We are looking for an energetic team player with strong interpersonal and communication skills to develop, deliver and promote agreed Library and Education services in Jaffna and to increase library membership to given targets in line with British Council’s Country, Regional and Corporate standards.

Details

Location Jaffna
Duration One year fixed term contract
Closing date Monday 17 August 2015

Role overview

The purpose of the British Council is to create international opportunities for the people of the UK and other countries and build trust between them worldwide.  We call this cultural relations.

At a country level, the British Council Sri Lanka is a vibrant operation delivering a high-impact portfolio of projects. We have 25,000 members in our library, the largest membership in the British Council global network and run two of the largest British Council Teaching Centre and Exams operations in the world. 

Jaffna is our newest and smallest office with a 5-classroom Teaching Centre, a Library – with approximately 4,000 books and 300 members, which we expect to increase to 1,000+ – and, an Exams operation. We opened in April 2014 in order to provide access to a full range of our products and services and we want to build the usage of our new centre as quickly as possible – mainly targeting English language learners and library members.  Customer service is core to delivering and supporting our services.

The office also delivers a variety of grant and partner-funded projects, largely led from Colombo plus a range of other events.

Refer to the role profile for more details.

How to apply

Application form and descriptions of behaviours and core skills needed for the above post can be downloaded from this page (http://www.britishcouncil.lk/about/jobs) and should be e-mailed to us at vacancies.lk@britishcouncil.org no later than Monday 17 August 2015. Please indicate ' Post of Assistant Manager Library and Education Services – Jaffna’ in the subject line.

Only the British Council application forms are accepted. CV's won't be considered for shortlisting. Further clarification regarding experience and skills needed for the job can be obtained from our Human Resources Unit on (011)4521521/(011)7521521.

Short-listed candidates will be contacted within 2-3 weeks after the application closing date and we thank all prospective applicants for their interest in this organisation.

The British Council is committed to a policy of equal opportunity and child protection. We welcome 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.  
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