The British Council is a British organisation specialising in international cultural and educational opportunities.
Pay band: 6
Role Purpose
As the Arts Manager, you will support the East Africa Arts Programme Managers and the wider British Council team, to deliver an engaging East Africa Arts programme including key areas of work as required across Kenya that works to British Council’s East Africa Arts programme and builds knowledge and understanding between the UK and East Africa.
Challenges & Accountabilities
This role requires a clear understanding of project management, team management and leadership skills and the ability to contribute to planning and strategy of the East Africa Arts programmes in order to deliver effectively. You will make a major contribution to the successful of the British Council’s East Africa Arts programme and ensure effective delivery and impact of the East Africa Arts programme. You will be responsible for supporting communication strategies as well as building and maintaining relationships with key stakeholders in the cultural scene and beyond including the private sector, media and donor organisations. The post holder will maintain records and reports for all programme activities using the British Council and should have strong attention to details. You will have clear communications skills and the ability to reach new audiences for the Arts programme through the delivery of digital and print communications strategies across Kenya and the UK. You will also manage Kenya digital arts content and coordinate with Programme Managers East Africa to ensure content is well communicated across East Africa social media and press channels and share content from the East Africa Arts programmes in Kenya with internal stakeholders. As with any business that experiences peaks and troughs of activity, there is likely to be a need to work outside office hours from time to time.
Essential Requirements
The successful candidate will need to possess the following requirements:
- Relevant post-secondary school qualification or comparable experience
- Good knowledge and use of social media for the promotion of cultural activities;
- Strong organisational skills and attention to detail;
- Ability to work effectively with tight deadlines.
- Be proficient in spoken and written English
- Experience of complex project management
- Experience of financial and narrative reporting
- Experience of monitoring and evaluation
- Experience of working with arts sector
Desirable Requirements
- Degree in relevant field
- Have an innovative approach to the use of digital and social media to connect audiences.
- Experience of working with both large and small organisations
Additional Information: Role holder must have existing rights to live and work in Kenya
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Equality Statement
The British Council is committed to a policy of equality and to valuing diversity and is keen to reflect the diversity of the societies in which we work at every level within the organisation. We welcome applications from all sections of the community. We aim to abide by and promote equality legislation by following both the letter and the spirit of it to avoid unjustified discrimination, recognising discrimination as a barrier to equality of opportunity, inclusion and human rights. All staff worldwide are required to ensure their behaviour is consistent with our policies.
The British Council has Disability Confident Employer Status. We offer a guaranteed interview scheme for disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the role. Applicants are encouraged to highlight any specific requirements or adjustments needed to enable participation in the recruitment process.
The British Council is committed to safeguarding children, young people and adults who we work with.
We believe that all children and adults everywhere in the world deserve to live in safe environments and have the right to be protected from all forms of abuse, maltreatment and exploitation as set out in article 19, UNCRC (United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child) 1989.
Appointment to positions where there is direct involvement with vulnerable groups will be dependent on thorough checks being completed; these will include qualification checks, reference checks, identity & criminal record checks in line with legal requirements and with the British Council’s Safeguarding policies for Adults and Children.
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