The successful applicant must be professional and engaging, able to quickly build successful professional relationships with senior interlocutors and deliver quality results at pace. He / she will need to be an excellent communicator, with fluent English and Spanish skills, able to provide simultaneous interpretation of defence-related material.
He / she should have previous project management experience (3+ years), be organised and versatile, to have good IT skills and a good sense of humour. Within the small Defence Section, they need to be an adaptable, flexible and dedicated team player, capable of taking responsibility and showing initiative.
Be resilient and resourceful – the aim of the job is to deliver a meaningful and successful range of activities which support both HMG’s objectives more widely as well as the Embassy’s business objectives.
- Create and maintain positive, professional and trusting working relationships with a wide range of people within and outside the British Embassy to help get business done. At all levels, it requires working collaboratively, sharing information and building supportive, responsive relationships with colleagues and stakeholders, whilst having the confidence to challenge assumptions.