The British Council was founded to create \u2018a friendly knowledge and understanding\u2019 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\u2019s international standing, prosperity and security. The programmes we use to do this are wide-ranging and cover the arts, education, English, science and society.<\/p>\n
The Team<\/b><\/p>\n
British Council works with Scotland and our global network to promote and project the best of education in Scotland and arts across the world and to ensure that Scotland informs \u2013 and benefits from \u2013 British Council\u2019s global programmes.<\/p>\n
The Opportunity<\/b><\/p>\n
We have an excellent opportunity for an Arts Officer Edinburgh to provide logistical and administrative support to Head of Arts, in the delivery of activities, projects and programmes in the arts sector and associated communications and finances. The main focus of the role is to take the lead in supporting Head of Arts to build and develop relationships with the arts sector that are consistent with Scotland\u2019s ambitions and cultural distinctiveness on the international stage and with the Council\u2019s cultural relations mission.<\/p>\n
The successful candidate must demonstrate the following essential knowledge & experience:<\/b><\/p>\n Some of the main opportunities\/challenges include: (Please see Role Profile for full details of the duties)<\/b><\/p>\n Equality Comment & Equality of Opportunity (UK)<\/b><\/p>\n Valuing diversity is essential to the British Council\u2019s work. We aim to abide by and promote equality legislation by following both the letter and the spirit of it to try and avoid unjustified discrimination, recognising discrimination as a barrier to equality of opportunity, inclusion and human rights. All staff worldwide are required to ensure their behaviour is consistent with our policies.<\/p>\n The British Council is committed to a policy of equal opportunity and is keen to reflect the diversity of UK society at every level within the organisation. We welcome applications from all sections of the community. In line with the British Council’s Child Protection policy, any appointment is contingent on thorough checks. In the UK, and in other countries where appropriate systems exist, these include criminal records checks.<\/p>\n For further information please see the documents below:<\/p>\n Role profile<\/a><\/p>\n\n
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