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Pay Band: 5
Country/Location: (Advant IT Park) Noida, India
Department: GSS English & Exams (IELTS Online)
Contract Type: Fixed term contract
Closing Date: Thursday 20 November 2025 - 21:29 India Time (GMT +05:30)
Role Purpose
To deliver optimum floor support by mentoring/ coaching & guiding team members & take ownership in delivering excellent Customer experience. This role will be responsible for supervising, planning, and managing functions concerned to operations. An important part of the role is to support the operations leadership team in delivering the effective and efficient services.
Main Accountabilities
Service delivery? A process expert who is responsible for managing complex transactions and queries and responsible for managing escalations in coordination with senior leadership and stakeholders.? Manages the various applications related the process inboxes, dealing with enquiries. Expert with all the tools & technologies that are in use in the process.? Improves service quality by assisting in evaluating and updating current processes and procedures.? Maintain Schedule Adherence, Work Force Management (Break management), Shift Management and Rotation as per the inputs provided by WFM/MIS supervisor.? Take pre/post shifts with the team to ensure that process updates are shared successfully.? Acting as an information source and answering team questions, following up and giving instructions as needed.? Working as a first level escalation point for the floor.? Create SOP's/Maintain Knowledge articles/updates and share with team on a regular basis.? Get firsthand training on the process or and other new updates and share the same with the team via channelized Knowledge Transfer Process.? Act as a doer whenever required.
Information Security And Other Mandatory Compliances
- Read, understand and comply with the information security policies.
- Raise incident / blow whistle when observe any noncompliance to information security or IELTS compliance related policies.
- Ensure compliance to Organizational policies like code of conduct, IT policy etc.
Governance & Reporting
- Using standard procedures and templates, to produce weekly, monthly, and quarterly reports for the Delivery Manager on services. These reports analyze operational activity levels and performance data, to support managers in making timely and effective business decisions that respond to operational needs.
- Share the agreed reports/Dashboard on regular frequencies.
- Practicing and ensuring compliance with all the BCMS policies and procedures.
Stakeholder Management/People-Resource Management
- Carrying out performance measurements, quality monitoring, and evaluation of entire team to monitor service quality & improve efficiency.
- Preparing and directing schedules, monitoring attendance of the team, scheduling breaks and shifts as necessary.
- Compiling and maintaining lists of on-call and key schedules and personnel.
- Conduct regular team meetings and one-on-one sessions with the teams
- Ensuring team members acquire the appropriate support and training to apply the best skills and knowledge on the job.
- Creating a growth plan for top performers and a plan for bottom performers. Should be able to showcase team's performance on a day-to-day basis to identify bottom and a good performer.
- Handling people management related queries/ concerns.
- Coaching and mentoring BQs and MQs within the team working in coordination with other support teams.
Leadership
- Should be able pre-empt problems and identify solutions with logical analysis.
- Should have a flair for achieving organization goals and driving Continual Improvement projects.
Essential
Role specific knowledge and experience:
- Minimum 3 5 years of work experience in Front /Back-office processes. And have managed a team of 10-15 team members for at least 1-2 years.
- Meet English language proficiency at a minimum level of IELTS band 7 or equivalent internationally recognized qualification.
- Intermediate in Microsoft excel application (BCMS will test the excel skills to evaluate)
- Demonstrable experience of delivering training and feedback using a range of methods.
- Shall be independently handling floor Ability to plan well and prioritize work.
- Proactive approach with focus on problem analysis & resolution
- Green belt or should possess any quality improvement related certification
Desirable
- A person who has independently managed shifts in previous organisations.
- A person who has worked in secured process/ environment in previous work profiles.
- ISO 9001 trained/ certified.
- Black Belt trained/ certified
Language
Requirements:
- The British Council systems and global processes operate in English. Written and verbal proficiency in English is required.
Education
Condition Of Employment
Locally RecruitedApplications 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.
Additional Requirements
- Adherence to the internal SLA set by process to meet 24-hour turnaround delivery performance targets
- Team Leader Operations will be required to operate in shifts and in 24*7 operations, with any 2-week offs in a calendar week (doesn't necessarily mean a Saturday or Sunday).
- The role is to operate from the office.
- Should be comfortable to work in a 24x7 environment.
- The role will require cross working between various colleagues located globally and across British Council.
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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.
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