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Estate and admin officer - Estate and Administrative Officer British Council Employee Review

4.0
25 Jan 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- Support the day to day delivery of Maintenance, Security, and Health and Safety services by providing a proactive support and advice on all aspects of Security and Health and Safety in the workplace to all users of British Council premises. - Support the British Council in managing the maintenance of rented property used by UK staff to a high standard by providing an efficient and cost effective service to the occupiers with a strong focus on customer service - Support the organisation of office moves with minimal disruption to normal works. - Support the delivery of events by implementing agreed tasks for H&S and Security - Support the management of procurements and fixed Assists & inventory records. - Overall Management of the mailroom services ( including courier and stationery contracts, photocopying contract). - Manage 13 staff members, ensuring outputs are achieved and targets and standards met. - Manage all stages in 2 projects in the last 3 years

Cons

- SAP responsibility at British Council - Sales orders are created in line with the corporate policy - Income is recorded promptly in the system as received in line with the corporate policy - POs are created in line with the corporate policy - POs are good receipted once goods/services have been delivered - POs are cleared when not required - Creditors are paid on time - Vendors are created promptly and creation process is followed up with the Hub to ensure vendors are created within 3 working days. - Vendors are created in line with policy and Creation forms are checked for accuracy.

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Cons

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Pros

Free to work whenever you want

Cons

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