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Job Title Head Newton Programme – Internationalising Higher Education

Directorate or Region S Asia Department/Country India

Location of post Delhi Pay Band F

Assistant Director, Three years fixed term contract Reports to Duration of job IHE India renewable

Purpose of job: To lead the planning, stakeholder engagement, implementation and monitoring of the British Council Newton Fund programmes in India.

Context and environment:

The British Council creates international opportunities for the people of the United Kingdom and other countries. We call this cultural relations, and we believe it brings the people of Britain and India closer together, and helps them to understand each other better. We have been in India for over sixty years, and during that time have developed deep and lasting relationships with individuals and organisations in India. We have a network of 9 centres across the country and a team of 450 staff. In 2012, we engaged with over 1.79 million people in India directly, and a further 60.59 million through our digital and remote services. We continue to have an ambitious programme for our work in India.

We work in three core areas - English, the Arts, and Education and Society, through which we engage with leaders, policy makers, influencers and opinion formers, from senior politicians through to teachers and youth leaders. Our work in Internationalising Higher Education (IHE) focuses on mobility and supporting the talent pipeline of students studying in the UK and students studying in India. We provide market insight and analysis of the education sector and support institutional partnerships in research, teaching and innovation and convene relevant partners for UK benefit.

Programmes and activities include: Supporting more mobility

Generation UK: design and launch a programme that will bring up to 25,000 18 to 25 year olds to India over 5 years with the aim of developing a deeper, wider and stronger mutual understanding.

Scholarships and alumni: Deliver scholarship programme across India to attract best and brightest Indian students to the UK and strengthen alumni networks.

Newton Fund: deliver capacity building programmes funded by the new Newton fund.

Creating opportunities for UK

Convening: to engage Indian and UK leaders and influencers in policy dialogues and conferences – at global, regional country and state level (e.g. Going Global, regional education dialogues, FICCI conference and state policy dialogues), and facilitate and support academic partnerships in research,

1 of 6 Recruitment Team April 2014 teaching and innovation to support India’s reform agenda.

Market insight and Analysis Research: commission and publish research into market developments and opportunities to inform and support the UK’s international engagement, including: An Indian state by state analysis; potential collaboration in humanities, arts and social sciences; Internationalisation, employability and industry engagement and a comparative analysis with other countries with large education systems.

Newton Fund Programme:

In December 2013 the UK Government announced the establishment of a new £375 million five-year Emerging Powers Research and Innovation Fund, to promote scientific capacity building in emerging economies on a match-funding basis. The Fund forms part of the UK’s Official Development Assistance (ODA) commitment and its primary purpose is to use science and innovation to promote the economic development and welfare of partner countries. India is been included within the list of countries to benefit from the Fund..

The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) which manages the fund for HMG, has appointed the British Council as one of the main delivery partners of the Fund, and approved six programmes under the British Council offer:

 PhD Programme (including scholarships, placements and PhD partnerships, to be managed in partnership with RCUK)

 Institutional Links – higher value awards to stimulate partnerships at the group, department or institutional level (as part of the overarching Research and Innovation Collaboration programme with RCUK and TSB)

 Professional Development and Engagement (including skills training for researchers, support for research governance and management, and community engagement in research)

 STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) Education

In India we will be running PhD Programmes, Professional Development and Engagement,and STEM, with the potential option to include other areas subsequently dependent on demand and resources. The British Council Newton Team consists of a central Programme Management Team (based in the UK) and country leads based in each of the Newton Fund countries.

Accountabilities, responsibilities and main duties:

To lead the partner discussions, planning and initial implementation and monitoring of the British Council Newton Fund programme in India. This will include:

Programme Scoping / Planning

 Consult with Country Newton Team (SIN/FCO based) to confirm national priorities identified under the Fund, and agree approach to potential match funders.

 Consult with country stakeholders around British Council programmes and identify potential match funders

 Negotiate partner commitments to the match-funding obligations on a programme level.

 Discuss programme requirements with partner funders, and negotiate details of the programmes within the framework set out by the central BC Newton Programme manager (e.g. agree national

2 of 6 Recruitment Team April 2014 priorities for calls, any country specific eligibility requirements for calls; agree in-country selection process etc)

 Work with BC Newton Programme Team to produce a country plan for BC Newton activity

 Work with SIN/FCO to ensure British Council relationships and activity is complementary to other activity within the Newton Fund

 Support other Newton Fund delivery partners to build relationships with key in-country stakeholders

Programme Implementation

 Work with SIN and national partners to publicise the opportunities available under the Fund in country (including those offered by other delivery partners).

 Participate in relevant fora / events in India, eg donors’ meetings, sectoral conferences, to promote awareness of the Fund and to ensure its coherence with other initiatives.

