Job Description

Location: Harare, Sub Saharan Africa, ZW

Company: British Council

We support peace and prosperity by building connections, understanding and trust between people in the UK and countries worldwide.

We work directly with individuals to help them gain the skills, confidence and connections to transform their lives and shape a better world in partnership with the UK. We support them to build networks and explore creative ideas, to learn English, to get a high-quality education and to gain internationally recognised qualifications.

Working with people in over 200 countries and territories, we are on the ground in more than 100 countries. In 2021–22 we reached 650 million people.

Role Purpose

To support with regional social media and website scheduling and management needs, working closely with the Regional Content Managers and Regional marketing and communication teams. The Part-Time content manager will be responsible for updating SOLAS pages, creating and scheduling posts on our social channels, working on reports under the guidance of the Marketing Hub and the regional communication team. The content manager will ensure that all posts are aligned with our brand guidelines, properly tagged and scheduled in a timely fashion.

Duties and Responsibilities

Main Accountabilities:

Project Support

This role will be regional, or cluster based depending on the requirements of the business. The main role of the content manager will be to create and manage our social media and website updates. They will:

Work closely with regional content managers and marketing & communication teams
Manage website and social media updates for specific projects.
Write, edit and update imagery, captions and tags under the guidance of the regional marketing team and the Hub for social media channels and our SOLAS website pages.
Monitor the social media accounts and offer constructive interaction with users.
Will participate in SEO activities and updates.

Managing self and others

Maintains brand standards/creative quality in region, supported by the Regional Content managers and regional marketing teams.
Keeps abreast of new social trends in the markets.
Supports the implementation of the equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) framework for social media and website by demonstrating inclusion of diversity in creatives across both print and digital and implementing EDI recommendations.

Relationship and Stakeholder Management

Proactively builds and maintains collaborative relationships with internal peers and stakeholders to ensure integrated, joined up and future-proofed working.
Acts as a Brand Ambassador, helping deliver a strong British Council brand.

Qualifications and Experience

Minimum/Essential Qualifications:

Relevant degree or demonstrable equivalent level of experience

Role specific knowledge and experience:

Proven experience in social media management and tools
SOLAS certified.
Creative with some knowledge of design/editing tools
Content writing and proofreading skills
Able to follow instructions clearly to achieve desired results.
Desirable

Stakeholder management and influencing
Ability to assess creative projects and assets.

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