and foster sustainable public-private partnerships that connect graduates to employment opportunities. With a strong commitment to inclusion, the project prioritises participation from women and girls, persons with disabilities, migrants, returnees, and refugee communities, ensuring that no one is left behind in Pakistan’s digital future.

About the role

The Project Manager KP- GB will be responsible for the project management and implementation in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Gilgit-Baltistan in accordance with British Council’s systems, including compliance, reporting, and finances.

The appointee will be responsible for:

• Supporting the Team in the planning, implementation, and delivery of the project activities in line with relevant corporate policies and donor requirements.
• Supporting the Team in identifying and reporting on risks related to project activities and agree an action plan and ensure implementation.
• Liaising and maintaining relations with the provincial project partners and key stakeholders for the project delivery and outputs.
• Leading on project visibility events, technical seminars, and conferences for the relevant project activities to meet agreed provincial targets.
• Designing activity plans and schedules, and managing the Quarterly Work Plan, in coordination with the project leadership team, with support from the relevant Project Coordinators.
• Identifying and implementing improvements to project delivery and share any successes and learning outcomes with the project team.
• Preparing reports on project activities, stakeholder meetings, and deliverables for presentations, including British council’s internal performance reviews, EU quarterly progress reviews, and national and provincial implementation meetings.
• Preparing project documents including presentations, policy briefs, fact sheets and project reports.
• Interpreting and following British Council and donor project procedures (project, financial and risk reporting) to ensure compliance with all project systems and standards.
• Managing project events in coordination with project leadership and project communication specialist.

The Project Manager’s main duties will include:

Relationship & Stakeholder management

• Manages relationships at a project/programme/provincial level with relevant government departments, academia and the private sector stakeholders.
• Manages relationships with service providers and can procure services for successful delivery of the project in KP and GB.
• Holds service providers accountable for delivering against contracts.
• Manages delivery of the KP and GB partners against provincial grant agreements.
• Builds strong internal and external stakeholders’ relationships and networks.

Technical Delivery

• Support technical team in qualification development in the digital and high-tech sector.
• Support technical team in international accreditation of the newly developed TVET courses.
• Support partner institutes’ registrations with Technical Boards, National Vocational frameworks registration, and assessments.
• Ensures enrolment targets, job placement facilitation, employer linkages for OJT/apprenticeships for stakeholders.

Commercial and Financial Management  

• Ensure sound financial planning, working closely to ensure British Council and the EU facing project financial year plans are up to date.
• Manage on financial and programme delivery planning as per project planning guidelines.
• Ensure all project and financial audit related documentation is properly recorded and archived according to appropriate naming conventions for each activity
• Ensure compliance with the British Council’s procurement and financial policies and procedures.

Project Management

• Contributes to development of workplan, ensures implementation and delivery of the project deliverables.
• Supports the team in CoE establishment, infrastructure upgradation, and equipment deployment.
• Identifies risks and puts together mitigation strategies with the Technical Advisor and Team Lead.
• Takes responsibility for internal and client, procurement, contracting, compliance, and reporting.
• Checks on and reports on compliance.
• Prepares monthly/periodic project performance tracking reports, coordinates with the Monitoring and Evaluation manager and provides support for data management including timely data entry, quality assurance of data, undertaking basic analysis of monitoring data, and developing overall progress reports to meet the donor requirements.
• Undertakes data collection as needed.

Safeguarding

• The post holder will understand the importance of safeguarding and ensure polices and processes are in place to offer maximum protection of children, young people and adults in the project and at all relevant events and venues and ensure compliance with the British Council’s safeguarding policy and its implementation standards in the project.
• Undertakes project safeguarding risk assessment and monitors the implementation of activities accordingly.
• Escalates all safeguarding concerns to the National Safeguarding Manager, Pakistan
• Ensures partners/third parties are aware of their duty of care for protecting children and adults.

Reporting and Line Management:

The Project Manager will report to the Technical and Operational Advisor and will manage up to two Project Coordinators.