British Council Current Job for Programmes Team Project Officer Sept., 2015

The British Council is the world’s leading cultural relations
organization and creates opportunities for people in the UK and
worldwide to understand each other, to work together and learn from one

another. We see this as crucial to building secure, more prosperous
and sustainable futures for us all.
We build trust and understanding
between different countries and cultures and develop strong
international links that are of benefit to people in Britain and the
rest of the world.

We are recruiting to fill the below position of:

Job Title: Programmes Team Project Officer

Region: SSA
Location: Abuja
Department: Programmes/Nigeria
Pay Band: 4
Reports to: Programmes Team Project Manager

Purpose of the Job

• To work with Project Managers in the Programmes team to manage project delivery across the Nigeria Programmes portfolio

Context and Environment
The British Council in Nigeria works in three strategic business areas; Arts, English, Education and Society.

This post will also support programmes team activity across the three
business areas taking place in Abuja and the north of Nigeria. This
includes (but is not limited to):

• The MacArthur funded Teacher Education Research project
• Education exhibitions
• Organising Events that take place in Abuja
• Supporting inward visitor programmes
• The Researcher Links programme
• The Customer Relationship Management (CRM) project
• Stakeholder Engagement Projects

Objectives
The British Council creates international opportunities for the people
of the UK and other countries and builds trust between them worldwide.
In all that we do the British Council acknowledges our duty of care to
ensure a healthy and safe place to work for our staff, customers and
visitors. We aim to achieve this through compliance with the safety laws
in each of the countries in which we operate. We aim, where
practicable, to follow UK standards, guidance and codes of good practice
where these offer enhanced standards of health and safety.

The British Council recognises that we have a fundamental duty of care
towards all children we engage with including a duty to protect them
from abuse. We achieve this through compliance with UK child protection
laws and relevant laws in each of the countries we operate as well as by
adherence to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child
(UNCRC) 1989.

Accountabilities, Responsibilities and Main Duties

Project Management and Coordination:

• Support the delivery of project activity to agreed timelines, costs and performance indicators.
• Support Project Managers and Directors maintain and update Project and Programme Plans and Briefs
• Responsible for updating contact records in CRM for contacts of the Programmes Management Group
• Be responsible for project records management and archiving in
  line with corporate policy on data protection and information management
• Be responsible for maintaining project activity and Gantt charts
• Support organisation and management of inward and outward visit
  schedules for internal colleagues including from the Region and UK
  including booking hotels and travel
• Support Directors and Project Managers in organising and managing events.
• Organise meetings with internal and external contacts on behalf of Project Managers and Directors

Financial management:

• Responsible for creating and managing programme purchase orders
  and ensuring appropriate management of invoicing and payment of
  suppliers and vendors.
• Support project managers source quotations from suppliers in compliance with the corporate procurement policy

Key Relationships:

• Project Managers in Education and Skills, Society and Arts; the
  external consultant on the Gender Research Project; Programmes
  Management Group; Partnerships Manager, Evaluation Manager, Nigeria
  Communications team, Abuja Facilities team.

Other important features or requirements of the job

• Operational project work requires occasional work outside
  conditioned hours, for example in the evenings or at weekends. Time off
  in lieu (TOIL) should be agreed with the line manager in advance to
  maintain an adequate work-life balance.
• The post-holder may also be required to travel to various
  project activity locations and internationally on BC business and should
  therefore hold valid travel documents.
• Training may be required for certain aspects of the job such as using SAP.

Person Specification

Behaviours

• Connecting with others (essential)
• Working together (essential)
• Being accountable (essential)

Other behaviours needed for the job but not evaluated at interview:

• Making it happen at essential

Assessment Stage:

• Interview

Qualification

• Bachelor’s Degree

Assessment Stage:

• Short listing

Experience
Desirable:

• Experience of working in any of the following sectors: education and skills; arts; governance and society

Assessment stage:

• Short listing and Interview

Skills and Knowledge
Essential

• Managing Projects: Works with project management systems and
  procedures, and has a track record of compliance with them as a project
  team member.
• Managing finance and resources: Uses resources efficiently in own role and complies with financial rules and procedures. 
• Planning and organising: Able to plan own work over short timescales for routine or familiar tasks and processes.
• Communication skills: Listens to others and expresses self
  clearly, with grammatical accuracy and awareness of a diverse audience
  in speaking and writing.

Desirable:

• Understanding of the education and social landscape in Nigeria

Assessment stage

• Short listing and Interview

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Click here to download job details MS Word 

Click here to download BC Behaviour (pdf)

Click here to download BC Core Skills (pdf)

Application Deadline  25th September, 2015.