Education Project Manager

Location: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Job Type: 6 months consultancy contract.

About the Project:
EDT is seeking an experienced Project Manager to oversee a high-impact Education project in Saudi Arabia, addressing key themes such as Inspection Framework Development, Strategy and Policy Development, Operating Model Development, and Training Plan Development. The project aims to build a comprehensive and sustainable system, including diagnostic assessments, strategic planning, and implementation of key frameworks. The Project Manager will be responsible for coordinating a diverse, bilingual technical team, ensuring the project is delivered on time, within scope, and to the highest standards.

Key Responsibilities:

• Project Coordination & Stakeholder Engagement: Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to ensure successful project delivery, with the flexibility to adapt processes as needed to meet specific business requirements.
• Mobilization Support: Support the mobilisation activities, working closely with the team to ensure all aspects of mobilisation are covered to meet quality, legislative, and compliance standards.
• Strategic Oversight: Maintain a strategic overview of the project, reviewing, monitoring, and reporting on progress, ensuring that milestones are achieved on time and within scope.
• Financial Management: Work with relevant colleagues to ensure financial procedures and budgets are in place, and track reporting requirements to meet financial goals.
• Process Management: Establish and maintain project management, administrative, and quality assurance processes to ensure the project runs efficiently and meets internal and external requirements.
• Supplier & Partner Coordination: Work closely with suppliers and partners to ensure that deliverables meet business objectives, contractual requirements, and quality standards within agreed timelines.
• Risk & Issue Management: Identify and manage risks and issues, taking appropriate action to resolve them and ensuring project success.
• Team Leadership: Provide leadership to internal and external project teams, ensuring that deliverables meet cost and time specifications and that team members are supported in their professional development.
• Reporting & Communication: Produce and deliver progress reports to senior management and clients, tracking achievement against milestones, risks, and resource needs.
• Business Development: Required to support the business development activities in KSA. 

Key Qualifications:

• Proven experience in project management, particularly in the education sector or policy-level consulting.
• Strong background within the education sector, including early childhood education), with knowledge of policy, governance, workforce development, and quality assurance systems.
• Experience in managing complex, large-scale projects with multiple stakeholders, including international teams and external partners.
• Financial management skills, including budgeting, cost control, and ensuring financial compliance with project requirements.
• Fluency in English and Arabic required.

Our commitment

Education Development Trust welcomes all applicants, and strongly encourages applications from candidates of all backgrounds. We firmly believe in creating a culture where people feel respected and included enabling them to be more creative, innovative, and successful. If you have specific requirements or adjustments, please let us know if there is anything we can do to support your application.

Our approach to safeguarding

Education Development Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and adults whom we work with and come into contact with around the world. All applicants are subject to thorough screening and for applicable roles and successful candidates are subject to relevant criminal record checks with national police authorities or the UK’s Disclosure and Barring Service. Education Development Trust also participates in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme and we will request information from relevant job applicants’ previous employers about any findings of sexual misconduct, including harassment, during employmented, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment. By submitting an application, you confirm your understanding of these recruitment procedures