View Vacancy – International Liaison Adviser for Ukraine , British Embassy Warsaw (POL24.448)

An Overview:

Poland is an important partner for the UK. The British Embassy Warsaw works to develop relations between all parts of Poland and all parts of the UK. Our work covers the breadth of the bilateral relationship, including political, commercial, security and economic issues of interest to both the UK and Poland, which we deliver under the framework of a Country Strategy setting out key objectives. Roles and responsibilities might evolve, in line with the Country Strategy. 

The British Embassy Warsaw is committed to being an inclusive employer. We actively champion diversity and UK values, internally and externally. We value team working, flexibility, responsibility and creativity, as well as everyone’s contribution to making the Embassy a great place to work, where our people get good training and fulfil their potential.  We have a strong Learning and Development culture, organise regular in-house training opportunities, and encourage staff to take on opportunities for development. 

The British Embassy in Warsaw is now looking actively to recruit a International Liaison Adviser.

The main purpose of the job will be to provide support to the International Liaison Officer of the UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA) based in Warsaw. The person recruited for this role will be responsible for carrying out a range of administrative duties as well as a variety of other tasks detailed below.

The ideal candidate should have excellent interpersonal and communication skills and be able to work in an environment where time-critical actions can make great demands upon staff; this means that the post can sometimes be both exciting and challenging. The job requires proven administrative and organisational skills, and the ability to manage confidential matters.

The role entails:

–>Facilitate the successful exchange of operational information to support NCA activities and bilateral operations:

• Ensure intelligence on Serious Organised Crime (SOC) is shared with relevant law enforcement agencies;
• Identify the right law enforcement contact and exchange the operational activities;
• Provide support to the International Liaison Officer (ILO) on operational tasks;
• Gather operational information for law enforcement agencies in the UK and in all relevant countries.

–>Identify and support all the NCA priorities, the Country SOC Plan and the Country Plan:

• Arrange productive meetings with relevant stakeholders for operational and strategic purposes to ensure that bilateral information sharing is effective;
• Ensure the cooperation with all law enforcement partners and contacts at Ministries is strong;
• Organise and actively participate in visits from UK Ministers, HO and NCA colleagues;
• Organise and participate in capacity building events and courses.

 –>Ensure the smooth running of the office:

• Manage and monitor the NCA budget and ISF program budget.
• Ensure all documents related to office expenditure are submitted accurately;
• Manage the daily tasks and calendar;
• Act as interpreter for ILO  and visitors and translator to/from Ukrainian to/from English.

Resources managed:

• Departmental budget of approximately GBP 100 ,000
• ISF Program budget of GBP 600,000
• No line management responsibility

Our ideal candidate has:

• Proficiency in English and Ukrainian (Minimum of level C1 according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages*).
• University education in Law, International Relations, Journalism, or Business Administration.
• Excellent organisation skills with a keen eye for detail.
• Good IT skills, in particular the ability to order and analyse data utilising the Microsoft Office Suite.
• A high level of discretion and integrity.