View Vacancy - Moldova Support Platform Anti-Corruption Liaison Officer (MDA22.468)

The British Government is an inclusive and diversity-friendly employer.  We value difference, promote equality and challenge discrimination, enhancing our organisational capability. We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. We do not discriminate on the basis of disability, race, colour, ethnicity, gender identity, religion, sexual orientation, age, veteran status or other category protected by law. We promote family-friendly flexible working opportunities, where operational and security needs allow.
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (Policy & Political roles)
Corporate Services Support

The British Embassy in Chisinau is part of a world-wide network, representing British political, economic and consular interests overseas and is now looking to recruit a Support Platform Anti-Corruption Liaison Officer. 

The United Kingdom is an active supporter of the Moldova Support Platform (MSP), which brings together governments, IFIs, and International Organisations to coordinate and enhance their support for Moldova.  There are five pillars of activity: economic, refugee response, energy, border security and anti-corruption.  The UK and Romania lead the anti-corruption pillar, working together with the Moldovan government.  A Chisinau-based “Anti-Corruption Working Group” has been established to take forward work on the anti-corruption pillar.

This job’s main purpose is to coordinate UK’s contribution to the MSP, including our lead role on the anti-corruption pillar.  

The job-holder will work closely with the Moldovan Ministry of Justice, national anti-corruption authorities, UK and Romanian counterparts and other participants in the MSP and the Anti-corruption Working Group.

Working with Romanian and Moldovan colleagues, the job-holder will organise meetings of the Anti-Corruption Working Group in Chisinau, and prepare meetings of participants in the anti-corruption pillar at each meeting of the MSP. The job-holder will work closely with Moldovan and Romanian colleagues to ensure progress is made towards identifying development and capacity-building needs, and communicating them to potential donors in a coordinated and coherent manner.

Roles and responsibilities:

  • Liaison with Moldovan Ministry of Justice colleagues, helping them to collate and report on capacity-building needs across all Moldovan institutions and agencies involved in the fight against corruption.
  • Collaborate with the Moldovan Ministry of Justice and the Romanian Embassy, to prepare meetings of  the Anti-corruption Working Group in Chisinau and the anti-corruption pillar of the MSP.  
  • Draft and communicate the minutes and recommendations from the above meetings to participants and interested parties; share relevant information with the donor community, including progress reports flagging the risks and gaps in potential delivery.
  • Provide inputs for briefing documents and draft conclusions of anti-corruption pillar (MSP) meetings.
  • Monitor progress of anti-corruption work in Moldova, report on challenges and make recommendations for UK interventions (projects/programme, political, operational, comms). This will involve co-operation with other members of the Embassy political-programme team, and also occasionally with operational law enforcement colleagues (NCA, CPS, Home Office). Working with the Head of Programmes, the job-holder will assist in the delivery of Good Governance Fund projects in the area of anti-corruption,  including institutional capacity building activities.  
  • Champion anti-corruption work strands across the Embassy working closely with Programme, Defence, Trade and Communications team to align work with wider HMG objectives.
  • Brief HMA and DHM on anti-corruption issues as requested, and contribute to  briefings for high level visits; service requests for information from UK Government Departments.
  • Proactively maintain and develop contacts among decision-makers, NGOs, media, civil society and academics.

  • Graduate degree with at least 3 years professional track record in Law, Political Science, International Affairs or a similar field;
  • Knowledge and understanding of the current political scene in Moldova and in the wider region, and the main developments/political personalities since independence;
  • Good knowledge and understanding of justice sector reform and fight against corruption in Moldova, the responsibilities and tasks of main national institutions involved in this process;
  • Political objectivity;
  • Excellent networking and stakeholder management skills;
  • Full professional proficiency in Romanian, including excellent writing skills (written and spoken, minimum of C1 level for CEFR framework*). At Least a B2 English;
  • Strong research, analytical and presentation skills.
  • Work experience in the justice system;
  • Experience of working in, or collaborating with, Moldovan government institutions or agencies;
  • Experience of working internationally or on behalf of an international organisation;
  • Russian language skills.

Seeing the Big Picture, Delivering at Pace, Communicating and Influencing, Working Together
3 October 2022
Executive Officer (EO)
Permanent
35
Europe, Eastern Europe & Central Asia
Republic of Moldova
Chisinau
British Embassy
1
MDL
30,209.00
1 November 2022

This is a full-time permanent contract.

The Embassy’s pay and benefits package is in compliance with local labour law. 

The gross monthly salary for this position is MDL 30,209. The annual leave entitlement is 24 working days per calendar year and the Embassy also enjoys 14 Moldovan/UK public holidays per year.

The successful candidate will be subject to a reference check, security clearance and satisfactory completion of a probationary period of three months.

Foreign Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) have a strong Learning and Development (L&D) culture supporting a 70:20:10 learning posture (70% on-the-job informal learning, 20% informal learning from others, 10% formal learning).  

The successful Job Holder will receive an induction plan with a suite of mandatory e-learning courses and have access to job-related training, enabling the successful Job Holder to become comfortable and effective in the role as quickly as possible.

Some of the essential training will include:

·        E-Learning modules on Diversity at work, Health & Safety Awareness; IT and Security Induction; Unconscious Bias;

·        Use of Credit Cards;

·        Recruitment and Performance Management.

The Embassy promotes ongoing learning and development.

In a relatively small Embassy, the job holder will be involved in corporate issues (e.g. as a member of the Post Management Committee, L&D development and undertaking the Duty Officer role along with other UK-based staff).  You will also be expected to be a member of Post Crisis Management team.

All applicants must currently hold the independent right to live and work in Republic of Moldova and be prepared to ensure that right remains the scope of the contract.

The British Embassy does not sponsor for work permits.

Staff recruited locally by the British Embassy in Chisinau are subject to Terms and Conditions of Service according to local employment law.

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.

FCO does not pay for travel related expense incurred in interviews (including Security Check) or accept any financial risk, including cancelation or reschedule costs. The FCO will not meet the costs connected with relocation if offered a position.

*Common European Framework of Reference for Languages: Learning, Teaching, Assessment  indicates Level C2 as Mastery or proficiency level which comprehends that a person can understand with ease virtually everything heard or read; can summarise information from different spoken and written sources, reconstructing arguments and accounts in a coherent presentation; can express themselves spontaneously, very fluently and precisely, differentiating finer shades of meaning even in the most complex situations. For more information please click on the following link CEFR. Please bear in mind in case you are invited for an interview your languages skills are going to be assessed.

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.

This opportunity is closed to applications.