Cultural Funds – Team Assistant, British Council
- Closes 14th April 2019
- Type Part time
- Salary Paid (£20k-25k pro rata)
- Contact Shahdin.ali@britishcouncil.org
Main Opportunities and Challenges for this role:
– Completing financial tasks to enable grant payments to be made (e.g. creating grant vendors, raising purchase orders, etc).
– Managing the administration of grant award contracts and other documentation
– Responding to expressions of interested submitted by potential applicants during funding calls
– Maintaining databases of information relating to funded projects
– Assisting with the planning and delivery of events
– Carrying out other administrative tasks as required
What we require of the successful candidate:
– A demonstrable interested in the cultural heritage sector
– You will have experience undertaking financial tasks
– Experience of working with e-mail platforms and databases (proficiency in Microsoft Excel)
– Experience in client-facing role, assisting with ad-hoc requests and enquiries
– Experience of office administration, e.g. organising meeting, minute taking, contract management, reporting and diary management
– Strong written and verbal communications
Please note that this is a part-time position, working 2.5 days a week between 9 to 5pm. There is flexibility around the days you can work.