Head of Campus France Zimbabwe

City: (with possible limited travel within the country)
Institution: French Embassy in Zimbabwe, Cooperation and Cultural Action Department

Type of contract: Part-time (10 hours/week) - Start date: 17 November 2025
Contract duration: 1 year renewable

Duties:
The Campus France Manager will implement activities to promote French higher education in Zimbabwe, under the authority of the Embassy's Cooperation and Cultural Action Advisor. He/she will design the annual programme and be responsible for its budgetary monitoring and implementation in conjunction with the various members of the France team. 

This will mainly involve:
- carrying out activities to promote studying in France and the services offered by the Campus France office to target audiences (online promotional activities and activities in educational establishments (secondary schools, French schools, universities of Zimbabwe, Alliance Française students, etc.)
- welcoming and supporting Zimbabwean students planning to study in France
- running the Campus France Zimbabwe office by organising themed student meetings
- running and developing the France Alumni Zimbabwe network
- running the language assistant network
- managing the Campus France office budget

1/ Monitoring, information, communication:
- Monitoring French training opportunities (particularly programmes in English), scholarships and employment opportunities
- Developing communication tools (slideshows, presentation documents, communication visuals, etc.)
- Update the Campus France Zimbabwe website and social media accounts
- Monitor and update the database of secondary schools in the Harare region and Zimbabwean universities.
- Compiling statistical data useful for understanding the higher education market in Zimbabwe
- Monitoring actions taken by other countries in the higher education sector

2/ Welcoming and supporting Zimbabwean secondary school pupils and students wishing to go to France for their higher education:
- Responding to general enquiries by email and telephone
- Providing student reception services during predefined hours
- Assisting with the preparation of admission applications and correspondence with French host universities
- Preparing students admitted to France for their departure
- Coordinating the selection and monitoring of the language assistant programme

3/ Promotion of French higher education:
- Organising promotional tours of secondary schools and universities in the country to promote French higher education
- Participating in selected higher education fairs and forums organised in the country
- Updating the local website and managing the dedicated social media accounts for Campus France Zimbabwe
- Managing the France Alumni Zimbabwe network
- Ultimately: supporting French universities and Grandes Ecoles in their cooperation strategy with Zimbabwe (assisting with arranging meetings with local contacts — secondary schools, universities, businesses, etc.)

4/ Support for inter-university cooperation:
- Ultimately (possible): assistance in organising institutional missions: visits by authorities in charge of higher education and French universities to Zimbabwe (inter-university meetings), and by their Zimbabwean counterparts to France (organisation of Zimbabwe Days in France, for example, with the agreement of Campus France Paris)

The Head of Campus France Zimbabwe reports to the Cooperation and Cultural Action Counsellor at the French Embassy. He/she is required to consult regularly with:
- the Cooperation and Cultural Action Department
- the Alliances Françaises (Harare, Bulawayo)
- the French School in Harare
- the Campus France network

Required skills and qualities:
- Good interpersonal skills
- Organisational skills, ability to organise
- Leadership
- Good knowledge of French (minimum level B2)
- Fluent English
- Basic knowledge of the French and Zimbabwean higher education systems
- Proficiency in creating communication tools (flyers and social media visuals)
- Ability to speak in public
- Versatility and flexibility
- Social media management
- Proactive approach

Application Details:
Please send your CV and a cover letter in French to the attention of the Cooperation and Cultural Action
Advisor at the French Embassy in Zimbabwe at the following address