Intern – Programmes (British Council Kampala) job at British Council
Posted by: great-volunteer
Posted date: 2025-Oct-24
Location: Kampala, Uganda
Intern â Programmes (British Council Kampala) 2025-10-24T08:39:02+00:00 British Council https://cdn.ugashare.com/jsjobsdata/data/employer/comp_7514/logo/british.png https://www.google.com/ INTERN Kampala Kampala 00256 Uganda Professional Services Education 2025-11-14T17:00:00+00:00 Uganda 8 | To support planning and delivery of British Council Ugandaâs Programmes work in line with our strategic objectives. The role will serve to provide a highly motivated beginner/recent entrant to the workforce a learning experience that will help them build essential work skills in a dynamic organisational environment and cultivate a strong foundation for their professional life. The British Council has a Disability Confident Employer status and we look to attract, recruit and retain persons with disabilities within our workforce, to ensure we benefit from their skillset and talent. Candidates will be given reasonable accommodation during recruitment and throughout the internship tailored to the candidateâs needs. | | Role context | | The British Council is the UKâs international organisation for cultural relations and educational opportunities. Our vision is a more peaceful and prosperous world built on trust. We make a positive contribution to the UK and the countries we work with â changing lives via work in Arts and culture, English language, education. We share the best of the UK, learn from the best around the world, working with young people, influencers, future leaders, institutions across the world. We work in over 100 countries on positive change, particularly for young people. Our work includes providing technical leadership and management of complex, multi-stakeholder programmes, forming trusted partnerships that shape new approaches to tackling profound challenges, led by local communities and informed by international best practice. The internship is a professional development opportunity aimed at enabling a talented new entrant/recent joiner to the world of work to build a strong start to their careers and contribute to our work in a mutually beneficially way. | | | Main accountabilities | | The accountabilities focus on equipping the intern to grow knowledge, skills and confidence and deliver tangible results performing the following specific functions working with and learning from more experienced colleagues. Programme Delivery Support: - Support programme managers in the planning and delivery of British Council Uganda programmes across Schools, Arts, English and Higher Education.
- Assist in the organization of events, workshops, and webinars (online and in-person in including logistics, participant coordination, and preparation of materials.)
- Help track programme activity plans and maintain records of outputs, ensuring documents are up to date.
- Programs event management: Support planning and implementation of program events including Equaity Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) initiatives. The learning: Cultivating first hand experience in Project management
Monitoring, Evaluation, Communication and Reporting: - Assist with data collection from partners and beneficiaries.
- Support preparation of reports, case studies and success stories for donors and stakeholders.
- Contribute to documenting lessons learned from programme implementation.
- Stakeholder and Partner Engagement:
- Support communication with partners, consultants, and vendors.
- Help prepare stakeholder updates, newsletters and communications.
- Assist in preparing briefing packs for meetings with stakeholders.
Finance and Procurement Support - Provide support in processing procurement requests and financial documentation.
- Maintain filing systems (digital) for programme documents and finances.
- Assist with cash flow forecasts and budget tracking under supervision.
The skills we hope you will develop and grow through the role are: - Practical experience in programme and project delivery.
- Understanding of monitoring, evaluation, and reporting processes.
- Stakeholder management and intercultural communication skills.
- Financial and administrative systems knowledge in programme management.
- Team collaboration, problem-solving and professional communication skills.
All duties and responsibilities will be in line with our EDI policy, Safeguarding and other corporate policies. | - Support programme managers in the planning and delivery of British Council Uganda programmes across Schools, Arts, English and Higher Education.
- Assist in the organization of events, workshops, and webinars (online and in-person in including logistics, participant coordination, and preparation of materials.)
- Help track programme activity plans and maintain records of outputs, ensuring documents are up to date.
- Programs event management: Support planning and implementation of program events including Equaity Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) initiatives. The learning: Cultivating first hand experience in Project management
- Assist with data collection from partners and beneficiaries.
- Support preparation of reports, case studies and success stories for donors and stakeholders.
- Contribute to documenting lessons learned from programme implementation.
- Support communication with partners, consultants, and vendors.
- Help prepare stakeholder updates, newsletters and communications.
- Assist in preparing briefing packs for meetings with stakeholders.
- Provide support in processing procurement requests and financial documentation.
