Foreign, Commonwealth
and Development Office
Social Development
Advisor
Reference number:
396516
Salary: £55,500
- £60,500. London based – The total package for this role at Grade 7 is £60,500
per annum (non-negotiable). This figure includes a non-pensionable, non-consolidated
Location Allowance of £5,000. East Kilbride based – The total package for this role
at Grade 7 is £55,500 per annum (non-negotiable). A Civil Service Pension with an
employer contribution of 28.97%.
Job grade: Grade
7
Contract type:
Fixed term
Length of employment:
2 Year Fixed Term Appointment
Working pattern:
Full-time
Location: London
or East Kilbride
From managing
international developments funds and tackling poverty to offering advice to British
citizens who have been caught up in environmental disasters abroad, the work of
the The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) is vital to everyone
in the world. Join our 17,000 staff in their diplomatic, development and consular
work, and you could drive life-changing outcomes for countless people.
Your role with us
Joining the
Humanitarian, Food Security and Resilience department, you will help us better navigate
humanitarian crises. These desperate situations are often exacerbated by complex
barriers to how people can safely access aid, as violence, coercion and deprivation
are often rife when people are at their most vulnerable. Not only that, but numerous
forms of marginalisation such as bias based on gender, sexual orientation, religion,
ethnicity and disability can add additional complexities, so it is imperative that
we adopt an inclusive approach to humanitarian actions.
You will be
at the heart of this work as you lead the delivery of our Inclusion and Gender Equality
agenda. With a focus on building understanding around the importance of inclusion
in humanitarian actions, you will offer social development advice to colleagues
across the business, ensuring this knowledge is being taken into consideration when
policies and programmes of work are being devised. Partnering with policy and research
teams plus the Social Development Head of Office to share expertise with others
through seminars, technical guidance and analysis, you will play an integral role
in building better departmental awareness of inclusion and broad equality issues.
Ensuring we
are ‘inclusion sensitive’, you will help the wider team underpin their projects
with concrete evidence, and you will act as our technical expert when we are responding
to emergencies. As such, it will be imperative that you remain abreast of emerging
evidence and developments within the humanitarian sector, so that we are able to
respond quickly and with the utmost precision to every situation as it unfolds.
Who we are looking for
This is an exceptional
opportunity to champion the value of inclusion knowledge. To be equal to the challenge,
you will therefore have deep expertise in social development, with a background
in delivering outcomes in a humanitarian setting. As such, you will have experience
of working with programming, policy and diplomatic teams to refine their individual
approaches, with experience of implementing social and political analysis into practical
approaches. With a track record in tackling gender equality issues and defining
approaches to preventing violence against women and girls, you will be comfortable
collaborating with a wide range of internal and external partners, including international
stakeholders. The nature of our work means that you must be comfortable working
in a fast-paced environment, with the ability to balance competing priorities.
In turn, we
can offer you a competitive benefits package, plus a great work-life balance. With
the option to embrace hybrid working, you will be asked to spend a minimum of 60%
in the office where you will find plenty of support from an inclusive, friendly
and dynamic team. So if you want to make a tangible impact on the world’s
most vulnerable people, do not hesitate to apply.
Closing
date: 12 May 2025.
The Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office pursues our national interests and projects the UK’s role in the world. We promote the interests of British citizens, safeguard the UK’s security, defend our values, reduce poverty and tackle global challenges with our international partners. We employ more than 17,000 staff in 179 countries and territories, across our diplomatic and development offices worldwide, which consists of 282 officially designated Posts. Our UK-based staff work in King Charles Street, London, Abercrombie House in East Kilbride and in Milton Keynes.