Summary
Date Posted: 12th April 2019 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed , Employment Type: Full_Time , Currency: TZS , Value: 1562000 , Minimum: 1093750 , Maximum: 4687500 , Period: MONTH

JOB DETAILS:
About us:
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 UK and the countries we work with – changing lives by creating opportunities, building connections and engendering trust..
We work in over 100 countries across the world in the fields of arts and culture, English language, education and civil society. Each year we reach over 20 million people face to face and more than 500 million people online, via broadcasts and publications.
We benefit from a strong reputation with important and prominent partners in the country and are now seeking to appoint to this post someone to lead us in maintaining and developing this profile and prominence in Tanzania.
The Opportunity:
Through an in-depth understanding of Tanzania and the UK, lead the development and delivery of effective, sustainable and corporately aligned cultural relations between the two geographies, drawing on the UK’s cultural assets and thereby strengthening awareness of, positive attitudes towards and collaboration with the wider UK.
As an active member of the West Africa (WA) cluster leadership team, contribute to shaping and delivering the Cluster operating model, plan and priority programme areas.
The successful candidate will increase cultural relations impact and build on efforts to position our work strategically in Tanzania. S/he will provide strategic direction and lead the country team in Tanzania in order to achieve strategic, financial and impact objectives. The emphasis is placed on business development to align with regional targets and priorities..

Key Accountabilities:
• Country Leadership, Risk and Compliance Management
• Develop and provide UK and country insight
• Shape, monitor and deliver the strategy and narrative for the British Council in Tanzania
• Identify and leverage partnership / contract opportunities
• Ensure positive relations with UK stakeholders (FCO, other UKDs, devolved administrations, representatives of UK culture and education institutions)
• West Africa Cluster Leadership team

Experience Required: (To be assessed at shortlisting and / interview stages)
• English at proficiency level
• A background in ELT and/or Education programmes
• Qualified to degree level or equivalent by experience
• Senior level management experience leading a (British Council) operation or business area
• Track record in business development and management of senior external relationships and partnerships
• Experience of pursuit – particularly in low income and disparate donor environments with analytical skills to assess opportunities, funding partners and develop pipeline
• Knowledge of the contemporary cultural assets of the UK (creative industries, education, English language, etc)
• An understanding of ‘cultural relations’ and how it is delivered effectively
• Experience of living or working in another country and understanding / adapting to its cultural norms and differences

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Job application procedure
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