The British Council Recruiting for Resourcing Specialists, Monday 18, December 2017

The British Council is the world’s leading cultural relations organization and creates opportunities for people in the UK and worldwide to understand each other, to work together and learn from one another. We see this as crucial to building secure, more prosperous and sustainable futures for us all. We build trust and understanding between different countries and cultures and develop strong international links that are of benefit to people in Britain and the rest of the world.

RESOURCING SPE…T – SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA (SSA)

Role Type: Advisory, Policy and Expertise

Pay Band: Band 6

Duration: Fixed Term (Six Months)


ABOUT THE JOB

The Resourcing Spe…t will provide strong, proactive administrative support, an efficient end to end best practice recruitment process will be delivered to our stakeholders internally and externally (customers, candidates, suppliers), resulting in recruitment campaigns being delivered well and to time.

ROLE PURPOSE

The post holder is expected to work within the SSA Regional Resourcing Team, s/he will actively contribute to the provision of professional recruitment services ensuring the right people are in the right posts at the right time.

This role will support the delivery of resourcing targets, supporting and coaching line managers in conjunction with HR colleagues in the Region.

THE OPPORTUNITY

Resourcing Spe…t is pivotal in ensuring resourcing services in SSA are consistent with global CoE strategies, guiding principles, policies, procedures, processes.

This role will partner with the strategic business units (SBU) is critical to ensure the resourcing services are delivered to high standards of excellence.

The role is expected to contribute to the successful operations of the recruitment hub as well as providing vital support to all teams.

MAIN ACCOUNTABILITIES

Resourcing Service delivery; The post holder will partner with internal clients to understand specific resourcing requirements which inform approach and recruitment plan. Working within agreed SLAs in line with the Fit-for-Purpose Resourcing solution, relationships within the recruitment cycle are managed to ensure positive experiences and beneficial outcomes for all stakeholders.

This will include:

Creating consistently good adverts that reflect the content of the role whilst accurately representing the British Council’s employer brand and adhering to the organization’s Diversity commitments.

Maintaining current knowledge of internal and external recruitment practices in terms of trends, technological developments, legislative changes, process change in order to contribute to innovations within the team

Modelling and embedding a culture of service excellence for results which translate into measurable indices for value for money (VFM)

managing activity for all roles through the applicant tracking system (ATS), advising and participating in selection activities

Contributing to the review and development of recruitment services and standards based on prevailing market conditions and practices.

Candidate and Client (internal) Management:

Working closely with hiring managers to go through various stages of the process to ensure there’s a shared ownership of the results achieved

Keeping up to date on new trends in attraction including social media sourcing strategies to proactively build a pool of passive candidates for various business units in line with strategic plans

Managing candidate feedback internally and externally, deploying suitable candidates to talent pools and maintaining communication through all stages of the recruitment cycle

Ensuring timely and accurate creation of offer paperwork (including leading on package negotiation) and relevant checks occur (DBS, ID checks, child protection checks, etc.)

Positioning the resourcing function to effectively engage internal and external pools on opportunities through effective channels of communication.

Performance and Metrics:

Review weekly recruitment compliance metrics to improve regional performance, monitor trends and generate management information on all recruitment campaign activity

Implement & maintain Pre-appointment Screening processes in line with global policy and local legal requirements

Ensure all regional resourcing activities are compliant with British Council values, policies and risk management frameworks. Integrating diversity strategy, policies and principles into all recruitment activities to achieve fair and consistent selection outcomes at all times.

Support the development of an employee value proposition (EVP) – which is understood by candidates, hiring managers, channels and suppliers

Brief, train, coach and mentor Cluster HRM’s / hiring managers in current and new resourcing systems, policy,processes and procedures.

Continuously review and improve resourcing strategies options, tools and technology, for candidate sourcing, testing, selection and assessment in line with external best practice. Quarterly review of induction toolkit and analysis of feedback for effective on-boarding across SSA

Proactively mainstream the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) principles through the entire recruitment life cycle including practice and candidate experience

KEY RELATIONSHIPS

Internal:

SSA Regional HR CoE

SSA Resourcing Team colleagues and Resourcing Centre of Expertise

Country HR teams – Operations/Shared Services, Reward, Talent, etc.

Cluster Heads of HR and HR business partners within SBUs

Operational Recruiting Managers

External:

Professional services partners and consultants

Candidates

External suppliers and recruiting agencies

ROLE REQUIREMENTS

Threshold requirements:

Passport requirements/ Right to work in country You must have existing rights to live and work in Nigeria where role is based.

Ability to work in the region without restrictions Direct contact or managing staff working with children?

SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE, EXPERIENCE &SKILLS:

Strong verbal and written communication skills

Sound attention to detail, ensuring accuracy in information and reporting, clear messaging and consistent standard

Strong self-management including prioritisation and delivery of objectives against varying deadlines and activities

Exposure to working within a busy fast paced environment while meeting tight deadlines

Sound evidence of providing high level administrative support to individuals and teams

Evidence of acting as the first point of contact within a customer focussed environment

Engagement with varying levels and types of stakeholders and exposure to working with confidential information

Minimum of 3years’ experience in recruiter role

Understanding of relevant employment legislation in SSA countries and equal employment opportunity best practice

Direct sourcing experience and managing end to end recruitment campaigns

Proactive and innovative in relation to delivering strong attraction and recruitment results

Some previous knowledge of HR systems such as MyHR (SAP)

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion hiring techniques

Data Analytics

Proficiency in MS Excel especially working with Pivot Tables and functions Shortlisting and interview

Degree in Human Resources/ related discipline or equivalent by experience (progressive years) CIPD qualified or equivalent

BRITISH COUNCIL CORE SKILLS

Managing projects (level 2): Analyses project data Examines project data and performance, reporting on progress and recommending corrective action as needed.

Communicating and Influencing (level 2): Relates communications to circumstances Displays good listening, writing and speaking skills, setting out logical arguments clearly and adapting language and form of communication to meet the needs of different people/audiences.

Planning and organizing (level 2): Plans ahead Organizes own work over weeks and months, or plans ahead for others, taking account of priorities and the impact on other people.

Managing risks (level 1): Follows good practices Demonstrates understanding of risk management policies and procedures and record of following them.

Using Technology (Level 2): Operates as an advanced user Works as an advanced practitioner in the use of office software and/or British Council standard and social media platforms and trains or coaches others in their use.

BRITISH COUNCIL BEHAVIOURS 

Creating Shared Purpose (More demanding) – Creating energy and clarity so that people want to work purposefully together

Working Together (More Demanding) – Ensuring that others benefit as well as me

Connecting With Others (Essential) – Making regular opportunities to understand others better

Shaping the future (Essential) – Looking for ways in which we can do things better Interview

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DUE DATE: 30 December, 2017

The British Council Recruiting for Resourcing Specialists, Monday 18, December 2017

British High Commission New Opportunity

he British Government is an inclusive and diversity-friendly employer.  We value difference, promote equality and challenge discrimination, enhancing our organisational capability. We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. We do not discriminate on the basis of disability, race, colour, ethnicity, gender, religion, sexual orientation, age, veteran status or other category protected by law. We promote family-friendly flexible working opportunities, where operational and security needs allow.

We are recruiting to fill the vacant position below

Job Title: Deputy Press and Public Affairs Officer
Location: Abuja
Grade: B3 (L)
Type of Position: Full-time
Working hours per week: 37.5
Job Category: Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Policy & Political roles)
Job Subcategory: Communications, Press and Media

Main Purpose of Job

• This is a 6 month role providing maternity leave cover working as the digital media lead within the Communications Team.


