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Job Title: Programme Officer, British council Nigeria – Abuja
Job Description
To support implementation of a specified project or number of projects, ensuring project management and financial management meets client, corporate and programme quality standards.
Context and environment
Nigeria is the British Council’s largest operation in SSA with offices in four cities: Lagos, Port Harcourt, Abuja and Kano. NSRP is a DFID-funded programme managed by the British Council that aims to enhance collective efforts to identify and respond effectively to potential sources of violent conflict in Nigeria and reduce the negative impacts of conflict on the most vulnerable among the Nigerian population.
The programme will operate from each of the British Council’s offices in Nigeria, with a programme management unit situated (initially) in Abuja and with substantial activity managed through Kano and Port Harcourt. Programme Officers will be based in Abuja, Port Harcourt and Kanoand will be required to travel to Kano, Port Harcourt and other locations periodically.
The post holder must have the ability to work in difficult environments, often with limited infrastructure or support facilities. The programme will link closely with other BC-managed work in Nigeria, notably the Justice For All (J4A) programme. The post holder will work closely with both the technical and management teams in Nigeria and the FCR unit in Nairobi, Kenya, and report to the Operations Manager.
Accountabilities, responsibilities and main duties
Accountabilities
• Accountable for the successful implementation of specified projects, ensuring client, corporate and client standards are fully met.
• Accountable for ensuring specified project activities are accurately costed and budgets are managed effectively.
• Accountable for ensuring timely and accurate support to financial and technical reporting.
Responsibilities and main duties
1. Project implementation – 35%
Main duties will include:
• Responsibility for the implementation of an agreed portfolio of projects within NSRP, ensuring documentation and processes are consistent with client, corporate and programme standards.
• Responsibility for compliance with corporate systems.
• Procurement and management of internal and external resources for specific activities.
• Risk management (identification, reporting and management) of designated area of work ensuring risks are identified and reported in a timely manner to the satisfaction of the Operations manager.
• Designing of activity plans and schedules ensuring project activities are delivered on time, to quality and cost targets and client satisfaction.
• Identify and implement improvements to project delivery.
• Provision of logistical and administrative support to ensure implementation of designated portfolio ensuring client, corporate and programme policies and standards are met (e.g. for travel and accommodation).
2. Project evaluation and reporting – 15%
Main duties will include:
• To support financial and technical reporting to internal/external clients and customers, ensuring reporting standards are in accordance with client and corporate standards.
• To support project evaluation activities
• To be responsible for activity closures and related processes, ensuring closures are completed in according to client and corporate and programme standards.
• To be responsible for capturing and communicating the findings from feedback on project activities.
3. Financial planning and management – 35%
Main duties will include:
• Managing project-level finances using programme systems for an agreed portfolio of NRSP projects, ensuring client, corporate and programme standards are met.
• Managing income and expenditure and activity risk for an agreed portfolio of projects to ensure financial targets are met.
• Producing and managing activity and project budgets for an agreed portfolio of projects.
• Managing the payment and reconciliation of advances (including supporting documentation) for workshops under an agreed portfolio of projects.
• Ensuring all financial management for a designated portfolio of projects meets internal and external audit requirements.
• Ensuring timely preparation and completion of reporting and checks.
4. Marketing and customer services – 5%
Main duties include:
• Contributing to the development of programme related products and services.
• Contributing to programme communication and promotion.
• Ensuring excellent service delivery and all points of contact with the client and partners.
5. Relationship management – 10%
Main duties include:
• Building and maintaining relationships with stakeholders which enhance the ability in project delivery, ensuring the programme acts on feedback from clients and partners.
Key relationships
Internal: Operations Manager; Programme Support Team; Regional Co-ordinators
External: External relationship management where appropriate (i.e. linked to function of role), to include: consultants; external partner organisations; state institutions, academic institutions, etc.
Other important features or requirements of the job
Periodic travel to high-risk areas is likely to be necessary following close liaison with British High Commission /BC/DFID. Regular unsocial and over-hours will be required to meet operational requirements of the post and programme.
Experience
Financial planning and management – level 2
Project and contract management – level 2
Project management
Clear ability to identify, design, plan, manage and evaluate projects from initiation to completion and to achieve the stated outputs and results and keep to budget, timescale and client satisfaction.
Financial management
Experience of costing and managing project budgets and using corporate financial management systems and controls.
Qualifications
First degree or Equivalent
How to apply?
Read through the role profile document. Download and complete the APPLICATION FORM. To help you understand and complete the application form, read through the ‘How to complete the application’ document at the top of this 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.
E-mail the completed application form to NSRP@ng.britishcouncil.org with the subject field of your email clearly indicating the post you’re applying for. The deadline for applications is 20 December 2011; applications received after this time will not be considered.
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