Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (Policy & Political roles)
Economic and Prosperity
Main purpose of your job
The British Embassy in Brasilia invites applications from students in at least their 3rd semester for the above part-time position. This is a challenging and rewarding position within the Trade and Economics team.
This role is intended to provide support to the Trade and Economics Team in all aspects of its work: including administrative support as well as analytical and data support.
Roles and responsibilities
The successful candidate will be involved in:
- Conducting research, providing support for analysis and reporting on significant macroeconomic, political and international trade issues in Brazil with a particular focus on research;
- Gathering qualitative and quantitative economic data, and presenting it in written and graphic format;
- Writing regular economic reports about the main macroeconomic developments in Brazil;
- Researching and writing about the latest developments on economic reform agenda;
- Compiling and updating a reference database of key facts and figures about the Brazilian economy and trade;
- Preparing and making regular and ad-hoc presentations about the Brazilian economy to key stakeholders in Brazil and in the UK;
- Supporting the team’s multilateral policy agenda (especially focused on the OECD and G20);
- Providing support on achieving UK’s wider economic and political objectives in Brazil;
- Updating the team’s stakeholder engagement plans;
- Scheduling meetings, organising travel, events and visits, and liaising with key stakeholders (internal and external) including government departments.
- Ongoing undergraduate studies in Economics or International Relations;
- Excellent analytical, interpersonal, and communications skills in both English and Portuguese;
- Excellent written and computer skills, including with Excel (including both spreadsheet and graphical representation functions).
Language requirements
Language: Portuguese/English
Level of language required: Fluent
Eligibility to work and live in Brazil is required.
- Good understanding of the Brazilian economy and Brazil’s economic reform agenda;
- Confidence in conducting original economic analysis;
- Knowledge of Brazilian trade policy and ongoing negotiations;
- Familiarity with public economic/trade databases;
- Understanding of the role of multilateral organisations (especially the OECD, the WTO and G20)
Changing and Improving, Collaborating and Partnering, Delivering at Pace, Engaging Internationally
9 September 2021
Internship
Fixed Term
30
6 months
Latin America and Spanish speaking Caribbean
Brazil
Brasilia
British Embassy
1
BRL 1,697.70
18 October 2021
Learning and development opportunities (and any specific training courses to be completed):
Attractive L&D opportunities focused on macroeconomic policy issues.
Employees who are not liable to pay local income tax on their Mission salary, eg some non-local national staff and some spouses or partners of UK diplomatic staff, will have their salaries abated by an equivalent amount.
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