View Vacancy - BK - Trade Policy Assistant, A2L
The trade assistant will assist the trade policy manager with all aspects of the forthcoming trade review between Thailand and the UK, including setting up meetings, gathering evidence, providing notes of all meetings, supporting the trade policy manager on the analysis of policy options and assisting in providing a final report of the trade policy review.
Roles and Responsibilities:
- (Trade Review): Support the Trade Policy Manager in all aspects of the trade review, including ensuring that the views of British business are effectively captured. Lead on the setting up of all meetings and consultation processes with British businesses, the British Chamber and the Thai government and assist in the compilation of the final review;
- (Secondary research): Assist the Trade Policy Manager with secondary research into the various options for a trade agreement between the UK and Thailand. Support the trade manager in providing analysis of the evidence collected during the review and drafting of the final review paper.
- (Project management): Project manage every aspect of the review, including ensuring the project management plan and risk register are regularly updated. You will need to interact with a wide range of stakeholders, including British companies, the British Thai Chamber of Commerce in Thailand, and trade policy colleagues in the UK
- Fluent English (spoken and written)
- A demonstrable knowledge of, and interest in, trade policy
- Good communicator at all levels, spoken and written
- Strong administration and organisation skills
- Flexible and reactive to new issues and priorities
- Ability to work at pace and prioritise, managing a sometimes heavy workload
- Ability to liaise with and manage external stakeholder relationships
- Experience in completing timely and accurate written information in English
- IT proficiency – Using MS Office, Outlook and ability to learn FCO systems
- Ability to travel within Thailand and Asia
- Keen interest in business and trade
- Trade policy experience
- Experience of living in or understanding of the United Kingdom, British people and culture
- Ability to read, write and speak Thai
The British Embassy offers a competitive remuneration package, including salary (will be abated for those not liable to tax), benefits, a leave entitlement, Health Insurance and comprehensive development programme based upon business need and individual staff requirements.
Employment offers are subject to successful clearance of pre-employment and security checks. Staff who are locally recruited by the British Embassy are subject to Terms and Conditions of Service according to local employment law.
No accommodation or relocation expenses are payable in connection with this position. You must have or be able to obtain work authorisation in Thailand in order to apply. Any costs related to obtaining or renewing permits and visas are the responsibility of the successful applicant.
All applications must be received before 23:55 on 30 September 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.
Reminder for existing Embassy staff who will be interested to apply:
Along with the completed online application form, candidates should upload their last two years End of Year Appraisals if applicable. If applicants have been employed for less than twelve months, they will need to provide permission from their Head of Section to apply and should attach this to their application.
Guidance on completing competency based application forms and sitting Interviews can be found on the BE Website and also on the Civil Service Learning portal, Virtual Ashridge portal and Goodpractice.net (both accessed through the CSL). Staff are strongly advised to refer to these.
We recommend all applicants to understand the Civil Service competences before applying for any role and in preparation for interviews. For more information, you can visit our website - https://www.gov.uk/government/world/organisations/british-embassy-bangkok/about/recruitment.
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This opportunity is closed to applications.