Job Title: Project Officer
Location: Abuja, Nigeria
Organisation: British Council in Nigeria
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 many different states throughout 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.
How to Apply:
Read through the role profile document (http://u.theinfostrides.com/ErFUg).
Download and complete the application form (http://u.theinfostrides.com/ZYcrX).
To help you understand and complete the application form, read through the 'How to complete the application' document at the top of this page. Listed within the role profile document, you will find a number of listed 'behaviours' and 'skills and knowledge'. Evidence against those criteria's will need to be provided in your role application form. To help you understand those criteria's, we have provided a 'behaviours' and 'generic skills' dictionary at the top of this page.
Please read all the documents carefully before you fill in the job application form. Completed applications should be sent via email to Hposts@ng.britishcouncil.org.
Applications received after the deadline will not be considered. Only candidates shortlisted for interview will be contacted. We do not accept CV's, handwritten applications or expressions of interest. The application form must clearly explain how your experience matches the above profile and include names and contact details of three references. We will not be able to consider any application which arrives after that date.
Please ensure that the position you are applying for is given as the subject head of your e-mail. Please note all posts will be filled for two years in the first instance subject to the standard probationary period.
Deadline: 26 June 2012.
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