Job title: Corporate Services Manager (TKM25.226)

Application deadline: 17 August 2025

Grade: Executive Officer (EO)

Type of Position: Full-time, Permanent

Working hours per week: 40,5 gross

Region: Europe, Eastern Europe & Central Asia

Country/Territory: Turkmenistan

Location (City): Ashgabat

Type of Post: British Embassy

Number of vacancies: 1

Start Date: 1 October 2025

Job Category: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (Operations and Corporate Services)

Job Subcategory: Corporate Services Support

Job Description (Roles and Responsibilities):

The British Embassy in Ashgabat is part of a worldwide diplomatic network, representing British political, economic and consular interests overseas and is now looking to recruit a Corporate Services Manager.

The Corporate Services team is responsible for the efficient and cost-effective running of the Embassy, in line with the policies and practices of the UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) and the laws of Turkmenistan.

The Corporate Services Manager (CSM) is team leader, providing direction and support to ensure that all aspects of the Embassy’s administration - finance, human resources, estates and other functions – are carried out in good time and to FCDO standards.

Essential qualifications, skills and experience

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with ability to adapt communication style to different situations in English, Russian and Turkmen
• Fluency at a C1 level in English and Russian according to CEFR Framework;
• Fluency at a B2 level in Turkmen according to CEFR Framework;
• Experience of leading a team or formal line management;
• Minimum of 3 years working in a role that included some responsibility for budgeting/finance functions;
• Previous experience in a customer-facing role and evidence of the ability to respond to a wide range of customer needs;
• IT literate and with advanced skills in Excel.

Desirable qualifications, skills and experience

• Experience of working for or with an international organisation or company
• Previous responsibility for human resources management
• Previous experience of Oracle software

Required behaviours

• Communicating and Influencing, Delivering at Pace, Managing a Quality Service, Working Together

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