View Vacancy – Peacebuilding, Agencies, Funds and Programmes Senior Adviser
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UK Mission
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Main purpose of job:
The British Government’s Mission to the United Nations in New York has an exciting opportunity for an experienced, dynamic and driven person to join the Humanitarian, Peacebuilding and Development Section, working also across Political Section, as the UK Mission’s Peacebuilding, Agencies, Funds and Programmes Senior Adviser. This opportunity is a rewarding role that supports and advances the UK’s priorities at the United Nations, working at the forefront of multilateral diplomacy to make a real difference to international peace and security and international development.
The UK Mission to the United Nations offers a unique career enhancing opportunity and is committed to supporting its staff through a variety of benefits including generous leave, insurance packages and a highly competitive 401k programme. It also promotes a culture of flexibility, which enables people better to maintain wellness through a work/life balance approach that encompasses hybrid working, including working from home. In this role, you would be working in a diverse international environment with UK diplomats, armed forces personnel and other country based staff, UK government officials based in the UK and across the UK overseas network, foreign diplomats and UN officials.
The successful candidate will manage the development and delivery of the UK mission’s strategy on conflict, mediation and stabilisation, working across policy teams to advance the UK’s objectives through the multilateral/UN architecture. They will lead the UK’s global conflict policy engagement at the UN, with responsibility for delivering UK priorities in the 2025 Peacebuilding Architecture Review and beyond. They will work with UK mission geographic and thematic desk officers and direct report(s) to mainstream conflict prevention and peacebuilding best practices in UN Security Council, Peacebuilding Commission and General Assembly products and processes.
They will also directly manage the Agencies, Funds and Programmes team, providing oversight and guidance of the work with the UN based agencies, including through the UN boards and through senior engagement with agency heads.
The successful candidate will feed into UK strategy and engagement on UN80/ UN reform with regards to the peacebuilding and UN agency, funds and programmes perspectives.
The ideal candidate will be an experienced development/peacebuilding practitioner, with a strong history of working in the UN arena. They will be a clear, effective communicator, with attention to detail, strong strategic thinker with an ability to influence others.
Roles and responsibilities:
- Management: Directly manage three colleagues, providing strategic oversight of and guidance to, policy advisers in the UK Mission’s Peacebuilding and UN Funds and Programmes Teams. Support colleagues carry out their jobs to a high standard and provide strong leadership to support a happy, healthy and high-performing team and culture.
- Technical leadership: Advise UK Mission seniors and desk officers in the UK Mission’s Political, and Humanitarian, Peacebuilding and Development Sections on mainstreaming conflict prevention and peacebuilding into their work, including through UN Security Council, Peacebuilding Commission and General Assembly products and processes.
- Strategic: Drive the UK’s global policy engagement on conflict/peacebuilding at the UN, including efforts to shape and deliver UK priorities in the context of the 2025 Peacebuilding Architecture Review and UN80/UN reform, influencing a wide network of key contacts on these issues amongst Member States, the UN system and NGOs.
- Strategic leadership: Oversee the UK’s engagement on and with New York-based UN Agencies, Funds & Programmes. Build and maintain strong and effective relationships with HQ leads, to ensure co-creation and execution of an effective strategic approach to working with NY based UN Agencies, Funds and Programmes (UNDP, UNICEF, UNFPA and UN Women), delivering UK priorities in the context of UN80/ UN reform.
- Supporting seniors: Assist and advise government ministers and officials visiting New York, including support to UKMIS activities and planning for UK Security Council presidencies and High-Level Week at the UN General Assembly (UNGA) in September each year.
- Corporate: Perform other duties as required and work flexibly, adjusting to changing priorities as needed, including corporate tasks that contribute to the wider UKMIS team.
Resources managed:
The successful candidate will manage and oversee the work of one policy adviser on peacebuilding and of two senior policy advisors on Agencies, Funds and Programmes.
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- A proven record of accomplishment in development policy and conflict prevention/peacebuilding.
- Strong knowledge of the United Nations system and recent UN reform initiatives.
