British Council New Vacancy
British Council New Vacancy
The British Council builds connections, understanding, and belief between folks within the UK and different countries using arts and tradition, schooling, and the English language. We work in two methods – immediately with people to rework their lives, and with governments and companions to make a much bigger distinction for the long term, creating advantages for tens of millions of individuals everywhere in the world. We assist young folks to achieve the talents, confidence, and connections they’re searching for to comprehend their implicit and to take part in robust and inclusive communities. We help them to be taught English, to get high-quality schooling, and to gain internationally recognized {qualifications}. Our work in arts and culture stimulates cultural expression and change and nurtures cultural enterprise. We join the stylish of the UK with the world and one of the stylish of the world with the UK. These connections result in an understanding of one another ‘s strengths and the challenges and values that we share. This builds belief between folks in the UK and different nations which endures even when sanctioned relations could also be strained. We work on the bottom in more than 100 international locations. In 2019- 20 we linked with 80 million folks directly and with 791 million total, together with online and through our broadcasts and publications.
Position Temporary Office Administrator
Role Purpose
• To help the high-quality operation of the British Council’s procurement actions. The publish holder will be chargeable for overseeing and managing the procurement course and creating buy orders, items receiving, and vendor follow-up. This position performs an important half in ensuring effective and biddable procurement actions to help the group‘s operations.
• The Temporary Office Administrator may even be chargeable for submitting daily VAT return submissions to the Ethiopian Revenue Authority. They may even help the finance operate in ensuring that open POs are closed on time to ensure month-to-month and daily compliance for the national workplace.
Main accountabilities but not limited to the following
General procurement help
- Generate and manage buy orders precisely and on time.
- Ensuring all supporting documents for creating buy orders are offered
- Collection of invoices and cash receipt vouchers from vendors and submission to finance for fee processing and Handbasket refund return preparation
- For resort, Flight, grant, and consultancy services follow-up invoices and different probative paperwork from undertaking officers
- Collaborate with inside stakeholders to know procurement wants and specs.
- Ensure compliance with organizational procurement insurance policies and pointers
- Coordinate items receiving activities to verify the receipt of ordered objects.
- Collaborate with related departments to substantiate the standard and amount of acquired items.
- Establish and maintain robust relationships with distributors.
- Communicate with vendors to clarify specs, negotiate phrases, and resolve any points.
- Conduct common performance evaluations of distributors to ensure high quality and reliability
- Examiner and track the status of open orders with distributors.
- Communicate proactively with distributors to acquire order standing updates.
- Address any delays or points in collaboration with distributors to make sure well-timed deliveries
- Ensure all procurement actions adhere to related legal guidelines, rules, and organizational insurance programs.
- Provide entry on cost-saving initiatives and negotiate favorable phrases with distributors.
- Finance and compliance help
- Prepare yearly/ daily/ monthly returns to native authorities (contains form and following up of VAT from authorities, preparation, submission, and fee of tax and pension returns to the Revenue’s Authority)
- Incordingation with operation and program colleagues Ensure open Purchase Orders are closed on time and also ensure there aren’t any cases of late Purchase orders and late funds. closure.
Functional Team Working
- Contribute to ensuring the insurance policies, procedures, and methods are delivered with integrity.
- Actively help equality and diversity and work for the British Council’s EDI coverage always
- The publish holder stories to the operation Manager and can work in coordination with the country finance controller for the finance duties
Role-specific knowledge and experience
Essential Necessities
- First Degree in Business Administration, Supply Chain Management, or related fields
- 2 years of work experience Computer Skills knowledge of Outlook, Word, and Excel Desirable
- Experience working within the NGO sector
- Experience working with SAP further Information
Pay Band – 4 Remuneration ETB 38,924.00 Gross Per Month Contract Type – Fixed-Term Contract Ending on 31st August 2024
Location – Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Department/ Function – Finance fresh info
- Language necessities Strong written and oral English communication abilities.
- The Role holder must have present rights to stay and work within the nation the position is based.
- Closing Date – 14 February 2024. Applications will close at 2359 East Africa Time A linked and trusted UK in a redundant linked and trusted world.
Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion( EDI) Statement The British Council is dedicated to insurance policies and practices of equality, variety, and inclusion throughout every little thing we do. We help all employees to verify their habits according to this dedication. We need to handle under-representation and encourage candidates from under-represented teams, specifically, still not fully, on grounds of race and incapacity. All impaired candidates who meet the important standards are assured an interview and now we've Disability Confident Employer Status. We welcome discussions about particular necessities or changes to allow participation and engagement in our work and actions.
The British Council is dedicated to safeguarding youths, young folks, and adults who we work with. We consider that each youngster and adult in every single place on the planet should stay in protected environments and have the stylist be shielded from all types of abuse, maltreatment, and exploitation as set out in Article 19, UNCRC( United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child) 1989. Appointment to positions the place where there may be direct involvement with susceptible teams will probably depend on thorough checks being accomplished; these will embody qualification checks, reference checks, and identification & prison report checks harmonious with authorized necessities and with the British Council’s Safekeeping insurance policies for Adults and Children.
