Urgent Recruitment @ British Council – 4 Positions (Nigeria)

Location: Lagos or Abuja
Pay Band: 8
Contract Type: 2 Year Fixed Term Contract with possibility of extension

Role Purpose

• The post holder will lead the identification, positioning for and pursuit of donor, trusts, foundations and corporate funding for Nigeria and the West Africa Cluster in line with Regional, Country and Business Unit priorities.
• This role will maintain close engagement with the global Cultural Engagement Business Development and Client/Partner Engagement Teams to ensure learning and experience are shared across the organisation.

Role Specific Knowledge and Experience
The main essential knowledge and experience points that we are looking for you to evidence are:

• Graduate Degree in relevant field or work equivalent experience
• Demonstrable experience in winning client and partnership contracts exceeding £500k
• Proven track record in successful proposal development and management
• Ability to identify opportunities, write technical bids for them and speak credibly to donors/clients

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Desirable Experience:

• Financial control or programme management qualifications
• Strong background in winning commercial contracts exceeding £1m

Other Requirements:

• All applicants should have a pre-existing legal status to live and work in country of application.  The British Council will not facilitate/sponsor visa applications and work permits.

Application Closing Date
17th July, 2022 (23:59 South Africa Time)

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

Location: Abuja / Lagos
Department: Cultural Engagement
Contract Type: Six Months
Pay band: 6

Role Purpose

• The post holder will be responsible for managing the administrative and logistical support to programme activities to ensure quality and timeliness of delivery
• Good control of resources and compliance with agreed programme management systems and processes
• Ensuring full and complete budgets are prepared and met for all activities with variance reports prepared as and when required
• In coordination with other Programme Officers, take responsibility and utilize M&E tools for measuring and reporting results during the programme activity implementation.

Main Accountabilities (but not limited to the following)
The appointed candidate will have the following accountabilities, responsibilities and main duties:

• Support RoLAC Component Lead in the design, management and oversight of C2 and C4 component plans, strategies and processes
• Coordinate and manage relationships with RoLAC Component 2 and 4 partners and stakeholders, including efficient follow up with partners on tasks and expectations: and liaison with state focal persons on agreed actions
• Lead and be responsible for planning and organising C2 and C4 Year 5 / Year 6 workplan and exit activities to a high standard and within deadline
• Work with and support the RoLAC C2 and C4 lead, M&E lead, Communications lead and other programme officers to develop, prepare, deliver and monitor activity implementation plan and periodically record and measure progress against programme performance indicators
• Support financial and technical reporting to internal/external clients and stakeholders, ensuring reporting standards are in accordance with client and Programme standards.
• Actively build professional networks and information channels that maintain an excellent understanding of relevant developments, stakeholders and opinion formers in the development sector to support the creation of high-quality programs and events.
• Manage all administrative aspects to ensure timely procurement in line with established corporate policies and guidelines. Quality assure and provide feedback to Procurement Manager on the quality of services and items procured. Ensure appropriate branding of all capital equipment procured for C2 and C4, in accordance with EU branding and visibility guidelines
• Provide financial support to the Component Lead and Finance team, including being responsible for detailed budgeting for planned events, raising advances, issuing payments to workshop participants, processing of workshop claims, retirement of advances in a timely manner.
• Support Component lead, M&E technical lead and Communications Officer in gathering data and evidence to consolidate monthly, quarterly, annual and other strategic programme reports
• Provide support to knowledge management processes and activities, including the implementation of C2 and C4 Exit Strategy Work Plans to broaden the reach of programme impact and improve its sustainability.
• Ensure professionalism is demonstrated in own work area and that customer / client needs and perspectives are reflected in own behaviours and focus.
• Support the embedding of continuous learning and improvement into the team.
• As with any business that experiences peaks and troughs of activity, there is likely to be a need to work outside office hours from time to time.

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Role Specific Knowledge and Experience
The successful candidate will need to possess the following requirements:

• Graduate level education.
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience as a Programme Officer or equivalent on donor funded projects in Nigeria.
• Experience working on donor-funded projects whose support is targeted to governments agencies and civil society organisations in Nigeria
• Experience managing administrative processes that support the delivery of costed workplans in consultation with internal / external stakeholders and partners.

Desirable:

• Experience of operating in a complex, multi-cultural context
• Experience of working on governance/justice and anti-corruption projects in Nigeria
• Project Management Qualification
• Evidence of continuous professional development.

Essential Requirements:

• Role holder must have existing rights to live and work in the country the role is based.

Application Closing Date
3rd July 2022 (23:59 Nigeria Time).

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Location: Kano, Nigeria
Pay Band: 4
Contract Type: Fixed Term ending September 2023

Role Purpose

• The Operations Officer will support business delivery of the Kano Accelerated Learning (KAL) programme.
• The post holder will provide support to the project team in the delivery of all programme related processes and deliverables.

