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Pay Band: 7
Country/Location: Noida, India
Department: GSS English & Exams (Services Leadership)
Contract Type: Fixed term contract
Contract Duration: One-year
Closing Date: Monday, 13 April 2026- 23:59 Philippine Time (GMT +8)
Role Description/Purpose
The PMO Manager provides financial, governance, risk, and operational support for programmes and projects within the English and Exams Business. This role ensures that the project document library is maintained and that project artefacts comply with PMO standards. The PMO Manager also supports the onboarding of new project team members. The role requires the ability to build highly effective working relationships with stakeholders to ensure governance is effective, while also serving as a key source of project information and metrics.
Role Accountabilities
The British Council is seeking a PMO Manager to provide financial, governance, risk, and operational support for programmes and projects within the English and Exams Business. This role plays a vital part in ensuring that project artefacts comply with PMO standards and that the project document library is maintained to the highest quality. The PMO Manager will also support the onboarding of new project team members, requiring strong relationship-building skills to work effectively with stakeholders. In addition, the role will serve as a key source of project information and metrics, helping to ensure governance is effective and delivery is aligned with strategic priorities.
The British Council builds connections, understanding, and trust between people in the UK and other countries through arts and culture, education, and the English language. Every year, millions of people benefit from our work, whether through learning English, gaining internationally recognised qualifications, or engaging in creative exchange. Our English and Exams work spans over 100 countries, supporting policymakers, teachers, and learners to improve the quality of English teaching and learning worldwide. With an annual investment portfolio of 2535m and a global turnover exceeding 500m, we deliver multi-year programmes of change that transform opportunities for individuals and communities.
This is an exciting opportunity to join a global organisation with a strong mission and impact. The PMO Manager will play a central role in ensuring programmes and projects are delivered effectively, supporting governance, risk management, and operational excellence. If you are motivated by making a difference on a global scale and have the skills to manage complex programmes while building strong stakeholder relationships, we would love to hear from you.
Qualifications & Experience
- Education: degree-level qualification or equivalent professional experience
- Demonstrable experience of working as a PMO professional, dealing with complex global programmes and/or projects that are both technical and process-driven.
- Demonstrable ability to plan, structure, and manage the hard scope of a programme, delivering tangible outputs through documentation, systems, and assets, as well as the soft scope of engaging people and managing effective change through communication skills, benefits tracking, and realisation.
- Demonstrable experience of proactively monitoring programmes and keeping them on track by flagging risks and issues by exception.
- Demonstrable experience of managing a wide range of internal and external stakeholders at all levels to support the successful delivery of programmes and projects.
Role specific skills
- Good IT skills, including MS Office 365, MS Project (or similar), and Finance SAP
- Good communication and interpersonal skills
Further Information
Right to Work: Locally recruited
Applications are welcomed from candidates currently in this location with a natural right to work.
Applications are also welcomed from candidates currently based in other British Council country offices. However, please note candidates must have a natural right to work in the country, on a permanent basis, as immigration clearance and/or on-going visa support is not provided by the British Council for this role. Relocation support is also not provided.
India (OCI)
Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) card holders will need have, or be able to obtain, a valid special work permit issued from Government of India (GOI) to work in the British High Commission (BHC). BHC will not be able to sponsor work visas or obtain/ assist with the special work permit from GOI. Offers of employment made to OCI card holders will be conditional upon candidates obtaining a special work permit.
Note: For requisite special permission to take up employment in any foreign Diplomatic Missions in India, OCI Cardholder must visit https://ociservices.gov.in
Work Schedule: The role follows a hybrid model, with rotational shifts, including night shifts.
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Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Statement
We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and welcome applications from all sections of the community as we believe that a diverse workforce gives added depth to our work. The British Council is a Disability Confident Employer. The Disability Confident scheme helps challenge attitudes, increase understanding of disability and ensure staff are drawn from the widest possible pool of talent. We guarantee an interview for disabled applicants who meet the minimum role requirements. We welcome discussions about specific requirements or adjustments to enable participation and engagement in our work and activities.
Safeguarding Statement
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 in line with legal requirements and with the British Council's Safeguarding policies for Adults and Children.
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