• Duties will include, but will not be limited to, designing text and audio-visual material for use on the BHC media channels, and working with a broad range of media stakeholders to deliver HMG messages.


• The main objectives are to deliver and implement a range of communications tasks to support and project the objectives of HMG in Nigeria.


• The successful candidate will also provide tailored communications planning support to HMG departments working on the BHC platform.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Manage the British High Commission Abuja webpage and digital media platforms, including Facebook and Twitter


• Keep a well organised electronic library of photos and audio/visual files for use in publications, productions or for release to the media


• Design, implement, monitor and assess impact-driven cross HMG communications strategy that include effective positioning, stakeholder engagement and advocacy to create and leverage communications opportunities;


• Initiate and maintain effective relationships with key constituencies (i.e. donors, civil society, academia, business, government agencies, etc.) to identify opportunities for possible strategic partnerships and to strengthen the UK Government overall effectiveness and image;


• Photograph and record BHC and other HMG departments’ activities as required


• Monitor digital, print and broadcast media for issues of interest to the UK mission in Nigeria


• Maintain an up-to-date database of media contacts for the BHC, including staying engaged with a broad range of international and domestic journalists


• Prepare draft news releases for the press


• Work with Abuja-based HMG departments, including British Council, DFID, UKVI to establish and implement appropriate campaign plans and to ensure that HMG communication is coordinated


• Provide briefing and media handling support to the High Commissioner and other senior officials as required


• Monitor and analyze current events and opinion in the media and with CSOs to identify and flag topics of interest or reputational risk related to the UK Government in Nigeria; and


• Ensure up to date content and quality assurance on the UK in Nigeria digital platforms including the website and social media platforms.

Essential Qualifications and Experience 

• Thorough knowledge of social media, including the ability design strategy and analyse usage in order to shape BHC engagement and to focus campaigns


• Appropriate work experience in a media, marketing, advertising or public relations role


• Excellent analytical, writing, communication and presentation skills


• 3 to 5 years experience work experience in a media, advertising, marketing or public relations role


• Familiarity with messaging for digital diplomacy


• Strong collaborative skills including professional and confident communication with external stakeholders and team members


• Ability to maintain strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders

Desirable Qualifications and Experience:

• Evidence of maintaining effective professional networks of contacts


• Evidence of designing and delivering communications plans


• The ability to work as part of a busy, creative team, as well as willingness to provide support to team members when needs be


• Familiarity with messaging for digital diplomacy


• Resilience, flexibility and ability to deliver quality under pressure and strict timelines


• Project or event management/experience

Required Competencies:

• Making Effective Decisions, Leading and Communicating, Collaborating and Partnering, Managing a Quality Service

Starting monthly Salary
N610,536

Application Start Date
1st February, 2018.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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Application Deadline  20th December, 2017.

British High Commission New Opportunity

The British Council (Driver)

The British Council is the world’s leading cultural relations organization and creates opportunities for people in the UK and worldwide to understand each other, to work together and learn from one another. We see this as crucial to building secure, more prosperous and sustainable futures for us all. We build trust and understanding between different countries and cultures and develop strong international links that are of benefit to people in Britain and the rest of the world.

Job Title: Driver

Description

• To support in the provision of secure transportation of personnel and resources for British Council in accordance with the Organisation’s policies and standards.

Responsibilities

• Ensure vehicles are serviced in line with the service schedule and that periodic routine vehicle checks are made and that defects and damage are reported promptly. Vehicles are clean and refuelled regularly.


• Carry out driving and transportation duties in relation to travel bookings, activity and event management and maintain vehicle log books, journey and fuel records.


• Clearly communicate transport arrangements and any changes to transport users.


• Excellent customer service delivery as the first point of  contact to British Council visitors and UK colleagues at the airport.


• Report to the facilities team when not driving and provide proactive support to administrative duties and quality customer care related duties. Also carry out routine mail dispatch service as may be required.

Key Relationships

• Visiting Consultants and partner organisations


• All employees of British Council


• Senior Management team.


• Other Important Features or Requirements of the Job


• Periodic travel to risk areas is likely to be necessary following close liaison with The Head of Security.


• Regular unsocial and over-hours will be required to meet operational requirements of the post and programme.

Requirements 

• A minimum of 3 years of proven experience in a similar role within the corporate sector or NGO sector.


• Experience in a similar role in an international organization


• A valid Nigeria driver’s license.


• FSLC passed


• SSCE attempted


• Medical fitness for driving.

Locations: Abuja and Lagos

Closing Date 
11th January, 2017.

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The British Council (Driver)

British Council Nigeria recruitment for IELTS Examiners

The British Council is the world’s leading cultural relations organization and creates opportunities for people in the UK and worldwide to understand each other, to work together and learn from one another. We see this as crucial to building secure, more prosperous and sustainable futures for us all. We build trust and understanding between different countries and cultures and develop strong international links that are of benefit to people in Britain and the rest of the world.
We are looking for examiners to conduct one to one interviews with IELTS candidates to assess their spoken English according to set requirements, and assess written scripts produced by candidates under exam conditions.

Job Title: IELTS Examiners

Description

• Examiners are recruited on a casual basis and are expected to examine at least ten sessions a year at regular intervals.


• IELTS examinations regularly take place in Lagos, Abuja and Port Harcourt. Therefore, we are looking for examiners who live in, or within relatively easy reach of these cities. We may occasionally run examinations in other cities in Nigeria.


• Training of successful candidates will be after shortlisting.

Requirements

• An undergraduate degree or a qualification which can be demonstrated to be equivalent to an undergraduate degree.


• A recognised qualification in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) / Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) / or recognised equivalent as part of a recognised university award course


• At least 3 years full time (14 hours per week minimum or the equivalent part time) relevant TESOL/TEFL teaching experience (minimum one year post certificate level qualification). The majority of this teaching experience must relate to adult students (16 years and over).


• The required professional attributes and interpersonal skills. Please see our recruitment pack for more details.e.g. 


• UK qualifications: CELTA; DELTA; Cert. TESOL; Dip. TESOL; PGCE; B Ed.; M Ed; MA Applied Linguistics. Assessed teaching practice and ESOL/EFL studies at cert. level must be part of the course.


• Nigerian qualifications include either a Nigerian 1st degree, an NCE in ELT plus relevant teaching experience and IELTS 9.0. Or Nigerian B.Ed in English Language Teaching (transcripts verify course content), relevant teaching experience plus IELTS 9.0. 


• A first degree plus a Nigerian PGDE or M.Ed/MA in TESOL or TEFL (transcripts verify course content), plus relevant teaching experience and IELTS 9.0. If shortlisted, you will need to submit a transcript of the teaching course you attended.

Salary:

• Remuneration is paid per interview/script

Location: Abuja, Cross River, Edo, Enugu, Kwara, Lagos, Rivers

Closing Date
31 December, 2016

Method of Application
Read through the IELTS Examiner Minimum Professional Requirements & IELTS Guide for Examiner Applicants documents. Download and complete the application and the reference request form.

Completed applications should be sent via email to examinerrecruitment@ng.britishcouncil.org

Application Pack
IELTS Examiner Minimum Professional Requirements (ADOBE PDF 16KB)
Examiner application Form (MICROSOFT WORD 154KB)
Reference Request form (MICROSOFT WORD 47KB)
IELTS Guide for Examiner Applicants (ADOBE PDF 20KB)

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British Council Nigeria recruitment for IELTS Examiners

Graduate Immigration Liaison Assistant at British High Commission Nigeria

The British High Commission (BHC) Lagos has the vacancy below in its Corporate Services Section:

Job Title: Immigration Liaison Assistant

Location: Lagos
Section: Ralon (Risk & Liaison Overseas Network)
Grade: A2
Vacancy Notice No: 06/15 LOS
Position Type: 12 MONTHS FIXED TERM RENEWABLE CONTRACT

Main Purpose of Job

• The British Deputy High Commission is looking to recruit an Immigration Liaison Assistant to work in the Risk & Liaison Overseas Network (RALON) office.


