JOB DESCRIPTION

View Vacancy – KL – Event Management Intern

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.

Job Category

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (Operations and Corporate Services)

Job Subcategory

Corporate Services Support

Job Description (Roles and Responsibilities)

Main purpose of the job: To provide support to the Communications & Marketing team on the planning, organisation and coordination of soft power campaigns/activities.

Roles and responsibilities

1. Event and campaign management support:

• Working with the team on campaign/event conceptualisation and planning.
• Help to manage guestlist, invites and RSVP.
• Working with designers, photographers and videographers in delivering appealing visuals for an event/campaign.
• Provide support at events including guest registration, logistic arrangement, liaison with vendors, event set-up and tear down etc.
• Provide admin and secretarial support (eg meeting invites, minutes taking).

2. Communications and marketing support:

• Monitor social media, planning and generating digital products.
• Taking photos and short videos during events for internal and external use.
• Help manage inventory of GREAT branded assets and other promotional materials.

Essential qualifications, skills and experience

• Able to work on Microsoft programmes such as Excel, Word and PowerPoint.

Language requirements:

Language: English

Level of language required: Fluent

Required behaviours

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

Application deadline

24 November 2025

Grade

Internship

Type of Position

Full-time, Fixed Term

Working hours per week

36

Duration of Post

4 months

Region

Asia Pacific

Country/Territory

Malaysia

Location (City)

Kuala Lumpur

Type of Post

British High Commission

Number of vacancies

1

Salary Currency

MYR

Salary

MYR 1,700

Type of Salary

monthly

Start Date

1 January 2026

Other benefits and conditions of employment

This internship role is advertised as a full-time, fixed term role of 4 months.

The FCDO offers time and financial support for the successful candidate to take advantage of professional learning and development opportunities inside and outside of the organisation.

The British High Commission is proud of its L&D offer to staff. We work hard to ensure staff have the skills needed to do their job and the opportunities to develop professionally. There are a wide range of options available for personal development including training courses, coaching and mentoring, job-shadowing, presentations and learning sets. Staff have access to a wide variety of online resources through the Diplomatic Academy and Civil Service Learning. Staff are strongly encouraged to take advantage of all the available opportunities. All new staff undertake a workplace induction and there are a number of mandatory e-learning courses covering areas such as diversity, health and safety, and information management.

The intern will gain a a technical understanding of an environmental standard and accreditation process, including data collection and analysis issues, and considerations in applying the standard to an office environment.

Working hours:

This is a full-time role (36 hours per week Mon-Fri)

Monday – Thursday 08:00 – 16:30, Friday 08:00 – 13:15 (with flexibility around start/finish times)

The British High Commission in Kuala Lumpur is committed to flexible/hybrid working as part of our inclusive offering. This includes flexi-hours and up to two days per week working from home, in agreement with a jobholder’s line manager.

Additional information

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.

Please note that your application must be submitted before 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.

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.

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”.

Indicated start date is provisional and subject to successful completion of reference and security checks.

Kindly check your application centre or email regularly for any update on the status of your application.

To those applicants not short-listed, we extend our appreciation for considering the British Government as a potential employer.

Please be aware that you will only be able to apply to vacancies for Country Based Staff roles with the British Government through this official tal.net site (operated by Oleeo). Jobs may be advertised on third party websites, however our adverts will always link back to the official tal.net site. If you complete and send an application through any other site, we will not receive it.

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: No requirements