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Työnimike: Economic Diplomacy Officer

Työnkuvaus:
The British Government is an inclusive and diversity-friendly employer. We value difference, promote equality and challenge discrimination, enhancing our organisational capability. We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. We do not discriminate on the basis of disability, race, colour, ethnicity, gender, religion, sexual orientation, age, veteran status or other category protected by law. We promote family-friendly flexible working opportunities, where operational and security needs allow.

The British Embassy in Helsinki is part of a world-wide network representing British political, economic and consular interests overseas and is now looking for an Economic Diplomacy Officer.

The Economic Diplomacy Officer works in the Political and Press team to deliver British government objectives in a number of areas. These include promoting economic prosperity and job creation in the UK, developing a prosperity action plan for the embassy and managing the embassy's portfolio of prosperity projects, leading on climate change and energy policy, as well as supporting on Brexit engagement and wider economic policy issues.

To deliver the job successfully, the Economic Diplomacy Officer needs to have a solid grasp of their policy areas and the ability to develop and make good use of an effective network of contacts in politics, government, business and civil society. This includes lobbying in support of UK positions, sometimes with senior contacts.

Flexibility and ability to work under pressure are essential to dealing with tasking (including on new and unfamiliar issues) that may arise unexpectedly, at short notice and against tight deadlines. The Economic Diplomacy Officer works closely with colleagues across the Embassy and the British government's Nordic Baltic Network, which includes working on VIP visits, specific projects, as well as delivering events and outreach.

The Economic Diplomacy Officer provides absence cover for other colleagues, including communications tasks, political reporting and lobbying.

Main duties and responsibilities:
- Develop a deep understanding of the Finnish and UK political landscapes and economic priorities, identifying potential partners and sectors for economic diplomacy engagement.
- Deliver the embassy's prosperity action plan and manage a portfolio of projects, including having an oversight of project spend, arranging relevant logistics and evaluating outcomes.
- Maintain effective cooperation between the UK and Finland on the sectors identified in the embassy's prosperity action plan. Develop networks and ensure a positive and constructive engagement on UK priorities. Encourage links between UK and Finnish experts, policy leads and organisations, including coordination of incoming visits.
- Lead on climate change and energy policy, providing political and thematic reporting on developments in Finland and responding to tasking from UK government departments as required. Identify economic diplomacy opportunities within the policy area.
- Work together with Head of EU Political, Economic and Prosperity in developing the embassy's economic diplomacy agenda and support on economic reporting and Brexit engagement. Give resilience to the Team by providing absence cover, including communications tasks, political reporting and lobbying.
- Participate in regional work of the Nordic Baltic Network of UK embassies, offering input to the regional economic diplomacy-working group and the delivery of activity at the regional level. Collaborate across departments at post and the wider regional network on projects and other activity, including support for the Embassy's crisis management plan as required.

Essential qualifications, skills and experience:
- Strong communication skills, both written and oral, in Finnish and English.
- Confidence to build and engage an effective network of contacts.
- Attention to detail, strong organisational and time management skills, including the ability to prioritise.
- Flexible, resilient under pressure, and decisive, with the ability to deliver quickly and to a high standard.
- Strong IT skills, knowledge and experience of using social media, including Facebook and Twitter.
- A collaborative approach to team working.
- Understanding of current affairs/political environment/foreign policy.

Desirable qualifications, skills and experience:
- Education: Bachelor's Degree or equivalent in a related field.
- Experience of working in an international context and/or relevant experience in a political role.
- Project management experience
- Knowledge/experience of climate change and energy policy, political reporting and economics.
- Swedish language, oral and written, is an advantage.
- An understanding of UK culture and a desire and interest in learning more about UK politics and economy.

Required competencies: Making Effective Decisions, Collaborating and Partnering, Delivering at Pace, Engaging Internationally

Other benefits and conditions of employment:

This is a full-time permanent contract of 36.25 hours per week. Working hours are from 09.00- 16.45 Monday to Friday.

The annual leave enabstractJV_titlement is 20 days, increasing to 25 days after one year's service. Leave for temporary, contract or hourly-paid staff is also calculated on a pro-rata basis. The Embassy pays an annual holiday bonus. Embassy employees are enabstractJV_titled to a private medical scheme for basic healthcare services and to use the Embassy's recreational facilities.

The appointment is subject to security clearance and the successful completion of a probationary period.

All applicants should have the right to live and work in Finland. The British Embassy does not sponsor for work permits.

Staff recruited locally by the British Embassy in Finland are subject to Terms and Conditions of Service according to local Finnish employment law and FCO guidance for Local Staff.

Must currently hold the independent right to live and work in Finland and be prepared to ensure that right remains throughout the scope of the contract.

Additional information:

Please note that the deadline for applications is 23:55 on 9th October 2018.

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.

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