• The Unit is part of the Home Office and provides intelligence and information support to the UK visa operation as well as being responsible for liaison and training airlines in Lagos.


• The position is for an initial one year contract, and may be subject to renewal.

Roles and Responsibilities

• The successful candidate will undertake a variety of tasks including researching trends in visa applications, dealing with passengers referred to the BDHC by airlines and checking application details against confidential databases. Duties will include:
  
  • Report writing
  
  
  • Creating and maintaining databases
  
  
  • Provide administrative support to Lagos RALON ILM/O’s on airport duties
  
  
  • Support ILM/O’s when providing training to external partners
  
  
  • Liaising with external partners and analysing information to identify trends.
  
  
  • Support Visa Services by providing timely information and intelligence to improve decision making quality.
  
  
  • Indentify and research cases that merit further investigation
  
  

Skills / Experience / Qualifications
Essential on arrival:

• Be able to work quickly and accurately often under pressure.


• Have a positive approach to tackling problems.


• Willingness to take on new and challenging tasks.


• Good communication with excellent spoken and written English.


• Computer literacy with accurate typing skills of at least 25 words per minute.


• The ability to remain customer focused, polite and courteous under pressure.


• The ability to work quickly and reliably with little supervision, to regularly meet challenging targets across the range of duties.


• Ability to work well under pressure.


• The ability to effectively handle large volumes of information and identify trends.


• Excellent team players – this is an ‘all for one and one for all’ environment.


• To effectively represent RALON, the British High Commission, and the UK Government as a whole.


• Previous experience of working within a visa section or other office environment is preferable and good keyboard skills and familiarity with computers and software packages (notably MS Word, Excel and straightforward databases) is essential for the role.

Desirable:

• Good working knowledge of MS Access databases would advantageous

Language requirements:

• Language: English


• Level of language required: Fluent

Key Competences Required for the Job
Seeing the Bigger Picture:

• Seeing the big picture is about having an in-depth understanding and knowledge of your own work and how your role fits with and supports organisational objectives and the wider public needs.


• For all staff, it is about focusing your contribution on the activities which will deliver the greatest value.

Making Effective Decisions:

• Effectiveness in this area is about being objective; using evidence and knowledge to provide accurate, expert and professional advice.


• For all staff, it means showing clarity of thought, setting priorities, analysing and using evidence to evaluate options before arriving at well reasoned justifiable decisions.

Leading and Communicating:

• At all levels, effectiveness in this area is about leading from the front and communicating with clarity, conviction and enthusiasm.


• It’s about supporting principles of fairness of opportunity for all and a dedication to a diverse range of citizens.

Collaborating and Partnering:

• People skilled in this area create and maintain positive and professional working relationships with a wide range of people within and outside the Civil Service to help get business done.


• At all levels, it requires working effectively and building supportive, responsive relationships with colleagues and stakeholders.

Managing a Quality Service:

• Effectiveness in this area is about being organised to deliver service objectives and striving to improve the quality of service, taking account of diverse customer needs and requirements.


• People who are effective plan, organise and manage their time and activities to deliver a high quality and efficient service, applying programme and project management approaches to support service delivery.

Salary
N335, 411.00 Per Month

Application Closing Date
1st May, 2015

Method of Application
Selection process for these positions is ‘competency-based’ using the six key competencies detailed above. Applicants will be required to complete an application form outlining how they meet the six required competences and a detailed C.V. They should return this by email to: [email protected]

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Note:

• Those who advance in the selection process will be interviewed based on these competences.


• Any suitably qualified member of existing BHC*/DFID/British Council staff (who currently hold SC clearance) wishing to submit an application must also seek approval from their line manager prior to applying


• Only electronic applications will be accepted.


• You must also enclose a passport sized photograph and a copy of your passport bio-data page.


• Internal applicants should also submit the above, with a copy of their most recent 24 months of appraisal evidence (i.e. two full appraisals, or however many abridged appraisals, minutes etc to make up two years’ worth of evidence) to the same email address.


• All candidates: Please quote in the subject line of your email, the Vacancy Notice No: 06/15 LOS and position you are applying for.


• Internal candidates and spouses of diplomatic officers: Please quote in the subject line of your email, the Vacancy Notice No: 06/15 LOS, and position you are applying for, and also indicate that you are an internal candidate or spouse of a diplomatic officer.

Graduate Immigration Liaison Assistant at British High Commission Nigeria

Career Opportunity at Ascentech Services Ltd [2 positions]

Ascentech Services Ltd acts as a gateway to provide a wide range of recruitment and selection services to companies. We are a dedicated team of professional consultants offering top of the line executive recruitment and selection services.

Job Title: Educational Consultant
Location: Abuja, Lagos

Details

• Having min-2 years experience in students recruitment for overseas education- Students from BCIE/British council/Study abroad etc.


• Having visa processing experience.


• Nigerian nationality.

 

 

Method of Application
Applicants should send their Cvs to [email protected]

 

Application Deadline
Not Specified

Career Opportunity at Ascentech Services Ltd [2 positions]

Career Opportunities at British Council Nigeria [3 positions]

The British Council is the world’s leading cultural relations organization and creates opportunities for people in the UK and worldwide to understand each other, to work together and learn from one another. We see this as crucial to building secure, more prosperous and sustainable futures for us all. We build trust and understanding between different countries and cultures and develop strong international links that are of benefit to people in Britain and the rest of the world.

We are recruiting to fill the following positions below:

Job Title: Digital and Social Media Manager
Location: Lagos

Purpose of Job

• The Digital and Social Media Manager will be responsible for developing and delivering high quality content across social media channels for the relevant Strategic Business Unit – Exams & Programmes.


• The content will be delivered through close liaison with teams in question.


• The post holders will be proactive and creative, working collaboratively with colleagues to define and implement digital strategies, plans and campaigns for the Business Units.

British Council Operating Context
Current:

• Nigeria is one of the largest economies in Africa. It is also the most populous country with over 180 million citizens. The UK is its largest trading partner. Nigeria holds significant political power in the region and internationally and its society retains a positive attitude to the UK.


• Therefore, there continue to be major opportunities for the UK and BC to build on our strong existing relationships with the Nigerian government, institutions and customers/audiences. However, there are complex and substantial risks to this work i.e. security and compliance.


• Nigeria is the British Council’s largest operation in sub-Saharan Africa with offices in 4 cities – Port Harcourt in the south, Kano in the north, Abuja the Federal capital and Lagos the commercial centre. We also have a number of project offices across the country.


• Our 200 staff work across a range of states delivering large scale contracts, partnership programmes, examinations, projects as well as services in Arts, Education & Society and English & Exams. We are already achieving substantial impact and income (current annual income is £27.2 million) and have plans to grow and develop our impact further.


• Partners and clients include government, public and private institutions, foundations, private sector organisations and civil society. We work closely with the wider UK mission including DFID and UKTI.


• Nigeria has the largest exams operations in SSA.  There are currently over 40 members in the exams team.  Nigeria examinations work encompasses Schools exams via our partnership with Cambridge International Education (CIE), IELTS (International English Language Testing System), and a wide range of academic and professional qualifications.  Last year, we delivered 90,000 exams on a turnover of £8.2m.


