BRITISH COUNCIL Employment Opportunities in Nigeria

The British Council in Nigeria is looking for a qualified individual to fill the post of a ‘School Examinations Manager’ based in Lagos.

Job Title: NIGERIA – SCHOOL EXAMINATIONS MANAGER
Purpose of Job:
This post is responsible for the operational management of School Exams in Lagos and Ibadan.The post holder will manage the expansion the School Exams business in Nigeria to grow volume and income while ensuring quality standards are met.

Accountabilities and responsibilities: (including people management and finance)
Financial control, monitoring and reporting:
-to manage the School exams business to target by monitoring and reporting income and costs on a monthly basis.
Business growth:
-to grow the business and set country business strategy with CEM
Reliability;
-to ensure examinations are delivered securely according to board requirements
Quality;
-to deliver a high standard of customer service to our schools and their candidates. As measured by our own Exams Quality Standards and the inspection visits from Cambridge International Exams.
Impact:
-to achieve impact for the UK and the BC through providing access to quality UK qualifications.
Leadership:
-to manage and motivate the School Exams team to achieve challenging objectives

For more info on the job, please read through the role profile document.

To Apply?
Read through the role profile document http://www.britishcouncil.org/africa-ng-school-exams-manager-rf.doc Download and complete the application form http://www.britishcouncil.org/africa-external-application-form.doc 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 profile form under the ‘person specification’ area. To help you understand those criteria’s, we have provided a ‘behaviours’ and ‘generic skills’ dictionary at the top of this page.

Please read all the documents carefully before you fill in the job application form. Telephone applications or enquiries will not be considered. Completed applications should be sent via email to: gposts@ng.britishcouncil.org.

Application Deadline: 17th July, 2011.

Applications received after the deadline will not be considered. Only candidates shortlisted for interview will be contacted. We do not accept CV’s, handwritten applications or expressions of interest.