Candidates must have the legal right to work in the location where they are applying. The successful candidate should be comfortable with a flexible, hybrid role which will include a combination of work from home and co-working space depending on location. This role will require travel.
Competitive salary and benefits, commensurate with experience and location. Indicative salary ranges by location are as follows:
Salaries for other locations will be determined based on local market conditions. All positions include ID's unlimited paid time off policy, flexible and hybrid working arrangements, and a professional development budget. Additional benefits vary by location in accordance with local employment law and practice.
Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis until the position is filled, starting from June 13.
We are seeking an experienced Policy Adviser to lead the establishment and growth of a new Southeast Asia strand within our cyberdiplomacy programme. This is a role for someone enterprising and self-starting, who can build relationships from the ground up, earn the trust of national counterparts, and translate that trust into sustained diplomatic support.
You will be responsible for identifying where ID can add value to strengthen cyber capacity and diplomatic efforts towards a free and open internet, cultivating the partnerships that make that possible, and representing ID independently with senior officials, regional bodies and partners. You will work closely with the Associate Director, who retains overall responsibility for the programme, and alongside the Pacific team.
This is an opportunity to shape a new programme strand and to bring a proven model of trusted, partner-led diplomatic support to a new region.
Independent Diplomat (ID) is a unique non-profit organization operating at the intersection of international relations, diplomacy, and conflict prevention. Staffed by former diplomats, international lawyers, and experts in international relations, ID provides independent and confidential advice on diplomatic technique and strategy to governments, political groups, international institutions, and non-governmental organizations that meet our ethical criteria.
Our team of approximately 30 professionals works at the forefront of urgent international crises and foreign policy challenges, including conflict resolution, climate change, internet freedom, and creating a more equitable diplomatic system through initiatives like improving UN Security Council working methods, ensuring women's inclusion in peace processes, and supporting refugee participation in global policy development.
Our Cybersecurity and Technology team supports states in navigating the fast-moving multilateral processes that are shaping the future of cyberspace, including the UN Global Mechanism on developments in ICTs (G-Mech) and the UN Convention against Cybercrime. Through our Pacific Cyberdiplomacy programme we have supported Pacific Small Island Developing States to engage substantively in these processes, build national cyber capacity and develop their own positions on questions such as the application of international law in cyberspace.
We are now expanding this work into Southeast Asia.
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Please send a CV and a covering letter (maximum one page), in one PDF, explaining your suitability for the role and your approach to building partnerships in a new region to jobs@independentdiplomat.org. Please mark your application "Policy Adviser – Southeast Asia". No phone calls please.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
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Independent Diplomat (ID) is a unique non-profit organization operating at the intersection of international relations, diplomacy, and conflict prevention. Staffed by former diplomats, international lawyers, and experts in international relations, ID provides independent and confidential advice on diplomatic technique and strategy to governments, political groups, international institutions, and non-governmental organizations. Our team of 25-30 professionals works at the forefront of urgent international crises and foreign policy challenges, including conflict resolution in Ukraine, Yemen, Mali, and Myanmar. We tackle major global challenges such as climate change and internet freedom, while working to create a more equitable diplomatic system through initiatives like improving UN Security Council working methods, ensuring women’s inclusion in peace processes, and supporting refugee participation in global policy development. ID maintains established non-profit entities with standardized benefits and payroll systems in the US, UK, and Switzerland, and currently employs personnel in seven additional countries through Employer-of-Record (EOR) and consultant arrangements. Our staff works directly with partner groups and governments, providing daily advisory services, negotiation support, and strategic guidance.
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By submitting a proposal, you consent to ID processing the personal data contained therein for the purposes of this RFP. We will maintain data security and confidentiality in accordance with our Data Protection Policy, available at www.independentdiplomat.org. Data from unsuccessful proposals will be securely erased once the selection process is complete.
