The British Council is looking to hire for the following position

The Project Manager will be responsible for the project management of the project as per British Council’s systems, including compliance, reporting, and finances.

For more details please download the role profile given below. 

Details

Closing date Sunday, 11 February 2024

Role overview

About the project

This project is a 54-month programme jointly co-financed by the European Union, the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and implemented by GIZ and the British Council and the overall objective of this action is to contribute towards strengthened inclusive socio-economic development of Pakistan, with sufficient skilled and relevant human capital available to meet private sector needs.

The British Council is leading on € 10 million funding for component 4; to increase availability of skilled female labour force in digital skills and high-tech professions. The British Council through delivering the component 4 of the project aims to develop high quality, relevant and inclusive TVET system with improved progression pathways to higher education and employment for Women, including refugee and returnee, and women with disabilities.

The project will be implemented in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Baluchistan and Gilgit Baltistan with an aim to develop and roll out new digital skills and high-tech CBT&A packages in Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, IoTs, and Data Science/Analytics including green skills and life skills as cross-cutting modules in collaboration with private sector, to be endorsed by federal authorities. The project with also establish two CoEs with the focus on digital skills and high-tech to offer career-focused training programmes to build the capacity of institutions for sustainability through teacher training, internationally accredited Digital Centre of Excellence and Public Private Partnership for the employment of trained students. This will also include women/ girls, persons with disabilities, migrants, returnees, and refugee communities as part of the target group.

How to apply

-Email subject: Application for ‘Post title’

-KINDLY SHARE YOUR CVS ALONG WITH COVER LETTERS ON THE FOLLOWING ADDRESS: tvet.iv@britishcouncil.org.pk

-Applicants failing to comply with the above-mentioned guidelines will not be considered.

-Only Shortlisted candidates will be called for interviews.