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

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (Policy & Political roles)

Public Diplomacy

Main Purpose of Job:

Political/Policy Officer: To monitor, advise and report on political and policy developments in Tonga and the region, which may affect the UK (including risks and opportunities).

Communications Officer: To lead on press, social media and external and internal communications work for the High Commission

Project and programmes: To lead on project and programme work for the High Commission, including Chevening and Commonwealth scholarships, development projects and programmes and to organise and run high level visit programmes.

Roles and responsibilities / what will the jobholder be expected to achieve?:

Policy Officer (40%):

  • Track the Kingdom of Tonga’s policy developments, providing political advice on current affairs.
  • Develop and maintain a local network of key stakeholders and policy influencers including in government, non-government and parliamentary organisations.
  • Write regular analytical and advisory reports to UK and regional colleagues in the London/Oceania Network on political developments. Contribute to political reporting for high level events, visits and activities.
  • Identify opportunities for the UK to engage with the government of the Kingdom of Tonga on UK foreign policy priorities, including regional projects.
  • Summarise media reports for the High Commissioner and Deputy High Commissioner.

Communications (25%):

  • Devise and implement internal and external communication plans for the High Commission.
  • Manage and lead on all forms of communications mediums for the High Commission including creating and posting articles on social media platforms to promote UK objectives.
  • Draft speeches and print media articles to promote UK objectives and events.

Projects and programmes (35%):

  • Identify, create and manage small projects in support of UK priorities in Tonga in line with FCDO rules, regulations and guidance
  • Promote the UK’s support to the education sector through managing and co-ordinating all activities for Chevening and Commonwealth Scholarships Schemes.
  • Devise and implement plans for high level visits and events, such as visits by UK Ministers.

Other duties as necessary and as determined by the High Commissioner and Deputy High Commissioner.

Resources managed (staff and expenditure): None

  • Similar policy/communications experience working in a government/NGO/international company or diplomatic mission
  • IT literate, particularly with Microsoft software (Outlook, Word, Teams, Excel)
  • Strong knowledge of Tongan government institutions and systems and Tongan media
  • Proficient spoken and written English.
  • Native/bilingual fluent spoken and written Tongan

LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS:

  • Language: English and Tongan
  • Level of Language Required: Fluent spoken and written

Programme management experience

Changing and Improving, Communicating and Influencing, Seeing the Big Picture, Working Together

16 October 2024

Executive Officer (EO)

Full-time, Permanent

38 hours gross

Asia Pacific

Tonga

Nuku’alofa

British High Commission

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16 December 2024

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.

 

Please be aware that you will only be able to apply to vacancies for Country Based Staff roles with the British Government through this official tal.net site (operated by Oleeo). Jobs may be advertised on third party websites, however our adverts will always link back to the official tal.net site. If you complete and send an application through any other site, we will not receive it.


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