Cultural Funds – Team Assistant, British Council

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.