Job Description
The British Council builds connections, understanding and trust between people in the UK and other countries through arts and culture, education and the English language.
We work in two ways - directly with individuals to transform their lives, and with governments and partners to make a bigger difference for the longer term, creating benefit for millions of people all over the world. We help young people to gain the skills, confidence and connections they are looking for to realise their potential and to participate in strong and inclusive communities. We support them to learn English, to get a high-quality education and to gain internationally recognised qualifications. Our work in arts and culture stimulates creative expression and exchange and nurtures creative enterprise. We connect the best of the UK with the world and the best of the world with the UK.
These connections lead to an understanding of each other's strengths and of the challenges and values that we share. This builds trust between people in the UK and other nations which endures even when official relations may be strained. We work on the ground in more than 100 countries. In 2019-20 we connected with 80 million people directly and with 791 million overall, including online and through our broadcasts and publications.
Context
The British Council is the UK's international organisation for cultural relations and educational opportunities. We create friendly knowledge and understanding between the people of the UK and other countries. We do this by making a positive contribution to the UK and the countries we work with - changing lives by creating opportunities, building connections and engendering trust. We work with over 100 countries across the world in the fields of arts and culture, English language and education. Each year we reach over 20 million people face-to-face and more than 500 million people online, via broadcasts and publications. Founded in 1934, we are a UK charity governed by Royal Charter and a UK public body.
This role sits within the Cultural Engagement (CE) Strategic Business Unit (SBU). CE brings together our portfolio of work in arts, education, English, and research. Our portfolio is delivered through a set of globally led programmes that locate our work and impact within our strategic framework. These programmes deliver our key performance indicators and impact ambitions.
The British Council aims to improve the quality of TVET systems, benefitting young people and supporting the drive to deliver Sustainable Development Goals 4 and 8 while deepening ties to the UK in the process. We apply technical knowledge of education system reform, programme design and implementation to strengthen the effectiveness of TVET institutions and systems, improving teaching and learning and enabling young people to gain the technical skills needed by employers and the economy. We do this by drawing UK and international experience and good practice to provide innovative and tailored solutions to strengthen the effectiveness of TVET Systems. This benefits the UK and overseas systems we work with.
The Opportunity
Role Purpose
To support the pursuit, development, delivery and evaluation of the British Council's TVET systems global portfolio, through the provision of high quality technical and policy advice; research and analysis of sector trends and opportunities; and ensuring engagement and alignment with UK TVET sector knowledge and expertise. Funders of our work include UK Government, EU, International Development Banks and Agencies as well as the Private sector. The role will also have responsibility for managing relationships with internal stakeholders in a small number of TVET priority countries and regions to ensure sustainable and impactful programmes in these countries. These programmes should align with UK sector experience and expertise and support institution to institution and/or government to government partnership working.
Main accountabilities but not limited to the following:
Sector/subject expertise
Further Information
Pay Band - 8/E
Contract Type - Indefinite Contract
Department - Cultural Engagement
Location - UK
Requirements - Candidates must have the pre-existing right to work in location. Mobility / relocation support will not be provided
Closing Date - Sunday 3 October 2022
Interviews - Week commencing 17 October 2022
A connected and trusted UK in a more connected and trusted world.
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We work in two ways - directly with individuals to transform their lives, and with governments and partners to make a bigger difference for the longer term, creating benefit for millions of people all over the world. We help young people to gain the skills, confidence and connections they are looking for to realise their potential and to participate in strong and inclusive communities. We support them to learn English, to get a high-quality education and to gain internationally recognised qualifications. Our work in arts and culture stimulates creative expression and exchange and nurtures creative enterprise. We connect the best of the UK with the world and the best of the world with the UK.
These connections lead to an understanding of each other's strengths and of the challenges and values that we share. This builds trust between people in the UK and other nations which endures even when official relations may be strained. We work on the ground in more than 100 countries. In 2019-20 we connected with 80 million people directly and with 791 million overall, including online and through our broadcasts and publications.
Context
The British Council is the UK's international organisation for cultural relations and educational opportunities. We create friendly knowledge and understanding between the people of the UK and other countries. We do this by making a positive contribution to the UK and the countries we work with - changing lives by creating opportunities, building connections and engendering trust. We work with over 100 countries across the world in the fields of arts and culture, English language and education. Each year we reach over 20 million people face-to-face and more than 500 million people online, via broadcasts and publications. Founded in 1934, we are a UK charity governed by Royal Charter and a UK public body.
This role sits within the Cultural Engagement (CE) Strategic Business Unit (SBU). CE brings together our portfolio of work in arts, education, English, and research. Our portfolio is delivered through a set of globally led programmes that locate our work and impact within our strategic framework. These programmes deliver our key performance indicators and impact ambitions.
