Aug 16, 2013

Project Officer, Vacancy at British Council Nigeria

The British Council is currently looking for a suitably qualified and experienced individual to join us as a Project Officer at our Abuja office.

Project Officer, Vacancy at British Council Nigeria
Job Title: Project Officer
Purpose of Job:
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.


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).

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 hposts@ng.britishcouncil.org. 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.

Application Deadline Date
Closes by Friday 28th August, 2013.

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.

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