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View Vacancy – Legislative Engagement Officer (ROU24.244)
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Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (Policy & Political roles)
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Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (Programme Roles)
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The British Embassy in Bucharest is part of the United Kingdom’s world-wide diplomatic network, and represents British political, economic and consular interests in Romania. The Embassy is now looking for a Legislative Engagement Officer.
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This is an exciting opportunity to be part of the embassy’s effort in tackling serious organised crime – one of our priority areas of work in Romania. This role is part of a wider regional project to reduce the criminal smuggling of cash across central and southern Europe through a process of legislative and political change. You will be working closely with experts in illicit finance and border security from the UK , whilst engaging at senior levels in the Romanian government to support efforts in taking the cash of out crime and putting bad money to good use. You will part of the small regional SOCnet team who co-ordinate the policy and programmatic response to serious organised crime across 11 countries. The role will entail designing , delivering and evaluating, diplomatic, operational and judicial initiatives to drive legislative change in support of non conviction based cash seizures. This role would primarily be to drive the programme of legislative change in Romania but will also involve supporting the team at the British Embassy Budapest with occasional travel to Hungary. London ,and other countries in the region. The British Embassy in Bucharest is a small, friendly and close knit community. We come from a broad range of backgrounds with staff from both the UK and Romania. We work across a broad number of specialist areas and see this as a community rather than just a place to work. How we do things here matters just as much as what we do. Our diversity of culture, background and thought is our strength and we embedded our values of Respect, Empowerment, Excellence, Collaboration and Curiosity in everything we do.
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Fluency at C1 level in English and Romanian according to CEFR framework*, or equivalent. A legal degree or significant experience working in a legal / prosecutorial role. Experience of engaging at senior political /ministerial level on crime and security issues. Experience of diplomatic lobbying or political engagement. |
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A background in illicit finance, serious organised crime or border security. Experience of arranging conferences, workshops and international visits Experience of working within the Romanian Government or criminal justice system. |
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Changing and Improving, Communicating and Influencing, Seeing the Big Picture, Working Together
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16 July 2024
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Higher Executive Officer (HEO)
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Full-time, Fixed Term
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37
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9 months
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Europe, Eastern Europe & Central Asia
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Romania
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Bucharest
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British Embassy
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RON
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15,370
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2 September 2024
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This is a full-time fixed-term contract for 9 months (37 hours net per week) until March 31 2025. Working hours are flexible and staff are entitled to time-off-in-lieu for agreed extra hours worked.
The annual leave entitlement is 25 days per year pro rata and the Embassy also enjoys a maximum of 14 Romanian / UK public holidays per year.
Monthly salary is 15,370 RON gross, monthly meal tickets of RON 10/working day, private medical subscription of EUR20/month. In addition, staff are entitled to a 13th month salary pro rata and may receive a performance related bonus at year end. Staff also receive meal vouchers and a monthly subscription to a medical centre. An individual personal development plan will be agreed with the successful candidate, which may include training outside Romania. The successful candidate will be subject to confirmation of a background check and security clearance, and satisfactory completion of a probationary period of 30 working days.
All applicants should have a pre-existing legal status to live and work in Romania. The British Embassy does not facilitate/sponsor visa applications and work permits. Staff recruited locally by the British Embassy are subject to terms and conditions service according to Romanian employment law.
Visa/work permit requirements: Candidates must currently hold the independent right to live and work in Romania and be prepared to ensure that right remains throughout the scope of the contract.
Please note that it is your responsibility to ensure you meet the legal requirements to live and work in this country.
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Please note that the deadline for applications is 23:55 on the day mentioned in the above field “Application deadline”.
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 be aware that the deadline for submitting applications is considered to be the time zone for the country where the vacancy has arisen.
Please be advised that the British Embassy will not be able to meet the travel costs incurred when travelling to the interview, nor the costs connected with relocation if offered a position.
*Please note for more information on the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages: Learning, Teaching, Assessment levels please click on the following link CEFR. Please bear in mind in case you are invited for an interview your language skill is going to be assessed.
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Romania
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