Caretaker and Facilities Assistant at British Council

Purpose of job: 
To contribute to the achievement of British Council objectives by supporting the effective and efficient planning, management, delivery and evaluation of facilities, estate, and procurement; and maintenance of an appropriate working and living environment for staff and visitors.

Context and environment:
The Facilities Unit in British Council Nigeria, under the leadership of the Director of Resources, supports the operations of the British Council through effective and efficient planning and management of all its facilities/resources.

The post holder will assist the Facilities Manager in-country to manage all British Council facilities, estate, office vehicles and procurement as defined in the Regional and Country plans.

Main Duties and Responsibilities:
Assist Facilities Team in-country to manage facilities, estate, office vehicles, and procurement as defined in the Regional and Country Delivery Plans in all key sectors of the British Council programme.

To maintain the office and estate by ensuring security and optimum delivery of customer care including opening and closing of the office premises on schedule every day.

Required to deal with any soft general maintenance issues which arise throughout the building, i.e. light bulb changes, replacement/fixing of desks/furniture and report any specialist maintenance repairs required when necessary to the Facilities Manager.

Assist the Facilities Manager in ensuring that facilities emergency services are available out of hours.

Skills and Knowledge

• Premises and Facilities service Delivery
• Store keeping/management
• IT literacy

Experience

• Proven knowledge and experience of facilities service delivery in a reputable firm.

Qualifications

• Post Secondary Qualification

Application Closing Date
28 August, 2013

How to apply
Please read through the Caretaker and Facilities Assistant Role profile. Download and complete the British Council application form. To help you understand and complete the application form, read through the ‘How to complete the application’ document on the jobs page. Listed within the role profile document, you will find a number of listed ‘behaviours’ and ‘skills and knowledge’. Evidence against those criteria will need to be provided in your role application form. To help you understand those criteria, we have provided a ‘behaviours’ and ‘generic skills’ dictionary at the top of the jobs page.

Completed application forms should be sent [email protected] no later than Friday 28 August, 2013. Please ensure the subject of your mail is “Customer service/ Exam assistant”.

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

The British Council is committed to a policy of Equal Opportunity and Diversity and welcomes applicants from all sections of the community. We guarantee an interview to disabled candidates who meet the essential criteria.