Drivers at British Council - Lagos and Abuja

The British Council is currently looking for suitably qualified and experienced individuals to join us in Lagos and Abuja as drivers.

Job Title: Driver

Location: Lagos/Abuja

Purpose of job:
To support the provision of secure transportation of personnel and resources for British Council in accordance with the Organisation’s policies and standards.

Context and Environment:
The post holder will be involved in managing our transport needs in Lagos & Abuja. The The ppost holder will work closely with the Facilities Team

Accountabilities, responsibilities and main duties:
Specific duties will include:

• Ensure vehicles are serviced in line with the service schedule and that periodic routine vehicle checks are made and that defects and damage are reported promptly. Vehicles are clean and refuelled regularly.
• Carry out driving and transportation duties in relation to travel bookings, activity and event management and maintain vehicle log books, journey and fuel records.
• Clearly communicate transport arrangements and any changes to transport users.
• First contact to British Council visitors and UK colleagues at the airport, deliver good customer service and their transportation as may be planned ahead.
• Report to the facilities team when not driving and provide proactive support to administrative duties and quality customer care related duties. Also carry out routine mail dispatch service as may be required.

Key relationships: (include internal and external)
External: Visiting Consultants and partner organisations

Internal:

• All employees of British Council
• Cooperation with the facilities team
• Senior Management team.

Experience

• Experience of working for an international organisation in a similar context.

Qualifications

• FSLC – Passed
• SSCE – Attempt

Application Closing Date
Friday 25 April, 2014

How to Apply
Please read through the Driver Lagos/Abuja role profile. Download and complete the British Council EO&D form and also the British Council external 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 25 April, 2014. Please ensure the subject of your mail is, “Driver-Abuja” or “Driver Lagos’.

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.