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Job Category: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (Policy & Political roles)

Job Subcategory: CSSF (Conflict, Stability and Security Fund)

Job Description (Roles and Responsibilities):The British Embassy in Chisinau is part of a world-wide network, representing British political, economic and consular interests overseas and is now looking to recruit a regional Counter Disinformation Officer.

To work closely with the Counter Disinformation and Media Development (CDMD) Eastern Neighbourhood team, based at the British Embassy in Tbilisi, to best inform and contribute to the British Government’s fight against disinformation in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine. The CDMD Programme leads the UK's foreign policy approach to disinformation in the region. It is a £30m a year programme managed from London working across the Baltics, Central Europe and the Eastern Neighbourhood.

This is a new role at the forefront of the UK’s counter disinformation efforts. It will involve regular travel within Moldova and the region, and engagement with a wide range of stakeholders. The main purposes of the job are: i) to report on the media environment and disinformation activity, through regular fieldwork and analysis; and ii) manage projects designed to push back against this threat.

This role is an integral part of the wider CDMD network, responsible for reporting to London and project delivery in the region, adding value to this process through in-depth expertise specific to this area of work. It requires regular reporting on disinformation in the region to help inform decision-making by senior officials based in London, as well as local efforts to progress our media development and wider counter disinformation work.

Some translation and interpreting will also make up part of the role.

Main duties and responsibilities

Research & Analysis – 50%

• Work with the Embassy to identify audiences most vulnerable to disinformation into the region, before corroborating this desk-based research with between four and ten visits to the region per year. This work will first start with Moldova and then expand from there.
• Compiling comprehensive regular reporting for senior officials on the nature of disinformation in the region.

Project Management – 25%

• This role will include project management of a number of regional media development projects and involvement

Coordination – 25%

• Coordination of local NGOs is central to the effort against disinformation and this will also be an important part of the role. You will bring together stakeholders from across the region to devise counter disinformation best practice before implementing this through project delivery.

Essential qualifications, skills and experience: 

• Fluency in English, Romanian and Russian (both oral and written, minimum C1 level*).
• At least 3 years of experience of project management. Strong administrative skills and experience of working in a team.
• University degree, ideally in international relations, peace and security or similar.

Desirable qualifications, skills and experience: 

• Experience of working in an international organisation, civil society or government agency.
• Experience of working in the media or fact-checking organisation.
• Analytical skills or evidence of regional and/or NATO Defence and Security experience
  .

Required competencies: Seeing the Big Picture, Making Effective Decisions, Collaborating and Partnering, Managing a Quality Service

Application deadline: 22 August 2021

Grade: B3 (L)

Type of Position:Full-time, Permanent

Working hours per week: 35

Region: Europe, Eastern Europe & Central Asia

Country/Territory: Republic of Moldova

Location (City): Chisinau

Type of Post: British Embassy

Number of vacancies: 1

Salary: MDL 30,209 gross

Start Date: 1 October 2021

Other benefits and conditions of employment:  This is a permanent full-time contract. All applicants must currently hold the independent right to live and work in the Republic of Moldova and be prepared to ensure that right remains within the scope of the contract. The British Embassy does not sponsor for work permits. Staff recruited locally by the British Embassy in Chisinau are subject to Terms and Conditions of Service according to local employment law.

Additional information:  Please note that the deadline for applications is 23:55 on the day mentioned in the above field “Application deadline”.

We advise you to allow enough time to complete and submit your full application, since only complete applications that are submitted before the deadline will be considered.

Please be aware that the deadline for submitting applications is considered to be the time zone for the country where the vacancy has arisen.

Please be advised that the British Embassy will not be able to meet the travel costs incurred when travelling to the interview, nor the costs connected with relocation if offered a position.

* Please note Common European Framework of Reference for Languages: Learning, Teaching, Assessment  indicates Level C2 as Mastery or proficiency Level which comprehends that a person can understand with ease virtually everything heard or read; can summarize information from different spoken and written sources, reconstructing arguments and accounts in a coherent presentation; can express themselves spontaneously, very fluently and precisely, differentiating finer shades of meaning even in the most complex situations. For more information please click on the following link CEFR. Please bear in mind in case you are invited for an interview your languages skills are going to be assessed.

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