Education Project Coordinator (Consultant)

Date: ‎29-Aug-‎2022
Location: Riyadh ‎11594, Middle East and North Africa, SA
Company: British Council
Role Title: Education Project Coordinator (Consultant)
Pay Band: Hourly Paid - Grade H rate per hour
Location: Riyadh
Contract type: (Hourly paid contract until ‎31 March ‎2023 )
Closing date and time: ‎10 September ‎2022
Please note that all applications for this post should be submitted in
English.
This role is open to candidates who have the right to work in KSA.

About us:

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

Role purpose:
To maximise the impact of our programmes and projects by effectively
coordinating the delivery of education projects, ensuring that our programmes
and projects are delivered to high-quality standards and with maximum
effectiveness and efficiency.
Maintain and manage relationships with our stakeholders and comply with
British Council policies and procedures, including financial admin, reporting,
data collection and operational project delivery.

Main accountabilities:

Programmes, Services and Products:
* Assisting the project managers in the effective and efficient delivery of regional & local programmes and projects.
* Assisting in the monitoring and evaluation of our events' quality and outcomes and disseminating lessons learned to enable teams to repeat successes and improve the quality of future events
* Providing support in carrying out the evaluation (including scorecard storyboard) of programmes and events based on agreed standards and methodology
* Preparing reports to agreed templates and time scales and sharing with team members/stakeholders

Events Administration:
* Assisting the Project Manager(s) in the organisation of events logistics and arrangements
* Attending all events and ensuring a smooth delivery in the ground.
* Updating the events pages on the British Council website and promoting events on both British Council website and social media.
* Effectively using the press and various digital platforms and social media channels to ensure maximum impact for projects.
* Writing formal letters in Arabic and in English and translating documents on occasion.
* Arranging travel itineraries, visas, flights and accommodation for project participants in Saudi and overseas.
* Demonstrating strong ownership of the projects for which he/she is responsible

Monitoring and Evaluation:
* Assisting in monitoring and evaluating the quality of events and their outcomes, and disseminating lessons learned.
* Compiling the Scorecard Storyboard data (REF) and ensuring the data accurately reflects reach and impact and that projects are on track to meet targets.
* Acting on lessons learnt and improving the quality of events and their outcomes.
Networks and Relationships:
* Accurately keeping records and maintaining different contacts databases and mailing lists
* Handling invitations and RSVP processes as required.

Role Requirements:
* Have excellent oral and written communication skills in English.
Arabic is desirable
* Right to work in country
* Bachelor's degree or equivalent
* Experience coordinating small-scale projects and events to high quality and delivery standards
* Administrative and financial administration experience.
* Good understanding of basic monitoring and evaluation concepts and how they are central to good project management.
* Intermediate command of MS Excel, Word and Outlook.