ELT Project Officer at British Council Nigeria

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 is looking for a suitably qualified and experienced individual to join the organization as English Language Teaching Project Officer.

Job Title: ELT Project Officer

Location: Abuja

Purpose of Job:
To support the direct and indirect delivery of a portfolio of large scale and local ELT 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.

Context and Environment:
The post will involve supporting a large scale projects and in Nigeria under the supervision of an English Language Teaching Project Manager. The post will be based in Abuja but will involve supporting teacher training events to mainly state primary teachers in different states, many of which are located in the North of Nigeria.

Main Duties and Responsibilities:
In line with EOD and other overarching corporate policies:

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.

Financial administration: to provide financial support to the project managers, including raising of purchase orders, getting quotes from suppliers, tracking payments and correcting mispostings.

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

Marketing and Communications: To ensure that projects are marketed to the highest standards in print (press, publications), digitally (websites, social media, TV, radio) and at events (conferences, workshops, meetings).

Other administrative work: As required.

Key Relationships:
External
Ministry of Education , Universal Basic Education Commission; State Universal Education Boards, State Ministers of Education, State and Local Government Area training officers and supervisors , radio and print media houses, other private sector partners
Internal

• coordination and cooperation with colleagues in ELT team
• liaison with finance colleagues to ensure that all financial tasks and deadlines are fully met
• Other Project Management Teams

Special requirements of the job:
Some unsocial hours, weekend work and travel may be required.

Qualifications
Relevant post-secondary school qualification

Experience

• Experience of organising projects or events.
• Experience of basic financial administration.
• Previous work experience in education

Skills and Knowledge

• Good communication skills - Level 2
• Computer Skills - Level 1
• Project & contract management – Level 2
• Competence in Hausa

Application Closing Date
28th May, 2013

How To Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should Click here to download and complete the application form. Completed application forms should be submitted to: [email protected] .

Note: Only applications received on the British Council application form will be considered and only short-listed candidates will be contacted.
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