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NIGERIA -IELTS OFFICER

The British Council in Nigeria is looking for suitably qualified and experienced individuals to fill the post of ‘IELTS Officer’.

Context:
Nigeria Exams is the largest British Council exams business in the Sub Saharan Africa region. It administers exams in four subject areas: Schools, Professional/Vocational, Educational on behalf of UK institutions and IELTS. In 2011-12 we delivered roughly 65,000 exams to 25,000 candidates. The team comprises 20 people and are based mainly in Lagos with two in Abuja and three in Port Harcourt.

The SSA region delivers exams in over 20 countries from its offices in 16 of these countries. In 2010, we delivered a quarter of a million exams to over 100k candidates. Growth in the region is robust, but our challenges are many. Nevertheless, Exams teams are making solid gains in our 4 strategic priority areas, namely: improving business performance, improving quality, improving financial compliance and increasing impact.

The post holder will be part of a team of 3 who administer the growing IELTS Exams business ensuring quality and compliance as well as control of income and expenditure to deliver on target. Delivery will be in Lagos with approximately two sittings per month. Support will also be required for the delivery of tests in Port Harcourt and other centres in Nigeria.

Job aim:
To support Examination Services in Nigeria in delivering IELTS tests and to maintain them at the highest professional standards as set out in the British Council’s EQS (Examination Quality Standards) and by the IELTS Partners.

Responsibilities:
Pre-test administration for IELTS examinations in Lagos.

• Overseeing the taking delivery of examinations materials and checking them prior to tests commencing, packing and returning scripts daily, maintaining logs appropriately.
• Answering enquiries about IELTS tests
• Preparing candidate registration forms
• Exam registration procedures including receiving and collating registration forms for all Nigeria, entering and retrieving data on the registration system (IWAS/ESOLCOMMS), payments and tests correspondence including dispatch of results.
• Assisting IELTS Administrator in venue staff management including recruitment, training and monitoring.

Test delivery
Delivering IELTS on test days as part of the IELTS team which includes:

• Logistical arrangements
• Supervision of venue staff
• Ensuring adherence test day procedures
• Venue management

Post-test administration for IELTS examinations in Lagos.

• Using up-to-date knowledge of PSN and IWAS/ESOLCOMMS to generate test report forms and jagged profiles
• Effective delegation of duties when absent on leave or through illness etc.
• Shredding examination materials while recording this in accordance with PSN standards and keeping accurate records of the movement of live materials
• Assisting IELTS Administrator in venue staff creation and payment.
• Using customer feedback to improve service delivery.

Stock keeping for IELTS materials

• Maintaining logs of preparation materials

IELTS Examiner Management

• Assist on recruitment, training, monitoring of IELTS examiners according to PSN standards.

IELTS Preparation Courses

• To manage the resourcing, marketing and managing future IELTS preparation courses run by the British Council in western Nigeria to TQS standards.
• To assist with recruitment and management of teachers for language/examination preparation courses.

IELTS Marketing

• To assist IELTS Administrator, CEM and DCEM in collecting qualitative and quantitative marketing data.
• To promote direct training in IELTS preparation to local education providers and teachers.

Finance

• To assist IELTS Administrator in compiling income reconciliations and to complete income reconciliations in the IELTS Administrator’s absence.
• To record income correctly on the FABS system.
• To prepare income reconciliations for examinations preparation courses.

How to apply?
Read through the role profile document. Download and complete theapplication form. To help you understand and complete the application form, read through the ‘How to complete the application’ document at the top of this page. Listed within the role profile document, you will find a number of listed ‘behaviours’ and ‘skills and knowledge’. Evidence against those criteria’s will need to be provided in your role application form. To help you understand those criteria’s, we have provided a ‘behaviours’ and ‘generic skills’ dictionary at the top of this page.

Completed applications should be sent via email to by no later than 16 July 2012.

Only applicants shortlisted for interview will be contacted.  Applications received after the stated deadline will not be considered. Please apply using the downloaded application form. We are unable to process applications that do not conform to the required format, and we will not accept CVs.

Candidates with special needs should please ask us for this information in alternative formats. The British Council is committed to a policy of equal opportunity and welcomes applicants from all sections of the community. We work to ensure that people are not unjustifiably discriminated against on the basis of age, disability, ethnicity, gender, religion or belief, sexual orientation or any other irrelevant grounds.  We guarantee an interview to disabled candidates who meet the essential criteria.

