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About the Role
The Sector Senior Consultant - Schools will support the development and delivery of sector engagement, guidance, training, and support activities to encourage high-quality participation in Erasmus+ across the sector. This role is key to increasing participation, supporting quality implementation, promoting inclusion, and ensuring sector needs are reflected in National Agency activities.
Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain effective relationships with key sector stakeholders and partners.
- Support the delivery of sector engagement plans aligned with National Agency priorities.
- Promote Erasmus+ opportunities and increase sector awareness and participation.
- Represent the National Agency at sector events, conferences, webinars, and stakeholder meetings.
- Provide specialist advice and guidance to applicants and beneficiaries throughout the project lifecycle.
- Design and deliver information sessions, workshops, webinars, and training activities.
- Develop guidance materials, toolkits, and best-practice resources to improve project quality and impact.
- Gather and analyse sector intelligence, stakeholder feedback, and programme data to inform decision-making.
- Promote inclusion, diversity, sustainability, and digital transformation, while widening participation among underrepresented organisations.
- Manage assigned projects and workstreams, collaborating across teams, and supporting programme quality assurance, reporting, and continuous improvement.
Requirements
- Experience of working in the schools sector.
- Experience of designing and delivering stakeholder engagement activities.
- Experience of developing and delivering training, workshops, or guidance materials.
- Experience of managing projects and delivering against objectives and deadlines.
- Experience of building productive relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
- Experience of Erasmus+ or other international education programmes (desirable).
- Experience of grant-funded programmes and meeting donor requirements (desirable).
- Experience of working with government departments or public-sector stakeholders (desirable).
- Knowledge of UK School policy and practice (desirable).
- Project management qualification or equivalent experience (desirable).
- Current right to work in the UK.
- The British Council is not able to support or sponsor work visa applications.
Location
- London
- Belfast
- Cardiff
- Edinburgh
- Home-based within the UK
Work Type
- Hybrid working
Education Level
- Degree or equivalent work experience.
Salary/Compensations
- £40,179 gross per annum
About the Company
- We support peace and prosperity by building connections, understanding and trust between people in the UK and countries worldwide.
- For over 90 years we have shaped brighter futures through education, arts, culture, language, and creativity.
- We work with people in over 150 countries and reach over 700 million people.
- We connect. We inspire.
- A connected and trusted UK in a more connected and trusted world.
Equal Opportunity
- We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and we welcome applications from all sections of the community as we believe that a diverse workforce gives added depth to our work.
- The British Council is a Disability Confident Employer.
- The Disability Confident scheme helps challenge attitudes, increase understanding of disability, and ensure staff are drawn from the widest possible pool of talent and we guarantee an interview for disabled applicants who meet the minimum role requirements.
- We welcome discussions about specific requirements or adjustments to enable participation and engagement in our work and activities.
- The British Council is committed to safeguarding children, young people, and adults who we work with.
- We believe that all children and adults everywhere in the world deserve to live in safe environments and have the right to be protected from all forms of abuse, maltreatment and exploitation as set out in article 19, UNCRC (United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child) 1989.
- Appointment to positions where there is direct involvement with vulnerable groups will be dependent on thorough checks being completed in line with legal requirements and with the British Council’s Safeguarding policies for Adults and Children.