 Continue to explore / maximise opportunities for the leveraging of national co-funding for the programme, eg with corporates. For example, corporate sponsorship of individual workshops

 Support UK and national stakeholders to engage with BC programmes

 Agree necessary MOUs / operational alliance agreements with partner funders

 Attend regular progress meetings with the BC Newton Programme Team (by teleconference, with an initial face to face kick off meeting in September 2014)

 Manage country specific elements of the BC Newton programme (with support from BC Newton Programme Team). This could include: drafting terms of reference for consultancy/training opportunities; establishing country selection panels; drafting country specific calls for activity under the professional development, STEM Education and Technical Training strands etc

 Negotiate and issue contracts (based on the global template) to beneficiaries in India

 Oversee organisation of events and meetings under the programme (e.g workshops, roundtable discussions, delegation visits to the UK etc)

 Maintain financial oversight and responsibility for the country Newton budget and ensure that plans on SAP are robust and up to date.

Programme Monitoring

 Monitor the progress of the country programme for India, including the progress of individual activities, and raise any issues of concern with the BC Newton Programme Team

 Monitor and gather assurance for the fulfilment of match-funding obligations, in line with commitments agreed for each activity, and for the programme in India overall.

 Ensure that any matched funding (on-books, off books partnership, or off books in-kind contribution) is recorded appropriately on SAP ahead of corporate deadlines

 Contribute to programme reports and reviews as required by the BC Newton Programme Team.

 Contribute to the effective marketing and communications of the Fund’s achievements, in collaboration with the C Newton Programme Team and SIN/the British High Commission in India.

3 of 6 Recruitment Team April 2014  Organise relevant review meetings with national stakeholders in India.

Key external relationships:

 Heads of research institutions and universities, Deans Research, Senior academics and other influencers

 SIN/BIS/UKTI/BHC

 Departments of Science, Biotechnology, CSIR and associated agencies

 Other Newton Delivery partners (RCUK, Academies, TSB where relevant)

 Science and innovation stakeholders in India

 Science / education media in India

 Relevant corporates

Key internal relationships

 Country and Area Directors

 Director Education and Assistant Director, IHE

 IHE team, E&S Senior Managers, Head Programmes, including project delivery teams

 Other Education and Science related Advisors and teams in India and UK

 Central Marketing and Communications team in India and UK

Other important features or requirements of the job The post holder will have strategic leadership and capabilities required to lead on British Council’s higher education programmes to develop a strong future talent pipeline of highly skilled researchers in the UK and India; He/she will come with credible and strong sector knowledge and insights into how international programmes works The post will report to Assistant Director IHE, and will work closely with the Education & Society Senior Management and the IHE teams.

Other important features or requirements of the job (e.g. travel, unsocial/evening hours, restrictions on employment etc) Some national and international travel. Occasional evening or weekend working where programme requires. Please specify any passport/visa and/or nationality Post holder will need valid work permit to work in India requirement. Please indicate if any security or legal checks are required Reference Checks as per British Council India HR policy for this role.

4 of 6 Recruitment Team April 2014 Person Specification Desirable Essential Assessment stage

Behaviours Making it happen (more Interview only demanding)

Challenging myself and others to deliver and measure better results

Shaping the future (more demanding) Exploring ways in which we can add more value

Connecting with others (more demanding) Actively appreciating the needs and concerns of myself and others

Creating shared purpose (more These behaviours will demanding) be needed to successfully carry out Creating energy and clarity so that the role, but will not be people want to work purposefully assessed for together recruitment purposes

Working together (more demanding)

Ensuring that others benefit as well as me

Being accountable (more demanding)

Putting the needs of the team or British Council ahead of my own Skills and Developing Business -Level 3 Communicating and Shortlisting Knowledge Develops viable business Influencing - Level 3 and Interview Defines and develops Is creative and products/programmes/services adaptable in which deliver British Council goals communications on impact, income and surplus Able to use a range of within a defined area of business non-standard and that responds to market creative approaches opportunities and aligns to wider to inform, and corporate strategies. persuade others, extending beyond Manage Project -Level 2 logical argument to Analyses project data influence decisions Examines project data and

5 of 6 Recruitment Team April 2014 performance, reporting on progress and actions in a way and recommending corrective which is inclusive and action as needed. engaging.

Managing Finance and Strong higher Resources- Level 3 education sector knowledge and Supports budget management understanding, high Monitors and controls an agreed level analytical skills, budget within a defined area, able to write reports producing reports and analyses and proposals and and contributing to planning. able to present well – level 3

Experience Minimum seven year’s experience Experience of Short listing of project and event management, working with and Interview with some preferably in Indo-UK science/research collaborative work. organisations

Experience of leading and managing innovative projects

Professional approach to establishing and maintaining effective client and partner relationships Qualifications Masters degree in any discipline Science qualification Short listing

Submitted by Assistant Director, IHE India Date

6 of 6 Recruitment Team April 2014