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NIGERIA – IELTS EXAMINERS

The British Council in Nigeria is looking for suitably qualified and experienced individuals to join our team of IELTS Examiners.

Outline:
Examiners conduct one to one interviews with IELTS candidates to assess their spoken English according to set requirements. Examiners also assess written scripts produced by candidates under exam conditions. Examiners are recruited on a casual basis and are expected to examine at least ten sessions a year at regular intervals. Remuneration is paid per interview/script. Weekend working is usually required. IELTS examinations regularly take place in Lagos, Abuja and Port Harcourt. Therefore, we are looking for examiners who live in, or within relatively easy reach of these cities. We may occasionally run examinations in other cities in Nigeria.

Requirements:
•An undergraduate degree or a qualification which can be demonstrated to be equivalent to an undergraduate degree.

•A recognised qualification in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) / Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL)  / or recognised equivalent as part of a recognised university award course.**

•At least 3 years full time (14 hours per week minimum or the equivalent part time) relevant TESOL/TEFL teaching experience (minimum one year post certificate level qualification). The majority of this teaching experience must relate to adult students (16 years and over).

•The required professional attributes and interpersonal skills. Please see our recruitment pack for more details.

How to apply?
Read through the IELTS Examiner Minimum Professional Requirements & IELTS Guide for Examiner Applicants documents. Download and complete the application form. Closing date for applications: Ongoing. Completed applications should be sent via email to 
For more information about IELTS visit www.IELTS.org

**e.g. UK qualifications: CELTA; DELTA; Cert. TESOL; Dip. TESOL; PGCE; B Ed.; M Ed; MA Applied Linguistics. Assessed teaching practice and ESOL/EFL studies at cert. level must be part of the course.

Nigerian qualifications include:
Either, a Nigerian 1st degree, an NCE in ELT plus relevant teaching experience and IELTS 9.0. Or Nigerian B.Ed in English Language Teaching (transcripts verify course content), relevant teaching experience plus IELTS 9.0. A first degree plus a Nigerian PGDE or M.Ed/MA in TESOL or TEFL (transcripts verify course content), plus relevant teaching experience and IELTS 9.0. If shortlisted, you will need to submit a transcript of the teaching course you attended.

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SOUTH AFRICA – EXAMINATION SERVICES ASSITANT

The British Council in South Africa is looking for suitably qualified and experienced individuals to fill the post of ‘Examinations Services Assitant’.

Context:
This post is one of a number within the BC South Africa Examinations Team. The posts are split between BC Johannesburg and BC Cape Town. All posts require generic administration skills to run examinations activities. Postholders should expect to administer examinations activities in any of the five products: IELTS, Professional, Educational, Schools & ESOL exams.

Job aim:
To support the Exams Officers in the delivery of examinations administration according to Examinations Quality Standards & exam board specifications.

Responsibilities:
The postholder will be accountable to the Examinations Officers, and through them to the Exams Manager, for the successful delivery of specific examinations’ administration and activities.

The postholder will be responsible for supporting the Examinations Officers with administration of specific examinations products within the BC South Africa product offer.

Specific duties will include:

Financial management

• Income identification & parking of cash journals
• Raising purchase orders for operational expenditure items
• Helping Exams Officers with income reconciliation preparations

Activity and exams administration

• Logistical planning (booking accommodation, venues, travel, examiners, invigilators etc)
• Supporting examination activity and event implementation
• Collecting & inputting scorecard data for exams activities
• Compiling spreadsheets and inputting data entries

Ensuring that all examinations activities are consistent with key equal opportunities and diversity principles

General support, including e.g.:

• Customer Service management
• Telephone management
• Manage delivery of exam sittings
• Sending out exams related communications

How to apply?
Please read through the role profile document. Telephone enquiries will not be considered. Send your CV and covering letter via email to: Deadline: 13 July 2012.
Applications received after the deadline will not be considered. Only candidates shortlisted for interview will be contacted.

Candidates with special needs should please ask us for this information in alternative formats. The British Council is committed to a policy of equal opportunity and welcomes applicants from all sections of the community. We work to ensure that people are not unjustifiably discriminated against on the basis of age, disability, ethnicity, gender, religion or belief, sexual orientation or any other irrelevant grounds.  We guarantee an interview to disabled candidates who meet the essential criteria.