Job Recruitment at the British High Commission, 4th April, 2019

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The British Government is an inclusive and diversity-friendly employer.  We value difference, promote equality and challenge discrimination, enhancing our organisational capability. We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. We do not discriminate on the basis of disability, race, colour, ethnicity, gender, religion, sexual orientation, age, veteran status or other category protected by law. We promote family-friendly flexible working opportunities, where operational and security needs allow. We are recruiting to fill the position below:     Job Title: Intern - Oil & Gas and Energy Sectors Job ref.: 05/19 LOS Location: Lagos Grade: Internship Start Date: 1st June, 2019 Type of Position: Fixed Term Duration of Post: 12 months Job Category: Department for International Trade roles Job Subcategory: Department for International Trade (DIT) Main Purpose of Job

• The Intern who will be based in the UK Government’s trade team in Lagos is to support the Head of Energy, with a primary focus on maximising the export of British goods and services to the Energy sector comprising everything from oil and gas, gas to power and renewable energy sectors in Nigeria and West Africa. This will include relationship building with major local players in the relevant sectors in Nigeria and other markets in West Africa to help identify potential opportunities for UK supply chain energy companies.
• The intern will also support UK energy supply chain companies by facilitating commercial partnerships that result in UK businesses landing deals that generate exports from the UK into West Africa.
• It will also involve working closely with the UK’s Department for International Trade’s Oil & Gas and Energy teams and specialists, based in London, along with UK government teams across the UK and UK Export Finance, as well as prosperity colleagues in DFID, PROSPERITY, across FCO in Nigeria, Ghana and beyond.

Roles and Responsibilities What will the jobholder be expected to achieve?:

• Nigeria is the largest economy in Africa, the continent’s largest oil producer and population coupled with long-established cultural and commercial links with the UK.
• It has huge long-term economic potential with vast natural resources and a young and growing population.
• As a result, Nigeria offers a wide array of business opportunities,  especially in the oil and gas sector but also increasingly in areas such as renewable energy, infrastructure and agriculture.
• Current trade figures are good but it is pertinent we achieve more.
• As part of the British Government’s commitment to increasing UK exports worldwide to £1 trillion by 2020, the UK’s trade team in Nigeria, with offices in both Lagos and Abuja, are developing a trade strategy to identify and better tap into this vast potential and increase trade between the UK and West Africa.
• With DIT Africa’s recent restructuring from a regional based approach to a sector focused structure approach which entails sector teams working across pan Africa to achieve a more common goal in increasing exports from the UK into all DIT Africa’s oil and gas markets across.
• We are seeking for a highly organised person with a strong research skills, attention to detail, strong work ethic, ability to take the initiative, work accurately within deadlines and be a committed team member who works collaboratively.
• We are looking for a candidate with keen interest in the O & G/Energy sectors in Nigeria, who is looking to learn and develop capacity in these sectors.
• Experience working in the Energy sector is crucial.

Key Responsibilities

• Under the directorship of the Head of Energy; identifying and delivering a pipeline of commercial opportunities in Nigeria and wider West Africa for UK companies in the O & G/Energy sectors, in consultation with the relevant teams and specialists in the UK’s Department for International Trade and the DIT Africa Energy Director.
• Implementing and delivering a multi-year High Value Campaign for Oil & Gas in West Africa to support UK companies in bidding for and winning multi-million pound commercial deals.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Assisting the Head of Energy in daily tasks and activities towards improving trade in the sector for UK companies, with the end goal of driving and delivering the high value oil and gas campaign.
• Understanding different sectors of Oil and Gas operations in view of assisting UK companies tie into appropriate work packages as opportunity arises
• Creativity in assisting the Head of Energy to design disruptive strategies that will assist with increasing export
• Provide prompt and sound feedback on Oil and Gas/Energy and general enquiries.
• Identifying & posting Export Opportunities and entering operational activities on Data Hub
• Assisting the Head of Energy with trade missions, event planning and execution.
• Providing administrative support for the section: Taking minutes at team & external meetings; updating the forward Look calendar and arranging appointments, flights etc.
• Carrying out detailed sector specific research
• Substituting for other interns when on leave

