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View Vacancy – Private Sector Development Adviser (UZB24.256)
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Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (Programme Roles)
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Economic and Prosperity
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The British Embassy in Tashkent is part of the UK’s global diplomatic network, and is now looking to recruit an enthusiastic and self-motivated Private Sector Development Adviser in a programme funded role to support the innovative and fast-paced UK-Central Asia Green Inclusive Growth Fund (GIG).
GIG will establish Central Asia’s first SME-focused private equity/venture capital fund (PE/VC), investing in high-potential firms to support Central Asia’s green transition. Interventions will improve the capability of SMEs by providing business development training, enabling them to innovate, improve management, scale up and access investment, with a specific focus on entrepreneurs from excluded groups – women, youth and returning migrants. This is an exciting opportunity to work directly with the private sector, International Financial Institutions (IFIs), the donor community and government counterparts on an area of top priority in order to tackle unemployment and contribute to economic diversification and job creation. In this role, you will be the focal point for FCDO’s work on GIG and Private Sector Development in Uzbekistan. You will manage a dynamic set of programme implementing partners, drive forward new connections and ensure the programme remains aligned to the economic development team’s structural transformation and productive jobs agenda. You will have deep thematic expertise and leadership experience on programmes related to private sector development and will use this to provide policy and programming advice to the economic development team. Roles and Responsibilities: The ideal candidate will be an expert in private sector development in Central Asia, being established in their field with a range of relationships that they can use to positively influence the direction of FCDO programming. They will know how to use private sector development to achieve green, sustainable economic growth and what the necessary conditions are to do so.
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Fluency in Uzbek, verbal and written, with excellent communications skills;
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Experience of working in a fragile context/political transition;
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Delivering on inclusive growth, notably women’s economic empowerment, prior work on disability;
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Experience of overseeing evaluations such as randomised control trials and quasi experimental methods;
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A postgraduate degree in business, economics, international development or a related field, or equivalent research experience.
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Communicating and Influencing, Making Effective Decisions, Seeing the Big Picture, Working Together
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4 August 2024
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Higher Executive Officer (HEO)
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Full-time, Fixed term, with possibility of renewal
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40 gross
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Europe, Eastern Europe & Central Asia
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Uzbekistan
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Tashkent
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British Embassy
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USD
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2,468.58 USD gross
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2 September 2024
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This is a full-time, fixed-term contract for 24 months (40 hours gross per week).
The successful candidate will be subject to professional background checks and security clearance.
Staff recruited locally by the British Embassy in Uzbekistan are subject to the terms and conditions of service according to local Uzbek employment law. All applicants interested in this job opportunity should have the legal right to live and work in Uzbekistan.
The British Embassy does not sponsor work permits.
Working patterns: This is a full-time position however the British Embassy Tashkent supports flexible working and would be able to consider flexi-hours (eg early start and early finish each working day) or compressed hours (eg working 10 days in 9).
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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.
FCDO does not pay for travel related expense incurred in interviews (including Security Check) or accept any financial risk, including cancelation or reschedule costs. The FCDO will not meet 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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Tashkent
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