Vacancy - Programme and Marketing Manager Needed

Employer: British Council

Our Client:
The British Council, currently looking for a suitably qualified and experienced individual to join us as Programme and Marketing Manager.

Vacancy - Programme and Marketing Manager.

Purpose of job:

To work with Assistant Director Nigeria (Head of Arts and Creative Economy Programme in Nigeria) and various UK based arts group advisors on the management of all aspects of the UK in the Nigeria 2015 programme in order to develop and deliver an effective, high quality programme of activity.

Context and environment:

Nigeria 2015 is a five year project (2014 – 2018) to build new audiences for UK and Nigerian arts and culture.

It peaks in 2015.

Nigeria will be 100 years old in 2014.

In 2015 Nigeria will be 101; a new century of cultural growth.

The key ambition of the project is exposing new people to new work from Nigeria and the UK, amongst others.

Main Duties & Responsibilities:

General leadership, management and coordination: Contribute to the development and ongoing management of governance structures, e.g. advisory and steering groups

Programme Management: Lead projects team on delivery of programmes within 2015 season working as necessary with project managers, BC management resource, partners and stakeholders.

Marketing and Communications for Nigeria 2015 Programme: Work with Assistant Director Nigeria and project partners to ensure that an appropriate marketing and communication strategy is in place for the whole of the Nigeria 2015 Programme

Evaluation and Legacy of Nigeria 2015 programme: Work with the Head of Planning and Evaluation ( Arts Group UK) and Nigerian planning and evaluation team to ensure programmes follow corporate outcomes based evaluation model.

How To Apply:

Please read through the Programme and Marketing Manager Role profile.

Download and complete the British Council application form.

To help you understand and complete the application form, read through the ‘How to complete the application’ document on the jobs page.

Listed within the role profile document, you will find a number of listed ‘behaviours’ and ‘skills and knowledge’.

Evidence against those criteria will need to be provided in your role application form.

To help you understand those criteria, we have provided a ‘behaviours’ and ‘generic skills’ dictionary at the top of the jobs page.

Completed application forms should be sent fposts@ng.britishcouncil.org  no later than Monday 16, September, 2013. Please ensure the subject of your mail is, ‘Programme and Marketing Manager”.

Only applications received on the British Council application form will be considered and only short-listed candidates will be contacted.

The British Council is committed to a policy of Equal Opportunity and Diversity and welcomes applicants from all sections of the community.

We guarantee an interview to disabled candidates who meet the essential criteria.