• This financial year, there are growth targets to achieve income of £9.2m.  Customer service, operational quality and compliance are critical to the business.  Developing flexible and appropriate delivery models is vital in responding to the challenges working across the country.

Future:

• 42% of Nigeria’s population is under 14. The government has recognised that its Vision 2020 must address the aspirations of this young population as part of its drive to achieve peace and prosperity. This has led to unprecedented interest and investment in Education, the Arts and good governance.


• This alignment with the UK’s priorities creates a growth environment for the British Council. To be successful in this, we are building understanding with our UK stakeholders of Nigeria as an emerging economy with substantial commercial and development opportunities as well as the challenges they may be more familiar with. In this we seek to integrate our approach with that of the wider UK mission.


• We are expanding and scaling up our existing programmes, contracts and services in the Arts, Education & Society, English & Examinations and developing offers to fill important gaps such as in Skills.


• We are also working to ensure that we have a good balance of partnership, customer services and client funded work across all these sectors. To do all this we need to create the right enabling environment. In addition to developing the professional and technical expertise of our staff, we need to support them to build their relationships within Nigeria, the region and the wider global network.


• This will ensure we develop as well as adopt and use best practice. We also need rigorous and compliant frameworks to support our work in areas such as finance, tax & status, security, procurement, compliance and quality management.


• We have new premises in Kano and have a major premises project under development in Abuja. However, there is still more work to be done, especially in Lagos and Port Harcourt to ensure our premises and technology support our brand reputation for integrity, innovation and professionalism.

Accountabilities, Responsibilities and Main Duties
Digital Communications and Social Media:

• Working with all teams, to develop, implement and maintain an imaginative and comprehensive social media presence for selected projects using a wide variety of tools, setting ambitious targets and monitoring success.


• Develop and execute plans to increase page views, unique visitors, dwell time and site ‘stickiness’ to encourage repeat usage.


• Working with relevant people within teams in the SBU in order to actively contribute to developing and delivering British Council Nigeria’s ‘overarching’ online presence, enhancing our external profile.


• To embed these strategies within the culture of the operation and actively support colleagues in using a wide variety of appropriate tools.

Identifying and developing engaging online campaigns:

• Identify and execute engaging online creative directions for British Council’s projects and examination services that will enhance the council’s online presence and drive online engagement metric objectives as identified.


• Monitor and identify trends in Nigeria social media, market intelligence and insight  to support effective strategies, plans and audience reach


• Identify, build relationships and pro-actively engage with influential bloggers, journalists and on-line commentators and media agencies relevant to our work

Website Management:

• Working with local and regional digital team to edit and create new content for the relevant British Council’s country pages on the country website with the aim of increasing interactive engagement and audience reach.

Tracking, analysis and reporting media coverage:

• Compile monthly reports detailing broadcast, tracking mentions , trends/engagement levels with analysis of data to inform future online presence and approach


• Provide corporate returns as required on our social media / digital reach, channels, audiences and digital engagement figures

Internal Communications:

• Raise profile of relevant British Council Nigeria SBU internally through working with project teams through consistent reporting of BC Nigeria activity on regional intranet, bulletin and other internal media, updating events calendar, information on directorate, office information

Equity, Diversity and Inclusion:

• Ensure that planning, delivery and implementation of managed projects are executed in line with British Council EDI standards

Continuous Professional Development:

• Engage in professional networks and continuous professional development to ensure that knowledge and expertise are kept updated.

Key Relationships

• Local communication team


• Relevant key colleagues in the SBUs


• Regional and UK Digital teams


• Suppliers including marketing, communications, PR and events management


• Key partners and customer groups

Other important features or requirements of the Job
The post holder will be expected to travel within Nigeria. As with any business that experiences peaks and troughs of activity, there is likely to be a need to work outside office hours from time to time. Occasional attendance at events during evenings and weekends.

Person Specification
Essential:

Behaviours assessed during interview stage of recruitment process

• Making it happen (more demanding): Challenging myself and others to deliver and measure better results


• Creating shared purpose (more demanding): Communicating an engaging picture of how we can work together


• Working together (essential): Establishing a genuinely common goal with others


• Being accountable(more demanding): Putting the needs of the team or British Council ahead of my own

Behaviours not assessed during recruitment process

• Connecting with others (essential): Making regular opportunities to understand others better


• Shaping the future (essential): Looking for ways in which we can do things better

Skills and Knowledge:

• Communicating & Influencing Level 3


• Using technology – Level 3


• Managing Projects – Level 3


• Analysing Data & Problems – Level 3

Experience

• At least two years’ experience in similar role (covering key elements of this job)


• Proven success in application of social media for business use

Desirable:

• Web site management


• Graphic design skills

Qualifications

Desirable:

• University degree in related area and/or post-graduate courses in areas of Marketing, Digital or Social Media

Application Closing Date
14th October, 2016 (23:59 UK time)

How to Apply
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Job Title: Head of Examinations Business Development, Nigeria   
Location: Lagos

Purpose of Job

• To support Examination Services in Nigeria in expanding markets for examinations and related programme activity in order drive income growth targets and enhance service offering across exam products.


• To develop and promote the value of the exams offering to both internal and external stakeholders.


• Develop and execute a clear partner management strategy and work closely with colleagues across British Council Nigeria.

British Council Operating Context

Current
Nigeria is one of the largest economies in Africa. It is also the most populous country with over 180 million citizens. The UK is its largest trading partner. Nigeria holds significant political power in the region and internationally and its society retains a positive attitude to the UK. Therefore, there continue to be major opportunities for the UK and BC to build on our strong existing relationships with the Nigerian government, institutions and customers/audiences. However, there are complex and substantial risks to this work i.e. security and compliance.

Nigeria is the British Council’s largest operation in sub-Saharan Africa with offices in 4 cities – Port Harcourt in the south, Kano in the north, Abuja the Federal capital and Lagos the commercial centre. We also have a number of project offices across the country. Our 200 staff work across a range of states delivering large scale contracts, partnership programmes, examinations, projects as well as services in Arts, Education & Society and English & Exams. We are already achieving substantial impact and income (current annual income is £27.2 million) and have plans to grow and develop our impact further. Partners and clients include government, public and private institutions, foundations, private sector organisations and civil society. We work closely with the wider UK mission including DFID and UKTI.

Future
42% of Nigeria’s population is under 14. The government has recognised that its Vision 2020 must address the aspirations of this young population as part of its drive to achieve peace and prosperity. This has led to unprecedented interest and investment in Education, the Arts and good governance. This alignment with the UK’s priorities creates a growth environment for the British Council. To be successful in this, we are building understanding with our UK stakeholders of Nigeria as an emerging economy with substantial commercial and development opportunities as well as the challenges they may be more familiar with. In this we seek to integrate our approach with that of the wider UK mission.

We are expanding and scaling up our existing programmes, contracts and services in the Arts, Education & Society, English & Examinations and developing offers to fill important gaps such as in Skills. We are also working to ensure that we have a good balance of partnership, customer services and client funded work across all these sectors. To do all this we need to create the right enabling environment. In addition to developing the professional and technical expertise of our staff, we need to support them to build their relationships within Nigeria, the region and the wider global network. This will ensure we develop as well as adopt and use best practice.

We also need rigorous and compliant frameworks to support our work in areas such as finance, tax & status, security, procurement, compliance and quality management. We have new premises in Kano and have a major premises project under development in Abuja. However, there is still more work to be done, especially in Lagos and Port Harcourt to ensure our premises and technology support our brand reputation for integrity, innovation and professionalism..

