Programme Officer at British Council 

The British Council is the UK’s international organisation for cultural relations and educational opportunities. We create friendly knowledge and understanding between the people of the UK and other countries. We do this by making a positive contribution to the UK and the countries we work with – changing lives by creating opportunities, building connections and engendering trust.

The British Council in Rwanda  is currently looking for a Programme Officer to join our team in the Kigali Office.

The Role

The Programmes officer will support  to increase the impact of the British Council’s work in Education and Society and English for Education Systems through supporting the planning, delivery and evaluation of a portfolio of large-scale and local projects to meet the British Council’s objectives and targets and partner expectations.

Main Accountabilities: 

• Support the delivery of projects in accordance to business need, ensuring compliance with all donor/partner and corporate standards;
• Support the management of internal and external customer relation through positive communication to ensure that projects maintain positive, mutually beneficial relations
• Assisting Programmes Manager in budget development and monthly cash outflow preparation
• Support Programmes Manager in Monitoring and Evaluation for projects outcomes and impacts to be measured and reported
• Support Programmes Manager to ensure projects are marketed to the highest standards according to the brand guidelines

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR

The person we are looking for should possess at least two years  experience in business and project coordination and support. Have knowledge and experience of event organization; Knowledge and experience of database management and also have Experience of financial administration

Please refer to the role profile for more information on the role responsibilities/accountabilities and person specification, by clicking on the links for relevant document to support your application:

RP- Programme Officer Rwanda.pdf

British Council Behaviours.pdf
British Council Core Skills.pdf

Note that you should only fill out the application after thoroughly reading through the ROLE PROFILE & GUIDANCE NOTES.

Closing date for applications is 27 February 2020 (23:59 UK time)

Our Equality Commitment:

Valuing diversity is essential to the British Council’s work. We aim to abide by and promote equality legislation by following both the letter and the spirit of it to avoid unjustified discrimination, recognising discrimination as a barrier to equality of opportunity, inclusion and human rights. All staff worldwide are required to ensure their behaviour is consistent with our policies.

The British Council is committed to a policy of equal opportunity and is keen to reflect the diversity of UK society at every level within the organisation. We welcome applications from all sections of the community. In line with the British Council’s Child Protection policy, any appointment is contingent on thorough checks.

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Closing Date : 27th February, 2020.