View Vacancy - Campaigns and Digital Officer (BGR18.274)

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

The British Embassy in Sofia is part of a world-wide network, representing British political, economic and consular interests overseas and is now looking for a motivated Campaigns and Digital Officer. We are looking for someone able to start working ideally in July 2018.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

Digital and Social Media:

  • Oversee the day-to-day management of the British Embassy social media accounts the Embassy’s GOV.UK website;
  • Create effective digital content including producing videos, infographics, and drafting social media copy.

Media and Press:

  • Provide support by media monitoring and reporting, provide support for media engagement and at press events.

Strategic Communications:

  • Provide support in delivering Strategic Campaigns and Public Diplomacy activities, promoting UK/Bulgarian bilateral relations.

Sharing Skills:

  • Promoting good practise around using digital and building capacity across Embassy teams looking for creative ways to integrate digital into all areas of the Embassy’s work.
  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in a related field;
  • Strong communication skills –written and oral, able to communicate effectively in English and Bulgarian;
  • Experience of managing social media accounts and digital platforms;
  • Experience of producing and editing digital content for social media (info-graphics, videos, photos, visual appealing posts, etc. on tools such as Photoshop, Premiere Pro, iMovie);
  • Experience of drafting written content (tweets, FB posts etc) for digital channels;
  • Enthusiastic, energetic and highly creative team player with a passion for public communications.
  • Experience of developing successful public communication campaigns;
  • Good understanding of design and how to integrate digital ideas into campaigns;        
  • Experience or knowledge of working in an international environment;
  • Experience working with (Bulgarian) media;
  • Event management.
26 June 2018
Administrative Officer (AO)
Fixed Term, Full-time
36
Europe, Eastern Europe & Central Asia
Bulgaria
Sofia
British Embassy
1
BGN
2000
23 July 2018

This position is a full-time (36 hours per week) fixed-term contract of 12 months with the possibility of renewal, subject to a 6 months probation period.

The successful candidate will receive a monthly salary of BGN 2000 gross, payable 13 times a year at a local A2 level.

The successful candidate will be subject to confirmation of a background and security clearance. Anyone with right of residence and employment in Bulgaria may apply, including all EU/EEA citizens and the family members of EU/EEA nationals exercising a treaty right in Bulgaria.

Staff recruited locally by the British Embassy are subject to terms and conditions service according to Bulgarian 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.

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.