Applications are invited from suitable and qualified candidates for the following Job Recruitment at British Council for Nigerian Graduates.
About British Council
The British Council, founded in 1934, is the UK’s international organization for cultural relations and educational opportunities. It aims to foster friendly knowledge and understanding between the UK and other countries by creating opportunities, building connections, and engendering trust. Operating in over 100 countries, it engages in arts and culture, English language, education, and civil society, reaching over 20 million people face-to-face and more than 500 million people online annually. Governed by Royal Charter, the British Council is a UK charity and public body dedicated to making a positive global impact.
Summary
- Company: British Council
- Job Opening: 5 Positions
- Location: Nigeria
- Job Type: Full Time
- Qualification: BA/BSc/HND/Msc
Job Recruitment at British Council for Nigerian Graduates
Job Opening: 5 Positions
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1. Job Title: Venue Staff
Geopolitical/SBU/Function overview:
- The English and Examinations Strategic Business Unit (E&E) is one of three strategic business units in the British Council (the others being Arts and Education & Society) all of which have the remit to build trust for the people of the UK by building relationships through aspects of our language and culture. E&E achieves this by enabling people across the world to access the life-changing education and work opportunities that are created by learning English or gaining valuable UK qualifications. Promoting the English language also provides a medium for communication, helping break down barriers of misunderstanding or mistrust between cultures. The British Council’s 2020 vision for English & Examinations is to be the world authority in high quality English language teaching, learning and assessment, as well as the International distributor of choice for UK professional and school qualifications.
- The Examinations business makes a significant contribution to British Council financial sustainability, and as such, it is essential that the business evolves in order to maintain its position in a fast-changing operating context. There is a need to standardise and automate activities across the globe to deliver efficiencies, and there is also a requirement to develop new digital products and services to meet changing customer demands and competitive pressures. In a cost and resource-constrained environment, balancing the on-going requirements and allocation of funds will be critical, as will the integration and planning of the implementation of the different changes across a global network of 110+ countries charged with the on-going delivery of impact and income whilst changing key elements of the supporting operational platform.
Main opportunities/challenges for this role:
Deliver exams in a highly regulated environment to a high quality of delivery and customer service.
Experienced staff can grow into supervisory roles
Successful candidate is expected to have access to and use his/her own internet and email for communication with British Council Trading Services (Nigeria) Limited.
Application for the advertised location stated is permanent and will not be changed.
Main Accountabilities:
You will be accountable for maintaining the integrity and reputation of the British Council Trading Services (Nigeria) Limited and the various examination boards by ensuring that tests are delivered to prescribed standards for customer service, security and administration. You will also be accountable for promoting a positive image of the British Council Trading Services (Nigeria) Limited by providing a high standard of customer care on the test day.
Programme/service support
- Report promptly to test venue at agreed time. In case of any delays or if unable to get to the test venue, inform the appropriate test day or British Council Trading Services (Nigeria) Limited Exams Operations staff in a timely manner.
- Follow all relevant standards & procedures, based on training and reference materials provided by the British Council Trading Services (Nigeria) Limited Examinations Services and the relevant Exam Boards.
- Be familiar with the emergency procedures for the test day venue.
- Invigilate examinations to the standard required by the British Council Trading Services (Nigeria) Limited Examinations Service and the relevant Exams Boards.
- Actively monitor candidates during tests to make sure that there is no violation of test conditions.
- Support the supervisor to ensure that candidates have a positive and consistent test day experience and a positive image of the British Council Trading Services (Nigeria) Limited
- Ensure all material is accounted for and handed over securely to the supervisor.
- Complete and maintain accurate records of exam assignments. Complete all reports, logs and claims accurately as required by British Council Trading Services (Nigeria) Limited Examinations Services.
- Follow all relevant guidelines and policies in the areas of: Data Protection, Child Protection, Health & Safety, Equal Opportunities and Diversity, and Anti-Fraud.
- Report any incidents, emergencies or breaches of security to the appropriate test day supervisor.
- Work with the test day supervisor to promote and ensure the wellbeing of candidates at all time. In case of emergencies, follow correct procedures.
- Additional duties in line with the role may be required.
Customer support
- Enable good customer flow by giving candidates clear direction and answering their enquiries.
- Ensure that candidates follow the agreed exam procedures regarding the location and security of their belongings.
- Conduct candidate entry, exit, identity checks and Test Day Photography procedures according to exam requirements.
