Temporary Trade Assistant for Ankara (TUR19.436)
- 19.08.2019
- Yönlendirmeli İlan
İş Tanımı
The British Embassy in Ankara is part of a world-wide network representing British political, economic and consular interests overseas and is now looking to hire a (Temporary) Trade Assistant, for the Department for International Trade (DIT) team. This job is on a fixed short term contract basis till 31/03/2020.
DIT work to support companies based in the UK and their in-country representatives and partners overseas. Primarily the job involves providing support to the DIT team during their interactions with UK and Turkish industries and government. In particular the Ankara team focuses on supporting UK exports in the healthcare, life sciences, energy, education, infrastructure, defence & security sectors.
This support can be through monitoring relevant sector activity; identifying potential opportunities for UK businesses and registering these in the Export Opportunities system; arranging inward and outward high level visits, appointments and meetings; responding to requests for information and assistance and accompanying UK companies on their calls.
DIT work may require an occasional need for short periods of duty away from Ankara and some international travel.
Main Duties and Responsibilities:
To support the day to day work of the healthcare, life sciences, energy, infrastructure, defence & security and education sector teams within the Ankara DIT office;Supporting the delivery of services to UK industry;Supporting trade campaigns and assisting with reporting and briefing requirements of the section;Helping to establish, maintain and expand a wide range of high-level contacts in the relevant sectors of industry in Turkey;Working with those contacts and other sources of information to acquire knowledge of the key projects, opportunities and challenges for UK business;Supporting and/or leading on planning and logistic arrangements for events and visits to Turkey and to the UK;Liaising with UK companies and following up on enquiries, including through visits to local companies, supporting the production of chargeable reports for UK companies when commissioned;To ensure that all administrative tasks, such as logging of data, appraisals and expenditure claims and reports are performed in a timely way.Aranan Nitelikler
Fluency in Turkish and English (both oral and written);Some understanding of one or more of the commercial sectors, in particular Turkish healthcare, life sciences, renewable energy or education sectors and how these interact with government would be advantageous;Experience of organising events and delegation visits, visit programme planning and logistics;The ability to work in a diverse, multicultural team where pressure and short deadlines are common;The ability to effectively support those representing UK interests in meetings with high level audiences.
Desirable qualifications, skills and experience
Experience of campaigns, lobbying, public relations or similar roles in the public sector would be helpful;Experience of working in an international environment either an embassy or multilateral organisation.
Özet Bilgiler
- Bölüm Asistanı
- Kamu - Devlet
- İdari İşler / Ofis , Satış
- Dönemsel
- Uzman Yardımcısı
- Ankara
- 19.08.2019
- 19.08.2019
- 1.09.2019
En Yeni İlanlar
British Consulate General İstanbul
British Embassy Turkey
Our mission is to develop and improve relationships that will make the UK and Turkey more secure and prosperous. Our priorities include cooperation in international policy; trade and investment; defence; energy; illegal immigration; counter-terrorism; and international crime.
Our network of posts in Turkey, including the British Embassy in Ankara and our Consulate General in Istanbul, develop and maintain relations between the UK and Turkey. We work on a wide range of issues including Turkey’s bid to join the European Union, the economy, energy policy and international security.
We have a dedicated team working on projects to improve Turkey’s prospects of joining the EU. We are improving ties between British and Turkish companies to ensure that we meet the target set by the British prime minister and his Turkish counterpart in 2010 to double bilateral trade by 2015.
We have a large consular network with posts in Antalya, Bodrum, Marmaris, Izmir and Fethiye. These offices deal with a wide range of issues in a country that receives around 2.5 million British visitors a year and where up to 40,000 Britons live for all or part of the year.
In addition to staff posted to Turkey from the United Kingdom, the Embassy employs staff locally, most of whom are Turkish citizens. We seek to recruit and retain talented and high performing staff, who support and develop each other and are committed to high standards of service.
The Embassy values diverse talents, skills and background, drawing on the rich cultural and ethnic diversity of the UK and Turkey. As an equal opportunities employer, the Embassy welcomes applications from suitably qualified individuals, regardless of race, colour, gender, disability, sexual orientation, religion, belief and age.
The Embassy HR Office accepts applications only for specific vacancy announcements. We will not accept applications that are not associated with a specific vacancy announcement.
