View Vacancy - Corporate Services Officer – Estates and Security (BGR23.010)

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Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (Operations and Corporate Services)
Estates, Security

The Corporate Services team at the British Embassy in Sofia is looking to recruit a full time Corporate Services Officer – Estates and Security to join the team. The successful candidate will support the Deputy Head of Corporate Services in estates and security areas. They will work together to ensure that the properties occupied by British Embassy staff are safe and compliant with the FCDO’s health & safety (H&S) and security standards.

The Corporate Services Officer – Estates and Security will work closely with the maintenance contractor to deliver the pre-planned maintenance programme for our estates. They will be the contact person for maintenance and security visits – organising programmes, accompanying visitors, following up on reports and delivering recommendations arising from such reports. They will be involved in securing residential accommodation for our diplomats, leasing with contactors, property owners and occupants on resolving maintenance issues, and communication with different partners on topics related to compliance and H&S. The person will be supporting the management of our properties, monitoring their maintenance and the performance of our facility management contractors. They will be the holder of the Post Compliance Report.

The Corporate Services Officer – Estates and Security, in close partnership with the team, will be required to build and maintain relationship with key external and internal stakeholders, local authorities and FCDO colleagues across the region to ensure that we follow FCDO guidance, comply with the required standards and develop best practices related to our security. They will be assisting the Post Security Manager in delivering any recommendation for improvement of our security. The person will be working closely with our security to maintain, check and submit different documentation. They will be responsible for our archive – paper and online.

The candidate will be a strong team player, an effective communicator, with good prioritisation and problem-solving skills. This will be a person who welcomes challenges and demonstrates a can-do attitude.  

The successful candidate will be reporting to the Deputy Head of Corporate Services.

Essential on arrival:

  • Excellent customer focus skills;
  • Demonstrating problem solving, judgement and prioritising skills to deliver results within set deadlines;
  • Attention to detail;
  • Good communication and influencing skills,
  •  Strong time management skills;
  • Ability to work accurately under pressure;
  • Positive, proactive attitude and ability to work in a team in a fast moving target-driven environment;
  • Strong service delivery awareness, adaptability, flexibility, patience and empathy;
  • Project management skills;
  • Excellent command of spoken and written English (C1) and Bulgarian (C1);
  • IT skills (MS Office - Outlook, PowerPoint, Word and Excel);
  • Ability and willingness to drive.
Seeing the Big Picture, Making Effective Decisions, Managing a Quality Service, Delivering at Pace, Communicating and Influencing, Working Together
12 February 2023
Administrative Officer (AO)
Full-time, Permanent
36h/ week
Europe, Eastern Europe & Central Asia
Bulgaria
Sofia
British Embassy
1
BGN
25438 BGN annual
15 March 2023

This a full-time and permanent position of 36 hours per week (net of lunch breaks). 

The successful candidate will receive a monthly salary of BGN 1956.77 (gross), (non-negotiable, payable 13th times per year).

The job holder will be entitled to 25 days annual leave. The successful candidate will be provided a mobile phone with unlimited data and calls. 

We offer free parking space in City Center.

This position has limited possibility for working from home.

Core skills training and mandatory trainings will be provided by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. All staff have a personal development plan and access to world class learning and development opportunities. 

The successful candidate will be subject to confirmation of a background and security clearance. Anyone with right of residence and employment in Bulgaria may apply, including all EU/EEA citizens and the family members of EU/EEA nationals exercising a treaty right in Bulgaria.

Staff recruited locally by the British Embassy are subject to terms and conditions service according to Bulgarian employment law.

Visa/work permit requirements: Candidates must currently hold the independent right to live and work in Bulgaria and be prepared to ensure that right remains throughout the scope of the contract.

Please note that it is your responsibility to ensure you meet the legal requirements to live and work in this country.

Please note that the deadline for applications is 23:55 on the day mentioned in the above field “Application deadline”.

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.

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

Please be advised that the FCDO will not be able to meet the travel costs incurred when travelling to the interview, nor the costs connected with relocation if offered a job.

*Please note for more information on the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages: Learning, Teaching, Assessment  levels  please click on the following link CEFR. Please bear in mind in case you are invited for an interview your language skill is going to be assessed.

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This opportunity is closed to applications.