- Ensure special arrangements are provided as required.
Training and development:
- Attend all briefing and training sessions as requested by the British Council Trading Services (Nigeria) Limited Examinations Services Centre.
- Complete all mandatory training modules: Data Protection, Child Protection, Health & Safety, Equal Opportunities and Diversity, Anti-Fraud, Identity Checks as required.
Other important features or requirements of the job:
Some invigilators may be required to travel, including overnight stays. The majority will not have this requirement. During the recruitment process you will be asked to indicate your willingness to travel.
You are required to be very vigilant when observing candidates; to watch and hear what is going on in the exams room.
Although there may not be a prescribed uniform for your role, while carrying out your duties, you must always be dressed in line with the cultural expectations of the country you are working in and your position in accordance with your role as representing the British Council Trading Services (Nigeria) Limited. However, it is recommended that you wear soft comfortable shoes. Noisy shoes and distracting jewelry are not permitted.
Closing Date for Aplications: 18 August 2026
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2.Job Title: NFE Project Officer
The Role:
Supports successful delivery of the NFE portfolio in Nigeria through implementation of NFE programmes and projects, including Youth Connect, in compliance with British Council policies and procedures. Responsible for financial administration, reporting and data collection, operational project delivery and managing relations with delivery partners.
Accountabilities:
Managing self and others
- Demonstrates strong accountability and independence by effectively managing vendor performance while successfully prioritizing and delivering work to project deadlines.
Financial Support
- Managed project financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, and expenditure reporting, ensuring accurate financial oversight and compliance with audit requirements through timely maintenance of financial records.
- Maintained strong vendor relationships by ensuring timely payment processing and adherence to British Council financial policies, procedures, and financial management standards.
Project Management
- Managed programme operations through data management, quality assurance, monitoring analysis, reporting, and grants administration, ensuring compliance with funder requirements and internal governance standards.
- Coordinated procurement, events, and training delivery while supporting diversity and inclusion initiatives, effective records management, and broader programme implementation across the Cultural Engagement team.
Relationship and Stakeholder Management
- Effectively manages stakeholder, partner, vendor, and supplier relationships, ensuring strong collaboration, accountability, and the timely delivery of agreed services and outcomes.
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
- Promotes an inclusive, anti-racist culture by fostering equity, well-being, and belonging, while actively addressing personal biases and supporting diverse teams.
- Champions EDI best practices across programmes, strengthening gender equality, disability inclusion, social inclusion, and continuous learning in diversity and anti-racism.
See Also:
Role specific skills:
- Experience of working in a supporting role on programmes or projects.
- Administrative and financial administration experience.
- Good understanding of basic concepts of monitoring and evaluation, and how they are central to good project management
Language Requirements:
The British Council systems and global processes operate in English. Written and verbal proficiency in English is required.
Education:
- Bachelor’s degree (Essential)
Closing Date: Applications will close at 23:59 IST/19:29 Nigeria time on Friday, 14 August 2026
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3. Job Title: Research and Insight Manager (SSA/Americas)
The Role:
With a focus on working with our teams in the Americas and Sub-Saharan Africa, this role helps to ensure the British Council benefits from its portfolio of research and evaluation, and that the insight from this portfolio is available and useable to key internal and external stakeholders. The postholder collaborates across teams to drive insight generation and curation, transforming research and evaluation findings into accessible, impactful outputs that support strategic decision-making, stakeholder engagement, organisational learning, and business development.
Accountabilities:
- Prioritise and manage a diverse portfolio of work, ensuring insight from research and evaluation outputs is curated, shared, and delivered effectively to internal stakeholders, with a focus on colleagues in the Americas and Sub-Saharan Africa.
- Work closely with Research & Insight (R&I) and Evidence, Evaluation & Learning (EEL) colleagues to coordinate work plans for the provision of insight to British Council colleagues, identifying and anticipating major strategic demands and opportunities and supporting a regular ‘flow’ of useful insight for broader internal audiences whilst accommodating the need for bespoke or tailored ‘on demand’ insight.
- Partner with sector and country teams to understand stakeholder needs around insight and advise on research and insight initiatives that strengthen knowledge exchange, business development, partnerships, and policy engagement opportunities across the two geographies.
- Act as a key point of contact to bridge ‘global’ insight and country-focused knowledge and expertise in the two geographies, building relationships with the country teams to support good research practice and ensure insight products are proactively developed through research and evaluation commissioning.