- Policy-making experience in a UN context and politically challenging environment.
- Having an extensive and relevant network in the UN, development and peacebuilding fields.
- Experience of managing teams, vertically and horizontally.
- The ability to bring creative ideas and thinking to move issues forward.
- Excellent analysis, negotiation, influencing and communication skills, including written communications and public speaking, in English.
- Ability to deliver high quality results on multiple areas of work to tight deadlines, while maintaining strength of judgement, calm and a team-player attitude.
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- Previous experience of UN peacebuilding work in fragile and conflict-affected contexts.
- Understanding of Member State Permanent Missions and how they interact with the UN.
- Familiarity of working in public service, particularly the UK civil service, and knowledge of the UK political environment.
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Communicating and Influencing, Delivering at Pace, Leadership, Seeing the Big Picture
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7 July 2025
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Senior Executive Officer (SEO)
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Full-time, Permanent
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Americas, Caribbean & Overseas Territories
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United States
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New York
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British Consulate General
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$108,100
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yearly
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19 August 2025
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US State Department requirements, the UK Government in the US has restrictions on the type of visas our non-diplomatic staff may hold. If you are not a US Citizen or a US Permanent Resident, or the dependent of a diplomat (with an EAD card), you may not be eligible for employment with the UK government. We cannot accept student Visas (J1, F or M) nor other forms of work Visas (I, H, P). If you hold a work visa it is best to check on your eligibility to work for a foreign government before applying for a position.
You may refer to our website for additional information: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/living-in-the-usa.
All selected candidates are subject to background checks and will require a security clearance prior to starting work.
This role is 40 hours a week, but does require set working hours each day. Beyond core hours, flexibility will be required dependent on demands of the job at different periods of the year and UN calendar. The role will entail working closely x-mission, with HMG colleagues in the UK and with external network in New York.
The British Embassy and its US Network embraces hybrid working, allowing its staff to typically work from home up to 1-2 times a week. We are an organization that also recognises the critical value of teamwork and we embrace and endorse collaboration by ensuring that all staff attend the office flexibly yet regularly.
The British Embassy and its US Network is committed to all employee’s ongoing learning and development needs. We offer a comprehensive platform for personalised learning for everything from soft skill development (communicating with impact, handling difficult conversations, time management) to more technical or professional skills necessary to complete your job (software training, formal qualifications etc.).
The UK Government operating in the US offers a substantial benefits package including generous leave, a choice of medical insurance, 401(k) matching up to 7%, extensive learning opportunities and a great work/life balance.
Please note that the tax arrangements imposed by the US on staff working for foreign governments, as well as those imposed by the UK Treasury on British and dual nationals working for the UK Government overseas, are atypical. The UK Government cannot withhold taxes (including FICA) on behalf of a US taxpayer. Instead, a US taxpayer is required to file taxes as if they are self-employed, and a FICA allowance is granted for those required to pay the employer contribution. Certain categories of staff (for example dual UK-US nationals and some visa holders) who work at Consulates General are not subject to US taxes. For those not subject to US taxes the UK Government reduces gross pay to a level broadly equivalent to taxed net pay. There are also social security implications for dual UK-US nationals. Please keep all this in mind when looking at the salary and the benefits package. If you are offered a job with the UK’s US Network you will be given further tax and social security information relevant to your personal circumstances and place of work; you are advised to consider this information and its impact on your circumstances carefully – potentially with the advice of a tax professional – before accepting a job.
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Closing date of receiving applications is before 23:55 (Local Time) on 7th July 2025.
All applicants must fully complete the online application form, including the sections for employment and educational details, experience, and behaviour-based questions. Only those applications that contain all required information will be considered. To ensure the sift process remains anonymous, please do not include any personally identifiable information in your application form.
Only successful candidates will be contacted. Please no phone calls. Due to the high volume of resumes we receive, we cannot guarantee consideration of your application if the submission instructions are not properly followed.
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.
Internal candidates must inform their supervisor before they apply to a different position.
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