Job Vacancy: Job title: Schools Project Officer Nigeria
Job description: We support peace and prosperity by building connections, understanding and trust between people in the UK and countries worldwide.
We work directly with individuals to help them gain the skills, confidence and connections to transform their lives and shape a better world in partnership with the UK. We support them to build networks and explore creative ideas, to learn English, to get a high-quality education and to gain internationally recognised qualifications.
Working with people in over 200 countries and territories, we are on the ground in more than 100 countries. In 2021-22 we reached 650 million people.
Project Officer: Schools Education
Role Purpose
To work with the Programme Manager in supporting the delivery of the British Council’s School Education programme. The role will include successfully administering activities and projects that delivers value for the schools system across Nigeria.
Main accountabilities but not limited to the following:
This post will have the following core functions:
- Project & Contract Delivery: to support the delivery of high-quality events, workshops and project activity working with partners and stakeholders in order to meet sector and country plans. To co-ordinate venues, consultant logistics, guest lists, transport, accommodation, media coverage and photographers, programme development.
- Marketing & Customer Service: To work with the Programme Manager to deliver communication services to all school’s projects including the development and dissemination of project reports and impact stories for external and internal stakeholders through appropriate communication channels including digital and print media.
- Financial Planning & Management: To create and maintain purchase orders and sales orders in line with British Council policies and procedures, ensure good receipting and invoicing of orders to facilitate vendor and consultant payments.
- Scorecard Management: To support the collection, processing and reporting of monitoring and evaluation data gathered from projects in support of the British Council Results and Evidence framework, project logical framework and other evaluation requirements, as needed.
- Contacts Database Management: To develop, update and maintain an up-to-date contacts management database related to project activity
- Delivery of our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion policy in relation to our projects work and in compliance with our policy on Child Protection.
Role specific knowledge and experience:
Minimum requirements:
- Bachelors degree in relevant field with a minimum of three years relevant experience
- Knowledge of Nigerian basic and secondary education system
- Previous experience in activity coordination and planning within the following sectors: Education and Schools, Governance and Society and project management
Desirable:
- Managing projects Works with project management systems and procedures, and has a track record of compliance with them as a project team member.
Further Information
- Pay Band – Pay band 4
- Remuneration: NGN 7,363,086 gross per annum
- Contract Type – 2 years fixed term contract
- Location – Lagos, Nigeria
- Language requirements: Strong written and oral English communication skills.
- Role holder must have existing rights to live and work in the country the role is based.
- Closing Date – 2nd June 2023. Applications will close 23:59 Nigerian Time
A connected and trusted UK in a more connected and trusted world.
Equality , Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) Statement
The British Council is committed to policies and practices of equality, diversity and inclusion across everything we do. We support all staff to make sure their behaviour is consistent with this commitment. We want to address under representation and encourage applicants from under-represented groups, in particular, but not exclusively, on grounds of ethnicity and disability. All disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria are guaranteed an interview and we have Disability Confident Employer Status. We welcome discussions about specific requirements or adjustments to enable participation and engagement in our work and activities.
The British Council is committed to safeguarding children, young people and adults who we work with.
We believe that all children and adults everywhere in the world deserve to live in safe environments and have the right to be protected from all forms of abuse, maltreatment and exploitation as set out in article 19, UNCRC (United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child) 1989.
Appointment to positions where there is direct involvement with vulnerable groups will be dependent on thorough checks being completed; these will include qualification checks, reference checks, identity & criminal record checks in line with legal requirements and with the British Council’s Safeguarding policies for Adults and Children.
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Location: Nigeria
Job date: Sun, 21 May 2023 05:06:08 GMT
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