Job Description

This role is being advertised simultaneously in Singapore and Jakarta to ensure a strong field of candidates. The UK Government\'s Regional Climate Team is located across both these Missions. The preferred candidate will be selected based on merit, with their location determining the role\'s home location. Frequent travel between both Posts, and the rest of the region is required in either case.

Main Purpose of Job:

To lead policy, development, and diplomatic work on the implementation of a net zero energy sector and industrial decarbonisation across the SE Asia region for HMG. Design, and deliver ambitious, coherent cross-Government objectives, policy, and plans for the UK in a diverse region in which success in these sectors are vital to securing our COP26 legacy, and Paris Goals within a regional green economic transition.

Roles and responsibilities/what will the jobholder be expected to achieve:

The successful candidate will work as the policy lead on these issues within a small regional hub, alongside policy leads for other thematic issues. The hub is geographically split between Singapore and Indonesia and while the individual will be line managed by the Regional Director based in Singapore, they will sit physically within a friendly and well-resourced team in the Embassy in Jakarta working on these issues bilaterally.

The UK has a range of objectives on energy and industrial sector decarbonisation in ASEAN, from domestic UK energy security and investment, to maintaining a trajectory to reaching Net Zero commitments and phasing out the most polluting fossil fuels rapidly within a region who\'s rapid but carbon-intensive growth could make or break global efforts to limit temperature rises to 1.5c. The successful jobholder will need to bring those interests together effectively and coherently, recognising at least four different Whitehall Departmental equities (FCDO, BEIS, DEFRA, and DIT), and 10 very different country contexts. This will require flexibility, strong leadership, and subject matter expertise to work through others, from a range of backgrounds, professionalisms, and seniority:

• Lead development, ownership, and accountability across the ASEAN region (10 countries) for development of HMG strategy and planning on energy and industrial decarbonisation respectively, securing buy-in from stakeholders in the region, and Whitehall. This will need to be rooted in knowledge and working relationships with regional Governments, business, and other non-state actors.
• Lead the development and communication of clear, coherent, UK Government policy on regional energy and industrial decarbonisation issues, to deliver on whole of Government priorities, recognising and capturing the range of different national and sub-national interests within that while remaining alive to opportunities at the sub-regional and ASEAN level.
• Provide expert policy analysis, advice, and reporting to senior UK stakeholders on the regional energy and industrial decarbonisation landscape, incorporating whole of UK Govt perspectives, and a well-balanced assessment of the facts and nuances of local and region-level contexts.
• Based on a strategic awareness of the technical challenges, and UK opportunities and risks, raise capability and capacity of UK Government within the region in respect of these issues, through advice and training to UK Missions, development programmes, and officials at all levels, acting as the regional thematic lead on these issues in a pastoral and professional development sense.
• Working alongside and tailored to country-contexts as well as UK Missions\' capacity and capabilities, provide technical capacity building and advice to host Governments to complement UK development programming and advance policy objectives.
• Through these activities and other policy interventions make some of the most visible UK policy contributions to regional transition to a 1.5c, resilient future economy, through more confident and rapid decarbonisation of the energy and industrial sectors of ASEAN economies.

Resources Managed (Staff and Expenditure):

• No line management envisaged, but likely to be strong matrix and professional development requirements across different Posts and Whitehall Departments to support effective day-to-day work on this theme.
• Oversight of project, programme, and administrative budgets of up to around SGD1m/yr. (non-ODA)

Essential qualifications, skills and experience

Essential on Arrival:

The candidate should have significant, deep professional experience of:

• Policy analysis or development in energy and industrial decarbonisation fields
• Working with international institutions / multi-national organisations
• Building and maintaining collaborative stakeholder relationships across public, private, and third sector to design and deliver organisational strategy
• Developing policy recommendations at an organisational or multi-organisational level based on evidence-based analysis
• IT and all MS Office applications

Desirable qualifications, skills and experience

Desirable:

• Over 10 years of experience in the field of industrial decarbonisation fields
• Experience working within UK and / or a SE Asian Government

Required behaviours

Seeing the Big Picture, Leadership, Communicating and Influencing, Working Together

Application deadline Application deadline - day Application deadline - month Application deadline - year

25 August 2023

Grade

Grade 7 (G7)

Type of Position

Full-time, Permanent

Working hours per week

37.5

Region

Asia Pacific

Country/Territory

Singapore

Location (City)

Singapore

Type of Post

British High Commission

Number of vacancies

1

Salary Currency

SGD

Salary

10,701

Start Date Start Date - day Start Date - month Start Date - year

23 October 2023

Other benefits and conditions of employment

Benefits:

We offer a competitive package, which includes basic salary of SGD 10,701 per month and a generous annual wage supplement (as part of total guaranteed remuneration) of an additional 2 months\' salary paid out in December each year, Central Provident Fund (CPF) payment in lieu for non-Permanent Resident foreign nationals, 23-days annual leave entitlement and a health insurance plan. The basic salary is non-negotiable.

We have a generous leave offer including: 23 days annual leave, increasing to 25 after 5 years\' service, with the option to carry over up to 10 days into the subsequent leave year; 13 public holidays; generous maternity and paternity leave; and childcare leave. We encourage volunteerism and offer up to 3 days paid volunteer leave.

We offer medical insurance to support staff with the high costs of healthcare in Singapore and periodic reimbursement for the cost of eye tests and replacement eye wear.

Learning and development opportunities:

We offer time and financial support for the successful candidate to take advantage of professional learning and development opportunities inside and outside of the organisation. This will include, over time, the ability to become accredited within UK Government as a climate professional.

The High Commission has an active Learning & Development Committee which works hard to provide a comprehensive L&D offer. There is a wide range of options available for personal development including training courses, coaching and mentoring, job-shadowing, presentations and learning sets. Staff have access to a wide variety of online resources through the International Academy and Civil Service Learning. Staff are strongly encouraged to take advantage of all available opportunities.

All new hires undertake a workplace induction and there are a number of mandatory e-learning courses that must be completed in order to pass probation.

Working Patterns:

Normal working hours are 37.5 per week: 8.30am to 5.00pm from Monday to Friday. The team operates a \'core hours\' policy of 1030am to 230pm with individual flexibility around that and we are open to requests to work condensed hours, subject to business need.

BHC Singapore supports and promotes flexible working as a crucial part of our inclusive offering, and is committed to staff maintaining a healthy work-life balance. The role is suitable for some remote working, and members of the team tend to work from home around 2 days a week.

Other information:

In addition to the duties which this job normally entails, you may from time to time be required to undertake additional or other duties as necessary to meet the needs of the High Commission, including playing a part in the corporate life of the mission and supporting any crisis response.

No accommodation or relocation expenses are payable in connection with this position. You must have or be able to obtain a local work permit which we will sponsor.

Staff recruited locally by the British High Commission are subject to terms and conditions of service according to local Singapore employment law.

Employment offers are subject to successful clearance of pre-employment checks. Only short-listed applications will be called for personal interviews.

The British High Commission is an equal opportunities employer and does not discriminate on grounds of ethnic origin, race, religious beliefs, age, disability, gender or sexual orientation. Our values of Collaboration, Opportunity, Respect and Excellence (CORE) are our guiding principles. We aspire to live our values consistently in order to make the British High Commission a great place to work where staff feel valued, supported and inspired to be their best.

Please note that all successful candidates will be expected to serve a minimum of 6 months in their new role before being eligible to apply for further positions within the British High Commission.

Additional information

Please note that the deadline for applications is 23:55 on the day mentioned in the above field \xe2\x80\x9cApplication deadline."

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