ELT Teacher Training Project Manager Job at British Council Nigeria

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Job Title: English Language Teaching  Project Manager (Teacher Training)

Location: Abuja, Nigeria

Organisation: British Council in Nigeria

Purpose of job:  

To contribute to the regional strategy for English in Sub-Saharan Africa.

To manage a large scale ELT project to meet the British Council's objectives and targets.

Context and environment: (e.g. dept description, region description, organogram)

The post will involve managing a large scale project in Nigeria under the supervision of the English Language Teaching Adviser. The post will involve working with at least one Project Officer to deliver teacher training programmes to mainly state primary teachers throughout Nigeria.  

Accountabilities, responsibilities and main duties:

(including people management and finance)

The postholder will be responsible for managing a number of projects within the British Council's global English portfolio. Specific duties will include:

•   financial accounting and planning for each project, using the following tools:  – SAP financial reports to verify charges and identify/correct mis-charges/omissions promptly, as part of risk control procedure  – SAP financial planning/forecasting functions to ensure that up-to-date forecasts of project expenditure are maintained and that budgets are properly and accurately managed – monthly cash flow estimates which accurately reflect project expenditure requirements over the next month or two – raising or approving purchase orders for operational expenditure items  

•   project planning, monitoring and evaluation, using the following tools:  – project logic models  – Gantt charts to reflect planned activity  – scorecard instruments (audience forecasts and actuals, quality of service questionnaires)

•   managing relationships with project partners, and representing the project to other external stakeholders

•   ensuring projects are marketed to the highest standard in print , digitally and at event.

•   soliciting partnership funding against specified income targets

•   ensuring that all project activity reflects key equal opportunities and diversity issues

The postholder will be accountable to English Language Teaching Adviser for the successful progress and implementation of the project. The role will involve team work with one or more Project Officer(s) and possibly one other Project Manager.  

How to Apply:

Read through the role profile document.

Download and complete the application form.

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 Gposts@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.

ELT Teacher Training Project Manager Job