View Vacancy - KL - Programme Officer, B3 (L)

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Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (Policy & Political roles)
Political

Main purpose of the job is to develop, implement and effectively manage projects in Malaysia, with a focus on supporting institutional reform.  Working closely with policy leads within the British High Commission (BHC) and external project partners to ensure effective delivery of projects that have real impact in support of UK objectives.

Roles and responsibilities:

Project Design

  • Build understanding of UK policy priorities in Malaysia, with a focus on institutional reform and human rights.
  • Spot opportunities for project interventions.
  • Work with policy leads across the BHC to design projects, in line with UK project requirements.

Project Delivery

  • Manage direct delivery projects, with oversight from policy leads, by Organising inward and outward visits, putting together programmes, and managing logistics and Building and maintaining relationships with key external stakeholders. 
  • Manage tendering process for any external project implementers.
  • Manage project finances using accounting tools to provide accurate forecasts of spend (training provided).
  • Work with the Communications Team to promote UK project work in Malaysia.

Monitoring and Evaluation

  • Meet regular project reporting requirements.
  • Attend project related activity and events.
  • Manage the cross-mission Programme Board process, as Secretary to the Board.
  • Demonstrate projects are achieving value for money.
  • Support bidding process for future funding.

Projects in 2019/20 will focus on institutional reform, including supporting parliamentary, judicial, public sector, and security reform in Malaysia.  Priorities and funding available will be reviewed each year.

  • Previous programme experience
  • Confidence working with numbers and budgets
  • Confidence to express ideas clearly and concisely
  • Personal drive and ability to work both independently and as part of a team
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
  • Strong organisational and time management skills
  • Flexibility and resilience under pressure
  • Fluent in written and spoken English
  • Experience of working in an international context
  • An established network of contacts in Malaysia
  • Bahasa Malaysia
26 February 2019
Executive Officer (EO)
Fixed Term
36.25
12 months
Asia Pacific
Malaysia
Kuala Lumpur
British High Commission
1
MYR
4805
1 April 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 is proud of its L&D offer to staff, which works hard to provide a comprehensive L&D offer. 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. Staff are strongly encouraged to take advantage of all the available opportunities. The job-holder will be required to take some specific training courses related to their role – including project management and financial management. 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.

The successful candidate should be able to start as soon as possible.

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This opportunity is closed to applications.