The British Council Project Manager, English Programmes Jobs in Nigeria
The British Council Project Manager, English Programmes Jobs in Nigeria
Role PurposeImplementation of projects with a low level of complexity funded by the British Council or by another client or funding mechanism.
Leads the successful delivery of a range of projects from start to finish including managing the contract or project plan, managing client or internal stakeholders, successfully achieving reporting and meeting compliance standards.
Or works within a larger programme or multi-country programme on a particular component.
Main Accountabilities
Relationship & Stakeholder management:
Has relationships with delivery partners and stakeholders within the country and is able to procure services and contract delivery partners.
Holds suppliers to account for delivering against the contract.
Build strong internal relationships and networks.
Commercial and Financial Management:
Ensure sound financial planning, working closely with finance teams to ensure British Council and client financial year plans are up to date.
Ensure accurate and timely monthly (re)forecasting is in place, by running regular reports in the SAP system on actuals, monitoring outstanding purchase orders, reviewing commitments, analysing and commenting on reasons for variances to plan and recommending corrective actions.
Monitoring monthly finances, including correct expenditure, ensuring the P2P process is being followed and correcting any errors.
Lead on British Council, partner or client reporting (including, with Finance Manager, financial reporting) and ensure reports are delivered on time, to budget and to a high standard.
Compliance with BC financial policies and procedures.
Project Management:
Contributes to the development of, owns and delivers on Project Management Plan
Identifies risks in a project or programme and puts together mitigation strategies with SRO
Responsible for internal and client, procurement, contracting, compliance and reporting pm
Checks on and reports on compliance
Manages procurement on a project/programme
Responsible for data management including timely data entry, quality assurance of data, undertaking basic analysis of monitoring data, and developing progress reports to meet funding needs
Undertaking programme-specific data collection as
needed. This includes working with colleagues to identify indicators and tools for data collection, quality assuring all data, and undertaking basic analysis.
Role-specific Knowledge and Experience
Essential Requirements:
Experience in managing projects from start to finish and familiarity with project life cycles.
Understanding of procurement, evaluation and reporting requirements of projects.
Proven experience in managing project finances.
Experience in managing stakeholders
Project management qualification desirable.
Experience working in project or programme management.
Experience in using technology in project delivery.
Good understanding and experience in supporting monitoring and evaluation.
Desirable:
Foundation-level Project Management certificate.
Further Information:
The role could require some domestic and international travel as required by the programme and some out-of-hours and evening work responding to or driven by programme/portfolio needs
Language requirements: Strong written and oral English communication skills.
The role holder must have existing rights to live and work in the country the role is based
How to Apply
For more information and job application details, see; The British Council Project Manager, English Programmes Jobs in Nigeria
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