View Vacancy - Executive Assistant to Consul General, Miami
The US Network offers a unique career enhancing opportunity and is committed to supporting its staff through a variety of benefits. It also promotes a culture of flexibility which enables people to better maintain wellness through an excellent work/life balance approach that encompasses hybrid working, including working from home and flexible hours, where possible. In this role you would be working in a diverse international environment with diplomats, and other country based staff operating across the British Government’s network of Consulates and Government Offices in the United States. This network provides a platform for approximately 30 Government departments and agencies to conduct their work in the United States and is made up of over 900 staff with a rich and diverse background, skill sets, and experiences. This role will support the British Consul General‘s work supporting the cross-government team in Miami and Orlando. The aims of the Consulate are to build political relationships, promote trade and investment links, protect and promote British interests / security, and seek to build and develop relationships between Florida, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands and the United Kingdom. The candidate will be exposed to and develop relationships with senior political, business, defence, law enforcement and academic leaders. This person will utilise key analytical skills and be at the centre of the work of this high profile and busy diplomatic mission. This position will involve administrative duties, but will also develop initiative, strategy and policy. The ideal candidate will be organised, have a strong attention to detail and be able to communicate effectively with the diverse set of Departments and individuals we have on the platform. Confidence when dealing with senior external contacts would also be a benefit.
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The British Embassy and its US Network is committed to all employee’s ongoing learning and development needs. We offer a comprehensive platform for personalised learning for everything from soft skill development (communicating with impact, handling difficult conversations, time management) to more technical or professional skills necessary to complete your job (software training, formal qualifications etc.). |
This role is 40 hours a week but does not require set working hours each day. The British Embassy and its US Network embraces hybrid working, allowing its staff to typically work from home a couple of times a week. We are an organisation that also recognises the critical value of team-work, and we embrace and endorse collaboration by ensuring that all staff attend the office flexibly yet regularly. Appointable candidates who were unsuccessful may be placed on a ‘reserve list’. If during the reserve period of 6-12 months the same or a largely similar role becomes available, that role may be offered to the second or subsequent candidate. 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. Internal candidates must inform their supervisor before they apply to a different position. Only successful candidates will be contacted. Please no phone calls. Due to the high volume of resumes we receive, we cannot guarantee consideration of your application if the submission instructions are not properly followed. The British Embassy is committed to a policy of equal opportunities and to creating a diverse working environment, free from discrimination, where everyone is included and treated fairly, based on merit alone. We are an equal opportunity employer, making all employment decisions without regard to race, gender, gender identity, religion, national origin, citizenship, disability, age, sexual orientation, political affiliation or any other criterion protected by law. |
This opportunity is closed to applications.