The Exams business in Nigeria has grown significantly in recent years. We doubled our income and volumes between 2011 and 2013. In 2014/15 we delivered 90,000 examinations, this financial year the target is 100,000 exams on a turnover of £8.5m.  Nigeria examinations work encompasses School exams, IELTS, and a wide range of academic and professional qualifications.

Customer service, operational quality and compliance assurance are critical to the business.  Nigeria’s operating context means that risk management and contingency planning will be ongoing areas of focus. Developing flexible and appropriate delivery models will be critical in responding to the challenges of working across the country. There are a number of initiatives underway to address these needs.  The Global New Operating Model for Exams (GNOME) and Global Financial Change projects are critical to our business plans.

The Head of Business Development role is a new role and the post holder will have the opportunity to help shape the role and business development team. The post holder will also have a working relationship with the new Marketing Manager and Digital Manager roles based in the Exams team.

Accountabilities, Responsibilities and Main Duties
Business Development and Marketing:

• Business Growth – to develop and support country business growth strategy with Country Examinations Manager.


• To increase the number of examinations across Nigeria.  To identify new markets, customers and channels of promotion


• To research, plan and conduct a number of promotional events – physical, digital and print to drive growth targets


• To collect and analyse qualitative marketing data in order to contribute to market strategy and support business development


• Seek and use customer feedback to identify promotion channels, and new market opportunities


• Identify opportunities to maximise sales to existing customer groups


• Work closely with the product managers across Schools, IELTS and professional/university exams to identify new opportunities and manage new/existing external partners


• Manage a database of clients/customers and create and manage a strategy for its use


• Work with colleagues across Nigeria British Council in other SBUs to identify and devise joint promotional and partner events.  Help build external profile of examinations business with universities, government, corporations and other relevant external bodies.


• Monitor market intelligence within the industry in terms of market development, new products, competitive activity, new customers, etc.

Budget Management:

• Assist Country Examinations Manager and Director of Communications in planning activity and then to assist on monitoring income and expenditure to agreed targets

Team Management and Leadership:

• Serve as member of Senior Leadership Team


• Represent Country Exams Manager


• To contribute to Nigeria Exams team objectives by attending and contributing to staff meeting and working groups


• Engage in successful relationship building within the organisation matrix and externally


• Formulate and implement business development strategy for Exams across all product lines.

Staff Performance Management and Continuous Professional Development:

• Recognise learning gaps and address these with training, coaching or shadowing and address performance issues quickly, effectively and in line with HR policy.


• Ensure the continual professional development of staff by putting development plans in place and offering quality induction, training and coaching required


• Ensure that own professional development and training is continued

Key Relationships
This list is not exclusive but demonstrates that the range of internal relationships reflects the range of external ones.
Key internal relationships include:

• Nigeria Senior Leadership Team


• Examinations Managers


• SBU leads


• Examinations Services staff


• Director of Marketing and Communications


• Director of Research


• Regional Exams Team

Key external relationships include:

• Exams Board representatives in the UK and SSA region;


• Staff from DFID, FCO


• Senior staff from educational institutions


• Professional Bodies


• Cambridge International Education


• Venue staff


• Enquirers


• Candidates


• Global and regional SBU external stakeholders

Other important features or Requirements of the Job
(e.g. travel, unsocial/evening hours, restrictions on employment etc)
Travel across Nigeria will be required. Lead on events in areas outside of Abuja/Lagos is required, therefore, out of hours working including overnight and weekend stays is required.

Person Specification
Essential:

• Working together (more demanding)


• Making it happen (more demanding)


• Shaping the future (more demanding)


• Creating shared purpose (more demanding)


• Connecting with others (more demanding)


• Being Accountable (more demanding)

Skills and Knowledge

• Developing Business – Level 4


• Using Technology – Level 3


• Communicating and Influencing – Level 4


• Managing Accounts and Partnerships – Level 4 (Stakeholder Management)


• Analysing data and problems- Level 3


• Effective Presentation skills.


• Negotiating and Influencing


• English Language proficiency to IELTS band 8.0 in all areas (or equivalent).

Experience

• A minimum of Five years of proven experience in a similar role within an educational context (or corporate sector, public/NGO)


• Demonstrates ability to understand scope of academic systems in accordance with quality assurance standards.


• Demonstrable experience of sustaining/and or growing a product/service to meet income and impact targets.


• Demonstrated experience managing relationships with external clients, partners and stakeholders

Desirable:

• Experience organising promotional events such as roadshows conferences, etc.

Qualifications

• Education to degree level or equivalent.

Desirable:

• A business-related degree.

Application Closing Date
26th October, 2016

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Click here to download Job details (Microsoft Word)

Click here to download BC Behaviour (pdf)

 

 

Job Title: Marketing Manager, Exams
Location: Lagos

Purpose of Job

• To directly contribute to growing British Council Nigeria’s operation, building positive perceptions of the British Council and the UK, with the British Council as a leading global Cultural Relations organisation.


• As an effective member of the Exams Team, with strong link to MarComms team, the Marketing Manager, Exams will be responsible for developing and delivering high quality promotional material and campaigns across a range of channels, supporting the British Council Nigeria’s Examinations strategy and offer.


• S/he will demonstrate a deep understanding of the organisation’s aims, stakeholders and target audiences, the Nigeria operating context and the ability to connect with operational colleagues.

British Council Operating Context

Current
Nigeria is one of the largest economies in Africa. It is also the most populous country with over 180 million citizens. The UK is its largest trading partner. Nigeria holds significant political power in the region and internationally and its society retains a positive attitude to the UK. Therefore, there continue to be major opportunities for the UK and BC to build on our strong existing relationships with the Nigerian government, institutions and customers/audiences. However, there are complex and substantial risks to this work i.e. security and compliance.

Nigeria is the British Council’s largest operation in sub-Saharan Africa with offices in 4 cities – Port Harcourt in the south, Kano in the north, Abuja the Federal capital and Lagos the commercial centre. We also have a number of project offices across the country. Our 200 staff work across a range of states delivering large scale contracts, partnership programmes, examinations, projects as well as services in Arts, Education & Society and English & Exams. We are already achieving substantial impact and income (current annual income is £27.2 million) and have plans to grow and develop our impact further. Partners and clients include government, public and private institutions, foundations, private sector organisations and civil society. We work closely with the wider UK mission including DFID and UKTI.

Future
42% of Nigeria’s population is under 14. The government has recognised that its Vision 2020 must address the aspirations of this young population as part of its drive to achieve peace and prosperity. This has led to unprecedented interest and investment in Education, the Arts and good governance. This alignment with the UK’s priorities creates a growth environment for the British Council. To be successful in this, we are building understanding with our UK stakeholders of Nigeria as an emerging economy with substantial commercial and development opportunities as well as the challenges they may be more familiar with. In this we seek to integrate our approach with that of the wider UK mission.

We are expanding and scaling up our existing programmes, contracts and services in the Arts, Education & Society, English & Examinations and developing offers to fill important gaps such as in Skills. We are also working to ensure that we have a good balance of partnership, customer services and client funded work across all these sectors. To do all this we need to create the right enabling environment. In addition to developing the professional and technical expertise of our staff, we need to support them to build their relationships within Nigeria, the region and the wider global network.

This will ensure we develop as well as adopt and use best practice. We also need rigorous and compliant frameworks to support our work in areas such as finance, tax & status, security, procurement, compliance and quality management. We have new premises in Kano and have a major premises project under development in Abuja. However, there is still more work to be done, especially in Lagos and Port Harcourt to ensure our premises and technology support our brand reputation for integrity, innovation and professionalism.

