• Experience of working in an internationally-facing organisation and an interest in international affairs.
• Professional and/or academic qualifications in international relations, project management or communications

This role is a fixed-term position to cover maternity leave, expected to last between 4 to 6 months from September.

The British High Commission is a small team of six staff which manages the official relationship between the UK and Samoa. Our work extends across a range of shared interests and priorities, guided by the goals and ambitions of Samoa’s government as set out in the Pathway for Development and the UK government’s Pacific strategy.  Capitalising on project delivery, dialogue, co-operation and exchanges we aim to strengthen links between our two countries, build capacity to enhance Samoa’s economic and social resilience and work together as partners on global issues like climate change and health.

Learning and development opportunities (and any specific training courses to be completed):

• On the job learning,
• Access to FCDO online training
• Opportunity to remotely attend regional training and conferences

Working patterns:

Core hours are 08:00hrs to 16:15hrs (Monday to Thursday) and, 08:00hrs to 13:00 hrs (Friday)

This role is full time 38 hours per week excluding lunch breaks.

Please ensure that your application is authentically written based on your own experiences. If AI tools are used, their usage must only be limited to specific tasks such as ensuring formatting consistency and keyword relevance. The core content, personal narratives, and responses to behaviour and skill-based questions must genuinely reflect your professional journey, experiences, and achievements. We place great importance on originality and individual effort throughout the application process. Any form of plagiarism will result in immediate disqualification.

Please note that the deadline for applications is 23:55 on the day mentioned in the above field “Application deadline”.

Please be aware that the deadline for submitting applications is considered to be the time zone for the country where the vacancy has arisen. 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.

Note: All applicants are required to mandatorily fill the online application form completely including the employment and educational details, experience, professional skills and behaviour-based questions. We will be thoroughly reviewing the applications and incomplete form in any respect may not be considered while shortlisting for the next stage.

Only shortlisted candidates for interview will be contacted. Interviewees will be assessed on the core behaviours/qualifications listed above. Unsuccessful candidates will be notified via the system in due time. 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.

To ensure a successful application it is important that you explain how you demonstrate these behaviours, including through your experience. You are strongly advised to read the Success Profiles Civil Service Behaviours Framework, which provides detailed guidance on how the behaviours are defined. Applicants are encouraged to use the STAR (Situation, Task, Action, Result) format to prepare specific examples of when they have demonstrated these behaviours in their application. Using the STAR format to provide evidence of your skills and experience in your application and at interview helps to give a structure. You briefly describe the situation in which you showed the behaviour, and then explain your task in addressing the situation, what action you took and the result of this.

For inclusivity and diversity, please remove the following personal information when uploading your CV: name, address, email address, age, date of birth, gender and nationality.

The start date mentioned in the job advert is a tentative start date and the successful candidate will be required to undergo security vetting procedures. Any offer of employment will be subject to the candidate achieving suitable clearances.