The British Council Nigeria Vacancy November, 2012

 Employment Nigeria 01-Jan-1970 NIGERIA , NIGERIA ,


PROJECT OFFICER AT BRITISH COUNCIL NIGERIA


JOB TITLE: PROJECT OFFICER

JOB LOCATION: NIGERIA

JOB DESCRIPTION
The British Council is the UK’s international organisation for educational opportunities and cultural relations. We work in over 100 countries worldwide to build engagement and trust for the UK through the exchange of knowledge and ideas between people.
The British Council in Nigeria is looking for a suitable candidate to fill the below position:

JOB PURPOSES
To support the direct and indirect delivery of a portfolio of large scale and local projects, increasingly through partnership, to meet the British Council’s objectives and targets and partner expectations in Nigeria.
To support a network of internal and external service providers and partners to meet all project targets.
The post will involve supporting large scale projects in Nigeria under the supervision of the Project Manager-Schools or other named Project Managers. The post will be based in Lagos and required to work across various project portfolios as necessary.

RESPONSIBILITIES
1.) Project delivery:
To provide support for projects and organise events to a high standard and within deadline.  To make arrangements for visitors including booking travel, accommodation and preparing programmes. 

2.) Financial administration:
To provide financial support to the supervising project Manager and other named project managers, including raising of purchase orders, getting quotes from suppliers, tracking payments and correcting mispostings.

3.) Scorecard:
To administer our monitoring and evaluation tool called Scorecard.  Collect and record all data within deadline and according to corporate standards.

4.) Marketing and Communications:
To provide communication support to internal and external contacts marketing projects where required to the highest standards.

5.) External
Schools, Education Stakeholders and contacts, venues, consultants and suppliers

6.) Internal

  • Coordination and cooperation with colleagues in both regional and local Schools  team
  • liaison with finance colleagues to ensure that all financial tasks and deadline are fully met
  • Other Project Management Teams


REQUIREMENTS

  • Candidates should possess Relevant post-secondary school qualification with Experience of organising projects or events, and Experience of basic financial administration.
  • Good communication skills - Level 2
  • Computer Skills - Level 1
  • Making regular opportunities to understand others better
  • Establishing a genuinely common goal with others
  • Delivering my best work in order to meet my commitments
  • Delivering clear results for the British Council
  • Some unsocial hours, weekend work and travel may be required.


METHOD OF APPLICATION
Interested and qualified candidates should Click here to download and complete the application form. Completed application forms should be submitted to: Hposts@ng.britishcouncil.org .

Note: Only applications received on the British Council application form will be considered and only short-listed candidates will be contacted. Click here for more details on job

Closing Date: 30th November, 2012



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