Main purpose of job:
Support the trade promotion team to secure new business for UK companies across a wide range of sectors including energy, infrastructure, education and healthcare in Indonesia. The jobholder will provide research on those sectors and relevant companies, support the delivery of key activities, events and travel, ensure effect account management of key relationships and ensure that reliable records are kept.
You will provide around 20% of your time to each sector. You will also have the opportunity to support the wider team, including working with our regional outreach team with staff located in key cities across Indonesia.
Roles and responsibilities / what will the jobholder be expected to achieve?:
Learning and development opportunities:
This role provides a great chance to learn about the role of the British government in Indonesia, and to understand how we support increased trade and investment between the UK and our international partners like Indonesia, across a wide range of priority sectors.
We are passionate about developing our staff and we have a comprehensive self-led programme to help our staff develop the skills they need.
This high-quality and consistent programme targets the key skills needed to deliver our strategic goals and bring higher-value trade & investment to the UK. It combines the relationship management and business development skills which are specific to trade & investment work with knowledge
This is a 2-year fixed-term position; with possibility of extension.
Essential qualifications, skills and experienceLanguage requirements:
The British Embassy/Consulate offers a competitive remuneration package including:
No accommodation or relocation expenses are payable in connection with this position.
Employment offers are subject to successful clearance of pre-employment checks. In relation to this, the successful candidate will need to arrange for his/her own Police Certificate.
The Embassy has an active L&D Committee which works hard to provide a comprehensive L&D offer. There are a wide range of options available for personal development including training courses, coaching and mentoring, job-shadowing, presentations and learning sets. Staff have access to a wide variety of online resources through the Diplomatic Academy and Civil Service Learning. Staff are strongly encouraged to take advantage of all the available opportunities. The job-holder will be required to take some specific training courses related to their role. All new staff undertake a workplace induction and there are a number of mandatory e-learning courses covering areas such as diversity, health and safety, and information management.
Additional informationPlease note that the deadline for applications is 23:55 on the day mentioned in the above field “Application deadline”.
We advise you to allow enough time to complete and submit your full application, since only applications completed and submitted before the deadline will be considered.
Please be aware that the deadline for submitting applications is considered to be the time zone for the country where the vacancy has arisen.
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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