View Vacancy - Market Access and Trade Policy Officer
Main Purpose of Job: The British Embassy is recruiting a EO Trade Policy and Market Access Officer to work in the Trade Policy Team and alongside Department for Business and Trade (DBT) colleagues, to support work to grow and deepen the UK-Mexico bilateral trade relationship. We are looking for an individual (with relative or transferable experience) to lead the Embassy’s market access work and to support bilateral trade policy work. Trade and Investment is at the centre of the British government’s foreign policy. Reducing market access barriers, implementing our Trade Continuity Agreement (TCA) with Mexico, negotiations on a new modern and ambitious UK-Mexico FTA, and the UK’s accession to CPTPP, are all priorities for the Embassy given their potential to open and expand markets for British products and services, while providing new opportunities for Mexico with the UK. Mexico is an important and growing partner for the UK and there is real potential to increase and diversify our trade and investment relationship over the coming years. |
Roles and Responsibilities: Market Access – Development and delivery of MAB programmes (60%)
Trade Policy Support (15%):
Logistics and information Management (15%):
Corporate (10%):
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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. Please ensure you answer all application questions in full as CVs will not be considered in the recruitment process until the interview stage.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. Appointable candidates who were unsuccessful may be placed on a ‘reserve list’. If during the reserve period of 6-12 months the same or a largely similar role becomes available, that role may be offered to the second or subsequent candidate. |
This is a dynamic 180-person network, which has undergone recent reforms and restructuring to ensure that it offers the best working practices and structures to deliver an ambitious business plan. There is a strong focus on quality, professionalism and prioritization, but also on pastoral care, respect, honesty and integrity. The Embassy offers you rich policy and corporate opportunities for your personal development The British Embassy Network offers a strong benefits package. This package includes generous vacation and leave time, flexible working patterns, and enriching learning and development opportunities. 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. |
This opportunity is closed to applications.