Department for International Trade roles (DIT)
DIT
Main purpose of job:
The appointee to this position will provide maternity leave cover for 1 year.
The role will see you working with exciting companies as they expand internationally.
You will support the trade and export ambitions of UK companies and New Zealand companies with UK expansion plans. Specifically, you will support on market research, business set-up assistance, sector information and expansion support to high-growth businesses in New Zealand and the UK.
This position will also provide general administration, marketing and event support for the Director of Trade and Investment.
The job holder will report to the Director of Trade and Investment (NZ) and form part of a wider UK network at the British Consulate and the British High Commission.
Roles and responsibilities:
This exciting and engaging role will primarily work with leading UK companies seeking to expand into NZ. The role will include elements of travel to visit companies as well as for learning and development.
You will work with each company to support their internal decision-making processes. This will be achieved through account management, project management, relationship management, and administration of the Department’s data needs.
The role requires collaboration through a virtual team structure in Australia and New Zealand (colleagues are located in Auckland, Wellington, Perth, Melbourne, Canberra, Sydney, Brisbane).You will also work regularly with UK-based sector and investment teams and regional team colleagues, who each support you by providing introductions, economic data and research.
The ability to build and establish strong relationships within the NZ business community, and other industry multipliers to actively support and leverage the UK DIT’s outcomes will be viewed favourably.
Specifically the role will include:
- Administrative support to the Director of Trade and Investment
- Marketing and event delivery support for the team
- Strategic research to support the team on sectors of growth and emergence, including the development of sector reports and market intelligence reports.
- Management and answering of export enquiries from UK companies.
- Stakeholder mapping exercises to build networks with key industry stakeholders and associations.
- Support for ministerial visits, external meetings and VIP visits by providing relevant briefings and background notes.
- Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in an appropriate field
- A minimum of one years’ work experience in business, ideally in an international & B2B context, business development or market research.
- Strong inter-personal, networking, presentation and communication skills
- Strong research and analytical skills with capacity to collate and synthesis information from a wide variety of sources and tailor information to diverse audiences
- Good knowledge of the New Zealand business environment
- Ability to deliver to ambitious targets and outcomes
- Proactive and enthusiastic with a self-starter mind-set
- Ability to work collaboratively within a team
- High level organisational skills and ability to work at pace under pressure to achieve results
- Some knowledge of the UK’s business environment, and some regional centres of the UK.
- Some knowledge of the processes involved in overseas company expansions (foreign direct investment and international trade (exports).
- Competency and experience with Microsoft Teams
- Experience with research intelligence tools, such as IBISWorld and customer relations management systems
Making Effective Decisions, Collaborating and Partnering, Achieving Commercial Outcomes, Managing a Quality Service
19 August 2021
A2 (L)
Fixed Term, Full-time
36.25
12 months
Asia Pacific
New Zealand
Auckland
British Consulate General
1
NZ$5,522 per month of NZ$66,265pa
1 November 2021
Some travel may be required around New Zealand to develop sector knowledge and for departmental training.
Appointment is subject to a 90 day trial period and gaining and maintaining Posts security clearance requirements.
Open to New Zealand citizens, permanent residents, partners/dependents of UK-based diplomatic staff currently posted in New Zealand and holders of a current work permit.
Employment offers are subject to successful clearance of pre-employment checks. No accommodation or relocation expenses are payable in connection with this position. Candidates must have or be able to obtain work authorisation for New Zealand in order to apply.
Staff recruited locally by the High Commission are subject to Terms and Conditions of Service according to local New Zealand employment law. Only short-listed applicants will be contacted regarding the next phase of the selection process.
For more information on the work of the British High Commission, visit our website – http://www.gov.uk/government/world/new-zealand.
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.
Please note that your application must be submitted before 23:55 on the day mentioned in the above field “Application deadline”.
Incomplete application forms will not be taken into consideration, so please ensure you provide the information requested. We regret to advise that we will only be contacting short-listed candidates. Applicants called for an interview will be assessed on the core competencies listed above.
To those applicants not short-listed, we extend our appreciation for considering the British Government as a potential employer.
The start date mentioned in the job advert is a tentative start date and the successful candidate will be required to undergo security vetting procedures. Any offer of employment will be subject to the candidate achieving suitable clearances.
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