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British Council Vacancies in Nigeria, April 22nd 2013


The British Council is looking for a suitably qualified and experienced individual to fill the post of Temporary Project Officer. Job Title: Temporary Project Officer – Lagos
Purpose of job:
To support the achievement of country plan objectives in Nigeria by delivering examinations To support the direct and indirect delivery of a portfolio of large scale and local 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 large scale projects in Nigeria under the supervision of the Project Manager-Schools or other named Project Managers. The post will be based in Lagos and required to work across various project portfolios as necessary.

Main Duties and Responsibilities:
In line with EOD and other overarching corporate policies:

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 supervising project Manager and other named 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 provide communication support to internal and external contacts marketing projects where required to the highest standards. Other administrative work: As required.

How to apply:
Please read through the Temp Project Officer Role Profile. Download and complete the Temporary Application Form Project Officer. 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’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.

Completed application forms should be submitted to [email protected] by Thursday 2nd May, 2013.






The British Council is looking for a suitably qualified and experienced individual to fill the post of Lagos Exams Assistant.
Job Title: Exams Assistant
Purpose of job:
To support the achievement of country plan objectives in Nigeria by delivering examinations administration support and customer services. To maintain them at the highest professional standards as set out in the British Council’s EQS (Examination Quality Standards) and by the Examination Board Partners.
Context and environment: (e.g. dept description, region description, organogram)
Customers and enquirers engage with the British Council Nigeria for a number of purposes with the majority being for examinations. Nigeria is the largest British Council exams business in the Sub Saharan Africa region. It administers exams in four subject areas: Schools, Professional/Vocational, Educational on behalf of UK institutions and IELTS. In 2012-13 we will delivered roughly 70,000 exams to 25,000 candidates. The Nigeria team comprises 22 people and are based mainly in Lagos with five in Abuja and four in Port Harcourt.
The SSA region delivers exams in over 20 countries from its offices in 16 of these countries. In 2012, we delivered a quarter of a million exams to over 100k candidates. Growth in the region is robust, but our challenges are many. Nevertheless, Exams teams are making solid gains in our 4 strategic priority areas, namely: improving business performance, improving quality, improving financial compliance and increasing impact.

How to apply:
Please read through the Exam Assistant 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’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. Completed application forms should be submitted to [email protected] by Thursday 2nd May, 2013


The British Council is looking for a suitably qualified and experienced individual to fill the post of Lagos Exams Officer.
Job Title: Lagos Exams Officer
Purpose of job:
To support Examination Services in Nigeria in delivering IELTS exams and to maintain them at the highest professional standards as set out in the British Council’s EQS (Examination Quality Standards) and by the IELTS Partners.
Context and environment: (e.g. dept description, region description, organogram)
Nigeria Exams is the largest British Council exams business in the Sub Saharan Africa region. It administers exams in four subject areas: Schools, Professional/Vocational, Educational on behalf of UK institutions and IELTS. In 2013-1 we will deliver roughly 75,000 exams to 25,000 candidates. The team comprises 22 people and are based mainly in Lagos with five in Abuja and four in Port Harcourt.
The SSA region delivers exams in over 20 countries from its offices in 16 of these countries. In 2012, we delivered a quarter of a million exams to over 100k candidates. Growth in the region is robust, but our challenges are many. Nevertheless, Exams teams are making solid gains in our 4 strategic priority areas, namely: improving business performance, improving quality, improving financial compliance and increasing impact.
The post holder will join of a team of 3 who administer the growing IELTS businesses ensuring quality and compliance as well as control of income and expenditure to deliver on target. Delivery will be in Lagos with usually two sittings per month. This role will support the delivery of exams in Port Harcourt, Ibadan and other centres as necessary.

How to apply:
Please read through the Exams Officer Role Profile- IELTS. 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’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.

Completed application forms should be submitted to [email protected] by Thursday 2nd May, 2013.

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.