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Työnimike: Trade Adviser

Työnkuvaus:
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Job Description (Roles and Responsibilities)
  
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 a Trade Adviser.

The Department for International Trade (DIT) works with UK-based businesses to ensure UK-based companies' success in international markets and encourage the best overseas companies to look to the UK as their global partner of choice.

As member of DIT's Trade team in Finland the trade adviser's role is to assist UK-based companies looking to export goods and services to Finland. This is a client-facing role, with focus on assisting UK exporters to enter the market in Finland by identifying suitable contacts and helping with market access-related questions. DIT Finland's focus sectors include food & drink, retail, infrastructure, construction and energy.

The trade adviser is expected to engage in other activities across sections in the embassy as required.

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

- Proactively identify value opportunities in Finland for UK-based businesses; communicating the opportunities through DIT's services and by direct contacts with UK-based trade associations and other industry bodies, and following up with interested companies directly.
- Independently plan and carry out activities, which lead to UK-based businesses increasing exports and winning contracts in Finland, through e.g. trade events, tailored market research, competitor analysis and addressing market access questions in Finland.
-Build contacts within the Finnish business community to enable introduction of UK-based companies into the market and in order to identify supply chain opportunities.
-Support for wider embassy work as required.

Essential qualifications, skills and experience:
  
-Positive and flexible attitude.
-Pro-active customer-focused approach.
-Interest in learning about different sectors and industries.
-Ability to prioritise and work to deadlines.
-Confidence to build and engage a useful network of contacts.

Desirable qualifications, skills and experience:

-Prior knowledge or experience of the international business environment and trade promotion.

Required competencies: Seeing the Big Picture, Making Effective Decisions, Collaborating and Partnering, Delivering at Pace, Engaging Internationally

Other benefits and conditions of employment:

This is a full-time temporary contract of 36.25 hours per week for a maternity cover.

The appointment is subject to professional background check, 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.

Visa / passport requirements: 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 the day mentioned on 12 December 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.

Please be aware that the deadline for submitting applications is considered to be the time zone for the country where the vacancy has arisen.

FCO does not pay for travel related expense incurred in interviews (including Security Check) or accept any financial risk, including cancellation or reschedule costs. The FCO will not meet the costs connected with relocation if offered a position.

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Työnantajan nimi: British Embassy

source: TIVA