BRITISH COUNCIL LATEST VACANCIES, MONDAY 2, JULY 2012

NIGERIA -PLANNING AND EVALUTATION MANAGER
The British Council in Nigeria is looking for suitably qualified and experienced individuals to fill the post of 'Planning and Evaluation Manager'.
CONTEXT:

Nigeria is the British Council’s largest operation in SSA with offices in 4 cities from Port Harcourt in the south to Kano in the north. It delivers activity in all our Strategic Business Units, (Arts, English, Education and Society), and operates with both internal and external resources. The Directorate is managed by a Country Director, supported by a Deputy Director and a group of 4 senior managers responsible for different programme functions, ( Country Exams Manager, Director Kano, Asst Director Nigeria (Arts) and Asst Director Nigeria (Education). There will also be a further (fixed term) post responsible for our work in English.

JOB AIM:
To provide support for business planning, monitoring and present results to Senior Leadership Team (SLT) for use in driving strategy for continuous improvement. Work with Marketing and Partnerships Team in order to develop/provide data and reports which will support our activities in income generation and developing new partnerships.

THIS ROLE WILL:
Manage and deliver the planning and evaluation of the British Council Nigeria’s overall performance using corporate monitoring and evaluation tools (e.g. Scorecard and other evaluation methods) and contribute to the development and implementation of country communication strategies and plans. Champion the development of a culture of effective operational performance measurement and evaluation across Nigeria operations.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
•Evaluation Management: To manage, develop and support operational performance monitoring and evaluation systems and processes across country. Implement monitoring and evaluation policies in line with organisational needs and guidance, and provide monitoring and evaluation data to senior Leadership Team using corporate and other tools that support strategic planning.
•Support evaluation and planning of all programme areas, working with SLT / Strategic Business Unit leads in country and their teams and liaise with them in order to inform M&E plans. Oversee data collection and collation for corporate Scorecard within the country to ensure coherence and integrity of data and ethical collection and recording.
•Develop quarterly Scorecard reports in discussion with Assistant Director (Education). Manage the Evaluation of Long Term Outcomes process in the country, including reporting and analysis of data. •Communications: To contribute to the development and implementation of internal communications strategy through reporting to SLT and sharing of success stories through various internal channels.

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http://www.britishcouncil.org/africa-vacancies.htm