View Vacancy - Spain & Portugal Regional Manager (Northern Ireland Trade & Investment) C5 (ESP159)

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Northern Ireland Bureau / Northern Ireland Group / Invest Northern Ireland

The British Embassy in Spain is part of a world-wide network, representing British political, economic and consular interests overseas and is now recruiting for a Trade and Investment Regional Manager for Northern Ireland.

The job holder will be Invest Northern Ireland’s key representative within Spain and Portugal and will lead on all trade and investment activities for Northern Ireland in the region. The primary focus of the position will be trade development across all key business sectors He/She will be expected to forge relationships at the highest level with stakeholders and business to promote Northern Ireland and secure trade and (where appropriate) investment wins.

Roles and Responsibilities:

 

  • Proactively identify relevant business opportunities for Northern Ireland companies through market intelligence, connections and research and promote the Northern Ireland capability to key decision makers;
  • Develop strong C-level relationships with targeted companies, stakeholders and influencers in the region and enable Northern Ireland companies to engage with them;
  • Build strong relationships within the British Embassy DIT and other key stakeholders and where appropriate work on joint planning and delivery of events;
  • Support Northern Ireland companies interested in the region by providing information they require to make informed business decisions by handling market research and assessment enquiries, conducting visits and setting up appointments and writing appropriate reports;
  • Oversee and manage in-market support for company visits, trade missions, events and exhibitions;
  • Manage VIP (including Ministerial delegations) visit programmes and arrange all necessary logistics and protocols;
  • Develop a market strategy for the region to promote Northern Ireland capability which contributes to the overall goals of the Europe & Russia territory;
  • Engage effectively with colleagues and stakeholders based in Northern Ireland to provide market and sector briefings and to ensure that activity in the market aligns with corporate plans;
  • Develop a network of NI ex-pats living/working in the region and work with NI Connections to lever economic returns to Northern Ireland;
  • Manage relevant information sources and maintain accurate recording of customer and stakeholder information on Invest NI’s CRM and management systems.
  • A significant and successful track record in Business Development, including market research, analysing market data, preparing reports and presenting information to clients;
  • A sound business knowledge of Spain and Portugal, the regions and the business opportunities across sectors, being aware of the issues relating to doing business in Spain and Portugal;
  • Experience in developing and maintaining effective working relationships at senior levels
  • Excellent communication skills and an ability to work collaboratively with business contacts and colleagues in Spain, Portugal and the UK as well as the public;
  • Excellent organisational, IT and administrative skills;
  • Ability to work at pace and independently as part of a remote team; and prioritise, managing an often heavy workload;
  • Fluency in both English and Spanish, both written and Oral.

  • Knowledge of Northern Ireland, particularly an understanding of its key sectors and economic drivers.

25 June 2017
Senior Executive Officer (SEO)
Full-time
37.5
Europe, Eastern Europe & Central Asia
Spain
Madrid
British Embassy
1
EUR
5,607.33
30 September 2017

Terms and Conditions

Please be advised that the interviews will take place in September.

Applicants should have the right to live and work in Spain. The British Embassy does not sponsor work permits.

This is a full-time position of 5 working days (37.5 hours per week) for a permanent contract.

The successful candidate is subject to a confirmation of a background check, security clearance and the successful completion of a probationary period.

The successful candidate will be enrolled in the Spanish Social Security Scheme and will therefore not be entitled to any gratuity from the Embassy based on gross annual salary.

Regarding taxation, the Embassy is a Diplomatic Mission with tax exempt status and does not collect taxes for other States. Employees are fully responsible for payment of Spanish income tax at the legally required rate.

Staff recruited locally by the British Embassy in Spain are subject to terms and conditions of service according to local Spanish employment law.

Please note that the deadline for applications is 23:55 of the day mentioned in the above field “Application deadline”.

We kindly advise you to allow enough time to complete and submit your full application.

Only applications completed and submitted before the closing of the deadline will be considered.

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.