Project Officer, ELT - Abuja Job at British Council Nigeria

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Job Title: Project Officer – ELT

Location: Abuja, Nigeria

Employer: British Council

The British Council is currently looking for a suitably qualified and experienced individual to join us in Abuja as Project Officer – ELT.

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: (e.g. dept description, region description, organogram)

The post will involve supporting a large scale projects and in Nigeria under the supervision of am Manager. The post will be based in Abuja but will involve supporting teacher training events to mainly state primary teachers in different states, many of which are located in the North of Nigeria.

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

•   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 the  Project Officer – ELT role profile. Download and complete 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.

•   Project Officer – ELT role profile: http://www.britishcouncil.org.ng/files/2014/01/Role-Profile-Project-Officer-English-Jan-2014.doc

•   British Council external application form: http://www.britishcouncil.org.ng/jobs/africa-external-application-form

Completed application forms should be sent hposts@ng.britishcouncil.org no later than Saturday 18 January, 2014. Please ensure the subject of your mail is, 'Project Officer – ELT".

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.

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