Operations Officer, Governance & Natural Resources Advisory Services Division

Location: London, UK
Closing date: 20th October 2014

£38,439 pa + benefits

If you have  at least five years' experience in a multi-functional administrative role supporting a programme or business team and covering budgeting, financial analysis and management as well as stakeholder engagement, then this could be your ideal next career move.

As a member of the leadership team for our Governance and Natural Resources Advisory Division, you will provide effective and efficient operational and management expertise including strategic planning, programme and project management and co-ordination of all administrative matters within the Division.

Supervising a team of three, you will be involved in recruitment; developing, managing, monitoring and reporting the annual budget; ensuring our systems are up-to-date and aligned; managing and facilitating services such as procurement, travel and contracts; liaising with section heads to support programme and project management; updating knowledge and databases as well as web content; and assisting with risk-management.

You must be degree-qualified in a discipline such as finance, accounting, project management, business or strategy and possess professional qualifications in, for example, finance, accounting, public administration or HR. Technologically savvy, you must have excellent interpersonal skills, particularly written and oral communications; strong strategic-thinking and operational planning capabilities; and acute financial accounting, budgeting and analysis abilities, all supported by an outstanding organisational and administrative  approach.

As the inter-governmental body of the Commonwealth, comprising 53 sovereign states, our aim is to provide sustainable and people-centred development through professional advice, transfer of best practice and the enhancement of skills and knowledge, all to the betterment of over two billion citizens.

You must be a citizen of a Commonwealth country to apply.

Deadline for applications is 17:00 BST on 20 October 2014.

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