United Kingdom Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO)
Senior
Trade & Investment Adviser - Advanced Engineering Supply Chain - C4
Job Category
Department
for International Trade roles (DIT)
Job Subcategory
DIT
Job Description (Roles and Responsibilities)
Main purpose of job:
Background: This role is an exciting opportunity to work
in the advanced engineering economy, worth over £1 trillion to the UK economy
and soon to be matched in India. Including industries and technologies
from automotive to robotics, manufacturing to autonomous intelligence.
Advanced Engineering Supply Chain (AESC) sector which covers Automotive,
Electric Vehicles, Advanced Manufacturing, Mining, Maritime and their supply
chains represents a massive and challenging area to operate in but one with
plenty of opportunity for India and UK collaboration. You will be one of
the senior members of staff in the Department for International Trade (DIT)
India, with an objective of working alongside the sector lead to identify
opportunities for UK business and wider collaborative opportunities for the UK
in AESC sector in India whilst actively developing and leading policy
discussions between both Governments.
You will be a Senior
Trade Officer in the AESC team of the Department for International trade (DIT)
based in New Delhi. The AESC team has members located in other offices
including Bangalore ,Chennai, Pune, Mumbai and Kolkata. You will be
responsible for leading and effectively delivering events and activities based
in Delhi/Northern India for the AESC sector. You will be responsible for
establishing and maintaining relations with the companies, trade associations,
multipliers and relevant departments of the Government of India based in North
India. You will also be expected to work closely with and support your
colleagues in the wider Advanced Engineering cluster by representing them
with stakeholders and in delivering events.
You will bring with
you, or demonstrate how you would quickly acquire, an in-depth knowledge of the
automotive and advanced manufacturing sectors, both in the UK and India.
You will support a strategy based on this knowledge to turn the long-term
potential and direction of travel of the sector into a pipeline of
opportunities for UK business. To do so, you will identify and build
relationships within the sector and build a pipeline of validated projects for
UK business, particularly large or high-value deals which would require UK
government support or involvement to win. You will then work with DIT’s
Headquarters team in the UK and in other markets to bring UK companies to India
and support them to win business, delivering towards the UK government’s
commercial targets.
Your role will be high
profile and with responsibility. You will be the voice of the UK
government and industry in the sector, and wider; you will be expected to gain
access to the most senior levels within Indian industry and government if
necessary using the Deputy Trade Commissioner, Deputy High Commissioners and
other senior staff throughout India. You will be a self-starter who can
demonstrate a long-term objective; plan and manage a delivery model; identify,
grow and make effective use of stakeholders. You will work with
colleagues within DIT in India and elsewhere, with other UK government
colleagues, Indian government(s), business and other multipliers (trade
associations, etc.).
The team in DIT
focuses on:
- Supporting UK AESC exports to India across sectors; providing advice and assistance to UK
