Candidates must be able to live and work in Mexico in their own right at time of application.

Please ensure you answer all application questions in full as CVs will not be considered in the recruitment process until the interview stage.

The successful candidate will be subject to a security clearance and professional reference checks.

Employees who are not liable to pay local income tax on their Mission salary, eg some non-local national staff and some spouses or partners of UK diplomatic staff, will have their salaries abated by an equivalent amount.  

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.

Learning and development opportunities:

Closing date of receiving applications is before 23:55 (Local Time) on 25 June 2025.

All applicants must fully complete the online application form, including the sections for employment and educational details, experience, and behaviour-based questions. Only those applications that contain all required information will be considered. To ensure the sift process remains anonymous, please do not include any personally identifiable information in your application form.

All staff at the British Embassy and its Consulates in Mexico are expected to work towards the UK mission statement of Building a UK/Mexico partnership, which makes the world and us more prosperous and secure, and to embody the Embassy’s agreed values of Honesty, Respect, Inclusion and Professionalism. 

Benefits:

Guaranteed Monetary Benefits

• 30 days Christmas Bonus per full year worked (pro rata on the first year).
• 50% Holiday Bonus based on your annual leave entitlement, additional to your paid annual leave.

*For benefits purposes our year runs from 01 January to 31 December.

Other Monetary Benefits

You will be eligible to an annual Performance Related Bonus. Performance Pay is granted to employees who receive a full year’s performance appraisal and meet or exceed their performance targets.

*Our assessment period for appraisals runs from 01 April to 31 March of the following year.

Other non-monetary benefits

• Social Security coverage under Mexican Law.
• Private Medical Scheme which covers our employees, their legal dependants under the age of 25, and spouses/partner provided they do not receive additional medical services from another employer.
• Entitlement of annual leave as follows:

From 0 to 1 year entitled to 16 days (Pro rata on the first year)

From 1 to 5 years of service increases to 25 days

From 5 years of service onwards increases to 30 days

14 Public Holidays including a combination of Mexican and British festivities.

Working Patterns

This role is permanent and full-time at 38 working hours per week. Please be aware that occasional out of hours work will be required. Our standard business hours are Monday to Thursday between 8:00-16:30 and Friday between 8:00-14:00.

Employees are required to attend the office at least 24 hours per week (3 days approx), with the option to work 2 days from home.  This can change at any time, when instructed by our leaders and/or managers.

The FCDO operates an agile workforce.  To facilitate this, you may be required to undertake other duties from time to time as we may reasonably require.