LIT TRAIN Finance and Payments Officer
2025-05-15T19:59:52+00:00
British Council Uganda
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Kampala
Kampala
00256
Uganda
Education, and Training
Accounting & Finance
2025-05-28T17:00:00+00:00
Uganda
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We support peace and prosperity by building connections, understanding and trust between people in the UK and countries worldwide. For 90 years we have shaped brighter futures through education, arts, culture, language, and creativity.
Working with people in over 200 countries and territories, we are on the ground in more than 100 countries.
We connect. We inspire.
LIT TRAIN Finance and Payments Officer
The Role:
Mastercard Foundation’s Leaders in Teaching (LIT) initiative aims to transform secondary education across Africa by building the capacity of teachers and school leaders to enable young people to acquire skills, knowledge, and competencies necessary to access dignified and fulfilling employment. Using a multi-partner implementation model, LIT will address critical challenges in the teacher lifecycle through four key programmatic pillars: (1) Teacher Recruitment, (2) Teacher Training, (3) Education Leadership and Management, and (4) Teacher Motivation.
The British Council will lead the TRAIN pillar, and with downstream partners Luigi Giussani Foundation (LGF), Edukans and Brainwave, lead efforts in innovation, competency-based curriculum, gender-responsive pedagogy and career guidance.
The postholder will provide administrative support to the Finance team in the LIT TRAIN Pillar and to support the payment of vendors, including external local and international suppliers and consultants.
Main accountabilities but not limited to the following:
Programme Support
Working in collaboration with and reporting to the Finance Manager:
- Support all Compliance and Finance aspects of the programme during inception, implementation and closure in line with British Council and client quality and project management standards and requirements.
- Support the monitoring and evaluation process and contribute to lessons learned to improve ongoing design and delivery.
Financial Management
- Support timely and accurate payment of vendors, including travel payments and per diems, as required.
- Support the team with all budget revisions, quarterly profiling, activity planning and reporting as required.
Relationship and Stakeholder Management
- Proactively communicate and liaise with others (inside and outside the British Council) to ensure effective coordination and delivery of events, services and activities, including (but not limited to) the wider team.
- Build an understanding of the responsibilities of the different roles within the LIT TRAIN Pillar team, British Council Uganda non-LIT team, regional Finance, British Council procurement and Payments teams to enable effective resolution of issues when they arise.
Managing Self and Others
- Plan and prioritise own work activities, responding to changing requirements to ensure effective delivery of responsibilities over a daily/weekly time horizon.
- Task and coordinate others (e.g. internal colleagues or external contractors/suppliers) to complete time-limited, straightforward activities, within established procedures, in order to ensure efficient delivery of services. Monitor task completion to agreed quality and time standards.
Requirements of the role:
- First degree or equivalent in a relevant field
- English CEFR Level B2
- Previous proven experience of working to support projects
- Proven ability to work to tight deadlines and targets, giving close attention to detail throughout
Desirable:
- Experience in supporting payments
- Previous work on Education programmes
Closing Date: Applications will close at 23:59 on Wednesday, 28 May 2025 South Africa Time / 22:59 UK Time
You must have the legal right to work in the country at the time of application.
Important Information:
Department: English and School Education
Contract Duration: July 2025 – June 2030
Pay band: 4
Salary: Starting gross of UGX 3 398 336,00
Location: Kampala, Uganda
Requirements:
Please note that candidates must have the pre-existing, legal right to work in Uganda.
Mobility / relocation / visa sponsoring support will not be provided.
British Council supports working in new ways such as hybrid working, subject to full approval by line management and conditional upon our ability to provide the appropriate level of service. This may not be appropriate for all roles but can be explored at interview.
Interviews will be held on the week of 16 June 2025
Programme Support Working in collaboration with and reporting to the Finance Manager: Support all Compliance and Finance aspects of the programme during inception, implementation and closure in line with British Council and client quality and project management standards and requirements. Support the monitoring and evaluation process and contribute to lessons learned to improve ongoing design and delivery. Financial Management Support timely and accurate payment of vendors, including travel payments and per diems, as required. Support the team with all budget revisions, quarterly profiling, activity planning and reporting as required. Relationship and Stakeholder Management Proactively communicate and liaise with others (inside and outside the British Council) to ensure effective coordination and delivery of events, services and activities, including (but not limited to) the wider team. Build an understanding of the responsibilities of the different roles within the LIT TRAIN Pillar team, British Council Uganda non-LIT team, regional Finance, British Council procurement and Payments teams to enable effective resolution of issues when they arise. Managing Self and Others Plan and prioritise own work activities, responding to changing requirements to ensure effective delivery of responsibilities over a daily/weekly time horizon. Task and coordinate others (e.g. internal colleagues or external contractors/suppliers) to complete time-limited, straightforward activities, within established procedures, in order to ensure efficient delivery of services. Monitor task completion to agreed quality and time standards.
