Director English and School Education- Pakistan at British Council

Islamabad, Islamabad Capital Territory, Pakistan -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

13 Feb, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

15 Nov, 25

Experience

10 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Leadership, Education Program Development, Stakeholder Engagement, Commercial Strategy, Market Analysis, Team Management, Teacher Education, English Language Education, Capacity Building, Policy Influence, Diversity and Inclusion, Performance Monitoring, Business Development, Consultancy, Data Analysis, Communication

Industry

Non-profit Organizations

Description

Working with people in over 200 countries and territories, we are on the ground in more than 100 countries. The role is responsible for translating global corporate strategies into a high-impact, profitable, and market-responsive programme for English and School Education in Pakistan. This includes leading complex commercial analyses, setting annual business plans, defining local team targets, monitoring performance, and taking corrective action when needed. It also requires ensuring alignment with global programme ambitions, leveraging UK partnerships to demonstrate benefit to the UK, and building long-term commercial capability. The position provides strategic leadership across planning, programme design, and contribution to wider sector strategy within the global pillar and regional Cultural Engagement portfolio. As the senior leader for the portfolio in country, the role provides inspirational leadership that models organisational values and ensures team performance, capability development, and adherence to equity, diversity, and inclusion principles. It involves managing geographically dispersed staff, overseeing programme implementation, and cultivating internal and external networks to enhance market positioning. Responsibilities cover defining and implementing marketing and communications strategies; monitoring market and competitor intelligence; and ensuring brand consistency and visibility across Pakistan, the region, and globally. The role also leads business development by assuring bid quality, taking pursuit and contracting decisions, securing expert inputs, negotiating strategically important partnerships, and ensuring alignment with global strategy. The position stewards complex stakeholder, partner, and key account relationships to achieve commercial and impact targets. It monitors account performance, adapts strategies, shares insights to strengthen corporate capability, and coaches junior colleagues. It oversees sector data analysis, monitoring and evaluation systems, and applies deep technical expertise to influence policy and advance thought leadership in external forums. The role also provides high-level consultancy and problem solving, turning complex evidence into persuasive business cases. Finally, it ensures strong commercial and financial governance through regular performance reporting, KPI tracking, and variance mitigation in partnership with relevant business support teams. Able to lead on strategy development for a varied portfolio within the English and/or school education sector. Able to lead on the development and implementation of quality standards for English / education. Recognises and acts to reduce bias, including unconscious bias Works inter-culturally, includes and values diverse perspectives and experiences Makes decisions and takes actions based on an evidenced understanding of the experiences and barriers for people from diverse equality backgrounds Actively listens and communicates with empathy and openness Minimum/essential Experience in a leadership role which involves oversight and accountability for leading and/or developing and delivering capacity building education programmes Proven track record and strong experience in designing and managing education-focused programmes in Pakistan which deliver outcomes for all boys and girls Experience of leading proposals/bids for international development education programmes which deliver results in partnership with national/federal Ministries of Education Good evidence of designing and implementing stakeholder engagement strategies and stakeholder management of diverse groups of stakeholders (including multilateral agencies, donors, government officials, partners, academics) Established credibility in the field of education including evidence of thought leadership within the sector Experience of leading a medium to large team to deliver results against agreed targets. Experience of designing and leading teacher education projects, including online Experience of designing and working on projects related to the English language subject area Minimum/essential Undergraduate or postgraduate degree in education-related subject area Written and verbal proficiency in English is required. (C1 Level)

Responsibilities

The role is responsible for translating global corporate strategies into a high-impact program for English and School Education in Pakistan. It involves providing strategic leadership, managing staff, overseeing program implementation, and ensuring alignment with global ambitions.