View Vacancy - Political and Press Officer (AZE19.735)

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Job Category
Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Policy & Political roles)

Job Subcategory
Communications, Press and Media

Job Description (Roles and Responsibilities)
The British Embassy in Azerbaijan is part of a world-wide network, representing British political, economic and consular interests overseas and is now looking for a permanent, full-time Political and Press Officer based in Baku.

Main Purpose of Job is to communicate with Azerbaijan’s media and population in pursuit of HMG objectives.

Main Duties and Responsibilities:
Press and Public Diplomacy [JB emphasis]

• Develop and implement a communications strategy to secure high profile, positive media coverage of British Embassy activity. This will include sourcing content for the British Embassy website and social media, and identifying and maximizing opportunities for media engagement; 
• Develop and maintain strong working relations in order to ensure the Embassy has a strong media profile; 
• Lead on drafting press lines and other official communication; 
• Organise and manage interviews;
• For high level visits prepare and manage media plans
• Provide twice-weekly press summaries.

Public Diplomacy

• Responsible for the Embassy’s public diplomacy work;
• Oversight of public diplomacy budget;
• Working with partners e.g. the British Council, UK Alumnus and project implementers to maximise public diplomacy projects;
• Responsible for the Embassy online presence - website, Facebook and twitter

Political

• To keep the Embassy informed of current affairs in Azerbaijan through circulation of key articles, reports and commentaries; 
• Lead on human rights and media related reporting;
• Monitor high-profile trials, political prisoners and political demonstrations;
• Member of the Embassy’s project evaluation board;
• Providing translation in high-level meetings;
• Cover Political/Projects and Political/Economic officers during absences;
• Plus all reasonable duties as directed by Embassy management.

Essential qualifications, skills and experience

• Excellent command of English and Azerbaijani languages (verbal and written)
• A track record of successful communication including developing communication strategies and lines to take and the ability to use media contacts and social media to share UK messages with a wide reach.
• Experience monitoring, analysing and reporting on political developments
• Experience of producing clear written reports in English
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills. Projects a professional image and builds contacts and networks to help get the job done. Able to speak confidently with political and other experts to present UK positions and extract information for Embassy reporting.
• Think strategically and be able to identify opportunities for UK interventions and activity – including project work – to help achieve our objectives
• A team player, ready to help colleagues and share knowledge willingly
• Strong IT skills, in particular all main social media platforms, Microsoft Word, Outlook and Excel

Desirable qualifications, skills and experience

• Availability to travel occasionally within Azerbaijan or internationally as needed
• Good verbal Russian skills

Required competencies
Seeing the Big Picture, Leading and Communicating, Collaborating and Partnering, Managing a Quality Service

Application deadline
12 June 2019

Grade
B3 (L)

Type of Position
Full-time, Permanent

Working hours per week
35

Region
Europe, Eastern Europe & Central Asia

Country/Territory
Azerbaijan

Location (City)
Baku

Type of Post
British Embassy

Number of vacancies
1

Starting monthly salary (USD)
2,037.52

Start Date
29 July 2019

Other benefits and conditions of employment
This is a permanent full-time position of five working days, 35 hours net per week.

The salary is USD 2,037.52 gross per month and shall be paid in AZN monthly.

Staff recruited locally by the British Embassy in Azerbaijan is subject to Terms and Conditions of Service of the FCO according to local labour legislation.

All applicants should have the right to live and work in Azerbaijan. The British Embassy does not sponsor, nor does it provide assistance for obtaining work & resident permits.

Additional information
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.

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