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

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.


Application DEADLINE: Thursday 2nd May, 2013

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