View Vacancy - Trade Policy and Economics Intern

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

The British Embassy is looking for a Trade and Economic Policy Intern, to assist the British Government’s delivery of the Foreign Policy agenda overseas.
Mexico is an important and growing economic partner for the UK and there is real potential to increase and diversify our trade and investment relationship over the coming years. Reducing market access barriers, implementing our Trade Continuity Agreement (TCA) with Mexico and supporting the UK’s accession to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (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. In addition, we closely work with the Mexican government to boost innovation in the financial services sector by the means of a regulatory framework that offer more opportunities for UK firms to operate in Mexico.

The successful candidate will have the opportunity to contribute to this agenda by providing in-depth analysis on key economic and financial issues related to Mexico. He or she will be able to shape our priorities by proposing topics that he or she considers important and of interest, in consultation with the wider Team.


This is an exciting and challenging position, which covers a wide range of analytical and policy tasks as well as administrative and logistical ones. It will involve contact with most sections of the Embassy and a range of external contacts in Mexico and the UK. We often work under time pressure in a fast-paced environment. This is a great opportunity for a talented individual to work and learn at the heart of economic issues in a large foreign Embassy in Mexico.  


Roles and responsibilities:

  • Support the Trade Policy and Economics Team in providing and developing analysis; compiling data, statistics, and research papers, on the most important economic, trade and financial issues related to Mexico.
  • Support the team on research projects/requests, gathering and summarise information on Mexico’s and the UK’s key trade policy issues (market access barriers, Mexico’s Trade Policy, trade data, geopolitical policy decisions, etc).
  • Generate economic data and analysis in support of the wider Embassy.
  • Preparing and making regular and ad-hoc presentations about the Mexican economy and trade to key stakeholders in Mexico and in the UK.
  • Provide logistical support for events, visits and meetings.
  •  Manage the team’s stakeholder database, guaranteeing it is up to date and user-friendly.
  • Recently graduated or approaching graduation (within the last 3 semesters of their degree) from an undergraduate degree in Economics)
  •  Excellent analytical, interpersonal, and communications skills in both English and Spanish.
  •  Excellent written and computer skills, including with Excel (including both spreadsheet and graphical functions).
  • Strong interpersonal skills, able to facilitate relationship with a wide range of stakeholders.
  • Proactive, able to learn quickly and work under pressure with minimum supervision
  • Strong problem-solving abilities
  • Strong analytic capabilities.
  • Experience and interest in communication strategies.
  • Proactive and able to prioritise and plan among different tasks
  • Good understanding of the Mexican economy.
  • Good understanding of Mexico’s trade dynamic and trading partners
  • Knowledge of Mexico trade policy and ongoing negotiations.     
  • Confidence in conducting original economic analysis.
  • Familiarity with public economic/trade databases.
  • Understanding of the role of multilateral organisations (IMF, WB, OECD, UN, and G20)
Changing and Improving, Delivering at Pace, Seeing the Big Picture, Working Together
21 July 2025
Internship
Temporary, Fixed Term
25
10 months
Latin America and Spanish speaking Caribbean
Mexico
Mexico City
British Embassy
1
MXN
$8,882.00 MXN
monthly
11 August 2025

Candidates must be able to live and work in Mexico in their own right at time of application.

The successful candidate will be subject to a security clearance and professional reference checks.

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 months the same or a largely similar role becomes available, that role may be offered to the second or subsequent candidate.

Closing date of receiving applications is before 23:55 (Local Time) on 21 July 2025

All applicants must fully complete the online application form, including the sections for employment and educational details, experience, and behaviour-based questions. Only those applications that contain all required information will be considered. To ensure the sift process remains anonymous, please do not include any personally identifiable information in your application form.

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. 

Guaranteed Monetary Benefits

  • 15 days Christmas Bonus for each full year worked.
  • 25% Holiday Bonus.

Other non-Monetary Benefits

  • Social Security coverage under Mexican Law.
  • Entitlement of 12 days annual leave for each full year worked.
  • 14 Public Holidays including a combination of Mexican and British festivities.

Working Patterns

25 hour working week from Monday to Friday.


Please ensure that your application is authentically written based on your own experiences. If AI tools are used, their usage must only be limited to specific tasks such as ensuring formatting consistency and keyword relevance. The core content, personal narratives, and responses to behaviour and skill-based questions must genuinely reflect your professional journey, experiences, and achievements. We place great importance on originality and individual effort throughout the application process. Any form of plagiarism will result in immediate disqualification.

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This opportunity is closed to applications.