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View Vacancy – MNL – Global HR CBS Hubs Business and Data Lead, HR Directorate, HEO
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Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (Operations and Corporate Services)
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HR
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The British Embassy Manila is a large diplomatic mission delivering a dynamic and rapidly expanding programme of activity in support of the UK’s objectives on prosperity, security and consular matters. The Embassy is a modern, diverse and inclusive employer where everyone contributes to the embassy’s values of Well-being, Opportunity, Respect and Collaboration.
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About the Role and Our Global HR Hubs: This role sits within the FCDO’s global HR Hub network, which delivers professional HR services to over 12,000 staff across 170+ countries. Located in Abu Dhabi, Lisbon, Manila, New Delhi, Pretoria and Washington, our six regional hubs work together as a single, connected service, supporting British Embassy teams with recruitment, HR advice, pay, and workforce planning. You will play a key role at the centre of this global network, leading on financial oversight, data insight, and reporting across all hubs. Working closely with HR leaders, finance partners, and central teams, you will help drive consistent, high-quality reporting, strengthen data capability, and support better workforce and business decisions. Operating in a fast-paced, collaborative environment, the role focuses on improving how we use data, manage resources, and deliver an efficient, modern in-sight driven HR service to a diverse global workforce Main purpose of job: This role is part of the CBS HR Hubs and leads on financial oversight, HR data insight, and delivery of global metrics and corporate returns across the HR Hubs. The postholder is responsible for oversight of multi-million-pound budget, ensuring effective monitoring, providing financial analysis, and working closely with finance partners and global Head of HR Hub to support planning, forecasting and risk management. Alongside this, the role drives the development and delivery of high-quality management information and data insights. Strengthening reporting across the 6 HR hubs, improving data quality, trend analysis and embedding the use of digital tools to support operational and strategic priorities across a global workforce. The role also oversees key services and supplier relationships, including the Employee Assistance Programme & recruitment system. Strong stakeholder engagement is central, requiring the ability to communicate complex information clearly and influence decision-making across a wide range of internal and external partners.
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- Minimum graduate degree.
- Finance experience
- Power BI and strong analytics
- Good interpersonal skills and strong oral and written communication abilities, with the capability to work with stakeholders at all levels
- Proficient IT skills, including Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and Word
- Experience of providing management information reports and trend analysis
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Language requirements:
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- Budget experience and in-depth knowledge of Excel, Hyperion and OBIEE
- Experience/knowledge of HR
- Supplier relationship management
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Changing and Improving, Delivering at Pace, Seeing the Big Picture
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21 June 2026
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Higher Executive Officer (HEO)
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Full-time, Permanent
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Asia Pacific
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Philippines
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Manila
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British Embassy
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113,929
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1 September 2026
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Benefits:
The British Embassy Manila offers the following:
- A competitive compensation package
- 36-hour work week
- Guaranteed 13th and 14th month pay
- 20 days paid annual leave (calculated on Pro-rata basis if joined after 1 January)
- Extensive medical insurance
- Life insurance
- Access to a guaranteed 5 days of learning opportunities a year.
Learning and Development Opportunities:
You will be encouraged to pursue your own learning and development while in the job and will be able to access a range of on the job opportunities as well as training and other forms of L&D where appropriate. There are also opportunities to get involved in other Embassy activities, both professionally and socially.
The British Embassy is committed to being a learning and development organisation and encourages all staff to pursue continued learning and development in the workplace. We offer a supportive and friendly working environment where staff work to the values of: integrity, honesty, objectivity and impartiality. Everyone is encouraged to take responsibility, be innovative and work together.
There is plenty of opportunity to develop on and off the job, and to establish expertise and build capability. We are strongly supportive of the job holder continuing to develop their professionalism.
Working Patterns:
Other Information:
Employment offers are subject to successful clearance of pre-employment checks. Staff recruited locally by the British Embassy Manila is subject to Terms and Conditions of Service according to local Philippine employment law.
No accommodation or relocation expenses are payable in connection with this position. All candidates must be legally able to work and reside in the country of the vacancy with the correct visa/work permit status or demonstrate eligibility to obtain the relevant permit. Any costs related to obtaining or renewing permits and visas are the responsibility of the successful applicant.
Employees who are not liable to pay local income tax on their Mission salary may have their salaries reduced by the equivalent local income tax amount.
Candidates are expected to have a valid NBI Clearance.
The FCDO operates an agile approach to delivery. To facilitate an agile workforce, you may be required to undertake other duties from time to time as we may reasonably require.
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Please note that the deadline for applications is 23:55 on the day mentioned in the above field “Application deadline”.
Please be aware that the deadline for submitting applications is considered to be the time zone for the country where the vacancy has arisen.
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 ensure that your application is authentically written based on your own experiences. If AI tools are used, their usage must only be limited to specific tasks such as ensuring formatting consistency and keyword relevance. The core content, personal narratives, and responses to behaviour and skill-based questions must genuinely reflect your professional journey, experiences, and achievements. We place great importance on originality and individual effort throughout the application process. Any form of plagiarism will result in immediate disqualification.
Note: All applicants are required to mandatorily fill the online application form completely including the employment and educational details, experience, professional skills and behaviour-based questions. We will be thoroughly reviewing the applications and incomplete form in any respect may not be considered while shortlisting for the next stage.
Only shortlisted candidates for interview will be contacted. Interviewees will be assessed on the core behaviours/qualifications listed above. Unsuccessful candidates will be notified via the system in due time. Appointable candidates who were unsuccessful may be placed on a ‘reserve list’. If during the reserve period of 6 months the same or a largely similar role becomes available, that role may be offered to the second or subsequent candidate.
To ensure a successful application it is important that you explain how you demonstrate these behaviours, including through your experience. You are strongly advised to read the Success Profiles: Civil Service behaviours which provides detailed guidance on how the behaviours are defined.
Applicants are encouraged to use the STAR (Situation, Task, Action, Result) format to prepare specific examples of when they have demonstrated these behaviours in their application. Using the STAR format to provide evidence of your skills and experience in your application and at interview helps to give a structure. You briefly describe the situation in which you showed the behaviour, and then explain your task in addressing the situation, what action you took and the result of this.
For inclusivity and diversity, please remove the following personal information when uploading your CV: name, address, email address, age, date of birth, gender and nationality.
The start date mentioned in the job advert is a tentative start date and the successful candidate will be required to undergo security vetting procedures. Any offer of employment will be subject to the candidate achieving suitable clearance
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