- Maintain filing systems (digital) for programme documents and finances.
- Assist with cash flow forecasts and budget tracking under supervision.
- Practical experience in programme and project delivery.
- Understanding of monitoring, evaluation, and reporting processes.
- Stakeholder management and intercultural communication skills.
- Financial and administrative systems knowledge in programme management.
- Team collaboration, problem-solving and professional communication skills.
- Priority given to new/recent entrants to the workforce, including persons with disabilities regardless of employment gap
- Evidence of being socio-economically disadvantaged
- Interest in education, skills, youth empowerment Commitment to learning
- Profeciency in English Language (written and spoken)
- Ability to work well with diverse groups of people
- Resourcefulness and attention to detail
- Ability to organise, co-ordinate, handle assigned tasks under supervision.
- Strong motivation to make a difference
- Evidence of being adaptable, able to quickly build understanding in new areas
JOB-68fb3b260b8ca Vacancy title: Intern â Programmes (British Council Kampala) Jobs at: British Council Deadline of this Job: Friday, November 14 2025 Duty Station: Kampala | Kampala | Uganda Summary Date Posted: Friday, October 24 2025, Base Salary: Not Disclosed JOB DETAILS: | To support planning and delivery of British Council Ugandaâs Programmes work in line with our strategic objectives. The role will serve to provide a highly motivated beginner/recent entrant to the workforce a learning experience that will help them build essential work skills in a dynamic organisational environment and cultivate a strong foundation for their professional life. The British Council has a Disability Confident Employer status and we look to attract, recruit and retain persons with disabilities within our workforce, to ensure we benefit from their skillset and talent. Candidates will be given reasonable accommodation during recruitment and throughout the internship tailored to the candidateâs needs. | | Role context | | The British Council is the UKâs international organisation for cultural relations and educational opportunities. Our vision is a more peaceful and prosperous world built on trust. We make a positive contribution to the UK and the countries we work with â changing lives via work in Arts and culture, English language, education. We share the best of the UK, learn from the best around the world, working with young people, influencers, future leaders, institutions across the world. We work in over 100 countries on positive change, particularly for young people. Our work includes providing technical leadership and management of complex, multi-stakeholder programmes, forming trusted partnerships that shape new approaches to tackling profound challenges, led by local communities and informed by international best practice. The internship is a professional development opportunity aimed at enabling a talented new entrant/recent joiner to the world of work to build a strong start to their careers and contribute to our work in a mutually beneficially way. | | | Main accountabilities | | The accountabilities focus on equipping the intern to grow knowledge, skills and confidence and deliver tangible results performing the following specific functions working with and learning from more experienced colleagues. Programme Delivery Support: - Support programme managers in the planning and delivery of British Council Uganda programmes across Schools, Arts, English and Higher Education.
- Assist in the organization of events, workshops, and webinars (online and in-person in including logistics, participant coordination, and preparation of materials.)
- Help track programme activity plans and maintain records of outputs, ensuring documents are up to date.
- Programs event management: Support planning and implementation of program events including Equaity Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) initiatives. The learning: Cultivating first hand experience in Project management
Monitoring, Evaluation, Communication and Reporting: - Assist with data collection from partners and beneficiaries.
- Support preparation of reports, case studies and success stories for donors and stakeholders.
- Contribute to documenting lessons learned from programme implementation.
- Stakeholder and Partner Engagement:
- Support communication with partners, consultants, and vendors.
- Help prepare stakeholder updates, newsletters and communications.
- Assist in preparing briefing packs for meetings with stakeholders.
Finance and Procurement Support - Provide support in processing procurement requests and financial documentation.
- Maintain filing systems (digital) for programme documents and finances.
- Assist with cash flow forecasts and budget tracking under supervision.
The skills we hope you will develop and grow through the role are: - Practical experience in programme and project delivery.
- Understanding of monitoring, evaluation, and reporting processes.
- Stakeholder management and intercultural communication skills.
- Financial and administrative systems knowledge in programme management.
- Team collaboration, problem-solving and professional communication skills.
All duties and responsibilities will be in line with our EDI policy, Safeguarding and other corporate policies. | Work Hours: 8 Experience in Months: 12 Level of Education: bachelor degree Job application procedure Application Link: Click Here to Apply Now
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