View Vacancy – TON – Policy, Projects and Programmes and Communications Officer, EO

Programme management experience

Working Patterns:

The High Commission can consider flexible working arrangements in line with its terms and conditions of service.

No accommodation or relocation expenses are payable in connection with this position. Applicants must have authorisation to work in Tonga in order to be eligible to apply.

Staff recruited locally by the High Commission are subject to Terms and Conditions of Service according to local Kingdom of Tonga employment law.

We are a relatively young and small mission and continually adjusting to the work environment we find ourselves in, so the ideal candidate for this role would be flexible and positive in adapting to change. 
Applications must address their experience against the role responsibilities and include a current CV.

Incomplete application forms will be rejected, so please ensure you provide all the information requested. We regret to advise that we will only be contacting short-listed candidates. Applicants called for an interview will be assessed on the core behaviours listed above.

The indicated start date is provisional, and the final start date will depend on the successful completion of pre-employment and security checks.

The FCDO also operates an agile workforce. To facilitate this, you may be required to undertake other duties from time to time as we may reasonably require.

Learning and development opportunities (and any specific training courses to be completed):

There will be continual on-the-job learning and access to the UK’s online Diplomatic Academy training courses. 

Please note that your application must be submitted before 23:55 on the day mentioned in the above field “Application deadline”.

Applications must address experience against the role responsibilities and include a current CV.

Please be aware that the deadline for submitting applications is considered to be the time zone for the country where the vacancy has arisen.

We advise you to allow enough time to complete and submit your full application since only applications completed and submitted before the deadline will be considered.  Applicants called for an interview will be assessed on the core behaviours listed above.

Note: All applicants are required to mandatorily fill the online application form completely including the employment and educational details, experience, professional skills and behaviour-based questions. We will be thoroughly reviewing the applications and incomplete form in any respect may not be considered while shortlisting for the next stage.

Incomplete application forms will not be taken into consideration, so please ensure you provide the information requested. We regret to advise that we will only be contacting short-listed candidates. Applicants called for an interview will be assessed on the core competencies listed above.

For inclusivity and diversity, please remove the following personal information when uploading your CV: name, address, email address, age, date of birth, gender, and nationality.”

The start date mentioned in the job advert is a tentative start date. Any offer of employment will be subject to the candidate achieving suitable clearances.