I’m always conscious that working for my government is a privilege, even if I’ll never become rich as a British civil servant. And working in India – on most days – is an absolute blast, not least because of the incredible team across India that I get to work with. Being a dynamic and growing network means, exciting new positions are always opening up. So here are 5 good reasons to work for the British High Commission network across India.
1) You can be you. Like India, we’re proud to be a diverse, multi-cultural society. Is a big part of our country’s strength. That’s why inthe workplace we don’t discriminate by age, religion, colour, background, gender or sexual orientation. Rather, we want to harness the benefits of diverse teams in which individuals can explore their full talent. We appoint staff through competence based interviews where we’ll ask you for examples of things that you’ve done that showcase your potential to do the job and not based on your family links or which University you went to.
2) You can be part of amazing things. The UK India relationship matters – PM Modi calls it an “Unbeatable combination”.
Whether it’s a Royal Visit to India or Government visitors in both directions (and there’s a big one not 2 months away), helping the right people travel to the UK and helping stop the wrong ones, supporting important business deals for our mutual prosperity, promoting defence and security cooperation or helping deal with a crisis like the tragic train crash in Haryana, working for us gives you the chance to be part of something important and memorable. We’re working to build a partnership that makes both the UK and India better, fairer and more prosperous countries. That’s work worth doing.
3) We’re in the people business and we pride ourselves on how well we treat our staff. That’s why we care about our teams and invest in them. That means opportunities to travel in India and beyond, met amazing people., do really worthwhile learning and development, to try new things and meet exciting (and sometimes famous!) new people.
We offer first-rate training programmes that develop you for your current job and your next one. We work family friendly hours, actively support flexible working and offer a good health care package.
4) We’re appearing near you! The UK has the widest Diplomatic network in India with a High Commission in Delhi and Deputy High Commissions in Ahmedebad (or newest!), Bangalore, Chandigarh, Chennai, Hyderabad, Mumbai and Kolkota, plus trade offices in Pune and Jaipur. Many roles across the network have wider geographical responsibility across India, and even beyond into the wider S Asia region.
5) Most of the time, we have a lot of fun. It’s exciting being part of dynamic, high-performing and diverse teams doing something that matters. But for me is also about getting out of the office and seeing the real India, whether that’s scarily clever and scarily young entrepreneurs who are not just out to change the world but to disrupt it; senior business leaders, academics or NGOs that are committed to protecting the most vulnerable in society.
Applying is easy. It’s merit-based and on-line via the UKinIndia website: https://www.gov.uk/government/world/organisations/british-high-commission-new-delhi/about/recruitment.
I hope to be working with you soon.