View Vacancy - Senior Campaign Manager for the Life Sciences Sector ( Ref.DEU862)

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Department for International Trade (DIT)

The British Consulate General Düsseldorf  is part of a world-wide network, representing British political, economic and consular interests overseas. UK Trade & Investment works with UK-based businesses to ensure their success in international markets, and encourage the best overseas companies to look to the UK as their global partner of choice.

The UKTI Team in Düsseldorf  is now looking for a Senior Campaign Manager. The UK Government is revamping its export strategy in order to meet its high level goals of doubling the number of UK exporters by 2020. As part of this, a more strategic focus is being introduced in key export sectors in important overseas markets. This includes the Life Sciences sector in Germany. This is an exciting time to be joining the team. The UK Life Science industry (including healthcare services) is one of the world leaders in this sector, in particular in the field of pharmaceutical services, genomics, personalised medicine, digital health, clinical research/R&D and antimicrobial resistance. So there are great opportunities to exploit.

Main purpose of the job:

To lead the campaign to increase UK exports to Germany in the Life Sciences sector. The Senior Campaign Manager will play a pivotal role in designing and then implementing the strategic campaign for boosting UK Life Science exports to Germany.

Main Duties and Responsibilities:  

  • To design and lead a strategic campaign to grow the value of UK exports to Germany in the Life Sciences sector;
  • To provide high quality advice to UK companies on how to penetrate the German market, including identifying market opportunities;
  • Working with the Senior Business Development Manager for investment to build strong personal relations with key German companies to facilitate door opening for UK companies;
  • To oversee other campaign activities such as organisation of events at key trade fairs/missions, working closely with colleagues in London HQ;
  • To manage a small Life Sciences team and a campaign budget.

 

  • Good knowledge of the German and UK Business Environments;
  • Fluent in German and English, both Oral and Written;
  • Excellent interpersonal and networking skills;
  • Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines;
  • Excellent time management and prioritisation skills;
  • Ability to research and analyse complex information;
  • Self Starter – ability to work well on own initiative;
  • Good IT skills, especially MS Outlook, Word, PowerPoint and Excel;
  • The successful candidate will be someone who thinks strategically and sees the big picture but is also very strong on organisation, delivery and stakeholder management. There is much scope for creative thinking, new ideas and high levels of personal autonomy.
  • Experience of the German and/or UK Life Science and/or Healthcare sector;
  • Staff management experience;
  • Project Management experience;
  • Experience of Customer Relationship Management software.
24 August 2016
Executive Officer (EO)
Full-time, Fixed Term
Europe, Eastern Europe & Central Asia
Germany
Dusseldorf
British Consulate General
1
EUR
3,355 Gross (salary is not negotiable)
1 October 2016

This is a full-time position of 2 years with possibility of extension with 6 months of probation period.

Staff recruited by the British Consulate General are subject to Terms and Conditions of Service according to German employment law.

The British Consulate General is strongly committed to helping its staff develop the skills they need. The Foreign Office offers a wide range of relevant training courses and wider opportunities for personal development. Some degree of home working will be possible in this role.

The appointment of the successful candidate will be subject to confirmation of a background check and security clearance.

All applicants interested in this job opportunity should have the legal right to live and work in Germany. The British Consulate General does not sponsor work permits.

The successful candidate must have pre-existing work authorisation for Germany in order to apply. Any non-EU national applicants must have an unrestricted residence and work permit for Germany at the time of application.

Please note that the deadline for applications is 23:55 on the day mentioned in the above field “Application deadline”. We advise you to allow enough time to complete and submit your full application, since only applications completed and submitted before the deadline will be considered. Please be aware that the deadline for submitting applications is considered to be the time zone for the country where the vacancy has arisen.

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This opportunity is closed to applications.