Assistant Regional Business Assurance Lead, Kenya at British Council

Job Title: Office Administrator, Rwanda

Details:

The Role

Office Administrator, Rwanda

The post holder is responsible for the provision of efficient and effective administrative support in the Kigali, Rwanda Office. The Office Administrator will be responsible for assisting the Office Administration Manager with the timely and accurate recording of the accounting transactions and adjustments making sure that all corporate and audit standards are achieved. They will support with facilities and resource management as required by the country office to ensure an efficient, secure and appropriately controlled operating environment and delivered to British Council corporate standard.

This requires a well organised, adaptable, self-starter, with great attention to detail and good communication skills..

 

The Opportunity
Main duties and responsibilities will be in line with our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, Child Protection and other overarching corporate policies and will be to provide assistance and support to the Office Administration Manager in the following areas:

Financial accounting support:
Facilities and Resources Management
File management of key documents including contracts, invoices, delivery notes etc
Maintenance and reconciliation of petty cash.
The provision of professional, cost-effective and quality contracted services for premises, maintenance and security, providing a comfortable, healthy and safe working environment for all staff.
Assisting with the implementation of the Business Continuity Plan.

 

Requirements
We are looking for someone with:

A degree level education, professional qualification in a related field would be an advantage
Part qualified chartered accountant (ACCA/CPA/CIMA or equivalent)
Basic accounting knowledge
At least 2 years working experience in Finance and Resources
Be able to successfully demonstrate experience of adhering to corporate and external compliance frameworks and standards.
Good working knowledge of Microsoft packages

 

Please refer to the role profile for more information on the role, its responsibilities/accountabilities and person specification.

Please follow the links for relevant document to support your application

External link- Office Administrator, Rwanda
British Council Behaviours.pdf
British Council Core Skills.pdf

Closing date for applications is 15 March 2019 (23:59 UK time)

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

 

About The Job:

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.

We work with over 100 countries across the world in the fields of arts and culture, English language, education and civil society. Each year we reach over 20 million people face-to-face and more than 500 million people online, via broadcasts and publications. Founded in 1934, we are a UK charity governed by Royal Charter and a UK public body.

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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Company Name: British Council

Company website: www.britishcouncil.org

Company Location: Nairobi, Kenya

Address: KG5 Ave. No.81 | Kacyiru | Gasabo District | Kigali | PO Box 2031 | Rwanda

Contact Person: Erewarifa okoluko

Contact Email: erewarifa.okoluko@ng.britishcouncil.org

Contact Phone: +234 (0) 909 669 7655

Application Email / Website: https://jobs.britishcouncil.org

Details:

Pay band: 6/

Contract type: Indefinite/

Salary: KES 284,258.00/

Requirements: The post is on local terms, All applicants should have a pre-existing legal status to live and work in Kenya. The British Council will not facilitate/sponsor visa applications and work permits/

Closing date and time: 13 March 2019 (23:59 UK Time)

The Role

Assistant Regional Business Assurance Lead

We are looking to hire a dynamic and detail-oriented individual to join our Regional Business Assurance Team. The successful person will strategically partner with the exams business to advocate and advise on corporate and awarding body requirements and risk mitigation measures for all Exams products in designated geographies within the region, resulting in increased levels of compliance and improved risk management.

The Opportunity

This is an exciting opportunity to join a great strategic Business Unit within the British Council, The position reports to Regional Business Assurance Lead, will contribute to improving risk management within the Organisation and will be responsible for the following amongst others:

• Ensure corporate and awarding body compliance standards for all products and risk management measures are advocated and embedded throughout the region in general, and in particular geographies agreed for specific targeted support within region.
• Ensure the exams incident management/response process is embedded in the region and specific countries of focus, so that incidents are managed efficiently, timely and professionally to instil awarding body confidence.
• Provide consultancy, analysis and problem-solving services to internal candidates while contributing to the regional dashboards across products for compliance
• Undertakes site visits and spot checks within dedicated area for off site venues or follow up with review of action points
• Applies detailed understanding of methods, systems and business assurance procedures to provide practical advice and appropriate services to internal customers
• capture the risk logs across the region & monitor progress to ensure actions are delivered
• Functional expert providing targeted support in specific geographies in the region

Requirements

We are looking for someone with:

• A degree level education, professional qualification in a related field would be an advantage
• The individual should have cross boarder experience with experience of contributing to a geographically dispersed team.
• Be able to successfully demonstrate experience of adhering to corporate and external compliance frameworks and standards.
• And Involvement in the deployment of business assurance and compliance approaches across a global or regional business
• Also have Knowledge of a wide range of distribution, partnership and British Council Exams products, and their delivery and security needs
• Please refer to the role profile for more information on the role, its responsibilities/accountabilities and person specification.

Please follow the links for relevant document to support your application

• External link- Assistant Regional Business Assurance Lead
• British Council Behaviours.pdf
• British Council Core Skills.pdf

Closing date for applications is 13 March 2019 (23:59 UK time)

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

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.