View Vacancy - Personal Assistant to the British Ambassador – PA

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Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (Operations and Corporate Services)
Chancery

The British Embassy La Paz is currently seeking a new member of staff to join the team. The new officer will be the Personal Assistant to the ambassador and will support the Corporate Services Team. 

Roles and responsibilities:

The post holder´s main responsibilities on a day to day tasks will be:

  • Receiving and processing all correspondence to the Ambassador and the Embassy
  • Managing the Ambassador’s diary and arranging transport
  • Co-ordinate briefings and speeches required for meetings and events
  • Day to day co-ordination of activities in the Ambassador’s office
  • Support to the Corporate Services Team
  • Flexible resource support for other embassy functions as required.
  • Very good writing skills (English and Spanish)
  • Very good translation skills
  • Administrative experience
  • IT maintenance setup/skills (proficient in Microsoft suites)
  • Communication skills to coordinate trips and meetings inside and outside the country
  • Basic Protocol knowledge
  • Significant prior experience in similar or related roles
Communicating and Influencing, Delivering at Pace, Making Effective Decisions, Working Together
19 May 2025
Administrative Officer (AO)
Full-time, Permanent
35
Latin America and Spanish speaking Caribbean
Bolivia
La Paz
British Embassy
1
BOB
11,307
monthly
23 June 2025

Applicants must have the legal status to live and work in Bolivia at time of application (i.e. a Bolivian citizen or resident of Bolivia).

The British Embassy Network offers a strong benefits package. This package includes generous vacation and leave time, flexible working patterns, and enriching learning and development opportunities.

Employees who are not liable to pay local income tax on their Mission salary, e.g. some non-local national staff and some spouses or partners of UK diplomatic staff, will have their salaries abated by an equivalent amount.   
    
Appointable candidates who were unsuccessful may be placed on a 'reserve list'. If during the reserve period of 6 months the same or largely similar role becomes available, that role may be offered to the second of subsequent candidate.   

Closing date of receiving applications is before 23:55 (Local Time) on 19 May 2025.

All applicants must fully complete the online application form, including the sections for employment and educational details, experience, and behaviour-based questions. Only those applications that contain all required information will be considered. To ensure the sift process remains anonymous, please do not include any personally identifiable information in your application form.

Learning and development opportunities:

There will be opportunities to engage in eLearning and other trainings.

Working pattern:

The British Embassy La Paz's hours of operation are Monday – Thursday 08:30 – 17:00 and Friday 08:30 – 13:30.

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.