Key areas of responsibility will include:

• Central Asia Green Inclusive Growth Fund – Uzbekistan – acting as the focal point for private sector and economic development work in Uzbekistan, you will identify and utilise the best evidence and knowledge in these areas to drive improvements of the effectiveness and impact of our work. You will be responsible for the implementation of the new Green Inclusive Growth Fund (GIG) in Uzbekistan, ensuring its reach and success; will establish FCDO’s presence as one of the leading actors in this area, bringing together internal and external stakeholders to collaborate more effectively; will be a policy expert on the key opportunities and challenges to economic development in Uzbekistan, using this knowledge to drive forward targeted activity; and you may also be asked to expand this deep geographical focus to another country in the region.

• Private Sector Advisory – Central Asia – You will use your expertise as a leader within the organisation with respect to private sector development in Central Asia, providing thought leadership, proactively influencing the direction of programmes and activity, and providing well-balanced advice to senior staff. You will conduct research and analysis on the regional private sector environment, including the regulatory frameworks, access to finance, and investment opportunities. You will provide input and advice to other programmes (e.g. climate, education, governance) on how these can best leverage and incorporate input from the private sector to achieve desired outcomes. You will work effectively with colleagues in the Department for Business and Trade to understand how UK commercial activity can be better leveraged to achieve our objectives.

• Gender and Climate – you will work at the interplay between work on private sector development, gender and climate. In practice, this means ensuring private sector programmes are acutely focused on the right issues regarding gender and the environment. It also means being a bridge to other FCDO programmes in these fields, creatively inputting to where private sector involvement could leverage further impact.

• Working Together – Develop strong relationships with implementers and external stakeholders (government, NGOs, media and the private sector) in areas of responsibility, with a focus on Uzbekistan but across the region where required. Use these relationships to expand the reach and impact of GIG. Work confidently and expansively internally across HMG colleagues, with FCDO and beyond, understanding how all of the UK’s different thematic priorities (on climate, gender, education, etc) can be integrated and reflected in your work, and vice versa with private sector development to theirs. Build partnerships with government agencies, businesses, and civil society organizations to promote private sector development, using and expanding your network to influence positive change.

As well as these core responsibilities, you will be expected to play an important corporate role in the British Embassy Tashkent, as well as the Central Asia Development and Programming Team. This means being a team player when it comes to providing other strategic and corporate support: responding to other requests of senior management as and when required in accordance with wider business needs, including strategy development and monitoring or risk assessments.