• Recent experience as a personal assistant/executive assistant OR relevant transferable skills;
• Experience of working in an international environment;
• Understanding of Fiji’s people, politics and society.
• Some experience of/connection to the UK.

Open to Fiji citizens, permanent residents. Interstate applicants will be required to meet their own travel and relocation expenses.

No accommodation or relocation expenses are payable in connection with this position.

Staff recruited locally by the High Commission are subject to Terms and Conditions of Service according to local Fiji employment law.

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.

Learning and development opportunities:

The UK in Fiji and Oceania Network provides a variety of Learning and Development (L&D) opportunities for all staff to improve their skills and capabilities. We encourage staff to use their entitlement of a minimum of five L&D days per year and reward excellent L&D achievements.

We offer the International Academy and the Skills Framework to identify professional strengths, levels of capability and areas for development. We organise internal sharing sessions and provide a wide range of soft skills courses with regional training leads, reputable local trainers and from experienced officers within the Network.

Working patterns:

The jobholder will be expected to work full-time in the British High Commission. Due to challenges of technology and utilities, remote working is not practical. Though some pre-planned flexibility can be agreed on an ad-hoc basis, and when personal and family commitments demand.

Other Information:

A probationary period of three months, extendable to six, will be used to ensure that the successful candidate is able to deliver this unique and flexible role and that we as an employer meet the candidate’s expectations.

The British High Commission promotes family-friendly flexible working opportunities where operational and security needs allow. We do not discriminate and welcome people of all backgrounds.

We offer challenging and interesting work. We provide opportunities to staff to change jobs and apply for promotion through internal recruitment process. We support staff in developing for future careers within and outside of the network by providing a wide range of learning and development opportunities to develop skills and knowledge.

Please note that your application must be submitted before 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. Applicants called for an interview will be assessed on the core behaviours listed above.

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.

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 clearances.