View Vacancy – LBY – Chief of Staff (EO)

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Job Category

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (Residence and Support Staff)

Job Subcategory

Chancery

Job Description (Roles and Responsibilities)

The British Embassy in Tripoli has a vacancy for a Chief of Staff, job grade Executive Officer (EO), on a fixed-term contract basis for one (1) year.

Main purpose of the role:

This role is an exciting opportunity to work at the heart of a friendly, high-performing team at the British Embassy in Tripoli.

The Chief of Staff provides high level executive and operational support to enable His Majesty’s Ambassador (HMA) and Chargé d’Affaires (CdA) to operate with maximum effectiveness.

The role is central to the smooth functioning of the Embassy. It centres on traditional executive support, including for official visits as well as Residence/events management, and diary management. It also requires a focus on internal coordination and effective information flow across the organisation.

The role acts as a trusted link between senior leadership and Embassy teams, ensuring priorities are communicated clearly and actions followed through.

Roles and responsibilities:

Support to HMA/ CdA

• Manage the diary of the Ambassador (or Chargé d’Affaires when the Ambassador is away), ensuring priorities are reflected and competing demands are managed effectively.
• Coordinate meetings and engagements, including briefing requests, attendance, logistics, travel arrangements and follow-up actions.
• Ensure senior leaders have the information, briefing material and practical support required for engagements and decision-making.
• Highlight clashes, dependencies or issues requiring attention and support effective prioritisation where required.

Cross-Embassy Coordination and Planning

• Act as a coordination point between HMA (or CdA when HMA is away) and Embassy teams, ensuring priorities, decisions and actions are communicated and followed through.
• Work across sections to support delivery of senior leadership priorities and maintain effective communication across the mission.
• Support forward planning by maintaining visibility of upcoming engagements, priorities, deadlines and actions requiring coordination.
• Build and maintain effective working relationships across the Embassy, with diplomatic missions, government entities and relevant Libyan official offices.
• Maintain key contacts, background information and institutional knowledge to support continuity, particularly during leadership transitions.

Programmes, Visits and Engagements

• Coordinate engagement programmes, including official meetings, introductory programmes, representational activity and key stakeholder engagement.
• Support other teams to deliver inward and outward VIP and official visits, including programme planning, logistics, visas, briefing coordination, access arrangements and liaison with relevant teams.
• Support other teams when they are producing official programmes and visits outside Tripoli.
• Maintain stakeholder contacts and engagement information to support continuity and effective planning.

Residence and Official Events

• Manage the Ambassador’s Residence programme and support official events and receptions.
• Coordinate guest lists, invitations, catering requirements, protocol considerations, access arrangements and event logistics.
• Support planning, forecasting and management of Residence event requirements and associated expenditure.
• Work closely with the Corporate Services Manager, catering service provider, security colleagues and relevant Embassy teams to ensure events are delivered to a high standard.
• Coordinate security access arrangements for guests by working with relevant security colleagues and communicating requirements clearly.

Onboarding, Knowledge Management and Corporate Support

• Support onboarding and induction of new colleagues, helping them access key contacts, information and ways of working.
• Support smooth transitions for incoming senior leaders by maintaining continuity, institutional knowledge and awareness of ongoing priorities and commitments.
• Maintain shared resources, stakeholder information and Embassy Teams pages to support continuity and knowledge management.
• Support Embassy events, commemorations, staff engagement activities and wider corporate initiatives.
• Provide office management support where required.

The above list is not exhaustive, and the jobholder will be required to be flexible and take on other ad hoc tasks as required.

Key behaviours required:

• Managing a Quality Service: Deliver service objectives with professional excellence, expertise, and efficiency, taking account of diverse customer needs.
• Delivering at Pace: Take responsibility for delivering timely and quality results with focus and drive.
• Making Effective Decisions: Use evidence and knowledge to support accurate, expert decisions and advice. Carefully consider alternative options, implications and risks of decisions.
• Working Together: Form effective partnerships and relationships with people both internally and externally, from a range of diverse backgrounds, sharing information, resources, and support.

Eligibility

• Applicants must have the right to live and work in Libya and will need to be cleared for security purposes by the UK Government.

