Commonwealth Secretariat Young Professionals Programme

Application Deadline: 10th July 2023

The Commonwealth Secretariat is proud to support youth empowerment through the Young Professionals Programme (YPP). The YPP creates multiple opportunities for talented and qualified young people from across the Commonwealth to contribute to our core work through the transference of technical expertise, innovative ideas, specialist knowledge, and fresh perspectives.

Requirements

To be considered, you must be a citizen of a Commonwealth country aged 27 years or younger at the time applications close.
You will need to have a bachelor’s degree or equivalent in a relevant subject area, and have at least one year of demonstrated work experience in the design and delivery of a subject relevant to development or democracy programmes/projects.
Further information on each position can be found by clicking on the relevant links.

A YP’s employment is dependent on securing a UK Temporary Worker- International Agreement visa. Failure to secure the visa will nullify the contractual offer. The YP is required to leave the UK when the visa expires. Under the terms of the UK’s Temporary Worker- International Agreement visa, only the YP is entitled to be issued a visa. The Secretariat will not be responsible for sponsoring any visas for accompanying spouses or dependents of the YP.

Available Opportunities

How to Apply

Please apply by submitting a CV and cover letter. Covering letters should be structured to address the key criteria required in the person specification, giving clear examples.

For More Information:

Visit the Official Webpage of the Commonwealth Secretariat Young Professionals Programme 2023

Application Deadline: Thursday, 25 July 2019 at 5:00 pm BST.

The Commonwealth Secretariat is proud to be supporting youth empowerment through the Young Professionals Programme (YPP). The YPP creates multiple opportunities for talented and qualified young people from across the Commonwealth to contribute to our core work through the transference of technical expertise, innovative ideas, specialist knowledge and fresh perspectives.

The Assistant Programmes Officer – Software Development will be responsible for writing Software Code and APIs; undertaking data analytics; producing visualisations; and general data management duties that are needed to support ongoing projects and activities.

Requirements:

To be considered for this role you must be a citizen of a Commonwealth country aged 27 or younger at the time applications close, and possess a strong bachelor degree or equivalent in IT/Computing.
Degrees in related fields such as Mathematics or Engineering may be considered. You should also have at least one year’s experience in the development and deployment of web and mobile applications.
The work experience may be gained through a combination of paid employment, volunteer, placement, apprenticeship or internship positions.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

coding and testing applications for in-house software programs;
conducting end-user training upon completion of software;
implementing systems in in-house production environment; developing API platforms and micro-services;
conducting training for end users on applications;
contributing to identifying processes for automation; and providing occasional out-of-hours support.

The Assistant Programme Officer – Software Development role is for a two-year non-renewable term.

For More Information

Visit the Official Webpage of the Commonwealth Secretariat Young Professionals Programme 2019

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