View Vacancy - NZA - Trade and Investment Officer, A2(L)

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Department for International Trade roles (DIT)
DIT

The role will see you working as part of a small, dynamic team to support exciting companies as they expand internationally.

You will assist both UK companies with NZ trade and export ambitions and NZ companies with UK expansion plans.

Specifically, you will support on market research, business set-up assistance, sector information and expansion support to high-growth businesses in NZ and the UK.

The job holder will report to the Director Trade and Investment NZ providing them with general administration, marketing and event support and form part of a wider UK network at the British Consulate and the British High Commission in Wellington.

This exciting and engaging role will work with UK companies exporting to NZ and NZ companies seeking to expand into the UK.

You will work with each company to assess their suitability for UK government support then assist them on the ground in NZ.  This will be achieved through account management, project management, relationship management, research and administration of the Department’s data needs.

Essential to the role will be the ability to communicate information and materials to each company. The role requires collaboration through a virtual team structure in New Zealand and the wider ANZ network (colleagues are located in Perth, Melbourne, Canberra, Sydney, Brisbane), working with UK-based sector team colleagues, UK regional team colleagues.  

You will be supporting the Director Trade and Investment NZ in delivery of the NZ business plan liaising across the network, the marketing and communications team, and the wider regional Asia Pacific team where appropriate and required.

The role will also require event planning, management and attendance, as well as relationship building at industry forums, and will require the ability to communicate effectively. An ability to network, establish strong relationships within the NZ business community, and other industry multipliers to actively support and leverage outcomes will be viewed favourably.

Additionally, the jobholder will be required to provide strategic high quality services to UK companies seeking to explore opportunities in the New Zealand market including market research, analysis, reporting and supporting market visits on a range of sectors.


The role will include elements of travel to visit companies as well as for learning and development. 

The role will include some strategic support and assistance to the broader DIT team in Auckland.

  • Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in an appropriate field
  • A minimum of one years’ work experience in business, ideally in an international & B2B context, business development or market research.
  • Strong inter-personal, networking, presentation and communication skills
  • Strong research and analytical skills with capacity to collate and synthesis information from a wide variety of sources and tailor information to diverse audiences
  • Good knowledge of the New Zealand business environment
  • Ability to deliver to ambitious targets and outcomes
  • Proactive and enthusiastic with a self-starter mind-set
  • Ability to work collaboratively within a team
  • High level organisational skills and ability to work at pace under pressure to achieve results
  • Some knowledge of the UK’s business environment, and some regional centres of the UK.
  • Some knowledge of the processes involved in overseas company expansions (foreign direct investment and international trade (exports)).
  • Competency and experience with Microsoft Teams
  • Experience with research intelligence tools, such as IBISWorld and customer relations management systems
26 November 2020
Administrative Officer (AO)
Full-time, Permanent
36.25
Asia Pacific
New Zealand
Auckland
British Consulate General
1
NZD
$62,505 per annum or $5,208.75 per month
11 January 2021

This is a full time employment (36.25 hrs), with occasional out of working hours for events and travel.

Open to New Zealand citizens, permanent residents and candidates with current local work permit . Employment offers are subject to successful clearance of pre-employment checks. No accommodation or relocation expenses are payable in connection with this position.

Staff recruited locally by the High Commission are subject to Terms and Conditions of Service according to local New Zealand employment law. 

Only short-listed applicants will be contacted regarding the next phase of the selection process.  To those applicants not short-listed, we extend our appreciation for considering the British Government as a potential employer.

For more information on the work of the British High Commission, visit our website - http://www.gov.uk/government/world/new-zealand.

Successful completion of a security check (and clearance) is required prior to employment commencing.

All applications must be received before 23:55 (NZDT), 26 November 2020.

Applications must address experience against the role responsibilities and required competencies in the cover letter and also include a current CV.

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.

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.