The Exams business in Nigeria has grown significantly in recent years. We doubled our income and volumes between 2011 and 2013. In 2014/15 we delivered 90,000 examinations, this financial year the target is 100,000 exams on a turnover of £8.5m. Nigeria examinations work encompasses School exams, IELTS, and a wide range of academic and professional qualifications.

Customer service, operational quality and compliance assurance are critical to the business. Nigeria’s operating context means that risk management and contingency planning will be ongoing areas of focus. Developing flexible and appropriate delivery models will be critical in responding to the challenges of working across the country. There are a number of initiatives underway to address these needs. The Global New Operating Model for Exams (GNOME) and Global Financial Change projects are critical to our business plans.

The Marketing Manager role is a new role and the post holder will have the opportunity to help shape the role and business development team. The post holder will also have a working relationship with the new Head of Business Development and Digital Manager roles based in the Exams team.

Accountabilities, Responsibilities and Main Duties
Strategy Development and Implementation:

• Develop, plan, deliver and evaluate the Exams Marketing strategy and plan, working with the Exams Management Team, the regional Comms and Digital team and relevant corporate teams. The Marketing strategy and plan will include agreed targets and reflect the strategic focus of the Nigeria exams operation.


• As an ‘internal consultant’ to the business area, provide support and direction on the creation, planning, delivery and evaluation of business specific marketing strategies and campaigns, which include market sizing, financial data, targets, customer segmentation, competitor analysis and market data

Management and Delivery of the Marketing Function:

• Manage the day-to-day activities associated with all marketing efforts, including: project management; commissioning content; content creation; creative development; campaign tracking and reporting as necessary.


• Closely collaborate with business and project leads to develop an integrated and sustainable marketing approach, capitalising on common customer base, promoting synergies and economies of scale, and delivering maximum impact and business returns.


• Track performance of marketing campaigns through measurement and analysis to understand effectiveness and ROI


• Conduct quarterly reviews of market-specific strategies and action plans and develop initiatives that support country-specific marketing activities.


• Working with the Digital and Social Media Manager (Exams), drive the content and creative strategy for business areas on all digital platforms, including but not limited to websites and social media, e-mail marketing and digital campaigns.


• Across all activities, manage brand guidelines to ensure all vendors and internal customers follow corporate standards.

Sourcing of Goods and Services, Supplier Management:

• Working with product managers and Head of Operations, lead on the commissioning (procurement) of MarComms services from external suppliers supporting projects, programmes and events, defining Terms of Reference to provide a clear brief to suppliers. Services include: PR; Events Management; Marketing; Communications; Media coverage. Ensure all campaigns are based on sound briefs that support business and brand objectives, are customer-focused, closely adhere to brand guidelines and are produced to British Council standards


• Proactively manage the relationship with key suppliers and specifically the quality of service / value for money from suppliers engaged on specific activities


• Lead on and manage the procurement of exams team ‘collateral’ including but not limited to brochures; banners etc


• Commission high quality and creative photography and videography which captures the essence and impact of our work.

Brand Champion:

• To support the MarComms team to promote brand standards across all channels of engagement, including digital and print.

Collaborative Working:

• Proactively engage with product and customer service leads and their teams to understand in depth the nature of the British Council’s operation and ambition, supporting effective marketing activities and credibility in the role


• Coach and support individuals and teams – the internal customer.


• Actively support equality and diversity and work to the British Council’s EDI policy at all times

Continuous Professional Development:

• Engage in professional networks and continuous professional development to ensure that knowledge, networks  and expertise are kept updated

Key Relationships

• Head of Operations, Exams


• Nigeria Exams Team


• Director Communications and Digital and Social Media Manager


• Exams Management Team


• Regional Communications & Digital teams


• UK based Marketing, Brand and Communications teams


• Key colleagues in Strategic Business Units (SBUs)


• Suppliers including marketing, communications, PR and events management


• Key partners and customer groups

Other important features or requirements of the Job
The post holder will be expected to travel within Nigeria. As with any business that experiences peaks and troughs of activity, there is likely to be a need to work outside office hours from time to time. Occasional attendance at events at weekends and evenings.

Person Specification
Essential:
Behaviours assessed during interview stage of recruitment process

• Making it Happen – Most demanding level


• Connecting With Others – Most demanding level


• Working Together – Most demanding level

Behaviours not assessed during recruitment process

• Creating Shared Purpose- More demanding level


• Shaping the Future – More demanding level


• Being Accountable – More demanding level

Skills and Knowledge

• Communicating and Influencing – L3


• Using Technology – L3


• Managing Projects – L3


• Analysing Data and Problems – L3


• Teamwork.

Desirable:

• Supplier management


• Knowledge of the education and qualification system in the UK and Nigeria

Experience

• A minimum of 5 years of proven experience in a similar role within an educational context (or corporate sector, public/NGO)


• Track record with developing promotional campaigns online/offline communications to drive customer growth and/or sales growth

Desirable:

• Experience in a similar role in an international organisation

Qualifications

• Degree level qualification in a relevant field or equivalent experience

Desirable:

• Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) Level 6 Diploma in Professional Marketing (or equivalent)

Application Closing Date
26th October, 2016

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Click here to download job details (Microsoft Word)

Click here to download BC Behaviour (pdf)

 

Note

• As part of the recruitment exercise, shortlisted candidates will undergo recruitment tests in Lagos or Abuja.


• Interviews to be held in Lagos only.

 

Career Opportunities at British Council Nigeria [3 positions]

Digital and Social Media Manager at British Council

The British Council is the world’s leading cultural relations organization and creates opportunities for people in the UK and worldwide to understand each other, to work together and learn from one another. We see this as crucial to building secure, more prosperous and sustainable futures for us all. We build trust and understanding between different countries and cultures and develop strong international links that are of benefit to people in Britain and the rest of the world.

Job Title: Digital and Social Media Manager 

Description

• The Digital and Social Media Manager will be responsible for developing and delivering high quality content across social media channels for the relevant Strategic Business Unit – Exams & Programmes.


• The content will be delivered through close liaison with teams in question.


• The post holders will be proactive and creative, working collaboratively with colleagues to define and implement digital strategies, plans and campaigns for the Business Units.


• British Council Operating Context

Current:

• Nigeria is one of the largest economies in Africa. It is also the most populous country with over 180 million citizens. The UK is its largest trading partner. Nigeria holds significant political power in the region and internationally and its society retains a positive attitude to the UK.


• Therefore, there continue to be major opportunities for the UK and BC to build on our strong existing relationships with the Nigerian government, institutions and customers/audiences. However, there are complex and substantial risks to this work i.e. security and compliance. 


• Nigeria is the British Council’s largest operation in sub-Saharan Africa with offices in 4 cities – Port Harcourt in the south, Kano in the north, Abuja the Federal capital and Lagos the commercial centre. We also have a number of project offices across the country.


• Our 200 staff work across a range of states delivering large scale contracts, partnership programmes, examinations, projects as well as services in Arts, Education & Society and English & Exams. We are already achieving substantial impact and income (current annual income is £27.2 million) and have plans to grow and develop our impact further.


• Partners and clients include government, public and private institutions, foundations, private sector organisations and civil society. We work closely with the wider UK mission including DFID and UKTI. 


• Nigeria has the largest exams operations in SSA.  There are currently over 40 members in the exams team.  Nigeria examinations work encompasses Schools exams via our partnership with Cambridge International Education (CIE), IELTS (International English Language Testing System), and a wide range of academic and professional qualifications.  Last year, we delivered 90,000 exams on a turnover of £8.2m. 


