Tuesday 19 January 2016

Nigeria: Job Vacancy:Director Communications Nigeria British Council - Nigeria , Lagos

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Purpose of the Job: To contribute directly 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. To apply
click on THIS LINK.To lead on the strategic delivery of (marketing and) communications in Nigeria, including raising the profile of programmes, activities and impact with key stakeholder groups. To provide leadership for the marketing / communications staff in country, to build communications capacity in the Strategic Business Unit (SBU) project staff, and embed communications at the heart of our projects and programme portfolio, ensuring important media presence, and by contributing to building long-term relationships with all major stakeholders and target groups.

Main responsibilities:

Strategy Development and Implementation

-Lead the development and delivery of the Nigeria MarComms strategy working with the Nigeria Executive and Senior Leadership Teams, the regional Comms and Digital team and relevant corporate teams.
-Ensure that a robust MarComms plan with agreed targets is developed that reflects the strategic focus for the Nigeria operation.
- Work collaboratively ensuring stakeholder mapping and analysis is up to date and appropriate, enabling deliver of strategy and plans.

See the role profile for full responsibilities and core accountabilities.

Qualifications and Experience

Applicants must have

-Established experience in multi-channel marketing and communications including on-line, offline, internal and external communications, branding and media relations, events management.
- Experience of managing marketing campaigns effectively with successful outcomes
- Experience of building and managing effective relationships with media and suppliers
- Experience managing a team
- University degree
- Professional qualification in communications, marketing, PR or journalism

For more details on the job, see the attached below:

Role Profile Director Communications Nigeria.doc

BC Core Skills.doc

Application Deadline: 30 January 2016 at 23:59 UK Time
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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.

We are a UK charity governed by Royal Charter. A core publically-funded grant-in-aid provides less than 25 per cent of our turnover which last year was £781m. The rest of our revenues are earned from services which customers around the world pay for, through education and development contracts and from partnerships with public and private organisations. All our work is in pursuit of our charitable purpose and supports prosperity and security for the UK and globally.

For more information, please visit: www.britishcouncil.org. You can also keep in touch with the British Council through http://twitter.com/britishcouncil and http://blog.britishcouncil.org

The British Council is committed to a policy of equal opportunity and is keen to reflect the diversity of UK society at every level within the organisation. We welcome applications from all sections of the community. We are committed to employing disabled people. The United Kingdom’s international organisation for cultural relations and educational opportunities. A registered charity: 209131 (England and Wales) SC037733 (Scotland).

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