embassy counsellor
Embassy counsellors supervise specific sections in an embassy, such as economics, defence or political affairs. They perform advisory functions for the ambassador, and perform diplomatic functions in their section or specialty. They develop policies and implementation methods and supervise the embassy section's staff.
embassy counsellor embassy counsellors supervise specific sections in an embassy, such as economics, defence or political affairs. They perform advisory functions for the ambassador, and perform diplomatic functions in their section or specialty. The role shows moderate AI exposure (0.50 on a 0-1 scale) — some tasks are being automated but the role adapts. The most in-demand skills for the role include foreign affairs policy development, foreign affairs, government policy implementation, diplomatic principles, foreign languages for international careers.
Pay in the UK
UK: median £99,944 a year for Chief executives and senior officials (ONS ASHE 2025, full-time)
Middle half of full-time jobs: £63,161 to £151,903 a year
UK jobs are grouped differently; this is the closest UK occupation group (ONS SOC 2020 1111). ONS rates this estimate reasonably precise. 2025 provisional figures; ONS revises them a year later. Source: ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (Open Government Licence)
Pay in India (occupation group)
Average monthly earnings of salaried employees in the occupation group “Managers” in India, from the Government of India's Periodic Labour Force Survey (January–December 2025). It covers everyone in this group, not only embassy counsellor, and it is not US pay converted to rupees.
Source: MoSPI (Government of India), Periodic Labour Force Survey Annual Report 2025, Table 51 — average wage/salary earnings of regular wage/salaried employees, NCO-2015 division 1. Official India data gives one average per occupation group: there are no official India figures for single careers, experience levels or cities. Read the report
Top skills
Frequently asked questions
What does embassy counsellor do?
Embassy counsellors supervise specific sections in an embassy, such as economics, defence or political affairs. They perform advisory functions for the ambassador, and perform diplomatic functions in their section or specialty. They develop policies and implementation methods and supervise the embassy section's staff.
What skills does embassy counsellor need?
The most in-demand skills for this role include foreign affairs policy development, foreign affairs, government policy implementation, diplomatic principles, foreign languages for international careers, advise on risk management. These are the skills O*NET identifies as most important for competent performance.
Will AI replace embassy counsellor?
Our AI-durability model gives embassy counsellor a score of 0.50 on a 0-1 scale (higher = more exposure). That places it at moderate AI exposure — some tasks are being automated but the role adapts. Learning to work with AI tools rather than against them is the path forward.