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  • Posted: Jun 15, 2021
    Deadline: Jul 4, 2021
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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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    Head of English for Education Systems (EES) Nigeria

    Pay band: PB8
    Department: Business Delivery  
    Contract type: Locally Engaged
    Duration: 3 Year Fixed Term

    Role Purpose

    • The successful candidate will lead the English for Education Systems (EES) portfolio of contracts and programmes in Nigeria, providing technical sector expertise.
    • The post holder will oversee business development and quality, compliant delivery of programmes and contracts to improve standards of the teaching, learning and assessment of English.
    • The Head of EES will also share knowledge, expertise and best practice from Nigeria with the regional and global English for Education Systems teams and externally.

    Main Opportunities / Challenges for this Role

    • Position Nigeria as one of the leading English for Education Systems (EES) countries in the region.
    • Build a transformational and impactful EES programme in Nigeria, ensuring that quality teacher training, teaching and appropriate delivery, including digital and radio, are at the heart of the approach.
    • Embed gender transformative programmes within the EES portfolio.
    • Design innovative, evidence based EES programmes with strong monitoring, evaluation, research and learning elements underpinning the programmes.
    • Actively seek partnership and full-cost recovery funding for the EES programmes.

    Requirements
    Essential:

    • Qualified to postgraduate degree level in ELT or other English-specific qualification
    • Minimum 5 years experience of managing teacher education projects
    • Minimum 5 years experience of delivering externally funded projects or programmes
    • Direct experience of client funded contract pursuit
    • Experience of overseeing monitoring, evaluation and learning (MEL) within projects and incorporating lessons learned from MEL into programmes and strategy
    • Experience of engaging with diverse stakeholders including multilateral agencies, donors, government officials, academics

    Desirable:

    • TEFL-Q - A diploma level qualification in teaching English as a foreign / second language which meets accreditation UK requirements
    • Experience of managing teacher education projects for English language teachers
    • Experience of managing online teacher education projects
    • Experience of writing for academic journals and presenting at international conferences

    Role Specific Skills:

    • Candidate will need to:
      • Lead on strategy and process development for innovative English/ education solutions
      • Lead on the development and implementation of quality standards for English/ education
      • Lead on strategy and commissioning of global thought leadership outputs, such as publications
      • Lead on relationships with UK sector

    Additional Information:

    • Candidates must have current legal right to live and work in Nigeria.  

    Method of Application

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

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