Managing the process of Chevening Scholarship progamme in TurkeyLeading the Chevening Alumni Funded projects, demonstrating project management skills to run projects, which includes annual bidding, forecasting and managing spend, and regular reportingManaging the Post Chevening budget, liaison with FCDO, PDT and the Secretariat Leading the selection process, and the succesful delivery of the programmeManaging large contacts database (+1000 active users) and communications with over 2000 former scholars, establish sector-focused alumni working groupsLeading on and developing the wider UK Alumni StrategyPlanning the Annual Marketing Strategy and Chevening Programme Strategy in Turkey Managing Chevening social media accounts , deliver agreed social media content to promote the Chevening programme in Turkey Identifying new partnership opportunities to expand Chevening Programme’s outreach and deliver partnership contractsProviding support for wider Public Diplomacy efforts of the Communications team Facilitating events and projects to consolidate and build the Chevening network, and identify opportunities for engagement to promote British values in Turkey

Management services, primary technical liaison with Facilities staff and managementTracking, analyzing data and reporting.Support on government owned and leased housing services and policiesManaging customer expectations by educating customers about services, e-services, and standards.,Coordinating with management offices to map-out new work processes and updates.Supporting VIP Visits on occasion

To support successful delivery of British Council Turkey education programmes through provision of market intelligence, partnership development and project delivery. To coordinate and deliver operational customer services tasksProvide ongoing administrative support to Director Turkey

Providing core administration and coordination support to the Chevening Scholarships programme. Assisting in day to day implementation of programme functions and take responsibility for specific tasks. Delivering support services to Country Director, and delivering high quality information and front line services to internal and external customer and clients.

Handling information to enquirers and refer to the appropriate member of staff/ team/ service point, acting as the main contact for inquiries about BC’s services, monitoring the telephone recording system and technical equipment, coordinating and managing bookings, arranging the set up for VC/TC connections for the meetings, giving support to the ELT team in administration of the library materials by keeping records in Alice system on occasion.

Providing administrative and secretarial support to the Team, maintain office filing, storage and archive system, being the first point of contact for handling scholar inquiries,organizing and monitoring events that are held by the team, making daily payments, keeping tight records and cross checking DAC Reports. Preparing scholar contracts on behalf of EU Delegation, conducting the coordination between the EU Delegation, CFCU. British Council and the scholars. Assisting in setting up and maintaining web site and alumni database up to date. (ACT Database, Outlook Contact Database) Working with the web master in updating the web site to provide proactive support in maintaining reliable data on the web site, developing contact list of scholars and training institutions where the scholars studied in Europe.

Translating documents, assisting negotiation with various government offices, (Ministry of Customs and Trade, TCDD State Railways), dealing with contractors, as well as doing the routine office work and bookkeeping. Managing the accounting of the project and preparing various financial reports.Working together with a multinational team members and dealing with both external and internal public authorities, handling difficult customer and supplier requests.