Business Support Assistant - British Council

The British Council SSA has an exciting opportunity for a Business Support Assistant in Kumasi, Ghana.

The Role: 

Business Support Assistant

The Role Purpose: 

To provide safe and quality office support services to British Council Staff, Partners and Visitors as well as exams, projects and other programmes.To always act professionally and demonstrate the Council’s values in all assignments.

Role Requirements: 

• Qualified to University degree level, or equivalent
• Degree in finance or business related subject desirable 
• A good level of spoken and written English (at least B2 proficiency level)
• At least One (1) year experience in an administrative role
• Experience with organizing projects or events
• Experience working in a business support role advantageous

Please refer to the role profile for a full list of the role responsibilities/accountabilities and person specification. 


Please follow the links for relevant document to support your application:

Business Support Assistant - Ghana.pdf
British Council Behaviours.pdf
British Council Core Skills.pdf
 

Closing date for applications is 2 September 2019 (23:59 UK time)

In your application form, please clearly explain how you meet the essential and desirable skills, qualification and experience criteria mentioned in the person specification section of the role profile. This will help us determine your fit for the role and increase your application's chances of success.

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 UK and the countries we work with – changing lives by creating opportunities, building connections and engendering trust.

We work in 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 million people online, via broadcasts and publications. 

Our Equality Commitment:

Valuing diversity is essential to the British Council’s work. We aim to abide by and promote equality legislation by following both the letter and the spirit of it to avoid unjustified discrimination, recognising discrimination as a barrier to equality of opportunity, inclusion and human rights. All staff worldwide are required to ensure their behaviour is consistent with our policies.

The British Council is committed to a policy of equal opportunity and is keen to reflect the diversity of UK society at every level within the organisation. We welcome applications from all sections of the community. In line with the British Council's Child Protection policy, any appointment is contingent on thorough checks.