First degree or equivalent in a relevant field English CEFR Level B2 Previous proven experience of working to support projects Proven ability to work to tight deadlines and targets, giving close attention to detail throughout
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Vacancy title:
LIT TRAIN Finance and Payments Officer
[Type: FULL_TIME, Industry: Education, and Training, Category: Accounting & Finance]
Jobs at:
British Council Uganda
Deadline of this Job:
Wednesday, May 28 2025
Duty Station:
Kampala | Kampala | Uganda
Summary
Date Posted: Thursday, May 15 2025, Base Salary: Not Disclosed
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JOB DETAILS:
We support peace and prosperity by building connections, understanding and trust between people in the UK and countries worldwide. For 90 years we have shaped brighter futures through education, arts, culture, language, and creativity.
Working with people in over 200 countries and territories, we are on the ground in more than 100 countries.
We connect. We inspire.
LIT TRAIN Finance and Payments Officer
The Role:
Mastercard Foundation’s Leaders in Teaching (LIT) initiative aims to transform secondary education across Africa by building the capacity of teachers and school leaders to enable young people to acquire skills, knowledge, and competencies necessary to access dignified and fulfilling employment. Using a multi-partner implementation model, LIT will address critical challenges in the teacher lifecycle through four key programmatic pillars: (1) Teacher Recruitment, (2) Teacher Training, (3) Education Leadership and Management, and (4) Teacher Motivation.
The British Council will lead the TRAIN pillar, and with downstream partners Luigi Giussani Foundation (LGF), Edukans and Brainwave, lead efforts in innovation, competency-based curriculum, gender-responsive pedagogy and career guidance.
The postholder will provide administrative support to the Finance team in the LIT TRAIN Pillar and to support the payment of vendors, including external local and international suppliers and consultants.
Main accountabilities but not limited to the following:
Programme Support
Working in collaboration with and reporting to the Finance Manager:
- Support all Compliance and Finance aspects of the programme during inception, implementation and closure in line with British Council and client quality and project management standards and requirements.
- Support the monitoring and evaluation process and contribute to lessons learned to improve ongoing design and delivery.
Financial Management
- Support timely and accurate payment of vendors, including travel payments and per diems, as required.
- Support the team with all budget revisions, quarterly profiling, activity planning and reporting as required.
Relationship and Stakeholder Management
- Proactively communicate and liaise with others (inside and outside the British Council) to ensure effective coordination and delivery of events, services and activities, including (but not limited to) the wider team.
- Build an understanding of the responsibilities of the different roles within the LIT TRAIN Pillar team, British Council Uganda non-LIT team, regional Finance, British Council procurement and Payments teams to enable effective resolution of issues when they arise.
Managing Self and Others
- Plan and prioritise own work activities, responding to changing requirements to ensure effective delivery of responsibilities over a daily/weekly time horizon.
- Task and coordinate others (e.g. internal colleagues or external contractors/suppliers) to complete time-limited, straightforward activities, within established procedures, in order to ensure efficient delivery of services. Monitor task completion to agreed quality and time standards.
Requirements of the role:
- First degree or equivalent in a relevant field
- English CEFR Level B2
- Previous proven experience of working to support projects
- Proven ability to work to tight deadlines and targets, giving close attention to detail throughout
Desirable:
- Experience in supporting payments
- Previous work on Education programmes
Closing Date: Applications will close at 23:59 on Wednesday, 28 May 2025 South Africa Time / 22:59 UK Time
You must have the legal right to work in the country at the time of application.
Important Information:
Department: English and School Education
Contract Duration: July 2025 – June 2030
Pay band: 4
Salary: Starting gross of UGX 3 398 336,00
Location: Kampala, Uganda
Requirements:
Please note that candidates must have the pre-existing, legal right to work in Uganda.
Mobility / relocation / visa sponsoring support will not be provided.
British Council supports working in new ways such as hybrid working, subject to full approval by line management and conditional upon our ability to provide the appropriate level of service. This may not be appropriate for all roles but can be explored at interview.
Interviews will be held on the week of 16 June 2025
Work Hours: 8
Experience in Months: 36
Level of Education: bachelor degree
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