Main purpose of job:

The National Crime Agency (NCA) is the UK’s lead agency in the fight against serious and organised crime. The International Department employ International Liaison Officers (ILO’s) across the world to act as the conduit between the UK and the host country when dealing with law enforcement tasks and criminality that affects the UK. ILO Ethiopia works closely with Ethiopian law enforcement partners in its fight against Organised Immigration Crime (OIC) which is a strategic objective for the NCA.  ILO Ethiopia is also the point of contact for all Ethiopia-based enquiries with a UK nexus. This work can be varied and rewarding in nature. ILO Ethiopia, based at the British Embassy Addis Ababa, also plays an important role in the wider HMG supporting FCDO colleagues with their objectives under the country plan.
The main purpose of the role is to effectively support the ILO in Addis Ababa in the succesful delivery of UK NCA objectives by managing administrative, logistical and project management tasks. 

Roles and responsibilities:

Support the project team within the Embassy with administrative and logistical management, including translation skills for written documents and meetings, attending programme meetings, supporting Ethiopia/UK learning exchange initiatives, and assisting in maintaining host nation relationships.

To provide assistance to the law enforcement liaison officer at the British Embassy in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, in support of UK and host priorities. To manage the facilitation of training of law enforcement officers in Ethiopia and across the region, and maintain records of all training delivery provided by the British Embassy to host partners. 

To maintain close relationships with law enforcement colleagues and be the point of contact for their interaction with UK law enforcement. To receive sensitive information from partners, write concise reports to the project lead  and treat that information with a high level of discretion and integrity. Support the project lead at meetings with senior government officials and senior law enforcement officials and provide high quality interpretation often using technical language.

Monitor open source information across the Horn of Africa and report to the project lead on factors influencing UK priorities in the region, for example, human trafficking, people smuggling and illicit finance. 

In this role you will also be responsible for conducting arrangements for the facilitation of project activity. This will include:

• Training delivery arrangements
• Assisting with the vetting process for the project
• Equipment order and installation, ensuring compliance with NCA policies
• Maintenance of equipment registers
• Providing detailed accounting of spending to HMG standards
• Organise various events between law enforcement advisors and host nation/external partners
• Publishing and maintaining all policies and procedures
• Analyse data produced from Project and present results / findings
• Carry out general financial administration including the payment of invoices
• Attend meetings as and when required in support of NCA officers to include translation
• Assist in maintaining host nation relationships
• Process requests from both Ethiopian and UK law enforcement agencies
• Conduct open source research and analysis as needed

• Excellent spoken and written English
• Excellent spoken and written Amharic
• Excellent organisation skills with a keen eye for detail
• Excellent persuasion, guidance and negotiation skills required
• Good IT skills, in particular the ability to order and analyse data utilising the Microsoft Office Suite
• A high level of discretion and integrity
• A flexible approach which may involve work and travel outside core hours
• Successful security clearance both from UK and Ethiopian law enforcement (following successful application)

Language requirements: 

Language: Amharic & English

Level of language required: Fluent in both