British Council Vacancies

Nigeria Stability and Reconciliation Programme (NSRP) Payband: 6 Location: Maiduguri Duration: 2 years Closing date: 2nd March 2015

Nigeria is the British Council’s largest operation in SSA with offices in four cities: Lagos, Port Harcourt, Abuja and Kano. NSRP is a DFID-funded programme managed by the British Council (who lead a consortium including International Alert and Social Development Direct) that aims to enhance collective efforts to identify and respond effectively to potentialsources of violent conflict in Nigeria and reduce the negative impacts of conflict on the most vulnerable among the Nigerian population. The programme operates from five regional offices in Nigeria with a programme management unit situated in Abuja.

PROGRAMME OFFICER

The Programme Officer will be based in Maiduguri and may be required to travel to other regional offices and the Abuja office periodically. The post will form part of the programme technical team. The post holder must have the ability to work in difficult environments, often with limited infrastructure or support facilities. The programme will link closely with other BC-managed work in Nigeria, notably the Justice For All (J4A) programme. The post holder will work closely with the Interventions & Development Manager, Security Coordinator, Regional Manager, Output Managers, Resources Team, Technical Team and other regional staff, and will report to the Interventions & Development Manager while the North East conflict Adviser will supervise the post holder. Please read the role profile attached.

DRIVER / OFFICE ASSISTANT

The NSRP programme will operate from five regional offices (Kano, Port Harcourt, Jos, Maiduguri and Kaduna) in Nigeria with a programme management unit situated in Abuja. The post holder will be required to travel to the other regional offices periodically. The post holder must have the ability to work in difficult environments, often with limited infrastructure or support facilities.

The programme will link closely with other BC-managed work in Nigeria, notably the Justice For All (J4A) programme and other DFID funded programmes. The post holder will work closely with the facilities and procurement manager, Logistician and with the national and international technical team as well as the finance team and will report to the Regional Manager- Middle Belt, but will also require to have significant dealings with the programme technical team, with the Operations Manager and the overall Programme Manager.

RESOURCES ASSISTANT

The Resources Assistant will be based in NSRP regional office in Maiduguri and may be required to travel to other regional offices and the Abuja office periodically. The post will form part of the programme support team. The post holder must have the ability to work in difficult environments, often with limited infrastructure or support facilities. The programme will link closely with other BC-managed work in Nigeria, notably the Justice For All (J4A) programme.

The post holder will work closely with the North East Conflict Adviser, Security Coordinator, Regional Managers, Facilities & Procurement Manager, Facilities & Procurement Officer, Logistician, Resources Assistant – Abuja, Programme Officers, Programme Assistants and the finance team and will report to the Interventions and Development Manager.

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DUE DATE: 2 March, 2015