About
The British Council is the UK’s international organisation for cultural relations and educational opportunities. We do this by making a positive contribution to the UK and the countries we work with – changing lives by creating opportunities, building connections and engendering trust.The British Council in Nigeria works in three strategic business areas; Arts, English, Education and Society.
Under the overall guidance of the Digital Manager(s), the intern(s) will support with social media management and content generation for our Arts, Higher Education programmes and our Marketing and Communications Team.
Duties will include:
The ideal candidate should:
Duration: 6 months
Remuneration:
The intern will be paid N50,000 per month.
Note
This is a short-term intern position; intern roles are not a prelude to longer term employment with the organisation. If opportunities for further paid employment arise, these will be advertised and interns who apply will be considered against the same criteria as other applicants.
Under the overall guidance of the Digital Manager(s), the intern(s) will support with social media management and content generation for our Arts, Higher Education programmes and our Marketing and Communications Team.
Duties will include:
- Uploading posts and answering basic enquiries on social media
- Work with Digital manager for the planning and promotion of content
- Supporting campaign management and optimisation across multiple channels
- Creation and editing of creative images and animation content
- Assist Email management and optimization.
- Any other task as reasonably requested by the Digital Manager or a senior member of the team
Learning and development opportunities for the intern
- General understanding of the work and mission of the British Council and how it contributes to the development of the Nigerian Creative Economy
- Insight and hands-on experience in planning and implementing digital campaigns for an arts and cultural organisation
- Gaining useful office experience and the opportunity to contribute to marketing campaigns
Profile of Intern:
EssentialThe ideal candidate should:
- Have an interest in the Arts, Higher Education or Communications.
- Be a recent graduate (graduated within the last 2 years) with excellent organisational skills and the ability to multitask.
- Have strong written and oral communication skills in English;
- Be computer literate with a high degree of proficiency in the use of MS Word, MS Excel and PowerPoint.
- Self-motivating
Desirable:
- Experience with social media, video and graphic design tools.
- Experience with creating content for the web such as blogging or video blogging would be an added advantage.
Management and Support for the role:
The intern will report to the Digital Manager based in Lagos. S/he will be expected to work closely with other members of the team and key internal stakeholders such as the Country Evaluation Manager.Duration: 6 months
Remuneration:
The intern will be paid N50,000 per month.
Note
This is a short-term intern position; intern roles are not a prelude to longer term employment with the organisation. If opportunities for further paid employment arise, these will be advertised and interns who apply will be considered against the same criteria as other applicants.
How to Apply
1m In a 59sec video, fully describe the work of the British Council in Nigeria.
2. Upload on Instagram tagging @ngbritish and @ngbritisharts including #BritishCouncilIntern
Deadline: 29 March 2019 | 11.59 p.m.
Only shortlisted entries will be contacted by Tuesday 2 April 2019 to move on to the next stage.
If you are interested in being our next social media intern, visit bit.ly/britishcouncil-Intern and send in your entry by 29 March.