To support planning and delivery of British Council Zambia’s work in line with our strategic objectives. The role will serve to provide a highly motivated beginner/recent entrant to the workforce a learning experience that will help them build essential work skills in a dynamic organisational environment and cultivate a strong foundation for their professional life.
Role Context
• The British Council is the UK’s international organisation for cultural relations and educational opportunities. Our vision is a more peaceful and prosperous world built on trust. We make a positive contribution to the UK and the countries we work with – changing lives via work in Arts and culture, English language, education. We share the best of the UK, learn from the best around the world, working with young people, influencers, future leaders, institutions across the world.
• We work in over 100 countries on positive change, particularly for young people. Our work includes providing technical leadership and management of complex, multi-stakeholder programmes, forming trusted partnerships that shape new approaches to tackling profound challenges, led by local communities and informed by international best practice.
We work with our primary target of 18–35-year-olds and with constituents who have the capacity to help maximise positive outcomes for young people and the systems that support them. We partner with organisations with like vision to enhance our ability to scale and to make a difference in sustainable, meaningful ways for the long haul.
The internship is a professional development opportunity aimed at enabling a talented new entrant/recent joiner to the world of work to build a strong start to their careers and contribute to our work in a mutually beneficially way. Priority will be given to individuals with albinism or from a marginalised background who meets the essential criteria.
Main Accountabilities:
The accountabilities focus on equipping the intern to grow knowledge, skills and confidence and deliver tangible results performing the following specific functions working with and learning from more experienced colleagues.
1. Support operations and existing projects delivery
Provide administrative support to existing projects, conduct customer surveys, develop stakeholder databases, support problem solving. The learning: What to focus on in a project-mid-project -implementation phase for success.
2. Marketing and Communications (Marcomms)
Lead on social media and digital, contribute to communication activities and documents, impact stories, awareness raising, assist in drafting reports etc. The learning: How marcomms contributes to achieving strategic objectives
3. Operations/Corporate services
Assist colleagues Equaity Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) activities, on Safeguarding and support Environmental Framework Tool (EFT) monitoring and reporting. The learning: The vital role of support services for organisational health and performance.
All duties and responsibilities will be in line with our EDI policy, Safeguarding and other corporate policies.
Qualification Requirements
Minimum requirements:
• Must be new/recent entrant to the workforce (within the past 2 years) with a Diploma or Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing, Communications, Operations, Business administration, Computer Science or a related field.
Desirable
• Interest in education, skills, youth empowerment Commitment to learning.
Role specific knowledge and experience:
Minimum/essential
• Ability to work well with diverse groups of people.
• Resourcefulness and attention to detail.
• Constructive and results-driven approach to work.
• Ability to organise, co-ordinate, handle multiple tasks.
Familiarity with social media platforms and digital marketing strategies is an added advantage.
Desirable
• Strong motivation to make a difference.
• Evidence of being adaptable, able to quickly build understanding in new areas.
