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To manage the development and delivery of project activities in order to fully meet activity objectives and achieve best possible impact for clients and customers. Activities are delivered in accordance with British Council (BC) standards and procedures.
The British Council is the world’s leading cultural relations organisation, with a vital role to play in public diplomacy. Offering learning opportunities and creative initiatives from the UK, it connects people in 109 countries and territories, building mutually beneficial and lasting relationships between the UK and the rest of the world.
The British Council is the UK’s leading international organisation for cultural relations. We build engagement and trust for the UK through the exchange of knowledge and ideas between people worldwide.
British Council Scotland aims to connect Scotland and the world, working with the arts, education, governance and science sectors.
Our Edinburgh office has sixty staff working across a range of projects in Scotland and beyond. Most of the staff in the Scotland office, including these posts, are part of the UK-wide Contracts and Projects Delivery team (C&P).
Contract & Projects Delivery (C&P) is the UK resource within the British Council global team for the delivery of all operational projects and contract management. C&P has over 350 staff across the UK and aims to provide programme and project management services to a wide range of clients. To achieve its aim the department has a strategy to develop flexible and skilled project management professionals. This means enabling our staff to work on a range of activity including Science, Youth, Governance, Schools, Higher Education, Vocational Education and Training and Sports by building on their current experience and developing new capabilities. Staff also work in areas including Systems and Processes, Promotions and Marketing and Training and Professional Development.
British Council Scotland has a vacancy for a member of staff to work in the Education UK Scotland team. This will involve managing the delivery of a range of projects to promote Scotland’s unique education offering overseas. You will also work with Scottish education providers to target agreed international priority markets with specific lead responsibility for developing and delivering activity in two or three of those markets. Projects will include education missions, seminars in Scotland and promotional campaigns.
Education UK Scotland is funded by the college and university sectors in Scotland, British Council Scotland and the Scottish Government, and works to complement the services offered by the Education UK Partnership and Education UK Marketing.
We are looking for candidates who have strong project management skills, have a good understanding of the UK Higher and Further education system and the ability to learn rapidly about Scotland’s distinctive education system. Previous knowledge of the Scottish Higher and Further education system and expertise in international marketing would be desirable. There will be some unsocial hours working on evenings and at weekends, as well as some travel (both UK & overseas).
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Closing date for applications for all posts: 12pm on 26 September 2008.
For further information about our work and the positions available please visit our website: www.britishcouncil.org/scotland
For an application pack please contact, quoting the relevant reference number:
The British Council
People Media Response
PO Box 50233
London
EC4A 4YZ.
Telephone: +44 (0)870 157 5576/+44 (0)870 160 2465
E-mail: britishcouncil@barkers.co.uk
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 also offer application packs in the following formats: large print, Braille, computer disk or audio tape.
We guarantee an interview to disabled candidates who meet the essential criteria.
We are the UK’s international organisation for educational opportunities and cultural relations. We are registered in England as a charity.
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