View Vacancy - ROK - Communications Officer, AO (Maternity Cover)

The British Government is an inclusive and diversity-friendly employer.  We value difference, promote equality and challenge discrimination, enhancing our organisational capability. We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. We do not discriminate on the basis of disability, race, colour, ethnicity, gender identity, religion, sexual orientation, age, veteran status or other category protected by law. We promote family-friendly flexible working opportunities, where operational and security needs allow. The FCDO operates an agile workforce and to facilitate this, you may be required to undertake other duties from time to time, as we may reasonably require.
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (Policy & Political roles)
Communications, Press and Media

Main purpose of job:

The successful candidate will form a key part of a busy team, (Media & Public Affairs), central to the work of the Embassy in promoting the UK to a Korean audience. The Communications Officer will have primary responsibility for internal communications and administrative responsibilities, whilst also providing support on external communications campaigns for the Embassy’s priority policy themes.

Roles and responsibilities / what will the jobholder be expected to achieve?

  • Internal Communications (30%): Management of Embassy internal communications channels, including regular Staff Bulletins & newsletters, monthly all staff meets, daily press review and other products depending on need.
  • Administrative Work (30%): Management of the Media & Public Affairs team’s administrative work, including budget management, procurement, database management and public enquiry inbox management.
  • External Communications (30%): Working alongside the Senior Press Officer and the Digital Media Officer, support the Head of the Media & Public Affairs team in the planning, delivery and evaluation of media campaigns in support of British Embassy Seoul’s priority policy themes.
  • Miscellaneous Support (10%): All officers in the Media & Public Affairs Team are expected to support the work of the wider team, especially during busy periods or on high-priority projects. These responsibilities may take the form of drafting, translating, logistics support for events, etc.

Resources managed (staff and expenditure):

  • The Communications Officer will support the Head of Media & Public Affairs with budget management.

 

 

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  • Fluent in English and Korean
  • Strong written and spoken communication skills
  • Excellent organisational and planning skills.
  • Experience of working within an Embassy environment
  • Experience in an communications role
  • At least 1 year full-time work experience
Changing and Improving, Communicating and Influencing, Working Together
18 May 2026
Administrative Officer (AO)
Full-time, Temporary, Fixed Term
36
12 months
Asia Pacific
South Korea
Seoul
British Embassy
1
KRW
3,919,543
monthly
17 June 2026

The British Government is an inclusive and diversity-friendly employer.  We value difference, promote equality and challenge discrimination, enhancing our organisational capability. We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. We do not discriminate based on disability, race, colour, ethnicity, gender, religion, sexual orientation, age, veteran status or other category protected by law.   

Learning & development opportunities:

The British Embassy is committed to investing in L&D for its staff, and provides a range of L&D opportunities, from learning sets to speaker events, group learning to job shadowing opportunities, as well as an extensive suite of online learning materials. Where job-specific training is identified the British Embassy will provide access to appropriate courses.

Working Patterns:

Monday-Friday 09:00-17:00

Other Information:

Candidates must currently hold the right to live and work in the Republic of Korea.

Any costs related to obtaining or renewing permits and visas are the responsibility of the successful applicant.
Staff who are recruited by the British Embassy Seoul are subject to Terms and Conditions of Service according to local employment law. 

Employment offers are subject to successful clearance of pre-employment checks. Staff recruited locally by the British Embassy Seoul are subject to Terms and Conditions of Service according to local Korean employment law.  

Employees who are not liable to pay local income tax on their Mission salary may have their salaries reduced by the equivalent local income tax amount.

The FCDO also operates an agile workforce. To facilitate this, you may be required to undertake other duties from time to time as we may reasonably require.

This is a temporary, fixed term role of 12 months.

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

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

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

Note: All applicants are required to mandatorily fill the online application form completely including the employment and educational details, experience, professional skills and behaviour-based questions. We will be thoroughly reviewing the applications and incomplete form in any respect may not be considered while shortlisting for the next stage.

Please ensure that your application is authentically written based on your own experiences. If AI tools are used, their usage must only be limited to specific tasks such as ensuring formatting consistency and keyword relevance. The core content, personal narratives, and responses to behaviour and skill-based questions must genuinely reflect your professional journey, experiences and achievements. We place great importance on originality and individual effort throughout the application process. Any form of plagiarism will result in immediate disqualification. 

Only shortlisted candidates for interview will be contacted. Interviewees will be assessed on the core behaviours/qualifications listed above. Unsuccessful candidates will be notified via the system in due time. 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.

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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.

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This opportunity is closed to applications.