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  • Posted: Jun 6, 2019
    Deadline: Jun 16, 2019
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    The British Council is the United Kingdom’s international organisation for cultural relations. The British Council creates international opportunities for the people of the UK and other countries and builds trust between them worldwide. We call this cultural relations. We build trust and understanding for the UK to create a safer and more prosperous...
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    Account Manager

    Location: Lagos (2) & Port Harcourt  (1)
    Pay Band: 6
    Contract type: Indefinite
    Department: English and Exams
    Region: Sub Saharan Africa
    Slot: 3 Openings
     
    Role Purpose

    • The purpose of this role is to build relationships, identify needs and enhance opportunities with key accounts to meet business related targets.
    • The role is also required proactively resolve issues, add value and ensure delivery on expectations. On a daily basis the role executes the country key account strategy and plan.

    SBU Overview

    • The English and Examinations Strategic Business Unit (E&E) is one of three strategic business units in the British Council (the others being Arts and Education & Society) all of which have the remit to build trust for the people of the UK by building relationships through aspects of our language and culture. E&E achieves this by enabling people across the world to access the life-changing education and work opportunities that are created by learning English or gaining valuable UK qualifications.
    • Promoting the English language also provides a medium for communication, helping break down barriers of misunderstanding or mistrust between cultures. The British Council’s 2020 vision for English & Examinations is to be the world authority in high quality English language teaching, learning and assessment, as well as the International distributor of choice for UK professional and school qualifications.
    • The Examinations business makes a significant contribution to British Council financial sustainability, and as such, it is essential that the business evolves in order to maintain its position in a fast-changing operating context. There is a need to standardise and automate activities across the globe to deliver efficiencies, and there is also a requirement to develop new digital products and services to meet changing customer demands and competitive pressures. In a cost and resource-constrained environment, balancing the on-going requirements and allocation of funds will be critical, as will the integration and planning of the implementation of the different changes across a global network of 110+ countries charged with the on-going delivery of impact and income whilst changing key elements of the supporting operational platform.

    Main Opportunities/Challenges for this Role

    • Understand and foresee country conditions to spot and act on opportunities
    • Providing timely feedback on commercial planning scenario's that have changed
    • Achieving sales/ account targets and ensure customer satisfaction

    Main Accountabilities
    Commercial planning:

    • Carries out routine monitoring and standard reporting on commercial data involving sales, profitability and/or co-funding and sponsorship opportunities using an agreed set of corporate processes, techniques and report templates.

    Market & customer intelligence:

    • Ensures product/sector knowledge is up to date and forward thinking
    • Provides account /country specific input into market intelligence activities, innovation and business development/marketing plan/targets
    • As required, uses a range of standard processes and techniques to carry out routine research and analysis of actual or potential customer/audience trends – e.g. customer segmentation, demographic profiling, competitor tracking and measurement of market share.

    Winning business:

    • Value adds account extension, cross sell and retention
    • Raises performance issues, why and how being resolved
    • Monitors capacity and drives up/pull forward B2B2C sales to fill capacity
    • Practices Relationship Management, development and reviews (including mapping and delivering F2F touchpoints, annual and quarterly reviews for big accounts)
    • Builds and develops networks around existing clients to cultivate segments
    • Under direction from the Head of BD, supports the development of high-quality bids, tenders and proposals by preparing or collating written content/diagrams/financial data/case studies/project plans for the Country/Region

    Account & stakeholder management:

    • Manages and delivers in year Account Plan
    • Develops out of year Account Plan
    • Links with B2B support from Operations team to set and review quality of delivery to support account relationship.
    • Links with Marketing for targeted events, campaigns and collateral to support retention and value add
    • Undertakes contract review and refresh
    • Works to defined Account Relationship standards and frameworks.
    • Maintains accurate and up-to-date records and data in order to support effective and coordinated account management across the organisation.
    • Conducts research, into business activities, challenges and key personnel in target customer, partner or sponsor organisations to support the exams business in developing new business and cultural relations opportunities for the BC.
    • In accordance with an agreed account management plan, coordinates and organises contact between stakeholders in key client/partner/sponsor organisations and the exams business – e.g. meetings, conference slots, sending targeted marketing or thought leadership materials etc.
    • Serve as first point of contact in compliance incidence with awarding bodies
    • Handles certificate validation for schools
    • Communicates registration timelines with partners

