Project Officer at British Council

Purpose of Job: 
To support the delivery of a portfolio of British Council project activity as part of a small team. This role primarily focuses on supporting the delivery of our Education & Society projects and programmes  in Abuja. The role will include supporting project delivery aspects of exhibitions; workshops; training and other activities . The role holder will also be expected to support a network of internal and external service providers and partners to meet all project targets.

Context and Environment:
The British Council in Nigeria works in three strategic business areas; Arts, English, Education and Society.   As a cultural relations organisation, our interest in Education & Society comes from the critical importance of the sector and it’s institutions (schools; universities; NGOs and public bodies) in promoting the exchange of knowledge and ideas and the benefit that such an exchange delivers for the UK and for the world.

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).

Skills and Knowledge

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

Experience 

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

Qualifications

• Relevant post-secondary school qualification

Application Closing Date
Friday 28 August, 2013

How to apply
Please read through Project Officer 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 to [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.