View Vacancy – MNL – Energy Advisor, HEO

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Job Category

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (Policy & Political roles)

Job Subcategory

Climate Diplomacy

Job Description (Roles and Responsibilities)

Main purpose of job:

The British Embassy in Manila is working closely with a broad range of partners across the country and the region to strengthen international collaboration on the major practical challenges of emissions reduction, resilience, and finance, to accelerate change in the global economy.

The Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) has a regional network of climate and energy advisors and officers in South East Asia and the Pacific whose role is to promote the climate change agenda in the region. This is done through advocacy and policy work, commercial engagement, and increasingly through the UK International Climate Finance to promote economic development in developing countries.

This role will lead on the delivery of the Embassy’s energy transition objectives in the Philippines.

The role requires effective stakeholder engagement including the ability to build relationships with working level contacts in the Philippine government (executive and legislative both at the national and local levels), international partners, and representatives of businesses, and civil society organisations.

The job holder will coordinate the British Embassy Manila’s policy and programme work on the clean energy transition, on topics including generation (particularly offshore wind), transmission, energy efficiency, and mobilising sustainable finance. The job holder will be expected to be able to build a robust understanding of energy policy in the Philippines and how to influence this to deliver on FCDO climate priorities. They will also have opportunities to represent the Embassy’s interests on energy in multilateral discussions, ranging from COP to ASEAN and the ADB.

The job holder will be a core member of the Embassy’s Climate Change and Environment team, working closely with colleagues to deliver high level events including the UK-Philippines Energy Transition Council, the annual UK-Philippines climate Dialogue, and visits of senior technical and political officials. The role will have opportunities to work with FCDO’s regional climate leads and across the Embassy with science, political, economic, and trade colleagues.

The successful candidate will contribute to the British Embassy Manila’s corporate agenda, which includes promoting the Embassy’s RICE values (respect, integrity, collaboration, excellence).

You will be line manged by the Second Secretary Climate and Science within the Embassy’s Policy and Programme Section.

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

Policy: You will lead and be the expert on energy policy at the British Embassy Manila. This includes working closely with the Climate and Science Team and ensuring coherence with the Department of Trade (DBT) and Programme Manager of one of our key Technical Assistance Progammes (UK PACT). You will be able to influence and lobby stakeholders as needed to deliver policy reform in line with UK priorities, particularly in offshore wind.

Programme: You will have oversight of the key Multilateral energy programmes to which the UK contributes in the Philippines and ensure coherence with our wider energy policy objectives. These range from large scale multilateral initiatives through to innovation funds looking to invest in cutting edge research and start-ups.

Lead on planning and delivery of key set piece events and supporting Ministerial or senior official visits: including the annual UK-Philippines Climate Dialogue, Energy Transition Council National Dialogue and the Sustainable Cities Dialogue as well as visits to and from the UK. You will be expected to represent the UK at these events as well as external events, conferences, and other meetings.

Deliver reporting and analysis of the Philippines’ priorities in the energy space: This covers internal political developments as well as international engagement at set piece events and outward missions. It will also cover analysis and of the major activity of other international players in your policy area.

Contributing to cross office engagement and workstreams: including on green finance, sustainable infrastructure, economic security, and human rights with the relevant teams in FCDO and DBT. You will have a central role in ensuring the successful alignment with our broader climate portfolio, working with climate, nature and infrastructure leads.

Essential qualifications, skills and experience

• Degree in climate, energy, economics, or any other relevant degrees with strong policy analysis components.
• Strong understanding of Philippine energy landscape.
• At least 3 years’ experience of working with and through networks of representatives from government, the private sector, and international institutions.
• Excellent command of written and spoken English and Filipino, proven capability to deliver high standard reporting and communication.
• Excellent negotiating and influencing skills, and ability to engage and build credibility and maintain networks with a diverse range of stakeholders.
• Experience designing and delivering high profile events.
• Good IT skills: proficient in MS Office applications.
• Ability to work independently as part of a team, under pressure and to meet tight deadlines.
• Ability to travel if needed.

Language requirements: English & Filipino

Level of language required: Expert

Desirable qualifications, skills and experience

• Strong understanding of the Renewable Energy sector especially offshore Wind and Grids would be an asset
• Understanding of Green Finance.
• Experience of working in or broad knowledge Government, or with other international partners such as ADB, World Bank, UN.
• Relevant project management qualification or knowledge of programme management principles.
• Experience of working in an international environment with a proven track record of delivering results across government organisations.

Required behaviours

Communicating and Influencing, Delivering at Pace, Seeing the Big Picture, Working Together

Application deadline

12 December 2025

Grade

Higher Executive Officer (HEO)

Type of Position

Permanent

Working hours per week

36

Region

Asia Pacific

Country/Territory

Philippines

Location (City)

Manila

Type of Post

British Embassy

Number of vacancies

1

Salary Currency

PHP

Salary

113,929.00

Type of Salary

monthly

Start Date

11 February 2026

Other benefits and conditions of employment

Benefits:

The British Embassy Manila offers the following:

• A competitive compensation package
• 36-hour work week
• Guaranteed 13th and 14th month pay
• 20 days paid annual leave (calculated on Pro-rata basis if joined after 1 January)
• Extensive medical insurance
• Life insurance
• Access to a guaranteed 5 days of learning opportunities a year.

Learning and Development Opportunities:

The Embassy is committed to being a learning and development organisation and encourages all staff to pursue continued learning and development in the workplace. We offer a supportive and friendly working environment where staff work to the values of: integrity, honesty, objectivity and impartiality. Everyone is encouraged to take responsibility, be innovative and work together.

There is plenty of opportunity to develop on and off the job, and to establish expertise and build capability. We are strongly supportive of the job holder continuing to develop their professionalism.

In addition, opportunities and activities include:

• Compulsory online training courses include Diversity and Inclusion.
• Courses offered by UK government related to leadership and management.
• Courses offered by UK government related to climate change and sustainability.
• The British Embassy has an active L&D Committee and offers a wide range of in-house training and funding for external training on communications & media, policy and programme work.

Working Patterns:

Standard working hours are 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM, with flexibility as needed. Occasionally, evening work may be required, such as attending stakeholder events.

Other Information:

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

No accommodation or relocation expenses are payable in connection with this position. All candidates must be legally able to work and reside in the country of the vacancy with the correct visa/work permit status or demonstrate eligibility to obtain the relevant permit. Any costs related to obtaining or renewing permits and visas are the responsibility of the successful applicant.

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.

Candidates are expected to have a valid NBI Clearance.

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

Additional information

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