View Vacancy - KL - Government Liaison, Protocol and Logistics Officer - A2 (L)

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Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (Operations and Corporate Services)
Protocol, Visits and Events

Reporting to the Protocol/ Logistics Manager, the jobholder will assist and provide logistics support within the Corporate Services team.

Roles and responsibilities: 

Protocol

  • Coordinate with Malaysian and UK logistic authorities on high-level visits.
  • Manage incoming and outgoing diplomatic bag.
  • Support Logistic Manager in liaising with relevant state governments such as Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Finance, Customs, etc.
  • Provide support in the absence of Logistics and/or security manager.

Transport

  • Lead on transport scheduling and act as main point of contact in booking drivers’ daily schedule. Manage ad-hoc changes to daily plan to ensure optimal use of resources. 
  • Plan routes during visit programmes and assisting logistics lead on important visits.
  • Line-manage the transport fleet of four (4) FCO drivers in ensuring delivery as per FCO competency grade expectancies.
  • Manage maintenance and vehicle checks of FCO fleet to ensure safety on the road.
  • Ensure monthly payments related to the FCO fleet that includes fuel, maintenance, annual insurance payments renewal, and other payments necessary for the function of FCO fleet cars.
  • Check and ensure timely submission of driver overtime salaries to the Corporate Services Manager (CSM).
  • Ensure the vehicle logbooks are kept up to date and are submitted on time for monthly inspection.
  • Manage improvements in resource management for FCO fleet spends

Experience of transport management including monitoring spend

Ability to produce clear and accurate work with attention to detail

Ability to work independently and use initiative to solve problems

Can support colleagues when under pressure and able to contribute to cross-team working

A flexible and proactive approach

Excellent IT skills with a working knowledge of Microsoft Outlook, Word and Excel

Fluent in both written and spoken English

Fluency in Bahasa Malay

Previous experience working in government protocol and/or logistics

27 June 2019
Administrative Officer (AO)
Fixed Term
36.25
24 months
Asia Pacific
Malaysia
Kuala Lumpur
British High Commission
1
MYR
3800
5 August 2019

The British High Commission offers a competitive remuneration package, benefits, leave entitlement of 20 days per annum (calculated on pro rata basis) and a range of learning and development opportunities including courses, access to significant on line training materials and on the job learning and development opportunities. The British High Commission works hard to provide L&D opportunities to staff. There are a wide range of options available for personal development including training courses, coaching and mentoring, job-shadowing, presentations and learning sets. Staff have access to a wide variety of online resources through the Diplomatic Academy and Civil Service Learning.  The job-holder will be required to take some specific training courses related to their role. All new staff undertake a workplace induction and there are a number of mandatory e-learning courses covering areas such as diversity, health and safety, and information management.

No accommodation or relocation expenses are payable in connection with this position. You must have or be able to obtain local work permit in Malaysia in order to apply.

Staff recruited locally by the British High Commission in Kuala Lumpur is subject to Terms and Conditions of Service according to local employment law. 

Employment offers are subject to successful clearance of pre-employment checks. 

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

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.

Indicated start date is provisional and subject to successful completion of reference and security checks.

To those applicants not short-listed, we extend our appreciation for considering the British Government as a potential employer.

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This opportunity is closed to applications.