View Vacancy - Trade and Investment Office, Guyana
Main purpose of job
To strengthen the UK’s absolute and relative trade and investment relationship with Guyana by 2023, in line with the Department for International Trade's Strategic Goal and Regional Trade Plan for Latin America and the Caribbean.
Roles and responsibilities
Aim 1. Opening Markets – The successful candidate will identify issues that inhibit access to the Guyanese market for British exporters and investors (“Market Access Barriers”), log these barriers on the Digital Market Access Service (“DMAS”) and deliver a plan to address those with the highest priority. You will engage with the Guyanese Ministry of Trade and Industry, and brief the High Commissioner and Department for International Development (DfID) Caribbean Trade Policy lead (based in Jamaica) to do so, as necessary, to support the implementation of the UK-CARIFORUM Economic Partnership Agreement. You will work with the High Commissioner to engage the Guyanese Government on matters relating to the World Trade Organisation (“WTO”). You will develop the programme and provide briefing in the event of high level visits e.g. HM Trade Commissioner for Latin America and the Caribbean, or DIT Ministers.
Aim 2. Trade Support – You will develop and maintain a productive network of British companies with existing interests in Guyana (investments and exports), their local partners (e.g. buyers, distributors) and potential local partners for British firms. You will log all interactions with British companies on CRM system DataHub and manage the most important relationships on a systematic account management basis. You will draw on sectoral expertise from DIT colleagues across Latin America and the Caribbean, not least Oil and Gas, to provide high quality support to British companies, and proactively identify opportunities to deploy UK Export Finance. You will identify private sector partners capable of supporting UK companies to enter the market and, working with the DIT LATAC Enquiry Hub, refer British companies you do not have the capacity to support.
Aim 3. FDI Support – You will support Guyanese companies and high net worth individuals to invest in the UK on a reactive basis.
Aim 4. Promotion – You will work with the Regional Coordinator for the Caribbean and High Commissioner to attract new British exporters and investors to Guyana, promoting opportunities through the Export Opportunities platform, social media and showcasing existing successful case studies with support of the DIT LATAC Marketing Hub. You will utilise the British High Commission’s (social) media reach in Guyana to promote the UK, drawing on material produced by the DIT LATAC Marketing Hub and beyond to modernise Guyanese perceptions on the creativity and innovation of British industry, showcasing the UK’s unique strengths as a destination for Guyanese overseas investment and champion global free trade and UK trade values.
Delivery – You will work with the Regional Coordinator to devise and refresh (at least annually) a Country Business Plan; a document which draws on the strategic goal and aims of the Regional Trade Plan, and sets out activities and goals relevant for Guyana. Subsequently, you use this plan to forecast expenditure throughout the financial year and then reconcile expenditure in line with that forecast such that the DIT Caribbean budget is well managed. You will play a wider role as a member of the wider DIT Caribbean team, and British High Commission in Georgetown.
Proven knowledge of Guyanese business environment; Track record of developing and maintaining a network of contacts.
Language: Fluent English
This opportunity is closed to applications.