View Vacancy - SIN - Diary Manager to Her Majesty's Trade Commissioner for Asia Pacific, A2(L)

The British Government is an inclusive and diversity-friendly employer.  We value difference, promote equality and challenge discrimination, enhancing our organisational capability. We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. We do not discriminate on the basis of disability, race, colour, ethnicity, gender identity, religion, sexual orientation, age, veteran status or other category protected by law. We promote family-friendly flexible working opportunities, where operational and security needs allow.
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (Policy & Political roles)
Private Office

The Diary Manager will provide Her Majesty Trade Commissioner Asia Pacific with administrative support, focussed on the management of their daily appointments and meetings. In addition, the jobholder will plan and make travel arrangements, support scheduling interviews, oversee invitations for events, raise purchase orders and administer budgets.  

There will also be opportunities to support the DIT team and wider British High Commission, Singapore with activities and events.

  • Scheduling of external and internal meetings for HM Trade Commissioner; prioritising meetings, managing diary conflicts, booking rooms and VTC facilities.
  • Making overseas travel arrangements and hotel bookings; ensuring these are included in forecast and accounted for correctly.
  • Preparing relevant briefings or information for visits and meetings
  • Supporting recruitment by booking rooms for interview, printing applications and other logistical support.
  • Raise purchase orders for the wider team
  • Receiving and responding to meeting requests and emails on behalf of the Trade Commissioner
  • Provide cover for the Private Secretary when on leave
  • Participating in key meetings (e.g. “Start the Week”) to understand urgent priorities and manage diaries accordingly
  • Experience of working with cross-functional teams
  • Good IT skills – MS Office: Outlook, Excel, Word, Access
  • Flexible, adaptable and pro-active with good problem solving and organisational skills
  • Good communication skills both written and oral
  • Previous experience in diary management or working as an executive assistant
  • Experience of working for government
28 February 2020
Administrative Officer (AO)
Full-time, Permanent
37.25
Asia Pacific
Singapore
Singapore
British High Commission
1
SGD
3,707
20 April 2020

Normal working hours are 37.5 per week: 8.30am to 5.00pm from Monday to Friday.  British High Commission Singapore supports and promotes flexible working as a crucial part of our inclusive offering.


This role requires flexibility to sometimes work outside of conditioned hours e.g. During Ministerial visits.

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

Staff recruited locally by the British High Commission are subject to terms and conditions of service according to local Singapore employment law.

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

The British High Commission is an equal opportunities employer and does not discriminate on grounds of ethnic origin, race, religious beliefs, age, disability, gender or sexual orientation.

All applications must be received before 11:55PM (Singapore Time) on 28 February 2020.

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.

Only short-listed applicants will be contacted regarding the next phase of the selection process. To those applicants not short-listed, we extend our appreciation for considering the British Government as a potential employer.

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.