View Vacancy - Latin America & Caribbean Data and Performance Analyst

We are willing to consider applicants from any of the countries we have offices in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Main purpose of job:

The Department for International Trade (DIT) secures UK and global prosperity by promoting and financing international trade and investment, and championing free trade. In this role you will champion internal monitoring and reporting across all of our teams based in Latin America and the Caribbean, constantly evolving how we measure and demonstrate our impact.

Roles and responsibilities:

This is an exciting role right at the heart of the DIT’s operations in Latin America and the Caribbean. We are looking for a numerate candidate, with an interest in economics, the ability to communicate clearly and a track record of working as part of a team. The successful candidate will have regular contact with a broad range of colleagues in 18 countries within the region, in the UK and beyond, and provide important support to senior management, who depend on a solid evidence base to inform its decisions.

The strategic goal of all of our work is to significantly strengthen the UK’s absolute and relative trade and investment relationship with LATAC over the next five years. To this end, our teams lead work on evolving the UK’s trade policy in Latin America and the Caribbean, promoting the UK in the region and vice versa, and supporting British exports, overseas direct investment and foreign direct investment to the UK across a range of sectors. This work is underpinned by the UK’s Export Strategy (2018), which aims to increase British exports from 30 to 35 per cent of GDP, and the UK’s Industrial Strategy (2017), which seeks to boost productivity by backing businesses to create good jobs and increase the earning power of people throughout the UK with investment in skills, industries and infrastructure.

This is an ideal position for someone with the ability to work collaboratively within an expert, enterprising, engaged and inclusive organisation with global reach. The job will be challenging and will require the successful candidate to take responsibility for delivering both quickly and to a high quality standard.

1. Performance management – You will be responsible for maintaining and updating our performance impact report which informs teams and senior management of their performance. You will support the Director, Operations to identify underperformance and best practice and work with him to improve the simplicity and effectiveness of the report. This will see you interact with colleagues across 18 different countries in Latin America and the Caribbean.
2. Organisational data – You will work with the Director, Operations to improve the richness of data used by DIT in Latin America and the Caribbean, to support enhanced performance and decision making. You will be regional champion for our management information tool Data Hub, proactively encouraging its use, upskilling colleagues, sharing best practice and responding promptly to queries. This will see you interact with DIT headquarters (London) and other DIT regions around the world.
3. Economic analysis – You will keep track of key macro-economic and trade figures relating to Latin America and the Caribbean and the UK’s trade with the region. You will maintain the membership of the UK Economists’ Network in the region, supporting colleagues to access, produce and analyse data, promoting regional consistency of economic data in line with headquarters’ policy and assisting in ad hoc requests related to trade and economics.
4. Operations – You will work as part of a six person operations team, which includes finance, staff engagement, strategic projects and administrative support. As part of this team, you will be expected to provide ad hoc support to colleagues at busy times, as they will be expected to support you to deliver the team’s objectives together.

Essential on arrival:

• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft excel
• Bilingual professional proficiency in English and at least one of: Spanish or Portuguese
• Experience of analysing data
• Ability to innovate, solve problems, prioritise, organise and manage multiple tasks
• Committed team player with ability to self-motivate, resilience, and autonomy
• Excellent research and report writing skills in English