Country Director Iraq

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.

We have an excellent opportunity for a Country Director to lead the development and delivery of the 3-year Country Plan for Iraq, ensuring it meets the required cultural relations, business and operational objectives and is appropriately aligned to wider corporate strategies.   British Council Iraq is a Tier 1 operation of importance to the UK from both Security and Prosperity perspectives located in 3 offices.

The successful candidate must demonstrate the following essential knowledge & experience

• Management experience at senior level leading a medium-large, diverse and complex operation internationally
• Strong record in business development and financial literacy
• Excellent relationship building and influencing skills at senior level
• Ability to operate in a high risk security and financial environment
• Experience of motivating teams to deliver in difficult environments and achieve results

Some of the main opportunities/challenges include:

• Successful delivery of large-scale donor-funded programmes and established British Council programmes (Skills for Employability, English for the Future, New Connections, Connecting Classrooms, Internationalising Higher Education, Active Citizens)
• Business development of new programmes, working with the global business development team
• Development and growth of digital impact and delivery
• Build on the progress made in Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
• Building the skills, capabilities and professionalism of the Iraq team
• Security/risk management
• Managing senior stakeholder relations in the UK, Iraq, Jordan and Brussels.
• Co-location in the offices of the British Embassy (EU and others)

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