Vacancy - Head of Trade & Investment (SWE18.258)

Vacancy - Head of Trade & Investment (SWE18.258)

The British Government is an inclusive and diversity-friendly employer. We value difference, promote equality and challenge discrimination, enhancing our organisational capability. We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. We do not discriminate on the basis of disability, race, colour, ethnicity, gender, religion, sexual orientation, age, veteran status or other category protected by law. We promote family-friendly flexible working opportunities, where operational and security needs allow.

The British Embassy in Stockholm is part of a worldwide network, representing British political, economic and consular interests overseas and is now looking to recruit a permanent Head of Trade & Investment within the DIT Section.

The DIT is fundamental in supporting the Governments agenda to grow the UK economy. The successful candidate will provide strategic direction for trade development and inward investment, via its commercially vital campaigns and prosperity activities. The jobholder will also provide guidance, support and management to the team with a shared goal of fulfilling DIT strategic targets. In more detail, main responsibilities will include:

. To lead and manage the DIT section, to ensure the section meets targets, stays within budget and provides a high quality service to our customers;
. To develop the annual business plan for DIT Sweden;
. To be one of the key interfaces between the Embassy and the UK business community in Sweden;
. To lead and manage the Embassy's relationship with major Swedish investors;
. To manage DIT relationship with stakeholders in London and the Nordic region;
. To provide an economic and business input into the Embassy's wider political work;
. To identify and analyse commercial opportunities for UK business in Sweden.

Essential qualifications, skills and experience
. Fluent in English (both oral and written);
. Trade & Investment experience (at least 3 years);
. Insight into Swedish market;
. Strategic commercial and economic awareness;
. Excellent team leadership skills and a record of delivering results, with the ability to bring diverse teams together to work toward common goals;
. Excellent time management and prioritization skills;
. Proven ability to develop relationships with customers and stakeholders;
. Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines;
. An innovative attitude especially towards customer service and performance management;
. Excellent communication skills;
. Strong IT computer skills using Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Office and Internet.

Desirable qualifications, skills and experience
. Fluency in Swedish (both oral and written);
. Experience with Oracle systems and databases;
. Experience in business development and key account management.
Required competencies
Seeing the Big Picture, Leading and Communicating, Collaborating and Partnering, Achieving Commercial Outcomes, Managing a Quality Service, Delivering at Pace


Applications

Deadline for applications is 3 June 2018. For further details on this vacancy and information on how to apply, please follow the link on the new FCO Local Staff Vacancies Homepage.

The interviews will take place on the week commencing June 11 2018.
All applicants should have the right to live and work in Sweden. The British Embassy does not sponsor for work permits.

This is a Full-time, fixed-term position, 40 Working hours per week. Start date: 1 October 2018.

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/8.-employment/8.1-locally-employed-staff/

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

Additional information
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.