View Vacancy – JPN – British Embassy Japan Returnship (Return-to-Work)

A background in or understanding of specialised areas such as international relations, economics, global challenges, science, trade or marketing

This Returnship (Return-to-Work) Programme is advertised as a 6-month fixed term contract.

• Working hours per week: 20 to 37.5 hours (full-time option is available)
• Working days per week: 3 to 5 days
• Commuting allowance of up to JPY35,000 per month (paid on an actual cost basis)
• Social insurance available if not a daytime student
• 12.5 days paid annual leave (calculated pro rata)

Working Patterns: Our standard working hours is Monday to Friday, 9:00 to 17:30 (core hours: 10:00 to 16:00). You may discuss the number of working hours and days within the above range.

The British Embassy Japan Network supports and promotes flexible working.  This role allows for flexibility in start and end times, subject to the needs of the team and agreement with your line manager. We also value your school life and focus time for your study and may adjust work schedule when necessary.   

This role will be offered pending successful reference and security checks and is subject to the appropriate permissions to work. 

Contract End Benefits: After the programme, those whose performance met the required standard can opt in the personnel pool of the British Embassy in Japan. You will be invited to apply for short-term job assignments (usually a maximum of 3 months) when the needs arise.

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

Learning and Development Opportunities (and any specific training courses to be completed):

The British Embassy Japan Network offers comprehensive learning and development opportunities which will be fully available to the jobholder.  We regularly run both work area specific training and more general skills development in project management, finance, and leadership.  

For those on an internship or returnship programme, we offer training to help understand competences and improve interview skills for future career opportunities.

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.