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

Apply here

Please read through the Temp Project Officer Role Profile. Download and complete the Temporary Application Form Project Officer. To help you understand and complete the application form, read through the ‘How to complete the application’ document on the jobs 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.

Completed application forms should be submitted to [email protected] by Thursday 2nd May, 2013.

Only applications received on the British Council application form will be considered and only short-listed candidates will be contacted.

The British Council is committed to a policy of Equal Opportunity and Diversity and welcomes applicants from all sections of the community. We guarantee an interview to disabled candidates who meet the essential criteria.