HR Officer at The British Council

• The British Council in Nigeria works in three strategic business areas; Arts, English, Education and Society.
• The post holders will work directly to Assistant Director Nigeria who is responsible for HR in our Nigeria operations.

• To support the implementation of corporate standard BC policies on all apsects of HR policy in Nigeria as well as to maintain an appropriate working environment for staff in line with relevant policy.
• To ensure compliance with Sub Saharan Africa HR Terms and Conditions of Service, Essential HR and other corporate HR standards

• To support the implementation of HR processes such as HR Enquiry Services, TACOS generated tasks and personnel record management  
• To provide support to all HR processes for example internal and external recruitment exercise including preparation of recruitment materials, sending out recruitment packs, preparing candidate records, inviting candidates to tests and interviews, booking interview rooms, meeting candidates on arrival for interview, ensuring medical referral, taking up references and preparing standard contracts etc

• To support the implementation of the Equal Opportunity and Diversity (EOD) strategy as designated by the HR Manager. The post holder will take part in the leadership and management of all Nigeria teams to ensure consistently high EOD standards
• To lead on the Diversity Assessment Framework procedures as designated by HR Manager to ensure Diversity rating targets are consistently met and maintained.  

• The post holder will work with a range of stakeholders, both internal and external. Internal: All British Council Nigeria teams, regional HR teams External: HR and Diversity contacts

• Some weekend and evening work will be necessary.
• Travel to other locations in Nigeria, within the region and to the UK may some times be required

• Human Resource Management – Level 2
• Marketing and Customer Service -  Level 2

• Degree level education.
• 2 years experience in working in Human Resources Management in a mid sized firm.
• HRM in the INGO sector is desirable.