South Africa - Exams Marketing Manager

The British Council in South Africa is looking for a qualified individual to fill the post of an 'Exams Marketing Manager' based in Johannesburg.

Purpose of job:
To develop and implement marketing and promotional campaigns and collaborate on business strategy for Examinations in South Africa. To lead on cross-border operations (hub and spoke) for Southern SSA.
For more info regarding the job, please download and read through the ‘role profile’ document below.

Requirements:
•Marketing – develop and implement systems for gathering market intelligence (data collection and analysis, competitor analysis, markets sizes and trends, swot/pest, etc.), develop strategies for maximise business performance and develop and implement Marketing Action Plan for South Africa and its spokes, produce monthly reports for country and regional management, brand management, develop promotional campaigns, application and analysis of mandatory BC customer satisfaction surveys.

•Relationship management – manage relationships with exam boards, supplier schools, educational and immigration agents, others as required.

•BC Tests – develop a business strategy to launch the newly developed BC Tests, setting and achieving ambitious targets.

•Cross-border Operations – oversee CBO in Botswana, Mozambique and Namibia, adding and resourcing for new countries as the strategy develops, manage Exams Officer for CBOs.

•Planning and reporting – planning and reporting for CBOs in collaboration with HOE SA and REM Southern Africa, entering actual exams volume data onto GPS every month for SA and its CBOs, reporting monthly on performance against target in CBOs.

•Web – liaise with digital team on updating of web page.

•Marketing & Communicating products to external audiences via the web, blog, press releases, social media etc...

How to apply?
Read through the role profile document. Download and complete the application form. To help you understand and complete the application form, read through the ‘How to complete the application’ document at the top of this page. Listed within the role profile document, you will find a number of listed ‘behaviours’ and ‘skills and knowledge’. Evidence against those criteria’s will need to be provided in your role application form. To help you understand those criteria’s, we have provided a ‘behaviours’ and ‘generic skills' dictionary at the top of this page.

Please read all the documents carefully before you fill in the job application form. Telephone applications or enquiries will not be considered. Completed applications should be sent via email to: Precious.Gumede@britishcouncil.org Deadline: 27 March 2012.

Applications received after the deadline will not be considered. Only candidates shortlisted for interview will be contacted. We do not accept CV's, handwritten applications or expressions of interest.