Jobs for an ELT Project Officer at British Council Nigeria in Abuja

Jobs for an ELT Project Officer at British

Council Nigeria in Abuja

The British Council is the UK's international

organisation for educational opportunities and

cultural relations. We work in over 100

countries worldwide to build engagement and

trust for the UK through the exchange of

knowledge and ideas between people.

The British Council is looking for a suitably

qualified and experienced individual to join

the organization as English Language Teaching

Project Officer.

Job Title: ELT Project Officer

Location: Abuja

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.

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.

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 different

states, many of which are located in the North

of Nigeria.

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

In line with EOD and other overarching

corporate policies:

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.

Key Relationships:

External

Ministry of Education , Universal Basic

Education Commission; State Universal

Education Boards, State Ministers of

Education, State and Local Government Area

training officers and supervisors , radio and

print media houses, other private sector

partners

Internal

coordination and cooperation with colleagues

in ELT team

liaison with finance colleagues to ensure that

all financial tasks and deadlines are fully met

Other Project Management Teams

Special requirements of the job:

Some unsocial hours, weekend work and travel

may be required.

Experience

Experience of organising projects or events.

Experience of basic financial administration.

Previous work experience in education

Skills and Knowledge

Good communication skills - Level 2

Computer Skills - Level 1

Project & contract management – Level 2

Competence in Hausa

Qualifications

Relevant post-secondary school qualification

To Apply

Interested and qualified candidates should

Click here to download and complete the

application form.



www.britishcouncil.org.ng/files/2012/12/africa-external-application-form.doc



Completed application forms

should be submitted to: Hposts@

ng.britishcouncil.org .

Note: Only applications received on the

British Council application form will be

considered and only short-listed candidates

will be contacted.



Application Deadline 28th May, 2013













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