Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (Policy & Political roles)
Economic and Prosperity
Main purpose of job
To provide support to the Prosperity Fund Skills for Prosperity, Green Finance and Energy in all aspects of its work: including administrative support as well as support on programme management.
Roles and Responsibilities
SKILLS PROGRAMME
- Support to stakeholder mapping exercises.
- Support to preparation and review of documents: technical documents, reports, readouts, meeting notes, etc.
- Make the necessary logistical arrangements for meetings, events, missions and workshops meetings and events to take place, including acquiring quotations, engaging with external suppliers and ensuring compliance with FCDO standards.
- Support to day-to-day management of programme.
- Make travel arrangements, including booking flights, making hotel reservations and arranging transport when necessary.
- Send out invitations, book rooms and follow-up on preparations for events (reception, dinner, lunch, meetings) to monitor the RSVP.
GREEN FINANCE
- Support to preparation of documents: readouts, meeting notes, presentations, especially those related to the Programme Research and Innovation Committee.
- Support the Programme Manager with programme management activities, such as those related to Secondary Benefits work front.
- Make the necessary logistical arrangements for meetings and events to take place, including acquiring quotations, engaging with external suppliers and ensuring compliance with FCDO standards;
- Make travel arrangements, including booking flights, making hotel reservations and arranging transport when necessary
- Send out invitations, book rooms and follow-up on preparations for events (reception, dinner, lunch, meetings) to monitor the RSVP;
ENERGY
- Participate in internal team meetings with other teams and external meetings with the delivery partner; eventually having to represent the PF Programmes at internal meetings.
- Provide support to the Energy Programme Manager on liaising with the delivery partner and providing necessary information.
- Support the Programme Manager with programme management activities such as those in the Standard Operating Procedures and providing info to the PF Board when required
- Make the necessary logistical arrangements for meetings and events to take place, including acquiring quotations, engaging with external suppliers and ensuring compliance with FCDO standards;
- Make travel arrangements, including booking flights, making hotel reservations and arranging transport when necessary;
- Send out invitations, book rooms and follow-up on preparations for events (reception, dinner, lunch, meetings) to monitor the RSVP
- Support to preparation of documents: readouts, meeting notes, etc
OVERALL SUPPORT TO THE TEAM
- Support scheduling and organising team meetings, strategy days, conferences, seminars for PF in Rio;
- General support when team is away, focal point for stakeholders and partners;
- Coordination with other posts’ teams visiting Rio.
- Ongoing undergraduate studies (at least in the 3rd semester) in a subject related to Social Sciences and/or Programme Management;
- Excellent analytical, interpersonal, and communications skills in both English and Portuguese;
Language requirements
Language: English and Portuguese
Level of language required: Fluent
Eligibility to work and live in Brazil is required.
Some background working with projects.
Seeing the Big Picture, Changing and Improving, Collaborating and Partnering, Managing a Quality Service
10 December 2020
Internship
Fixed Term
30
6 months
Latin America and Spanish speaking Caribbean
Brazil
Rio De Janeiro
British Consulate General
$1697.70
8 February 2021
Learning and development opportunities (and any specific training courses to be completed):
Essential HMG training will be given at the beginning of the Internship, with on-the-job training available throughout.
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