Essential Qualifications, Skills and Experience

• Fluent written and spoken English
• 1-2 years of relevant experience in the Energy sector
• Excellent interpersonal, communication and organisational skills, self motivated and results driven
• Great team player, able to build working relationships and work very well across teams
• Good client engagement and networking skills
• Strong IT skills in Word, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint
• Able to adapt to a quick changing and evolving business environment; deliver in the face of uncertainty; and work proactively and autonomously
• Ability to work with people at all levels of seniority in an international environment and within a fast paced, results orientated organisation

Desirable Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• Engineering background

Required Competencies:

• Collaborating and Partnering, Achieving Commercial Outcomes, Managing a Quality Service, Delivering at Pace

Remuneration Starting monthly salary: N135,419 Interested and qualified candidates should:Click here to apply   Application Deadline 11th April, 2019.     Job Title: Programme Analyst - BMATT Nigeria Job ref.: 15/19 ABJ Location: Abuja Grade: B3 (L) Start Date: 15th May 2019 Type of Position: Fixed Term Duration of Post: 12 months Job Subcategory: MOD (Ministry of Defence) Job Category: Other British Government Departments (Partners across Government, including UK Visas) Main Purpose of Job

• This is an exciting role within British Military Advisory & Training Team (BMATT), working to support both the Nigerian Government and inward investment from the UK across a number of different sectors.
• The role will be based in Abuja, Nigeria contributing to work being delivered by BMATT and British Defence Staff (BDS) West Africa.
• The successful candidate will work within BMATT, reporting to the BMATT Chief of Staff (COS) and BMATT Programme Leads.
• They will deliver a variety of analytical projects in support of BMATT activities in Nigeria to fulfil Conflict Security and Stability Fund (CSSF) strategy for Nigeria.

Roles and Responsibilities What will the jobholder be expected to achieve?

• Feed into the development of future BMATT programme work. Evaluate success.
• Provide needs analysis to BMATT Project Leads and Commander BMATT.
• Analyse the delivery of various military capacity-building CSSF projects in the North East.
• Ensure project work is joined up across BMATT and with other HMG actors providing solid strategic outlook.
• Measurement of Effect and Lessons Learned Analysis.
• Develop good working relationships with the BMATT programme Leads and other stakeholders.

Essential Qualifications, Skills and Experience 

• Analytical Skills, Conduct and Analyse Surveys
• At least 3 years experience on Project Management and delivery in an International Environment with Government or the NGO sector.
• 3 years experience working at an equivalent level with a comparable organisation.

Desirable Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• Resilience, Flexibility and ability to deliver quality under pressure and strict timelines.
• Experience of working in security sector reform or with the military. The ability to work as part of a busy creative team, as well as willingness to provide support to team members needs be.

Required Competencies

• Seeing the Big Picture, Changing and Improving, Making Effective Decisions, Leading and Communicating, Achieving Commercial Outcomes, Delivering at Pace, Engaging Internationally, Demonstrating Resilience

Remuneration Starting monthly salary: N610, 536 Interested and qualified candidates should:Click here to apply   Application Deadline 15th April, 2019.     Job Title: Immigration Liaison Officer Job ref.: 07/19 LOS Location: Lagos Grade: B3 (L) Start Date: 1st June, 2019 Type of Position: Fixed term, with possibility of renewal Job Subcategory: HMPO (HM Passport Office) Job Category: Other British Government Departments (Partners across Government, including UK Visas) Main Purpose of Job

• To detect and prevent the abuse of passport applications, and identify and disrupt the activity of the organised crime groups behind it.
• Develop operational intelligence products through the collection, interpretation and evaluation of relevant quantitative and qualitative information sources.
• Work closely with HMG partners at post, host authorities and international partners to support the development of intelligence and investigations to disrupt organised crime groups.

Roles and Responsibilities What will the jobholder be expected to achieve?: Investigation:

• Individual case working investigations as tasked by HMPO

Crime:

• Using collaborative working with overseas and UK law enforcement partners develop intelligence and investigations to disrupt organised crime groups targeting the UK.

