View Vacancy - JKT - Assistant Political Officer, Human Rights B3(L)
The Assistant Political Officer, Human Rights leads the Embassy’s work on a number of key human rights and good governance issues, including supporting the design and implementation of the UK government’s human rights programme in Indonesia.
The successful candidate will be required to handle a broad range of tasks, working flexibly and with significant autonomy to understand and influence key Indonesian decision-makers on human rights and good governance issues. This is an excellent opportunity for someone looking to make a real-world impact, whilst gaining experience from one of the world’s leading foreign services in a high-performing political team.
There will be numerous opportunities to travel within Indonesia as part of your research and reporting requirements.
Roles and responsibilities / what will the jobholder be expected to achieve?:
· Maintaining expert knowledge of Indonesia’s complex human rights picture, and being able to quickly and concisely share that information and policy recommendations with others through written reports and oral briefings to senior diplomats.
· Developing an extensive personal network of contacts to provide accurate information on key developments and facilitate key meetings for the Ambassador and other senior diplomats.
· Programme management of a number of significant human rights projects to ensure they deliver maximum impact and value for money.
· Contributing to briefings for UK Ministers, diplomats, UK Businesses, and other visiting VIPs on Human Rights and rule of law issues.
· Assisting the Political Team across a broad range of emerging political issues when required, and supporting the Embassy’s extensive social and corporate activities.
- A degree majoring in a relevant subject is essential; a postgraduate degree is desirable
- Self-motivation and the ability to work under light supervision
- Strong interpersonal and team-working skills
- Good IT skills and experience, including MS Office
- Language: Fluent communication and networking skills in English (oral and written) and good spoken Bahasa Indonesia
- Level of language required: IELTS 6.5+ or equivalent
- Strong prior understanding of the International Human Rights framework, including UN International Conventions, and the Indonesian Human Rights scene is highly desirable
- A familiarity with the UK either through work or study
- Experience of project management
Opportunities to join a learning set tackling the FCO’s award winning Diplomatic Academy curriculum.
Key courses offered by the L&D Hub in Singapore include:
- International Policy Skills
- Personal Impact
Funding for further bespoke L&D needs, including a familiarisation visit to the UK, are available
All applications must be received before 24 April 2018 23:55 Jakarta 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 as soon as possible.
This opportunity is closed to applications.