The British Council is the country of the United Kingdom’s international agency for intercultural and educational opportunities. We are a UK charity controlled by a royal charter and a UK public entity, having been established in 1934.
All employees will receive help from the British Council to ensure that their conduct is in line with this commitment. We provide a welcoming environment and substantial incentives for our employees.
The British Council – Nigeria is accepting applications from suitable individuals for the open position. Look below.
Job Description:
Marketing and Communications at the British Council is a strategic function which drives awareness, understanding and engagement with us across our diverse audiences. We use insight, knowledge and analysis of our market and our customers to engage them with our work and our products and services in the most impactful and effective way. We lead the development of our brand and use our expertise to tell inspiring stories to enhance our global reputation, build lifelong relationships, engage our staff and demonstrate our impact. This role is a new role as part of Marketing and Communications Transformation programme. In line with the Global Recruitment policy, standard application and recruitment decisions will apply for this role.
Role Purpose
The post holder will lead the development and execution of the cluster/country marketing strategy and plans, ensuring alignment to the regional and global marketing strategy and brand, and to work in partnership with SBUs to ensure that country marketing activities enable required business targets. This role will be accountable for the planning, management, execution and evaluation of plans for the cluster, overseen by the Regional Head of Marketing, Exams.
Qualifications And Requirements:
The main essential knowledge and experience points that we are looking for you to evidence are:
Essential: The successful candidate will need to possess the following requirements:
Degree or professional qualification in marketing or business
Significant experience in a marketing position at a national level within a large and complex organization
Demonstrable experience of developing marketing strategies and plans
Demonstrable experience in managing supplier relationships
Desirable requirements
Relevant professional accreditations e.g. CIM, Melcrum, GCN, CIPR, WOMMA etc.
Experience in a global organisation
Evidence of successful line management of a small team remotely
Experience in Exams market
Role Specific Skills:
CIM Marketing Competencies
Insights (Level 3)
Ensures their country requirements for research are considered at regional level to contribute to greater efficiency and consistency in the commissioning of market research.
Analyses and presents information from research and customer feedback as insights
ntegrated marketing communications (Level 4)
Creates integrated marketing communications plans using both physical and digital tools
Implements integrated marketing communications plans using both physical and digital tools
Partnership marketing (Level 4)
Reviews, establishes and develops channel/partnership marketing strategies to meet customer needs and achieve business goals
Manages and monitors the implementation of channel and/or partnership marketing plans to meet the needs of customers, channel partners and the organisation
Monitoring and measuring effectiveness (Level 4)
Collects, synthesises, analyses and reports measurement data
Participates in reviews of marketing activities using measurement data and analytics to identify improvements
Uses social analytics and listening tools to identify improvements to organisational processes that will enhance social reputation
Additional information:
Pay band: 7
Remuneration: Naira 18,180,443 per annum
Contract type: Locally engaged
Contract Duration: Indefinite
