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Job ID: 46300
Pay Band: 6G

Job Description

• We are seeking a dynamic and results-driven Business Development Manager to lead and grow our operations across the North, Abuja, South-South, and South East regions of Nigeria.
• Based in Abuja, this role is central to driving business development across a range of products and services.
• You will be responsible for building strong relationships, identifying client needs, and enhancing opportunities with key accounts to meet strategic business targets.
• Working closely with account relationship management colleagues, you will execute the country’s key account strategy and ensure delivery on expectations.
• In this role, you will oversee commercial planning, conduct regular quality checks, and implement plans aligned with market needs.
• You will be responsible for financial monitoring, reporting, and reforecasting, ensuring the delivery of income and margin targets.
• Your work will support annual planning in collaboration with the Director of Exams and align with regional and global objectives.
• You will also gather and analyze customer and market intelligence to identify new opportunities and prioritize lead generation.
• Your ability to understand client needs and tailor value propositions will be key to winning new business.
• You will support the commercial team in pursuing sales and account management activities, while also advising on overcoming challenges. Regular quality reviews and recommendations for operational improvements will help enhance team performance and service delivery.
• You will manage key account relationships and stakeholder engagement, ensuring accurate records and coordinated account management. This includes organizing meetings, sharing marketing materials, and overseeing strategic partnerships.
• You will also contribute to business development reporting and maintain a strong pipeline to drive current and future demand.
• As a leader, you will motivate your team, prioritize operational activities, and support their development to ensure effective service delivery. Your insights and collaboration with the Cluster Lead will help shape strategy and drive continuous improvement.
• If you are passionate about business growth, relationship management, and delivering results, we invite you to apply and be part of a team that makes a meaningful impact.

About You
Essential Requirements for the Role:

• The British Council systems and global processes operate in English. C2 level of written and verbal proficiency in English is must.
• Relevant work experience in a BD Manager role
• Demonstrable experience to sustain and/or grow a product/service in line with strategic priorities for income and impact
• Experience collecting and analyzing client/stakeholder feedback
• Takes a pro-active approach to identifying ways in which service can be improved, and takes these forward
• Demonstrated analytical ability and commercial acumen

Desirable requirements for the role:

• Business development experience in the E&E sector Experience working with exams (or services related setting)

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Job ID: 46517
Pay band: 7

The Role

• Working closely with the Senior Marketing Manager (in the relevant sector), the purpose of this role is to help drive the growth, reach, impact and reputation of the business by:
  • Supporting the delivery of a clear, consistent, innovative, effective and sustainable programme of marketing campaign management activity aligned to wider strategy;
  • Providing support to the wider sector programme teams in all marketing tasks and; providing support to colleagues in regions through the provision of toolkits and content packages.

Main Accountabilities
These are not limited to the following:

Sector/Subject Expertise:

• Manages and evaluates consistent and replicable multi-channel marketing campaign plans for programme and sector activity.
• Ensures campaigns are commensurate with project prioritisation, scale and scope and are data-led, strategically aligned and sustainable.
• Manages internal and external delivery of marketing campaign activity and relationships with internal and external suppliers on a day-to-day basis 

Brand and Market Positioning:

• Ensures the British Council brand and reputation are preserved and improved, particularly on partner platforms and channels.
• Provides expert advice, support and challenge on marketing to internal stakeholders.
• Keeps abreast of the latest developments and trends in marketing, and in the wider sector.

Consultancy, analysis & problem-solving:

• Ensures the successful impact and effectiveness of marketing activity through evidence and evaluation and makes recommendations for improvement based on key audience insights.
• Applies analytical approaches to identify and assess new opportunities for marketing activity.

Strategy and Planning:

• Ensures marketing strategy is aligned with the business areas and global marketing strategies.
• Makes appropriate links to issues across the broader organisation, to ensure that the development of marketing activity is based on informed business insight and joined-up thinking.
• Consults closely with internal stakeholders to understand current and future opportunities for marketing activity.

Commercial & financial management:

• Using agreed corporate systems and processes, where needed, plans and manages the budget for the relevant sector area.
• Conducts monthly and year-end reporting on progress against plan and deliverables, budget, and management of issues and risks.

Relationship & stakeholder management:

• Promotes and champions best practice marketing through the global Marketing Community of Practice and the global network of marketing professionals.
• Develops peer/personal networks within and outside Marketing to enhance own knowledge and expertise.

Requirements of the Role

• Candidates should possess a Degree in Marketing, Communications or relevant discipline, or demonstrable equivalent level of experience
• Experience in the cultural, education or charitable sectors
•  Experienced in the design and delivery of marketing strategies and plans to support programmes/products
• Experience of conceiving and implementing multi-channel digital marketing campaigns, including paid activity
• Experience of engaging audiences across a variety of channels and platforms
• Experience of effective campaign evaluation

Desirable:

• Postgraduate or Masters level marketing or business qualification
• Experience in a global organisation
• Experience in the cultural, education or charitable sectors
• Experience in content commissioning.