Senior Adviser Capital Infrastructure

View Vacancy - Senior Adviser Capital Infrastructure, B3 Stockholm (SWE263)

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Job Category

Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Department for International Trade roles)


Job Description (Roles and Responsibilities)

The British Embassy in Sweden is part of a world-wide network, representing British political, economic and consular interests overseas and is now looking to recruit a full-time Senior Investment Adviser Capital Infrastructure. Main responsibilities will include: the role of a Senior Investment Adviser focus on Capital Infrastructure to secure investments from Swedish institutional investors, corporate and developers matching UK needs.


Main Duties and Responsibilities:

- Close contact with existing Swedish and UK contacts in the sector and also identify new potential leads of Swedish companies looking to invest in the UK infrastructure and regeneration sectors. Approach Swedish contacts/leads and match with UK opportunities;
- Hold events in Sweden and the UK to highlight UK as an investment destination; run missions, arrange speaking engagements/round-table networking opportunities for high profile UK visitors to market including planning and documentation necessary for guest induction i.e brief writing, programme admin, sector analysis, invitation of guests and liaison with Swedish/UK service stakeholders engaged;
- Contribute to the wider DIT Investment Team and also other DIT Teams including Embassy Prosperity Team objectives and targets. Support and take active role in events/activities run across the Embassy.


Essential qualifications and experience

- University degree, Business/Economics or applicable subject;
- Minimum 3 years of relevant work experience;
- A self-starter, with the ability to organise self and work effectively;
- Be able to take responsibility and use initiative to deliver high quality work;
- Deliver to tight deadlines, work effectively and supportively on objectives and
targets;
- Understand and focus on customer needs;
- Availability to travel when needed;
- Excellent communication skills in both English and Swedish;
- Good IT skills (Microsoft proficient).

Desirable qualifications and experience

- Open and flexible approach to new ideas to improve results. Enthusiastic about personal development. Open to change and innovation;
- Respond flexibly to changing priorities with the ability to see the bigger picture and links between own work and that of others within the organisation and beyond;
- High social skills and a team player.

Required competencies
Seeing the Big Picture, Leading and Communicating, Collaborating and Partnering, Achieving Commercial Outcomes, Managing a Quality Service, Engaging Internationally.

Applications:
Deadline for application is 10 August 2017.

For further details on this vacancy and information on how to apply, please follow the link to the FCO Local Staff Vacancies Homepage:
https://fco.tal.net/vx/lang-en-GB/mobile-0/appcentre-1/brand-2/xf-a3a4d22646bb/candidate/so/pm/4/pl/1/opp/3489-Senior-Investment-Adviser-Capital-Infrastructure-B3-Stockholm-SWE263/en-GB

Interviews to take place in Stockholm during week 34.

Additional information:

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

This is a full-time Temporary contract (40 hours per week).

End Date - 31 March 2018

All applicants should have the right to live and work in Sweden. The British Embassy does not sponsor work permits.

Please note that being a Locally Employed staff by the British Embassy will not give access to be registered with the Swedish population registry. According to the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs the locally employed staff should be either Swedish citizens or permanent residents, i.e. registered with the population registry before starting the employment. For more information please consult:

http://www.government.se/government-of-sweden/ministry-for-foreign-affairs/diplomatic-portal/diplomatic-guide/#FEmplyoment

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