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Role Specific Knowledge and Experience
The main essential knowledge and experience points that we are looking for you to evidence are:

• Ability to operate in English (both written and spoken) at a demanding business and cultural level (equivalent to CEF level C1 or IELTS 7)
• Relevant undergraduate degree from a recognised institution or equivalent professional experience
• Minimum of 1-year experience in project delivery support
• Experience organising and managing events/meetings/workshops with internal stakeholders/external partners
• Experience working as part of a successful team/function
• Basic IT skills including MS Word and Excel

Desirable Experience:

• Experience working with donor funded programmes
• Experience of operating in a complex, multi-cultural context
• Experience working in FCDO-funded or related projects.

Role Specific Skills:

• Strong organisational skills and be detail oriented
• Ability to work effectively within tight deadlines
• Project management

Requirements:

• All applicants should have a pre-existing legal status to live and work in country of application. The British Council will not facilitate/sponsor visa applications and work permits.

Application Closing Date
1st July, 2022 (23:59 South Africa Time).

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

Important Information and Notice

• 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.
• If you have any problems with your application please email askhr@britishcouncil.org
• Applications to this role can only be considered when made through the Apply section of our careers website. Our ‘ASK HR’ email is only to be used in case of a technical issue encountered when applying through the careers website. Emails with supporting statements and CV/Resumes sent to this email address will not be reviewed and will be deleted.

Locations: Abuja and Lagos (Sub Saharan Africa, NG
Pay Band - SMP (Senior Management Professional)
Contract Type - 3-year Fixed Term Contract with possibility of extension based on mutual agreement

Role Purpose

• Through an in-depth understanding of Nigeria and the UK, the Deputy Country Director will support the Country Director in the development and delivery of effective, sustainable and corporately aligned cultural relations between the two geographies, drawing on the UK’s cultural assets and thereby strengthening awareness of, positive attitudes towards and collaboration with the wider UK.
• By role modelling inclusive leadership, the role will be unifying across all areas of the British Council, whether Cultural Engagement and Exams or Professional Service functions.

Main Accountabilities
UK and country insight and intelligence to identify cultural relations opportunities:

• Has a thorough understanding of the Nigeria context, through extensive networks of opinion leaders and formers and other sources, and identifies opportunities to increase cultural relations impact through a similar understanding of the UK
• Has a sound understanding of comparators and (potential) partners to enrich insight and support business development and cultural relations impact, including competition in the ‘soft power’ space.

Shaping, monitoring & delivering the whole country British Council strategy, narrative and brand - our cultural relations response:

• Develop and deliver a strong medium-term (3 year) strategy and annual/multi-year country plan for Nigeria, with support of Country Director, regional SBU/marketing leads and relevant members of country team.
• Strategy and plans are based on insight and include a compelling articulation of our strengths, niche and value, drawing these from across all areas of British Council, ensuring we aim for the strongest possible cultural relations impact
• Strategy and narrative are aligned with, and inform, agreed regional and SBU strategy/global programmes and narratives to enable us to amplify our impact appropriately and ensure our cultural relations response is seen as cohesive

Identifying and leveraging partnership and contract opportunities to deliver the strategy:

• Is seen as a strong public face of the British Council in country leading and contributing to relevant public debate in ways which strengthen the UK’s and the British Council’s reputation and positions the British Council to work in partnership with like-minded organisations.
• Secures partnership and contract opportunities which align to our strategy and benefit the British Council and UK, through effective market, client and partner insights and networking.
• Builds and maintains strong senior relationships with key agencies, partners and individuals to support the achievement of British Council global and country strategies and plans

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Managing stakeholders: FCDO, other UK Delegations, devolved administrations, representatives of UK institutions:

• Identify key in-country and UK based stakeholders at the Mission/s if present with regular participation in Mission meetings.

Support leadership of the Nigeria team - Overall duty of care:

• Support and champion change within the country team when needed, and instilling a culture which embraces continuous change
• To consistently create an inclusive and anti-racist organisational culture, being aware of your own biases and taking action to mitigate against these. Ensuring people feel valued and are treated equitably, with support for people’s well-being and mental health particularly through periods of significant change.

Protect trust in the British Council and the UK:

• Risks (safeguarding, fraud, IGRM, safety and security etc) are managed effectively across the operation and evidence of this monitoring and challenge is clear (e.g. through recorded reviews of risk register) Concerns are escalated up the management line appropriately

 Role Specific Knowledge and Experience
Minimum/essential:

• Recent experience of working in-country and an understanding of the government, education and culture sectors and decision-making processes.

Further Information:

• Requirements - The role may include occasional travel within the country, region or internationally
• Eligibility - Candidates for this role must have a natural right to work in this location and would normally already be based in the location.

Role Specific Skills
Business Development:

• Uses a range of market analysis, research and business intelligence to develop and implement across a group of diverse products/programmes/services and markets to meet British Council objectives.

Inclusive Leadership:

• Leads teams to create new solutions to address future challenges. Actively seeks out and considers diverse perspectives to inform decision-making and collaborates more effectively with others.

Geographical Knowledge and Experience:

• Connects complex information on geopolitics and demographics, establishes a vision, anticipating changes internationally, whilst effecting change through priorities.

Language Requirement:

• The British Council systems and global processes operate in English. Written and verbal proficiency in English is required to CEF Level C1 English.

Application Closing Date 
19th July, 2022 (23:59 South Africa Time)

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

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