We support peace and prosperity by building connections, understanding and trust between people in the UK and countries worldwide. We uniquely combine the UK’s deep expertise in arts and culture, education and the English language, our global presence and relationships in over 100 countries, our unparalleled access to young people and influencers and our creative sparkle.

Role Purpose

Implementation of projects with a low level of complexity funded by 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 But Not Limited To The Following

• Has relationships with delivery partners and stakeholders within country and is able to procure services and contract delivery partners.
• Ensure sound financial planning, working closely with finance teams to ensure British Council and client financial year plans are up to date.
• Contributes to development of, owns and delivers on Project Management Plan

Requirements

Role Specific Knowledge And Experience

• Understanding of procurement, evaluation and reporting requirements of projects.
• Experience of managing projects from start to finish and familiarity with project life-cycles.
• Proven experience of managing project finances.
• Experience of managing stakeholders
• Project management qualification desirable.
• Experience of working in project or programme management.
• Experience of using technology in project delivery.
• Good understanding and experience of supporting monitoring and evaluation.

Desirable

• Foundation level Project Management certificate

Further Information

• Pay Band – BRC-6-F
• Contract Type: Two (2) Fixed Term Contract
• Location: Addis Ababa
• Language requirements: C1 English
• Role holder must have existing rights to live and work in the country the role is based.
• 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 needs.
• Closing Date – 22 August 2022 applications will close 23:59 South Africa Time

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