The Head of Schools leads the overall strategic development of the Schools programme in Bangladesh involving all strategic business units in line with the country, regional and corporate strategy. He leads the overall planning and delivery of the Schools programme, ensuring the successful delivery of scale, reach and impact in line with the country, regional and corporate strategy. Major responsibilities include:

•Agree and clarify targets, metrics and milestones for the Schools team, in line with the regional strategy and be accountable for overall adherence to quality standards in the pursuit of these goals.

•Clarify and communicate the activities necessary to deliver agreed project outputs, ensuring deliverables fit the local context.

•Control allocated resources (both financial and staff) to deliver agreed results.

•Resolve immediate operational, commercial or technical problems and contribute to the incremental improvement of procedures in these areas.

•Lead the effective delivery of Partner Schools Global Network (PSGN) for UK curriculum schools focusing on three strands learners, teachers and leaders.

•Build and motivate an effective team including supporting buy-in to a single vision.

•Manage team performance in line with British Council’s performance management procedures

•Identify and develop new opportunities for collaboration, co-creation and co-funding with a range of new and existing partner organisations.

•Identify and effectively manage relationships with key external stakeholders important to the programme, in collaboration with the partnerships team.

•Meet income and expenditure targets for the Connecting Classrooms programme and wider Schools activity.

•Interpret, plan and implement diverse procedures (eg financial and reporting) to ensure project delivery is compliant with British Council systems and standards.