"You're put on a desk and you learn as you go and by getting your head around issues. But there is a lot of on-the-job training, including a comprehensive learning and development programme, a mentoring scheme and language training before a posting overseas"

Richard Kay - Foreign Policy Officer

"It's useful to have some experience of other cultures, maybe from going on an OE or growing up in a different culture. It gives you a real appreciation of people from different cultures, which is very important in this job."

Matthew Aileone - Foreign Policy Officer