Purpose of job:

 To contribute to the successful achievement of the Media project’s objectives by supporting its planning, management, delivery and evaluation.

Context and environment:

 British Council has operated in Sudan since 1947 with the aim of building cultural and educational relations between the Sudan and the UK. British Council Sudan is based in its Khartoum offices and offers a full range of Programmes including a Teaching Centre, Examinations, project management on behalf of other donors, and its own Grant-funded projects. We aim to increase our impact by working more closely with partners and putting a new focus on sales and finance/business improvement.

For the past two and a half years, the British Council has been implementing a media capacity building project in partnership with the Thomson Foundation, a UK based media institution and with funding from the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office.  The project aims to deliver media and English language training to journalists from print, radio and TV.  It also works directly with the senior leadership and middle management of media houses in Sudan.

The post is placed within the Programmes Team responsible for managing a portfolio of Large Scale Projects (LSPs) and Local Cultural Relations Projects (LCRs) in the areas of Education and Society and the Arts. The Programmes Team consists of four Projects Coordinators reporting to three Projects Managers. Projects Managers report to the Director Programmes and Business Development who in turn reports to the Country Director to deliver the agreed portfolio of projects.

The British Council is committed to a policy of equal opportunity and is keen to reflect diversity of UK society at every level within the organisation. We welcome applications from all sections of the community. In line with the British Council’s Child Protection policy, any appointment is contingent on thorough checks. In the UK, and in other countries where appropriate systems exist, these include criminal records checks.