View Vacancy - UK Trade and Investment Intern

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 identity, 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.

Job Category

Department for International Trade roles (DIT)

Job Subcategory

Department for International Trade (DIT)

Job Description (Roles and Responsibilities)

Administrative support for a UK Trade and Investment Officer, and the corresponding sector team; business development, research and analysis of data within the designated sector; and strategic and logistical support for the team.

Roles and responsibilities

Research: help in the formulation of market studies for British companies and the online management of customers. Maintenance of the team’s project database, and assistance in the identification of new contractual opportunities for British businesses.
Event coordination: support to the organisation of official events and visits, including the preparation of agendas, arrangement of meetings and all related logistic activities.
Relations with stakeholders: develop and maintain contact with local (private and public) stakeholders, keeping record of all activities in the team’s databases.

Any other commercial task that might be required as part of the Section activities

Essential qualifications, skills and experience

The successful candidate must be in the last year of undergraduate studies in International Business, Marketing, Finance, International Relations, Business Management, Economics, Industrial Engineering or similar degrees. It is a mandatory that the internship is a requirement for obtaining the degree. 100% bilingual.

Good knowledge of Microsoft Office
Profficient in both English and Spanish

Application deadline

10 August 2016

Grade

Internship

Type of Position

Intern

Working hours per week

Region

Latin America and Spanish speaking Caribbean

Country/Territory

Colombia

Location (City)

Bogota

Type of Post

British Embassy Office

Number of vacancies

Salary Currency

COP

Stipend / Allowance

$689.454 COP

Start Date

11 September 2016

Additional information

Applications in English should be submitted in the form of a covering letter (max. 1 page) setting out why you want the job and what value you would bring, together with a CV (max. 2 pages) and two references.

Please be aware that you will only be able to apply to vacancies for Country Based Staff roles with the British Government through this official tal.net site (operated by Oleeo). Jobs may be advertised on third party websites, however our adverts will always link back to the official tal.net site. If you complete and send an application through any other site, we will not receive it.

This opportunity is closed to applications.