Support UK companies to win new business in the financial and professional services sector in Indonesia, unlocking new opportunities for export and investment, addressing market access barriers, using UK Export Finance (UKEF) to finance trade, and supporting wider UK Government objectives including the Digital Trade Network, UK Export Finance and Economic policy.
- Lead DIT's financial and professional services campaign.
- Understand the UK Government's Regional Trade Plan for Asia Pacific, develop local sector campaign;
- Identify and promote business opportunities in Indonesia for UK firms in the financial and professional services sector, including identifying and building relations with key influencers in FPS sector in Jakarta
- Own a commercial pipeline using market intelligence, research, company engagement, relationship management of stakeholders across three primary areas: Capital Markets, Islamic Finance, and Insurance
- Proactively identify synergies between trade promotion and wider DIT objectives, including trade policy/market access, investment, Digital Trade Network and UK Export Finance (UKEF).
- Support government-to-government dialogues by providing input on FPS, including the UK-Indonesia Joint Economic and Trade Committee, identifying key market access issues impacting UK financial and professional services sector, particularly legal services.
- Deliver a strategic campaign to remove high priority market access barriers, including by providing local expertise and intelligence to colleagues in different government departments and developing relationships with key stakeholders.
- Encourage two-way investment, promoting benefits of investing and/or setting up in the UK.
- Proactively build relationships with Embassy colleagues to identify synergies with other UK Government objective, and work with the British Chamber of Commerce and wider Embassy to plan and deliver including Ministerial and senior official visits.
- Post holder should be willing to undertake occasional domestic and overseas travel.
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- Strong project management skills and exceptional teamwork abilities
- Ability to liaise with and manage external stakeholder relationships
- Experience of working in or with the private sector
- Good communicator at all levels, spoken and written
- Experience in completing timely and accurate written information in English
- IT proficiency - Using MS Office, Outlook and ability to learn British Embassy systems
- Ability and willingness to travel within Indonesia, Southeast Asia and UK
- Ability and willingness to work additional hours in the evening (e.g. business networking, official visits), when necessary.
- Language: English / Bahasa Indonesia
- Level of language required: Fluent (written and spoken)
- Financial and professional services sector knowledge
- Corporate Business Development, Sales or Marketing experience
- Experience of working in a team in international companies
- Familiarity with the UK
- Market research and analysis experience
Seeing the Big Picture, Managing a Quality Service, Delivering at Pace, Working Together
Application deadline Application deadline - day Application deadline - month Application deadline - year
14 November 2022
Grade
Executive Officer (EO)
Type of Position
Full-time, Permanent
Working hours per week
39.5
Region
Asia Pacific
Country/Territory
Indonesia
Location (City)
Jakarta
Type of Post
British Embassy
Number of vacancies
1
Salary Currency
IDR
Salary
15,389,102
Start Date Start Date - day Start Date - month Start Date - year
9 January 2023
Other benefits and conditions of employment
The British Embassy/Consulate offers a competitive remuneration package including:
- Annual leave entitlement of 25 days per year
- Medical benefit (medical insurance)
- Access to extensive learning and development opportunities
Employment offers are subject to successful clearance of pre-employment checks. In relation to this, the successful candidate will need to arrange for his/her own Police Certificate.
The British Embassy Jakarta encourages all staff to develop their capabilities, through both formal training (courses) and informal opportunities (job-shadowing, coaching, on-the-job training etc).The majority of our formal learning and development opportunities are drawn from FCO resources. All staff are encouraged to share their skills and experience with colleagues, through informal training or coaching/mentoring.
Some evening and weekend work is required on occasion. Embassy Standard Terms and Conditions apply and provide for time outside of working hours to be compensated through Time-off-in-Lieu. The job may involve some travel, including to the UK, regionally and within Indonesia. A willingness and ability to travel is require.
LEARNING & DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES:
The Trade and Investment Officer will gain a broad range of trade and investment experience which they can use to further progress their career within DIT.
We are passionate about developing our staff and we have a comprehensive self-led programme to help our staff develop the skills they need.
This high-quality and consistent programme targets the key skills needed to deliver our strategic goals and bring higher-value trade & investment to the UK. It combines the relationship management and business development skills which are specific to trade & investment work with knowledge of our sectors and the UK offer and the core skills which underpin delivering for the UK Government.
Additional information
Please note that the deadline for applications is 23:55 on the day mentioned in the above field “Application deadline”.
Please be aware that the deadline for submitting applications is considered to be the time zone for the country where the vacancy has arisen.
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.
Note : All applicants are required to mandatorily fill the online application form completely including the employment and educational details, experience, professional skills and behaviour based questions. We will be thoroughly reviewing the applications and incomplete form in any respect may not be considered while shortlisting for the next stage.
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The start date mentioned in the job advert is a tentative start date and the successful candidate will be required to undergo security vetting procedures. Any offer of employment will be subject to the candidate achieving suitable clearances.
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