View Vacancy - Chevening Programme Officer
Main purpose of job:
- To lead on all aspects of delivering the prestigious Chevening Scholarship Programme in Brazil – including: promoting Chevening in Brazil and delivering a nationwide selection process to attract exceptional students to study in the UK for a year; developing engagement with the network of former Chevening scholars in Brazil; working closely with colleagues in the British Embassy and Consulates to promote the UK-Brazil relationship.
- To lead on the UK government’s International Leaders Programme – and coordinate honours nominations across the network
Roles and responsibilities:
To lead on all aspects of delivering the prestigious Chevening Scholarship Programme in Brazil:
- Recruitment and selection: design and implement national marketing and outreach strategies to attract applicants, deliver an annual interview process in cities across Brazil involving Embassy and Consulate staff, liaise with Chevening Secretariat in London to sift and select candidates, organise departure and reception events for Brazilian scholars.
- Chevening partnerships: identify sponsors in Brazil to deliver co-funded scholarships, negotiate and deliver partnership contracts.
- Chevening alumni network: manage contacts and communications with over 1000 former scholars, facilitate events and projects to consolidate and build the network, and identify opportunities for engagement with the Embassy network.
- Promote UK in Brazil: maintain strategic awareness of UK priorities in Brazil, work with teams and senior leadership across the Embassy and Consulates to identify how they can engage with Chevening, and identify opportunities to promote Chevening through network events;
- Lead on the coordination of the International Leaders Programme & Honours
- Best practice: contribute to development of regional and global Chevening networks, learn from other countries and identify areas for collaboration.
Resources managed (staff and expenditure):
1 x Chevening Programme Assistant (A2(L))
- Annual Chevening scholarship allocation
- Direct management of marketing budget and alumni project fund of circa 20K
- University degree, plus preferably at least 4-5 years work experience in related area (e.g. international, education, communication);
- Strong interpersonal skills: ability to work well with others and develop effective networks;
- Excellent communication skills: including social media and creative techniques to reach different audiences; an ability to deliver presentations to large audiences; confident in interacting with senior alumni and network stakeholders
- Delivery focused: a proactive self-starter with the ability to manage financial and human resources to ensure timely and high quality service;
- IT confidence: including database management
- Good strategic awareness: able to understand priorities of the Embassy and actively contribute to them;
Level of language required: Excellent command of written and spoken English and Portuguese
- Project management experience
- Knowledge of the higher education sector in Brazil and UK;
This opportunity is closed to applications.