View Vacancy - ROK - Trade Policy & Market Access Officer, A2(L)

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Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (Policy & Political roles)
Economic and Prosperity

Main purpose of job:

The successful candidate will be part of the Trade Policy team mainly covering Market Access and Trade Policy work in support of Embassy objectives under the Country Business plan (CBP).   The officer will work closely with DIT (Department of International Trade) Team in Embassy.   

Roles and responsibilities / what will the jobholder be expected to achieve?:

Trade Policy

  • Monitor media and contribute to weekly updates on Korea-EU FTA
  • Identify, track and report on issues around Korea-EU FTA including Korean interests,
  • Map, track and report on UK business usage of Korea-EU FTA,
  • Where necessary, support arrangement of bilateral ministerial meetings,
  • Help to devise and deliver Prosperity Fund projects working with Trade Policy and DIT teams.

Market Access

  • Monitor situation and contribute to weekly updates on British companies’ market access issues,
  • Support design of market access strategies and implement action plans,
  • Work and proactively engage with DIT, businesses  and other stakeholders to resolve British companies' market access issues (all non-agriculture/SPS sectors with support from Trade Market Access Manager),
  • Update monthly Market Access Spreadsheet and release reports to HQ and UK stakeholers: DIT, DEFRA etc.
  • Provide Market access input to bilateral ministerial meetings,
  • Help deliver Prosperity Fund projects to remove market barriers for full implementation of Korea-EU FTA.

Budget Management and Administrative Support

  • Lead Trade Policy team’s budget management working with corporate service team,
  • Help Senior Trade Policy officer with logistical arrangements for events and meetings,
  • Manage TP team’s administrative payment process for events/meetings/project funds including PRISM process.

* This is a developing team and roles and responsibilities may evolve.

  • A flexible team player able to work in a busy open  environment supporting team members,
  • Able to communicate with a range of contacts in sectors and ministries in writing and verbally,
  • Able to develop reports and process administrative payment tasks in timely and precise manner.,
  • Have flexibility and willingness to learn amid changing priorities.

Language requirements:

  • English - Intermediate High (Spoken: Fluent and Written: Good)
  • Korean - Advanced (Spoken: Fluent and Written: Good)
  • General understanding of Trade Policy, the EU-Korea FTA and UK trade and investment environment.
27 August 2018
Administrative Officer (AO)
Fixed Term
36
12 months
Asia Pacific
South Korea
Seoul
British Embassy
1
KRW
3,007,365
17 September 2018

Learning and development opportunities (and any specific training courses to be completed): The British Embassy provides a range of L&D opportunities, from learning sets to speaker events, group learning to shadowing opportunities. Where job-specific training is identified British Embassy will provide access to appropriate courses.

No accommodation or relocation expenses are payable in connection with this position. The applicant must have or be able to obtain work authorisation in Korea in order to apply. Staff recruited locally by the British Embassy Seoul are subject to Terms and Conditions of Service according to local Korean employment law.

All applications must be received before 27 August 2018 at 23:55 Korea Standard Time.

Incomplete application forms will not be taken into consideration, so please ensure you provide the information requested. We regret to advise that we will only be contacting short-listed candidates. Applicants called for an interview will be assessed on the core competencies listed above.

The successful candidate should be able to start as soon as possible but the start date could be discussed once selected.

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This opportunity is closed to applications.