Our mission is to promote and protect abroad the values, interests and economic well-being of Ireland and its people. We do this under the political direction of our Ministers, through our staff at home and through our Embassy network abroad.
The Consulate of Ireland, Vancouver wishes to recruit a Public Diplomacy Officer on an initial fixed-term 12 month contract.
The Public Diplomacy Officer will be a key member of a small but dynamic team, with responsibility for public diplomacy and administrative support to the Consulate. The successful candidate will be resourceful, flexible, and eager to contribute to the overall success of the Consulate General of Ireland.
Roles and responsibilities
The Public Diplomacy Officer will support the work of the Consulate General of Ireland in accordance with its business plan, and help promote Irish cultural and economic interests in British Columbia, Alberta, Yukon, and the Northwest Territories as part of Team Ireland in Canada.
The precise range of duties will vary over time according to the needs of the Consulate, but will include the following:
- Develop, implement and administer public diplomacy and outreach efforts, in conjunction with other colleagues;
- Propose and administer activities to raise awareness of Ireland including through cultural, trade and community activities;
- Develop content for the Consulate’s social media accounts;
- Lead logistical arrangements for events hosted in the Consulate and external venues
- Support the development of the Consulate’s communications / social media strategy;
- Research and report writing including assistance on specific public diplomacy projects, media monitoring and literature reviews;
- In addition to the above, the Officer may be required to carry out other functions subject to the business needs of the Consulate.
- Attendance and reporting on meetings, as required;
- Building and maintaining a network of contacts with key partners;
- Contributing as part of the wider Consulate team to administration including financial reporting and management, events management and reporting, dealing with public enquiries and other duties as required from time to time by management.
Essential requirements candidates must be able to demonstrate:
- The candidate must be fully proficient in English;
- The candidate must have a permanent legal right to reside and work in Canada.
- The candidate must be willing to regularly work out of hours to support outreach activities as required;
- Knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite, including Word, Excel, Outlook;
- The candidate must have a minimum of one year’s experience of working with social media platforms;
- The candidate must have a minimum of one year’s experience of administering outreach and engagement activities including on the ground events support experience (including virtual events);
- The candidate must provide evidence of flexibility, efficiency and effectiveness showing strong organizational skills, attention to detail, able to work under pressure and to manage multiple tasks;
- The candidate should provide examples of being solutions-oriented, and committed to delivering results, including by adapting approach if necessary;
- The candidate must demonstrate using work based examples of providing excellent interpersonal skills, being persuasive, working in a team but also dealing effectively with people in external organisations.
Desirable Skills and Experience
- Knowledge of and an interest in Ireland.
- A good understanding of the role of the Department of Foreign Affairs and the Consulate of Ireland, Vancouver. The successful applicant will work alongside other local employees of the Consulate, and will report directly to the diplomatic staff in the Mission. Previous experience in a diplomatic mission is desirable, but not essential.
- A good understanding of the political, economic and cultural landscape in the Consulate’s areas of operation;
- Photography / video-editing skills
- A full clean drivers licence
- ‘Serving it Right’ certification.
Terms and conditions of employment:
- The successful candidates will be hired on a fixed-term contractual basis and will be based at the Consulate General of Ireland, Vancouver
- Working hours are Monday to Friday, 40 hours per week, with standard office hours from 9:00am to 5:00pm. Regular out-of-hours work setting up/taking down/attending events a core requirement of this role, for which time-in-lieu will be provided.
- Annual Leave entitlement 20 days per annum, plus British Columbia public holidays.
- The salary for the position is $60,915.23 per annum.
The Application Form for this position is available below.
Completed application forms should be sent via email only to vancouvercg@dfa.ie, with the subject line 'Public diplomacy officer'.
Applications must be received before 4pm (PST) on Friday 15 December.
Applications received after this time will not be considered.
Please note that only short listed applicants will be contacted.
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