Intelligence gathering and analysis:

• Develop operational intelligence products through the collection, interpretation and evaluation of relevant quantitative and qualitative information sources.
• Strong problem solving skills are required to identify and investigate suspected organised immigration crime and to  gather evidence-based intelligence.
• Ensure that all relevant intelligence is gathered, assessed and disseminated in line with guidance.

Liaison:

• Build effective working relationships with host authorities, International partners (FCC/EU) and UK partners to support the delivery of crime and intelligence objectives.
• Lead the exchange of actionable intelligence with local law enforcement partners and counterparts in other diplomatic missions to identify and mitigate threats to the UK border.
• Representing the Home Office professionally, developing effective partnerships with the wider Embassy and with key external partners.

What we do:

• Immigration Enforcement International (IEI) operates to prevent illegal immigration and disrupt the organised immigration crime groups behind it, supporting both the Immigration Enforcement mission and the Home Office purpose.
• We have staff deployed to approximately 53 locations across the world.

We deliver this by:

• Providing intelligence support to the visa operation, supporting UKVI to take an increasingly global approach to risk streaming built on the analysis of objective data and enhanced with local risk indicators
• Working with carriers around the world to reduce the threat of inadequately documented arrivals (IDAs) reaching the UK by air
• Developing intelligence packages related to the visa or air threat for subsequent criminal investigations and prosecutions

What we want from you?

• ILOs need to have excellent people skills that they can use strategically to build relationships with key partners to assist Immigration Enforcement in delivering it’s objectives. Face to face work is a fundamental part of the job, as is the delivery of training, so the successful candidate should be prepared to do some public speaking.
• The role of ILO is extremely varied. The challenge with all IEI work is to deliver both the reactive elements such as air calls and requests for support from visa section, as well as the the pro-active  elements such as intelligence research and liaison with stakeholders. As such ILOs need be able to manage very challenging workloads, deliver at pace and be flexible in support of business aims. Once up to speed in the role the successful candidate should be able to work towards objectives with minimal supervision.
• The role necessitates travel for liaison, training, site visits and meetings. Most of this can be done in a day but some overnight stays will be required. The successful candidate will also be required to attend training in the UK, most likely for a duration of 1-3 weeks.
• Working for IEI is fantastic, as much as for the development opportunities it offers as the actual experience of delivering our objectives which can be hugely satisfying. Above all we want you to be keen and to enjoy your work, so that you will find working for IEI as rewarding as we do.

Essential Qualifications, Skills and Experience 

• A UK passport holder
• Strong interpersonal and verbal communication skills.
• A high level of written and spoken English with the ability to write high quality reports and briefings.
• Strong organisational and time management skill.
• An ability to work under pressure with minimal supervision is essential.

Desirable Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• Previous immigration, law enforcement and/or analytical or investigation experience

Required Competencies:

• Seeing the Big Picture, Making Effective Decisions, Leading and Communicating, Collaborating and Partnering, Delivering at Pace

Remuneration Starting monthly salary: N610, 536 Interested and qualified candidates should:Click here to apply     Application Deadline 18th April, 2019.   Additional Information 

• Please complete the application form in full as the information provided is used during screening.
• Please check your application carefully before you submit, as no changes can be made once submitted.
• The British High Commission will never request any payment or fees to apply for a position.
• Employees recruited locally by the British High Commission in Abuja are subject to Terms and Conditions of Service according to local employment law in Nigeria.
• All candidates must be legally able to work and reside in the country of the vacancy with the correct visa/work permit status or demonstrate eligibility to obtain the relevant permit.
• The responsibility lies on the successful candidate to;
  • Obtain the relevant permit
  • Pay fees for the permit
  • Make arrangements to relocate
  • Meet the costs to relocation

The British High Commission do not sponsor visas/work permits except where it may be local practice to do so.

• Employees who are not eligible to pay local income tax: e.g. certain third-country nationals and spouses/partners of UK diplomats will have their salaries abated by an equivalent amount.
• Information about the Foreign and Commonwealth Office Competency Framework can be found on this link: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/civil-service-competency-framework Please note:  AA=A1, AO=A2, EO=B3, HEO=C4, SEO=C5
• Reference checking and security clearances will be conducted on successful candidates

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