The British Council aims to improve the quality of TVET systems, benefitting young people and supporting the drive to deliver Sustainable Development Goals 4 and 8 while deepening ties to the UK in the process. We apply technical knowledge of education system reform, programme design and implementation to strengthen the effectiveness of TVET institutions and systems, improving teaching and learning and enabling young people to gain the technical skills needed by employers and the economy. We do this by drawing UK and international experience and good practice to provide innovative and tailored solutions to strengthen the effectiveness of TVET Systems. This benefits the UK and overseas systems we work with.
The Opportunity
Role Purpose
To support the pursuit, development, delivery and evaluation of the British Council's TVET systems global portfolio, through the provision of high quality technical and policy advice; research and analysis of sector trends and opportunities; and ensuring engagement and alignment with UK TVET sector knowledge and expertise. Funders of our work include UK Government, EU, International Development Banks and Agencies as well as the Private sector. The role will also have responsibility for managing relationships with internal stakeholders in a small number of TVET priority countries and regions to ensure sustainable and impactful programmes in these countries. These programmes should align with UK sector experience and expertise and support institution to institution and/or government to government partnership working.
Main accountabilities but not limited to the following:
Sector/subject expertise
- Maintains an authoritative knowledge of the UK's strengths, reputation and capacity within the TVET sector, in order to work with colleagues and practitioners to maximize its cultural relations impact
- As appropriate, represents the British Council externally to enhance its reputation as a credible authority in TVET system reform and to promotes intercultural understanding and new collaborative opportunities
- Contributes to the development and delivery of training, support and knowledge-sharing activities to build skills and capability in the TVET sector across the BC (in the UK and overseas)
- Ensures major initiatives/programmes/tenders/new products incorporating TVET elements, are properly specified, designed and evaluated so they deliver maximum contribution to the British Council's overall objectives.
- Proactively participates in internal working group/peer networks to maintain a detailed understanding of both current and prospective products/programmes/services and uses these insights to inform effective delivery of business development activities.
- Provides formal quality assurance to proposed global and local programmes or products, to ensure these are appropriate, high quality and aligned to the BC's strategic priorities within the TVET sector.
- Develops a full understanding of all the British Council's wider suite of programmes, products and businesses to identify and communicate how and where TVET could make an additional, useful contribution in terms of commercial performance and/or cultural relations impact.
- Takes lead accountability for ensuring the TVET components of the British Council's knowledge management systems, websites and marketing materials are relevant, useful, up to date and comprehensive.
- Actively networks, builds and manages trusted relationships with stakeholders, clients and partners in the UK and internationally to promote cultural relations and collaborative activities and support the achievement of agreed commercial and impact targets.
- Participates with other account managers, SBU and regional colleagues in working groups and other collaborative forums (e.g. portfolio or sector networks) to develop coordinated, corporate strategies for cultivating, managing and leveraging strategically important relationships to enable achievement of BC commercial and impact targets.
- Develops peer/personal networks within and outside the BC to enhance own knowledge and expertise.
- Identifies, supports and manages the organisation, production and submission of high quality, market responsive bids and proposals, ensuring timely and appropriate input from colleagues and consultants. Ensures compliance with agreed internal review and sign-off arrangements.
- Represents the BC at client and partner presentations and negotiations, ensuring the commercial and strategic interests and professional reputation of the organisation are protected and promoted.
- Builds and manages specific client/partner relationships and leads on new strategic, income-generating opportunities which contribute to agreed financial and impact targets.
- Quality assures priority proposals. Provides strategic support to proposal teams.
- Leads and advises on complex negotiations with partners.
- Supports consistent application of global business development and delivery standards and building organisational pursuit capacity.
- Ensures internal and client compliance, including legal, finance, procurement, contract management and reporting.
- Plans and prioritises own work activities to ensure effective delivery of diverse responsibilities and deliverables over a quarterly to annual time horizon.
- Determines work plans and coordinates input from others (who may be outside the direct management line) to meet specific objectives.
- May provide formal line manager to a small team, consisting of staff both within and beyond the local office base.
- As an experienced professional, contributes ideas to support the development of discipline-wide and customer-specific business plans and priorities.
- Knowledge of how TVET systems work and their key components.
- Experience of developing plans, strategies, project concepts and proposals, ideally in the TVET sector.
- Track record of developing professional networks and managing relationships, ideally in the TVET sector in the UK and/or internationally.
- Experience of commissioning, managing and reviewing services from contractors, consultants and partners.
- Experience of identifying and pursuing new business opportunities, including scoping and positioning for new work, ideally in TVET.
- Understanding of applied education system reform to improve quality,inclusion and employment/work outcomes for young people.
- English at Proficiency Level CEFR C1 minimum
Further Information
Pay Band - 8/E
Contract Type - Indefinite Contract
Department - Cultural Engagement
Location - UK
Requirements - Candidates must have the pre-existing right to work in location. Mobility / relocation support will not be provided
Closing Date - Sunday 3 October 2022
Interviews - Week commencing 17 October 2022
A connected and trusted UK in a more connected and trusted world.
..... click apply for full job details
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