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Head, English For Education Systems - Ankara

British Council İngiltere Büyükelçiliği Kültür Mü.

Ankara

İş Yerinde

İş Yerinde

Job Type

Periodical

Position Level

Staff

Department

Other

Other

Redirection Count

92 redirection

Job Type

Periodical

Position Level

Staff

Redirection Count

92 redirection

Department

Other

QUALIFICATIONS AND JOB DESCRIPTION

2 Years fixed term, F band contract in British Council Turkey with the possibility of extension. It will be based in Ankara. Applicants need to have legal right to work and reside in Turkey.

Closing date for applications: 09 March 2020 (12:00 Central European Time)

Role Purpose:

The main focus of the role will be to provide English Language Teaching expertise to engage with the Ministry of National Education on planning and implementing an ambitious programme of English language teaching reform in the general and further education sectors.  The role will also involve supporting the Education Team in delivering a portfolio of English and Education programmes with partners from the higher and vocational education sectors. 

Main opportunities/challenges for this role:

The main focus of this role is to assure the successful implementation of a high-profile English language teaching (ELT) project with the Ministry of National Education (MoNE). We are working closely with the MoNE to support a new 3-5-year national programme to reform ELT in schools. The government has publicly declared this reform to be a priority, and the UK, represented by the British Council, is seen as having a leading role in developing and implementing it through an ambitious national programme to develop a sustainable, continuing professional development framework for English language teachers in Turkey. The programme’s primary beneficiaries are the 37,505 English teachers in lower secondary schools.

An opportunity of this role will be to develop high quality face-to-face and digital training opportunities for English teachers on the programme with the aim of improving the classroom experience for learners and creating effective Continuing Professional Development opportunities for teachers.

The role also supports our work in English in higher education, which focusses mainly on facilitating debate and sharing of good practice, particularly across the Wider Europe region, in the area of English as a Medium of Instruction.

One of the main challenges of this role will be to work closely with a dispersed global and regional English for Education Systems team to ensure the Turkey English portfolio is aligned to global and regional strategy.

Main Accountabilities:

Strategy and planning

  • To work with Director Education and the WE lead for English for Education Systems to develop and implement a sustainable, relevant, innovative and high-impact English plan for the British Council in Turkey in line with British Council country, regional and global English strategies
  • To support the Education Team in the development and delivery of the British Council Turkey’s Education strategy, ensuring that English forms an integral part of this  
  • To contribute to regional programme-based planning in English and to provide English expertise to WE country teams as and when required.
  • To work with Director Education and other colleagues as required on developing a fit for purpose monitoring and evaluation strategy for Turkey’s English and Education work
  • To plan and deliver monitoring and evaluation activities for specific programmes as required
  • To plan and monitor a sustainable digital component for teacher training projects.

Leadership

  • To lead on delivery of the British Council Turkey’s English work
  • To work with Director Education on the scoping of ELT partnership opportunities with the higher and vocational education sectors.
  • To deputise for Director Education within the Education Team and at a country and regional level as required
  • To deputise for Director Education within the Ankara office as and when required
  • To provide line management to 1-2 local staff members of the Education Team regarding their English related work 
  • To represent the British Council at English-related and other events at country and at regional level as required

Communications

  • To develop and maintain a network of English related contacts, partners, key influencers and other stakeholders with a particular focus on education leaders from ministries, universities and other state bodies
  • To act as the main internal point of contact regarding the British Council’s Turkey’s English activities 
  • To provide specialist advice and guidance to the British Council’s external partners and contacts on ELT reform planning and delivery as required
  • To provide updates and reports to the country Senior Leadership Team, the regional English team and the global English team as required
  • To work with the country and regional marketing and communications teams on ensuring British Council English activities in Turkey are reported on effectively in order to maximise impact and British Council visibility
  • To work closely with the country Marketing and communications team to develop a general marketing and communications strategy for British Council English programme activities and to embed this within the wider Education communications strategy
  • To produce specific marketing and communications plans for large-scale English programme activities required in line with regional specifications


Key relationships:

Internal: Director Education Turkey, Country Director Turkey, Deputy Director Turkey, Country Exams Manager, WE Regional Head of English for Education Systems, WE Regional Portfolio Manager; WE Regional Head of Education and Society, UK/Global English Team, Turkey and Regional Marcomms team.

External: senior contacts in Education and Higher Education, Ministries and other government and semi-government bodies, local education sector leaders including university and school leaders and leading academics in relevant fields, heads of teachers’ associations and similar organisations.  UK Embassy colleagues.  Potential influencers such as education experts and think tanks.  Directors of private training centres and language schools.  Representatives of UK English publishers. 

Other important features or requirements of the job (e.g. travel, unsocial/evening hours, restrictions on employment etc.)

  • Travel will be required within Turkey and abroad
  • Normal office working hours will be applied  
  • Attendance to evening events such as receptions, dinners, etc. may be required
  • Occasional working over weekends may be needed


The British Council is committed to a policy of equal opportunity and welcomes applicants from all sections of the community.

We work to ensure that people are not unjustifiably discriminated against on the basis of
age, disability, ethnicity, gender, religion or belief, sexual orientation or any other irrelevant grounds.
 
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Preferred Candidate

More than 5 years of experience
Bachelor’s(Graduate), Master’s(Student), Master’s(Graduate), Doctorate(Student), Doctorate(Graduate)
English(Reading : Advanced, Writing : Advanced, Speaking : Advanced)

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