• This financial year, there are growth targets to achieve income of £9.2m.  Customer service, operational quality and compliance are critical to the business.  Developing flexible and appropriate delivery models is vital in responding to the challenges working across the country.

Future:

• 42% of Nigeria’s population is under 14. The government has recognised that its Vision 2020 must address the aspirations of this young population as part of its drive to achieve peace and prosperity. This has led to unprecedented interest and investment in Education, the Arts and good governance.


• This alignment with the UK’s priorities creates a growth environment for the British Council. To be successful in this, we are building understanding with our UK stakeholders of Nigeria as an emerging economy with substantial commercial and development opportunities as well as the challenges they may be more familiar with. In this we seek to integrate our approach with that of the wider UK mission.


• We are expanding and scaling up our existing programmes, contracts and services in the Arts, Education & Society, English & Examinations and developing offers to fill important gaps such as in Skills.


• We are also working to ensure that we have a good balance of partnership, customer services and client funded work across all these sectors. To do all this we need to create the right enabling environment. In addition to developing the professional and technical expertise of our staff, we need to support them to build their relationships within Nigeria, the region and the wider global network.


• This will ensure we develop as well as adopt and use best practice. We also need rigorous and compliant frameworks to support our work in areas such as finance, tax & status, security, procurement, compliance and quality management.


• We have new premises in Kano and have a major premises project under development in Abuja. However, there is still more work to be done, especially in Lagos and Port Harcourt to ensure our premises and technology support our brand reputation for integrity, innovation and professionalism.

Accountabilities, Responsibilities and Main Duties

• Digital Communications and Social Media:


• Working with all teams, to develop, implement and maintain an imaginative and comprehensive social media presence for selected projects using a wide variety of tools, setting ambitious targets and monitoring success.


• Develop and execute plans to increase page views, unique visitors, dwell time and site ‘stickiness’ to encourage repeat usage.


• Working with relevant people within teams in the SBU in order to actively contribute to developing and delivering British Council Nigeria’s ‘overarching’ online presence, enhancing our external profile.


• To embed these strategies within the culture of the operation and actively support colleagues in using a wide variety of appropriate tools.


• Identifying and developing engaging online campaigns:


• Identify and execute engaging online creative directions for British Council’s projects and examination services that will enhance the council’s online presence and drive online engagement metric objectives as identified.


• Monitor and identify trends in Nigeria social media, market intelligence and insight  to support effective strategies, plans and audience reach


• Identify, build relationships and pro-actively engage with influential bloggers, journalists and on-line commentators and media agencies relevant to our work

Website Management:

• Working with local and regional digital team to edit and create new content for the relevant British Council’s country pages on the country website with the aim of increasing interactive engagement and audience reach.


• Tracking, analysis and reporting media coverage:


• Compile monthly reports detailing broadcast, tracking mentions , trends/engagement levels with analysis of data to inform future online presence and approach


• Provide corporate returns as required on our social media / digital reach, channels, audiences and digital engagement figures

Internal Communications:

• Raise profile of relevant British Council Nigeria SBU internally through working with project teams through consistent reporting of BC Nigeria activity on regional intranet, bulletin and other internal media, updating events calendar, information on directorate, office information

Equity, Diversity and Inclusion:

• Ensure that planning, delivery and implementation of managed projects are executed in line with British Council EDI standards


• Continuous Professional Development:


• Engage in professional networks and continuous professional development to ensure that knowledge and expertise are kept updated.


• Key Relationships


• Local communication team


• Relevant key colleagues in the SBUs


• Regional and UK Digital teams


• Suppliers including marketing, communications, PR and events management


• Key partners and customer groups


• Other important features or requirements of the Job


• The post holder will be expected to travel within Nigeria. As with any business that experiences peaks and troughs of activity, there is likely to be a need to work outside office hours from time to time. Occasional attendance at events during evenings and weekends.

Requirements
Essential:

• Behaviours assessed during interview stage of recruitment process


• Making it happen (more demanding): Challenging myself and others to deliver and measure better results


• Creating shared purpose (more demanding): Communicating an engaging picture of how we can work together


• Working together (essential): Establishing a genuinely common goal with others


• Being accountable(more demanding): Putting the needs of the team or British Council ahead of my own


• Behaviours not assessed during recruitment process


• Connecting with others (essential): Making regular opportunities to understand others better


• Shaping the future (essential): Looking for ways in which we can do things better

Skills and Knowledge:

• Communicating & Influencing Level 3


• Using technology – Level 3


• Managing Projects – Level 3


• Analyzing Data & Problems – Level 3

Experience

• At least two years’ experience in similar role (covering key elements of this job)


• Proven success in application of social media for business use

Desirable:

• Web site management


• Graphic design skills

Qualifications

• University degree

Desirable:

• University degree in related area and/or post-graduate courses in areas of Marketing, Digital or Social Media

Location: Lagos

Closing Date
14th October, 2016

APPLY HERE

Note

• As part of the recruitment exercise, shortlisted candidates will undergo recruitment tests in Lagos or Abuja.


• Interviews will be held in Lagos & Abuja only.

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Digital and Social Media Manager at British Council

Several Vacancies at British Council

The British Council is the world’s leading cultural relations organization and creates opportunities for people in the UK and worldwide to understand each other, to work together and learn from one another. We see this as crucial to building secure, more prosperous and sustainable futures for us all. We build trust and understanding between different countries and cultures and develop strong international links that are of benefit to people in Britain and the rest of the world.

We are recruiting to fill the following positions below:

1)Head of Examinations Business Development
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2) Marketing Manager, Exams
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3)Digital and Social Media Manager
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Several Vacancies at British Council

Latest Career Opportunity at The British Council, Saturday 1, October 2016

The British Council is the United Kingdom’s international organisation for cultural relations.

The British Council creates international opportunities for the people of the UK and other countries and builds trust between them worldwide. We call this cultural relations.

We build trust and understanding for the UK to create a safer and more prosperous world. In terms of our reach and impact, we are the world’s leading cultural relations organisation. Cultural relations is a component of international relations which focuses on developing people-to-people links and complements government-to-people and government-to-government contact. We use English, Arts, and Education and Society – the best of the UK’s great cultural assets – to bring people together and to attract partners to working with the UK. The British Council has over 7,000 staff working in 191 offices in 110 countries and territories.

DIGITAL AND SOCIAL MEDIA MANAGER – NIGERIA (JUNIOR MANAGEMENT) – 3 POSITIONS

VACANCY DESCRIPTION

Role is Pay band 6 (Junior Management)/ Posts can be in Lagos or Abuja/Indefinite term contract/vacancy is open to internal and external staff/applicants must have pre-existing right to work in Nigeria.

We are looking for three (3) Dynamic, Creative and Proactive individuals who have a grasp of Social Media for Business use to join our Programms, Exams a & Communication Teams.

If you are interested in being a part of a multicultural organisation with dynamic teams spanning six continents, then welcome to the British Council, the UK’s cultural relations organisation. We create international opportunities for the UK and other countries and build trust between them worldwide.

We have teams and offices in six continents and over 100 countries bringing exciting international opportunities to life, every day. Each year we work with millions of people, connecting them with the United Kingdom, through our work in English, the Arts, Education and our ways of living and organising society. We have over 75 years’ experience of doing this.

THE ROLE

Digital and Social Media Manager – Nigeria (Junior Management)

The Digital and Social Media Manager will have responsibility for developing and delivering high quality content across social media channels for the relevant Strategic Business Unit – Exams & Programmes. S/he will work collaboratively with colleagues to define and implement digital strategies, plans and campaigns for the Business Units.


