Chevening and Political Officer

hace 3 semanas

Bogota, Colombia Foreign & Commonwealth Office A tiempo completo

Job Description (Roles and Responsibilities) 1

**Main purpose of job**:
**Roles and responsibilities**:
Chevening (50%)
- Manage the Colombia Chevening Scholarship Programme brand and stakeholders effectively, including planning and delivery of pre-departure and orientation events.
- Deliver promotional conferences and panels and lead in all Alumni engagement communications and activities.
- Serve as academic liaison to increase opportunities, brand recognition and build profile in Colombia. Support an inclusive and diverse programme of students and alumni.
- Lead and oversee communications and marketing opportunities to increase participation and secure of sponsorship opportunities, working with the Communications Team.
- Manage overall financial and staff resources.

Political Section / Higher Education Taskforce (50%)
- Develop and implement a comprehensive strategy to promote UK as a destination for education (focus in Higher Education) in Colombia
- Identify and manage relations with key stakeholders in the public and private sector in Education.
- Seek other opportunities to deliver the Embassy’s soft power strategy, creating strategic engagements to deliver the UK’s public diplomacy work in Colombia (including with the British Council).
- Provide programme management, administrative and budget support for the Political Section, especially focusing on procurement, logistics, invoicing, budgets, organising key electronic files on Microsoft Teams, preparing minutes and calendar updates.
- Support the Political Section to deliver policy objectives, strategic communications and awareness of current affairs through reporting and support to political engagements. This includes planning, organising and supporting high-level visits, working level events, liaising with external stakeholders, drafting and sending invites, following up on attendance and agendas, contributing to briefs, compiling meeting minutes.

**Resources managed (staff and expenditure)**:
Manage 1 -2 junior staff members (depending of peak seasons).
Manage Programme Fund with a yearly budget of £500,000.
Manage Special Projects between £20,000-£100,000.

Essential qualifications, skills and experience 1
- Excellent project management skills.
- Good interpersonal abilities, press and communication knowledge.
- Excellent spoken and written communication and written in English / Spanish.
- Event management experience.

**Language requirements**:
English - Full proficiency
Spanish - Full proficiency

Level of language required: C1 under international qualification

**Must have the legal status to live and work in Colombia**.

Desirable qualifications, skills and experience 1
- Protocol and International affairs knowledge.
- Knowledge of UK culture and the UK education system.
- Communication and design software experience
- Public speaking experience.
- Budget management experience
- Required behaviours 1- Seeing the Big Picture, Managing a Quality Service, Delivering at Pace, Communicating and Influencing, Working Together Application deadline 1
- 13 December 2023

Grade 1
- Administrative Officer (AO)

Type of Position 1
- Fixed term, with possibility of renewal

Working hours per week 1
- 35

Region 1
- Latin America and Spanish speaking Caribbean

Country/Territory 1
- Colombia

Location (City) 1
- Bogota

Type of Post 1
- British Embassy

Number of vacancies 1
- 1

Salary Currency 1
- COP

Salary 1
- COP$ 5,062,099 Monthly

Start Date 1
- 15 January 2023

End Date 1
- 14 July 2023

Other benefits and conditions of employment 1

Employees who are not liable to pay local income tax on their Mission salary, eg some non-local national staff and some spouses or partners of UK diplomatic staff, will have their salaries abated by an equivalent amount.

**Learning and development opportunities**:

- Scope for participation in learning opportunities provided by the L&D committee and / or wider Foreign Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO).

Additional information 1

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