View Vacancy - ROK - Community Liaison Officer

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Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (Operations and Corporate Services)
Corporate Services Support

To be an advocate for and provide information and support to UK based staff and families (FCO and OGDs)

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

Information gathering for families, partners and officers (including those not yet at Post) - primarily on spouse/partner employment at Post (completing annual DSFA Spouse and Partner Employment Report),  children's education (by visiting schools and completing the HR School and Nursery Information Sheets), Cost of living (by completing survey and COLA report every 6 months), language and training opportunities, health services, officer and spouse/partner issues,  recreational facilities, social matters.  Maintain links with keys contacts in the community including CLOs at other missions to share information.

Welfare at Post – including welcoming single officers, couples and families as well as officers on temporary duty, to ensure as smooth an integration as possible into life at Post, following up to check that the settling in process is working. Being a source of referral and support where questions, problems and difficulties arise;

Advocate for UK based staff and dependants in addressing issues of importance with Post authorities, including as their representative on Post Security Committee and with evacuation/contingency planning, housing committee and as the chief link between Post and DSFA in London.

Communicating effectively on community and social matters within the Post (to both UK-based and local staff).

Resource management of Post Welcome Pack, CLO homepage on FCONet/SharePoint, input on co-ordinating Post report and fact sheet


  • Excellent interpersonal and listening skills.
  • Be sympathetic and discreet.
  • Enjoy assisting and supporting people.
  • Have a detailed understanding of issues arising from overseas relocation, including experience of living in a foreign country.
  • Able to work flexibly on his/her own initiative.
  • Good IT literacy.
Knowledge of FCO (UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office) policies would be an advantage as would familiarity with life in Seoul
18 December 2018
Administrative Officer (AO)
Full-time, Fixed Term
14.5 hours
12 months
Asia Pacific
South Korea
Seoul
British Embassy
1
KRW
3,007,365 (to be prorated)
28 January 2019
27 January 2020

The British Embassy in Seoul offers a full range of L&D opportunities, including learning sets, e-learning and face-to-face classes.  Online courses and on the job learning will form the core of the jobholder’s induction into embassy work and these may be enhanced by an additional induction course in the UK.   Every member of staff is entitled to 5 L&D days per year.

While some evening work and travel overseas (which might include weekends) and within Korea is required, we promote family-friendly flexible working opportunities, where operational and security needs allow.

No accommodation or relocation expenses are payable in connection with this position. The applicant must have or be able to obtain work authorisation in Korea in order to apply. Staff recruited locally by the British Embassy Seoul are subject to Terms and Conditions of Service according to local Korean employment law.

All applications must be received before 18 December  2018 at 23:55 Korea Standard Time.

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.

The successful candidate should be able to start by end of January

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This opportunity is closed to applications.