RESPONSIBILITIES

You will be responsible for:

Working with relevant teams, to develop, implement and maintain an imaginative and comprehensive social media presence for selected projects using a wide variety of tools, setting ambitious targets and monitoring success.

Monitor and identify trends in Nigeria social media, market intelligence and insight to support effective strategies, plans and audience reach.

Compile monthly reports detailing broadcast, tracking mentions, trends/engagement levels with analysis of data to inform future online presence and approach.

THE PERSON

We are looking for someone with:

At least two years’ experience in similar role (covering key elements of this job).

Proven success in the application of social media for business use.

Good Social Media Network

A “can do” attitude and preparedness to roll-up their sleeves and make things happen.

Please refer to the role profile for more information on the role, its responsibilities/accountabilities and person specification.

Download thsee files online for relevant document to support your application.

Role Profile – Digital and Social Media Manager – Nigeria.pdf

TO APPLY

As part of the recruitment exercise, shortlisted candidates will undergo recruitment tests in Lagos or Abuja.

Interviews will be held in Lagos & Abuja only.

Closing date for applications is 14th October, 2016 (23:59 UK time)

Note that you should only fill out the application after thoroughly reading through the ROLE PROFILE & GUIDANCE NOTES. There’s some important information you don’t want to miss.

The British Council is committed to a policy of equal opportunity and is keen to reflect diversity of our society at every level within the organisation. We welcome applications from all sections of the community. In line with the British Council’s Child Protection policy, any appointment is contingent on thorough checks.

CLICK HERE TO APPLY

DUE DATE: 14 October, 2016

Latest Career Opportunity at The British Council, Saturday 1, October 2016

Career Opportunities at The British Council, Tuesday 20, September 2016

Nigeria is the British Council’s largest operation in SSA with offices in four cities: Lagos, Port Harcourt, Abuja and Kano. NSRP is a DFID-funded programme managed by the British Council (who lead a consortium including International Alert and Social Development Direct) that aims to enhance collective efforts to identify and respond effectively to potential sources of violent conflict in Nigeria and reduce the negative impacts of conflict on the most vulnerable among the Nigerian population.

NSRP supports interventions to address conflicts at the national level and in 8 target states, namely Bayelsa, Borno, Delta, Kaduna, Kano, Plateau, Rivers and Yobe. The programme has its headquarters in Abuja and also operates from four regional offices in Jos (Middle Belt), Kano (North West), Maiduguri (North East) and Port Harcourt (Niger Delta). Regional Manager will be based in the North East regional office in Maiduguri and will be required to travel to Abuja and other regional offices occasionally.

The programme’s operations in the North East region are largely concentrated in Borno and Yobe states. These two states are among the worst affected by the insurgency, which has led to the death of over 20,000 persons and displacement of over 2 million people. Although much progress has been recorded in military operations to defeat the insurgents, the environment remains fragile and many displaced persons are still in camps and not returned to deserted communities. Public infrastructure and services are being gradually restored and both governmental and civil society organizations face serious institutional and operational challenges.


NSRP REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVE – 2 POSITIONS

Department

Education & Society

Job Category

Project Management

Pay Band

Locally appointed Grade E

VACANCY DESCRIPTION

Nigeria Stability and Reconciliation Programme Pay Band: 8 Location: Maiduguri and Port Harcourt Duration: 18 months Closing date: 27 September 2016

DETAILS

The post holder will work closely with the Deputy Programme Manager (Results), Deputy Programme Manager (Resources), Output Managers, Monitoring and Evaluation Manager, Operations Manager, Security Manager, Programme Advisers and will report to the NSRP Regional Representative.

Please read the role profile attached.

You may find it useful to look at the attached guidance notes on the behaviours and the generic skills dictionary.

The British Council is an equal opportunity employer, women are encouraged to apply.


REGIONAL MANAGER (NSRP)

Department

Education & Society

Job Category

Project Management

Pay Band

Locally appointed Grade F

VACANCY DESCRIPTION

Nigeria Stability and Reconciliation Programme Pay Band: 7 Location: Maiduguri Duration: 18 months Closing date: 27 September 2016

The post holder will work closely with the Deputy Programme Manager (Results), Deputy Programme Manager (Resources), Output Managers, Monitoring and Evaluation Manager, Operations Manager, Security Manager, Programme Advisers and will report to the NSRP Regional Representative.

Please read the role profile attached.

You may find it useful to look at the attached guidance notes on the behaviours and the generic skills dictionary.

The British Council is an equal opportunity employer, women are encouraged to apply

TO APPLY

Click on Job Title below:

NSRP REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVE

REGIONAL MANAGER (NSRP)

DUE DATE: 27 September, 2016

Career Opportunities at The British Council, Tuesday 20, September 2016

Finance Career Opportunity at British Council, Friday 16, September 2016

The British Council is the UK’s international organisation for educational opportunities and cultural relations. We create international opportunities for the people of the UK and other countries and build trust between them worldwide.

We work in more than 100 countries and our 7000 staff – including 2000 teachers – work with thousands of professionals and policy makers and millions of young people every year by teaching English, sharing the Arts and delivering education and society programmes.


HEAD OF FINANCE


Are you comfortable with a highly visible senior role during a period of substantial organisational change and want to be part of a multicultural organisation with dynamic teams spanning six continents? Then please read on.

Welcome to the British Council, the UK’s cultural relations organisation. We create international opportunities for the UK and other countries and build trust between them worldwide.

We have teams and offices in six continents and over 100 countries bringing exciting international opportunities to life, every day. Each year we work with millions of people, connecting them with the United Kingdom, through our work in English, the Arts, Education and our ways of living and organising society. We have over 75 years’ experience of doing this.

We are looking for a dynamic, customer- centric individual to join and lead our Finance team. If you are interested in working with us to fulfll our vision, then please read through the information below.

THE ROLE

Head of Finance – Nigeria (Senior Management)

The Head of Finance will have responsibility for all aspects of strategic and operational finance in Nigeria. S/he will lead the development and delivery of the Nigeria Finance strategy working with the country, regional and corporate teams.

RESPONSIBILITIES

You will be responsible for:

Leading of the finance function; ensuring the finance strategy delivers growth through new business operating model

Ensuring compliance with local tax authorities and regulatory bodies while conforming to British Council’s financial control standards.

Business development and growth; leveraging potential for business growth through high quality financial modelling  and commercial costing and pricing strategies


THE PERSON

We are looking for someone with:

About ten (10) years’ experience in commercial or not-for-profit organisation

Experience managing multi-location teams in international, multi-cultural organisations.

Strong communication skills

Knowledge of Nigerian Tax and reporting regulatory requirements.

A “can do” attitude and preparedness to roll-up their sleeves and make things happen.

Please refer to the role profile for more information on the role, its responsibilities/accountabilities and person specification.

Please follow the links for relevant document to support your application

ROLE PROFILE HEAD OF FINANCE NIGERIA.DOC
BC CORE SKILLS.DOC

As part of the recruitment exercise, shortlisted candidates will undergo a test of English proficiency; IELTS (International English Language Testing System). You will require an International passport to be able to register for the test.

Closing date for applications is 30th September, 2016 (23:59 UK time)

Note that you should only fill out the application after thoroughly reading through the ROLE PROFILE & GUIDANCE NOTES. There’s some important information you don’t want to miss.

CLICK HERE TO APPLY

DUE DATE: 30 September, 2016

Finance Career Opportunity at British Council, Friday 16, September 2016