View Vacancy - DIT Intern – Infrastructure

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Department for International Trade roles (DIT)
DIT

Main purpose of job:

Provide commercial and administrative support to the Infrastrucure team within the commercial section (Department for International Trade) at the British Embassy in Mexico City.

 

Roles and responsibilities:

  • Provide logistics support in virtual and in-person events/fairs, trade missions and workshops related to the Infrastructure sector

 

  • Market research and report generation

  • Support the team in organizing internal and external meetings, when necessary, to promote the UK offer and highlight the opportunities in the Mexican market.



  • Monitor the internet, newsletters and specialised magazines to gather information for the team and produce weekly and monthly reports

 

  • Liaise with other teams and departments as necessary;

 

  • Keep internal resources updated (commercial brochures, country and subsector reports, etc.)

 

Essential on arrival: To be enrolled in an undergraduate programme or recently graduated (e.g. International Business, International Relations, Economics, Administration, International Business, Engineering in relevant field, etc.).

Language requirements:

Language: Candidates must be fluent in both written & spoken English and Spanish

Level of language required: Proficient


Desirable: Proactive and with a high level of interpersonal and communication skills, ability to collaborate with others, interest for the infrastructure sector with the ability to learn rapidly, and high organisational skills.

 

7 March 2021
Internship
Intern, Fixed term, with possibility of renewal
25
Latin America and Spanish speaking Caribbean
Mexico
Mexico City
British Embassy
1
MXN
4,514 MXN
26 April 2021
30 June 2021

Candidates must be able to live and work in Mexico in their own right. The successful candidate will be subject to a security clearance and professional reference checks.

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.

All staff at the British Embassy and its Consulates in Mexico are expected to work towards the UK mission statement of Building a UK/Mexico partnership, which makes the world and us more prosperous and secure, and to embody the Embassy’s agreed values of Honesty, Respect, Inclusion and Professionalism.

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This opportunity is closed to applications.