    Analysis & Reporting:

    • Using standard procedures and templates, regularly records, analyses and reports on operational activity levels and performance data, to support senior managers in making timely and effective business decisions that respond to operational needs
    • Contributes data as required, to enable the development and distribution of high quality, customer and market-focused marketing collateral
    • Holds financial management responsibility. For example, handles aged debt reporting. Serve as point of escalation for financial issues with partners

    Leadership & management:

    • Prioritises own work activities, from long terms plans into day to day activities.
    • Builds relationships and uses influence to work with others internally to grow the business

    Key Relationships
    Internal:

    • Exams Operational Teams
    • Country/Regional Commercial Managers
    • Director Exams, Country Director and Senior Leadership Team
    • Customer Services
    • Finance
    • Exams Regional Management Team
    • Other Nigeria SBUs
    • Country/Regional/Global Marketing
    • Global Exams teams

    External:

    • (B2B) partners
    • Agencies
    • Receiving organisations (RO’s)
    • Schools, universities, education agents, as well as the government and corporate sectors

    Person Specification
    Qualifications

    • University degree in any subject or qualification in a relevant field

    Assessment stage - Shortlisting

    Role Specific Knowledge & Experience
    Minimum / essential:

    • Experience of managing relationships with account clients
    • Proven experience of building relationships, identifying needs and enhancing opportunities with key accounts to meet business related targets.
    • Designing and implementing business development or marketing plans in an education sector context.
    • Experience of working with UK exam

    Desirable:

    • Familiarity with school exams (CIE/Edexcel)

    Assessment stage - Shortlisting

    Role Requirements
    Threshold requirements:

    • Passport requirements/ Right to work in country: All applicants should have a pre-existing legal status to live and work in Nigeria. British Council will not facilitate/sponsor visa applications and work permits.

    Assessment stage - Shortlisting

    • Direct contact or managing staff working with children?: IF YES. Appropriate police check boards

    British Council Core Skills
    Communicating and influencing (level 2) - Relates communications to circumstances:

    • Displays good listening, writing and speaking skills, setting out logical arguments clearly and adapting language and form of communication to meet the needs of different people/audiences.

    Managing projects (level 2) - Analyses project data:

    • Examines project data and performance, reporting on progress and recommending corrective action as needed.

    Finance and resource management (level 2):

    • Uses corporate financial systems and processes appropriately as part of the job and on behalf of a team.

    Commercial and business Development (level 1 / 2):
    (Level 1) Reviews data:

    • Applies a range of standard analytical techniques to support business development – e.g. pricing tools, revenue tracking, monitoring sales prospects, audience figures or profit margin.

    OR (Level 2) Analyses trends:

    • Researches markets and conducts cost/benefit analyses to identify new opportunities or recommend improvements to current initiatives

    Account and partnership management (level 1 / 2):
    (level 1) Supports account management:

    • Able to research business issues and contacts in stakeholder and potential partner organisations to support account management and business development.

    OR (level 2) Works with stakeholders and partners:

    • Communicates regularly with diverse stakeholders, customers and/or partners to build mutual understanding and trust.

    Assessment stage - Shortlisting AND Interview

    British Council Behaviours
    Connecting with others (Essential):

    • Making regular opportunities to understand others better

    Working together (More demanding):

    • Ensuring that others benefit as well as me

    Creating shared purpose (Essential):

    • Communicating an engaging picture of how we can work together

    Making it happen (More demanding):

    • Challenging myself and others to deliver and measure better results

    Assessment stage - Interview

    Method of Application


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    Click here to download BC Behaviour (pdf)

    Click here to download BC Core Skills (pdf)

    Note: Candidate should indicate on the supporting statement of their application which location they are interested in.

    Interested and qualified? Go to British Council on jobs.britishcouncil.org to apply

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