Closing Date: 09.15.2016
Accounting and Finance, Business and Administration, Sales and Marketing
Location: Addis Ababa
Career Level: Senior Level (5+ years experience)
Employment Type: Full time
Salary:
Job Description
The Quality Education Strategic Support Programme (QESSP) is a four year DFID funded programme aimed at creating an enabling environment to maximise the efficiency and impact of all other programmes in the education sector through capacity building, enhancing policy dialogue and improving the evidence base on impact of education reforms. British Council is the management agent providing technical and management support to the programme.
The British Council is the United Kingdom’s international organisation for educational opportunities and cultural relations operating in more than 100 countries and territories worldwide and has been in Ethiopia for the last 70 years. We build trust and understanding between people worldwide by enabling them to share ideas and knowledge. We call this "cultural relations".
Brief description of the role
Plan for the administration of contract for procurement of goods and services: including, the components of the solicitation and contract such as determining the sequence of activities, dependencies, required or desired outcomes, acceptable performance and staging of deliverables and costs, acceptance/rejection conditions, and so on.
Develop contract follow up checklist and timeframe for each performance component including milestones as well as monitoring and reporting requirements.
Support the Ministry of Education in interpreting, identifying actions for contract implementation facilitation.
Conduct a post award conference if necessary between the contractor and responsible Ministry authorities and staff to ensure a clear and mutual understanding of all contract terms and conditions,
Monitoring the contractor’s progress and performance, discuss problems and consider necessary changes, hold period progress review meetings with the contractors/ suppliers/ publishers to ensure goods and services conform to the contract requirements.
Establish a procedure, identify a responsible person and determine a timeframe for making necessary contract decisions or modifications and handling compliance.
Advise the Ministry in clarifying the scope of authority, clear lines of communication and reporting and specific individuals who will interact directly with the contractor
Assess the status of the implementation of all contracts on a specified frequency and identify issues that need actions by the contracting parties to resolve problems and quicker delivery of the contracts.
Job Requirements
Required qualifications and experience
A Bachelor or Master’s degree in marketing, accounting, business management or related field
With a post graduate degree eight years and Bachelor’s degree ten years of experience in procurement and contract administration.
Special Training or course taken on contract administration
Proven experience or familiarity with the World Bank procurement procedures, contract management, and standard bidding documents for procurement of goods, services, textbooks, and teaching materials will be desirable
Relevant experience in government procurement of high value goods and services
Good understanding of sector development program ( an advantage)
Strong staff development experience with demonstrable success in building capacity and facilitating change using participatory methodologies
Excellent interpersonal skill combined with a flexible and adaptable attitude, of good teamwork and communication skills,
Excellent report writing and good command of both spoken and written English
Ability to work flexibly and adapt to different styles of working
Computer skills ( word processing, spreadsheet, internet
How to Apply
A detailed role profile for the post, application form and a definition guide for British Council behaviours can be obtained from website at https://www.britishcouncil.org/study-work-create/opportunity
Only applications on the standard form will be accepted. Completed application form must be submitted to the address below or to recruitment@et.britishcouncil.org by 15 September 2016 at 4:00pm. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.
British Council is an Equal Opportunity Employer and encourages applications from suitably qualified female and disabled candidateshttp://www.britishcouncil.org/africa
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