The Organisation
The British Council was founded to create ‘a friendly knowledge and understanding’ between the people of the UK and wider world by making a positive contribution to the countries we work with, and in doing so making a lasting difference to the UK’s international standing, prosperity and security. The programmes we use to do this are wide-ranging and cover the arts, education, English, science and society.

The Opportunity
We have an excellent opportunity for a Policy & External Relations Officer to ensure that the British Council’s top UK stakeholders are well informed of the British Council’s work and engaged in its activities and programmes as appropriate.

Some of the main opportunities/challenges include (please see Role Profile for full details of the duties http://bit.ly/2lUFbGC):

• Manage and oversee the corporate list of top UK stakeholders.
• Support colleagues in the UK and overseas to effectively and appropriately engage with high level stakeholders, including MPs, Ministers, Government officials, and leading figures from foreign affairs
• Lead on the development and implementation of the CEO’s policy events series, devising topics, preparing appropriate briefing documents and invitation lists and leading on follow up actions.
• Lead on the development and implementation of the Policy and External Relations strategic forward planning tools and processes to drive stakeholder engagement