Vacancy advertisement of the British Embassy - Assistant Desk Officer

标 题: Vacancy advertisement of the British Embassy - Assistant Desk Officer
发信站: 水木社区 (Wed Jul 9 14:23:03 2008), 站内

JOB VACANCY

Political Section

Position: Assistant Desk Officer
Position Open to: Qualified Chinese Nationals and British Nationals with a valid “W” or “Z” visa.

Main purpose of the job:

To help deliver the UK’s objectives in China by analysing developments in Chinese foreign policy and helping UK officials to engage with their Chinese counterparts. You will work closely with other parts of the Embassy and partners across Government in several key policy areas, including China’s role in conflict resolution in Africa, UN reform, China’s relations with other Asian countries and counter-proliferation.

Main responsibilities:

This is a key position in the Political Section of the British Embassy Beijing working directly to the Head of the China Foreign Policy Team. This person will be the principal research officer for this team and will be responsible for following developments in Chinese foreign policy and writing reports in English for the Embassy and the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Specific responsibilities include:

 Contact building with key institutions
 Day-today monitoring of core media sources, alerting desk officers to significant developments
 Researching and reporting Chinese relations with foreign countries and multilateral organisations
 Researching and reporting senior leadership appointments, speeches, major conferences and policy initiatives, political reform/governance issues
 Reporting visits of Chinese and foreign leaders
 Administrative support for working level visits related to foreign policy

Key requirements:

 High levels of initiative, motivation, drive and commitment
 A very high standard of written English (all reporting is in English)
 Excellent research and drafting skills
 Fluency in Mandarin Chinese
 Knowledge of Chinese foreign policy would be an asset
 Good administrative and IT skills

Other requirements:

 Obtain evidence of a non-criminal record
 May be required to attend some events out of conditioned hours

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General conditions:

The starting gross salary is RMB 8,357 per month. The successful candidate will be employed under locally employed staff conditions within the British Embassy Beijing. Conditioned working hours is 35 hours/week from Monday to Friday.

How to apply:

Deadline for application is 17:00pm, 15 July 2008 (Beijing Time). The British Embassy is an equal opportunity employer. The British Embassy is an equal opportunity employer and people with disabilities are encouraged to apply. Each application will be considered carefully. We thank all applicants for their interest, but only candidates short - listed for interview will be contacted.

If you are interested and meet the above-stated criteria, please send your CV together with a one-page of A4 letter explaining why you think you are suitable for this position (please clearly mark the position applied for under the “subject” title of your email or fax), to:

The HR Office
The British Embassy
11 Guanghua Lu
Beijing 100600
Fax: 6532 7989
E-mail: recruitment.beijing@fco.gov.uk (preferred)

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