View Vacancy - DIT Commercial and Administrative Assistant

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

Main purpose of job:

Provide administrative and commercial support to the Director and Deputy Director of the Department for International Trade (DIT) at the British Embassy in Colombia. The main objective of the jobholder will be to support the Director and Deputy Director, as well as the DIT Team, in operational management of the office, as well as supporting financial, budgetary and administrative activities including translation and presentation writing.  The job holder will also support commercial activities including acting as point of contact, undertaking sector research and general support for inward and outward missions.

The jobholder will report to the Deputy Director of DIT.


Roles and responsibilities:

  • Create, develop and implement standardised processes for DIT overarching corporate and commercial plans.  
  • Provide support in the preparation of DIT’s overall budget reporting and allocation, support new recruitment processes and the arrangement of activities that involve all DIT staff.
  • Provide support for briefings, speeches, presentations, correspondence, and translations, following FCO and DIT templates and forms.
  • Provide support in other administrative tasks such as diary organisation, transport and travel arrangements, and call answering, organisation of activity/event programme, overall logistic support for visits and missions.
  • Support commercial business development and planning for a specified sector.
  • Support the efficient delivery of business opportunities in a specified sector by providing research and analysis, to help identify new business opportunities; acting as initial point of contact between DIT and key stakeholders.
  • Provide cross-cutting support to the DIT team as required and perform other tasks as requested by the Director and Deputy Director of DIT. 
  • Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Industrial Engineering, Finance, Government and International Relations, International Business (or comparable experience).
  • 1-2 years administrative and commercial experience or comparable experience. 
  • Financial and budgetary knowledge and experience.
  • Advanced command of written and spoken English and Spanish (Spanish and English testing will be given during interview stage). Level of language required: High Level Working Level  English and Spanish (At least C1 level under CEFR)
  • Experience in international organisations and/or diplomatic missions.
  • Experience in project management.
28 June 2017
Administrative Assistant (AA)
Full-time, Long Term Contract
35
Latin America and Spanish speaking Caribbean
Colombia
Bogota
British Embassy
1
COP
2’325,988
17 July 2017
  • The opportunity to work in a diverse and multicultural work environment.
  • Net working hours 35 per week ie Mon-Thu 08:30 – 17:00 with an hour lunch break and Fri 08:30-13.30 allowing for a good work/life balance. Some flexibility will be required during periods of exceptional workload.
  • 14 public holidays per year.
  • 15 days annual leave plus 4 compensatory days pro-rata on first year.
  • 15 days salary in December pay and 15 days salary in June pay (pro rata in first year).
  • The British Embassy is committed to the ongoing training and development of its staff, and training will be provided as appropriate.
  • Successful candidate will have access to some internal training and job shadowing, as well as the opportunity (depending on interest and availability) to work on cross-embassy teams or projects.
  • The initial contract will be for 6 months, indefinite thereafter.
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This opportunity is closed to applications.