Essential qualifications, skills and experience

• Excellent organisational and planning skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities, coordinate multiple workstreams and maintain oversight of complex or fast-moving issues.
• Experience of working in Libya and engaging with Libyan government officials and external stakeholders, with the ability to represent and articulate the Ambassador’s views accurately and professionally.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills in both English and Arabic, with the ability to draft clear, concise briefing material, correspondence and corporate communications for senior leaders.
• A team player with proven ability to build effective working relationships across diverse teams and stakeholders, exercising tact, discretion and sound judgement when handling sensitive information.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to maintain accurate records, track actions and ensure timely follow-up on decisions and commitments.
• Confident user of Microsoft 365 applications (particularly Outlook, Teams, Word, Excel and PowerPoint) and able to use digital tools to improve team effectiveness and information management.
• Ability to work independently with limited supervision, showing initiative, resilience and adaptability in a dynamic operational environment.

Desirable qualifications, skills and experience

• Experience of supporting senior leadership teams, management boards or executive committees.
• Experience of coordinating corporate functions such as planning, visits, events or crisis response.
• Understanding of diplomatic / international organisation operations and business.
• Experience of working in a multicultural environment and building effective relationships across different grades, professions and backgrounds.
• Knowledge of project or programme management approaches and the ability to coordinate delivery across multiple teams.

Required behaviours

Delivering at Pace, Making Effective Decisions, Managing a Quality Service, Working Together

Application deadline

28 July 2026

Grade

Executive Officer (EO)

Type of Position

Full-time, Fixed Term

Working hours per week

40

Duration of Post

12 months

Region

Middle East & North Africa

Country/Territory

Libya

Location (City)

Tripoli

Type of Post

British Embassy

Number of vacancies

1

Salary Currency

USD

Salary

2,180

Type of Salary

monthly

Start Date

6 September 2026

Other benefits and conditions of employment

Working hours and remuneration:

The British Embassy in Tripoli offers an attractive working environment and remuneration package for this role, including a non-negotiable salary of USD 2,180 per month inclusive of all allowances. INAS deductions will be applied.

This position is for a full-time employment, on a fixed-term basis for one (1) year. The successful candidate will be subject to a one thirty (30) working days probationary period. The appointment will also be subject to satisfactory local and UK security clearances.

Conditioned working hours are 40 hours gross per week. Standard working hours are from 08:00-16:00 from Sunday to Thursday. The role is a full-time position based in Tripoli. The jobholder will be expected to be available to work from the British Embassy to Tripoli’s office, and travel using personal transport to meetings in locations in the city.

Flexible working is also permitted, allowing the jobholder to work-from-home occasionally in agreement with their line manager.

We are committed to supporting the personal development of team members.

The International Academy is the home of Learning and Development for the FCDO. It covers a wide range of essential as well as job specific subjects and is designed to ensure that all staff can access high quality learning products.

Additional information

How to apply:

Interested candidates must include to their online application form:

1. An updated Curriculum Vitae (CV);
2. A covering letter/motivation essay stating how you meet the requirements of the role; and,
3. Examples in the relevant sections of the online application form of how you meet the key behaviours and skills required.

Applications that do not include this information will not be considered.

Closing date of receiving applications is before 23:55 (Tripoli local time) on 28th July 2026. 

Applications received after the stated deadline will not be considered.

Internal candidates (i.e., those employed by the British Embassy in Tripoli) applying for this position should consider informing their current line managers upon submission of their application. 

Process: 

The recruitment process, including security clearance, is expected to take around two-three months. The security clearance process includes checks available in country and with UK, dependant on the security level required for the role and the candidates’ profile and UK footprint. You may experience some delay in the progress of this recruitment campaign, and we are working hard to minimise any disruption.

Appointable candidates who were unsuccessful at interview may be placed on a ‘reserve list’. If during the reserve period of six (6) months the same or a largely similar role becomes available, that role may be offered to the second or subsequent candidate.

Due to the large number of applications, we receive, only those shortlisted for the next step of the recruitment process will be contacted.

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.

The FCDO operates an agile approach to delivery. To facilitate an agile workforce, you may be required to undertake other duties from time to time as we may reasonably require. The British Embassy Tripoli is an equal opportunities employer, dedicated to inclusivity, a diverse workforce and valuing difference.

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