- Create high-quality reports, policy briefs, knowledge summaries, infographics, newsletters, case studies, and other content that translate evidence into actionable insights for both internal and external audiences.
- Build the British Council’s reputation by contributing to external publications and events, managing stakeholder engagement channels, monitoring research pipelines, commissioning specialist content, and briefing senior stakeholders to maximise the impact of organisational insight.
Role specific knowledge and experience:
Essential:
- Experience of writing about, and generating insight from, research and evaluation
- Experience of working with senior managers and high-level stakeholders including academic and research partners
- Experience of managing or undertaking projects or initiatives to engage non-expert audiences or stakeholders with research and evaluation
- Experience of managing and curating or organising knowledge from a range of sources and channels
- Experience of working in a matrix environment delivering to multiple central, regional and sectoral stakeholder needs
- Experience in external representation of organisation at professional conferences or seminars as participant, presenter or organiser
Desirable:
- Experience of working with international and diverse teams
- Experience of using a range of tools, including software, to disseminate research, evaluation and insight to a variety of audiences
- Familiarity with the core institutions and sectors in the UK that commission, undertake, support or enable research including universities, IROs, charities, consultancies, think tanks and government bodies
- Knowledge of the discourse and analysis around soft power, cultural relations, international development and foreign policy
- Experience of budget management, including planning, forecasting and reporting
Role specific skills:
- Ability to write for a variety of audiences, translating research and evaluation content and tailoring as required
- Ability to manage the flow of research and evaluation outputs through a variety of channels, ensuring a pipeline of content tied to strategic objectives
- Ability to manage face to face, virtual or hybrid events to ensure smooth delivery, appropriate audience engagement and messaging
- Ability to draft user-friendly insight products from research and evaluation content, such as reports, briefings, policy papers, knowledge summaries, infographics, factsheets, impact case studies, newsletters and bulletins
- Ability to collect, collate and organise diverse forms of data and information, across a range of formats and from a range of sources, and to enable this knowledge to be shared, used and added to effectively on an organisational-wide level.
- Ability to manage web and social media content at a basic level
- Ability to copy edit and quality review research and evaluation reports
Language requirements :
The British Council systems and global processes operate in English. Written and verbal proficiency in English is required.
Education:
- Qualified to degree level or equivalent by relevant experience (Essential)
- Qualified to postgraduate degree level or equivalent by relevant research experience (Desirable)
Closing Date: Applications will close at 23:59 IST/19:29 Nigeria time on Tuesday, 11 August 2026
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4. Job Title: HE Programme Manager
Role purpose:
- Lead on strategy, planning and delivery of the country Tertiary Education portfolio including delivery of British Council global programmes – student mobility and internationalisation, tertiary education and science partnerships, and non-formal education – and client-funded programmes, ensuring they achieve impact targets.
- Support business development and income generation, contributing to successful delivery of country and global income targets, with support from Country Director and the global team.
- Manage stakeholder relationships and demonstrate expertise on behalf of the British Council and the UK in the sector, positioning the organisation favourably with government representatives, clients, partners, researchers and technical experts.
- Build market knowledge and insight about the local education context and share this internally and externally.
- Embed Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) into all aspects of this work so that our people and partners experience a culture that promotes respect, inclusion and diversity, and benefits everyone.
Role Accountabilities:
- This role is responsible for leading the country’s Education/Tertiary Education strategy and annual planning, ensuring alignment with global British Council priorities, local stakeholder needs, and broader cultural engagement objectives. Working closely with the Country Director, government partners, and British Embassy or High Commission colleagues, the role develops strategic partnerships, strengthens internal collaboration, and leverages digital tools and channels to maximize programme impact, reach, and sustainability. It also builds sector knowledge and research insights to support the UK education sector’s engagement with the country and region.
- A key part of the position is providing leadership and oversight for the Education/Tertiary Education portfolio, including programme design, implementation, quality assurance, monitoring, evaluation, reporting, and risk management. The role ensures compliance with British Council standards, manages budgets and resources effectively, incorporates Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) principles into all activities, and uses technology to improve programme delivery. It may also involve direct line management, acting as the Senior Responsible Officer for designated projects, and ensuring projects achieve agreed outcomes and impact measures.
- The role has a strong business development and stakeholder engagement focus. It identifies funding and partnership opportunities, develops relationships with donors, clients, consultants, universities, government bodies, and other sector stakeholders, and contributes to the preparation of competitive, evidence-based proposals and contracts. It also supports negotiations, due diligence processes, financial reporting, and the management of externally funded programmes, while maintaining the British Council’s reputation as a trusted and high-quality partner.
