Arts Programme Manager at British Council
The British Council is the UK’s international organisation for cultural relations and educational opportunities.
- We create friendly knowledge and understanding between the people of the UK and other countries.
- We do this by making a positive contribution to the UK and the countries we work with – changing lives by creating opportunities, building connections and engendering trust.
- We work with over 100 countries across the world in the fields of arts and culture, English language, education and civil society.
- Each year we reach over 20 million people face-to-face and more than 500 million people online, via broadcasts and publications.
Founded in 1934, we are a UK charity governed by Royal Charter and a UK public body.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Arts Programme Manager
Role Purpose – The Job
To support the Head of Arts in delivering British Council Nigeria’s Arts and Culture portfolio, leading the implementation, governance and compliance of global programmes and the Arts Core Offer in country.
- To manage delivery teams, partners, contracts and budgets across multiple concurrent programmes, ensuring they meet quality, impact, financial and reporting standards aligned to British Council policies and the 2026–2030 strategic horizon.
- To deputize for the Head of Arts as required, contribute to securing partnerships and income, and play a leading role in operational planning for the UK–Nigeria Season of Culture 2028.
Requirements of The Role:
Undergraduate or postgraduate Degree in an Arts, Culture, Humanities, Social Sciences or related subject area, or equivalent demonstrable professional experience.
- More than three years’ experience managing projects or programmes in the arts and culture sector in Nigeria.
- Experience of managing multi-country or large in-country programmes that have met project closure and audit standards.
- Knowledge and/or experience of working with at least two types of funding sources within a structured compliance regime (e.g. grant in aid, partner co-funding, FCDO, trusts and foundations, corporate sponsorship).
- Experience of client management, partner management and contract management.
- Experience of managing a wide range of stakeholders, including government, delivery partners, sector bodies and creative practitioners.
- Experience of identifying risk in a programme and developing successful risk mitigation with the SRO.
- Experience of managing teams, including dispersed teams.
- Understanding of MEL principles, results frameworks and theories of change.
Experience of conducting lessons learned reviews / after-action reviews to inform future programme design.
Requirements of The Role:
Undergraduate or postgraduate Degree in an Arts, Culture, Humanities, Social Sciences or related subject area, or equivalent demonstrable professional experience.
- More than three years’ experience managing projects or programmes in the arts and culture sector in Nigeria.
- Experience of managing multi-country or large in-country programmes that have met project closure and audit standards.
- Knowledge and/or experience of working with at least two types of funding sources within a structured compliance regime (e.g. grant in aid, partner co-funding, FCDO, trusts and foundations, corporate sponsorship).
- Experience of client management, partner management and contract management.
- Experience of managing a wide range of stakeholders, including government, delivery partners, sector bodies and creative practitioners.
- Experience of identifying risk in a programme and developing successful risk mitigation with the SRO.
- Experience of managing teams, including dispersed teams.
- Understanding of MEL principles, results frameworks and theories of change.
Experience of conducting lessons learned reviews / after-action reviews to inform future programme design.
Desirable:
A Master’s degree in a creative industry, cultural policy or international development related area.
- Foundation level project management qualification (in-house training or evidence of CPD in this area will also be considered).
- More than five years’ experience managing projects or programmes in the arts and culture sector.
- Knowledge of the UK creative sector and its enablers of growth and partnership.
- Demonstrable understanding of the funding landscape for the Nigerian arts and culture sector.
- Established credibility in the field of arts and culture in Nigeria.
- Experience supporting bilateral cultural seasons, festivals or large-scale showcase programmes.
Role Specific Skills:
Able to translate strategy into operational plans across a varied arts and culture portfolio.
- Strong project and programme management skills, including planning, budgeting, risk management and reporting.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to produce clear reports, briefings and partner-facing documents.
- Strong financial literacy and the ability to manage multi-stream budgets.
- Strong digital literacy, including Microsoft 365, project management tools and basic data analysis.
Remuneration:
- NGN 30,426,883.00 Annual Gross
Deadline:
- 25th June, 2026; at 21:59 UK Time.
How to Apply
Interested applicant can apply via this link
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