View Vacancy - MNL - Department for International Trade (DIT) Intern

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Department for International Trade roles (DIT)
Department for International Trade (DIT)

Main purpose of job:

The Intern will assist the Department for International Trade (DIT) team in the delivery of various High Value Campaign projects e.g. Healthcare Mission, Technology Mission, Asia Water Forum at the ADB and other business-focused events. The intern will also play a key role as part of the delivery team, working alongside colleagues from DIT, the economic section of the Embassy and the British Chamber of Commerce. He/she will also assist the DIT in identifying export opportunities, disseminating such opportunities via the DIT portal, and managing/recording client feedback. He/she will also assist in uploading Service Deliveries into the DIT’s CDMS.  

Roles and responsibilities / what will the jobholder be expected to achieve?

  • Monitor business and economic news relevant to specific sectors and help in identifying and encoding “Export Opportunities”, as well as "Service Deliveries" into the DIT portal.
  • Perform operational and administrative functions to assist in the delivery of DIT projects and trade/investment events, to ensure that these activities go smoothly and any problems arising are resolved swiftly.
  • Conduct market research, validation of local contacts, and arrangement of meetings to assist UK companies do business in the Philippines. 
  • Assist in other administrative requirements, as necessary.

 

  • Willing to work full-time at DIT for 6 consecutive months.
  • Background in business, research, economics or related courses would be an advantage.
  • With IT knowledge, e.g. Word and Excel
  • Fluent in spoken and written English
Good written & verbal communication skills
31 May 2018
Internship
Intern
36
Asia Pacific
Philippines
Manila
British Embassy
1
10,500
25 June 2018
21 December 2019

Working patterns: There can be some flexibility in the work pattern. The Intern may be required to work beyond normal office hours during the conduct of trade-related events organised by DIT/British Embassy.

This is being advertised as a full time internship for six (6) months, with a stipend of PhP10,500 per month.

 

All applications must be received before 23:55 (Philippine Standard Time) on 31 May 2018.

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.

The successful candidate should be able to start as soon as possible.

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.