- Additionally, the role serves as a sector expert and ambassador, representing the British Council through networking, research, thought leadership, events, publications, and policy engagement. It promotes an inclusive, anti-racist organisational culture, embeds gender equality, disability inclusion, and social inclusion across programmes, and ensures staff, partners, and beneficiaries are treated equitably and supported effectively.
Role specific knowledge and experience
Essentials
- Bachelor’s degree is required
- In-depth understanding of Education sectors of Nigeria and of the UK, and of bilateral priorities.
- 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 building mutually beneficial relationships with diverse stakeholders including multilateral agencies, donors, government officials, Education/Higher Education leaders, academics, researchers, alumni and students.
- Knowledge and experience of embedding Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in programmes
Desirables
- Ability to analyse relevant equality issues and identify opportunities to address these in the portfolio.
- Knowledge of international mobility trends of Nigerian students seeking tertiary educational opportunities.
- Knowledge of transnational educational trends in Nigeria, including academic and research partnerships of local public and private educational institutions.
Important Information
- British Council Pay Band: 7
- Department: Cultural Engagement
- Contract type: FTC for 2 years
- Working location: Nigeria
- Proof of Identity requirements/right to work in country: Candidates should ensure they have the legal right to live and work in the country where the role is based. Visa sponsorship and relocation assistance are not provided.
Closing Date: 11 August 2026 (23.59 IST)
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5. Job Title: Project Manager Higher Education
Role purpose:
Leads the delivery and growth of the country Higher Education portfolio and British Council global programmes, including student mobility, alumni engagement, tertiary education partnerships, and client-funded initiatives. Ensures the successful end-to-end delivery of projects and grants by managing stakeholders, partnerships, compliance requirements, reporting obligations, and programme performance, while maintaining high standards of quality, accountability, and impact.
Role Accountabilities:
- This role is responsible for managing a broad range of project, financial, stakeholder, and compliance activities to ensure the successful delivery of education programmes. It involves building and maintaining strong relationships with external stakeholders, including higher education institutions, delivery partners, and suppliers, while overseeing procurement processes, managing contracts, and holding suppliers accountable for delivering agreed outcomes. The role also requires effective collaboration across internal and external networks to support programme objectives.
- A significant aspect of the position is financial and commercial management. Responsibilities include supporting financial planning and forecasting, monitoring budgets and expenditure, ensuring compliance with procurement-to-payment processes, reviewing financial performance against plans, and contributing to accurate reporting for clients, partners, and internal stakeholders. The role works closely with finance and programme teams to maintain financial accuracy, identify variances, and implement corrective actions while ensuring adherence to British Council financial policies and procedures.
- The role contributes to programme planning and delivery by supporting project management activities, identifying and mitigating risks, managing procurement and contracting processes, ensuring compliance requirements are met, and overseeing reporting from grant recipients, consultants, and service providers. It also includes responsibility for data management, quality assurance, monitoring, analysis, and reporting to meet funding and programme requirements. Additionally, the role supports business development activities by contributing to proposal development, costing, pricing, and reporting for externally funded projects.
- A strong commitment to Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) is embedded throughout the role. This includes actively promoting an inclusive and anti-racist culture, supporting employee well-being, and integrating EDI principles into programme design and delivery. The role ensures that projects contribute positively to gender equality, disability inclusion, and broader social inclusion outcomes while continuously developing knowledge and awareness of EDI best practices.
Role specific knowledge and experience
Essentials
- Bachelor’s degree is required
- Experience of managing projects from start to finish and familiarity with project life-cycles.
- Understanding of procurement, evaluation and reporting requirements of projects.
- Proven experience of managing project finances.
- Experience of managing stakeholders
- Project management qualification desirable.
- More than 2 years working in project or programme management.
- Experience of using technology n project delivery.
- Good understanding and experience of supporting monitoring and evaluation
Desirables
- Experience and understanding of tertiary education sector
- Project management qualification
Important Information
- British Council Pay Band: 6
- Department: Cultural Engagement
- Contract type: FTC for 2 years
- Working location: Nigeria
- Proof of Identity requirements/right to work in country: Candidates should ensure they have the legal right to live and work in the country where the role is based. Visa sponsorship and relocation assistance are not provided.
Closing Date: 11 August 2026 (23.59 IST)
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