Direction de l’Alliance Française

To find the full job description : https://www.afglasgow.org.uk/about-us/internships-and-jobs/

The AFG welcomes applications from individuals with previous management experience who are familiar with the ways in which charitable associations and not-for-profit organisations operate.

A good command of French language and passion for its culture are also required.

You should have a demonstrable capacity for strategic thinking and for grasping opportunities likely to expand the AFG’s clientele.
You should also be able to manage relationships with the AFG’s teaching and administrative staff sensitively. Some teaching experience would be an advantage.

As a skilled networker, you are an effective negotiator able to develop even closer links with key stakeholder and exterior organisations.

The AFG is looking for a capable all-rounder with entrepreneurial flair to whom multi-tasking comes naturally. More specifically, responsibilities will include the following :
• Carrying out the administrative, operational and financial roles of the Director, including payroll
• Preparing Board meetings, implementing Board decisions, ensuring effective governance and compliance with all internal and external policies
• Managing the administrative and teaching staff
• Providing expert reports and advice to the Board on key strategic issues
• Developing a long-term business plan (projet d’établissement)
• Overseeing and, if necessary, taking charge of external communications, the general marketing strategy and the AFG’s programme of cultural events
• Overseeing the further development of the AFG’s language courses and ensuring educational excellence
• Strengthening existing relationships with community and corporate organisations and developing new ones in line with the business plan
• Maintaining links as appropriate with the wider Alliance Française Network, the Institut Français and other partner organisations.

The AFG was established in 1982 and is the only Alliance Française in Scotland. It has made a major contribution to the development of French language and culture in the west of Scotland over the last forty years. Since 2004 it has been based in Park Circus near the city centre in a co-location with the Goethe Institute. It provides a range of language courses for about 550 individual students of all ages and levels every year, and is an official examination centre for DELF/DALF/TCF. The AFG is dependent on fees from its students for most of its income. The staff currently comprises ten teachers (full- and part-time) and three full-time administrative staff, including volunteers from France. For more information : https://www.afglasgow.org.uk/

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