Vice Consul EO Job British High Commission

Administration Jobs, British High Commission Jobs. Responsible for managing consular services, assisting British nationals with complex cases, leading prevention projects, coordinating stakeholder engagement, and preparing consular reports. Requires strong customer service and communication skills, experience working with vulnerable people, and the ability to remain calm under pressure, research guidelines, and manage competing priorities. Experience in consular or crisis work, international organisations, or project coordination is an advantage. The position is based in Nairobi and requires on-site work.

Key Responsibilities:

Consular assistance

• Leading on complex/high profile cases involving vulnerable British Nationals. This might involve supporting families of people who have been bereaved, including giving welfare assistance to destitute British people; supporting victims of crime (including rape and sexual assault) and people who have been hospitalised; as well as visiting British prisoners and responding to a host of other issues. Please note this could require visiting mortuaries and other challenging environments; and some cases will have media/parliamentary interest. Personal resilience is important.
• Supporting and advising consular colleagues in the Horn of Africa and Indian Ocean region on complex assistance cases and where needed.

Prevention

• Leading on prevention projects and initiatives that support British nationals on the most relevant risks and issues that affect British people. This could include hosting workshops, organising events and generally working on themes such as complex death cases, mental health, addiction and recovery, tourism safety, victims of crime (including Rape & Sexual Assault) and homelessness/destitution. 
• Identify and lobby stakeholders and national/local government authorities on key consular issues, with support from colleagues. Build and maintain productive relationships with internal and external stakeholders through regular engagement and outreach.
• Prevention fundamentals – research and draft online guides (e.g. bereavement and prisoner guides) for UK government web pages.

Crisis

• In a crisis, or when supporting on a complex case, you may be expected to travel at short notice or work outside of normal contracted hours. This could include being asked if you can provide regional resilience in the region.
• Support crisis preparedness and response at post. This includes contributing to the CMP, planning the consular aspects of crisis response, and acting as deputy consular manager in a crisis.

Consular services

• Managing Consular Services, such as issuing Emergency Travel Documents to British nationals.
• On occasion, organising and officiating at Citizenship Ceremonies for new British nationals. 

Managing people, operations and information

• Meeting consular business targets and ensuring cases are updated promptly on the management system. Delivering in line with agreed Key Performance Indicators, promoting compliance, and analysing statistics to produce reports and identify trends.

Corporate

• As part of the British High Commission team you will be expected to contribute to the corporate life of the mission. There are many different ways that you will be able to do this and specific roles will be discussed/agreed once you have settled into the role/mission. 

You should be aware that consular work involves difficult conversations with distressed individuals and may require visiting challenging environments, such as prisons and hospitals, so emotional intelligence and personal resilience are essential. 

You can expect to travel regularly to Mombasa and surrounding areas in order to build and maintain consular contacts.  You can also expect to travel a few weeks per year more widely within the SSA region and occasionally to the UK.

Qualifications, skills and experience  

• Possess excellent all-round communication skills to manage customer expectations and deliver difficult messages; 
• Ability to remain calm and professional under pressure when dealing with emotive subjects and distressed people; 
• Skills to research and follow guidelines and to plan and prioritise effectively.
• Experience working in a customer facing environment and working with vulnerable people is essential. 

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