View Vacancy – Senior Trade & Investment Adviser (Infrastructure), Grade – HEO, Hyderabad

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Major objective of job:

Based mostly within the British Deputy Excessive Fee in Hyderabad, this function is an thrilling alternative to work with enterprise and authorities in a global setting, as a part of an India-wide Commerce group throughout the UK Division for Enterprise & Commerce (DBT). DBT secures UK and international prosperity by selling and financing worldwide commerce and funding, and championing free commerce, and is chargeable for negotiating the a brand new Free Commerce Settlement with India.

This senior function within the DBT’s infrastructure group will ship the sector technique in Southern states of India, with give attention to Airports, Railways & Metros, Water and Constructed Surroundings. S/he may additionally be given the nationwide lead on one of many above-mentioned sectors. S/he will probably be anticipated to assist the Senior lead for City, Constructed Surroundings and Waste sectors.

Southern Indian states of Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Karnataka are focus markets for infrastructure sector and there are some vital alternatives on this area, which might be of curiosity to UK firms. These states additionally has a few of key infrastructure firms, with whom the job holder will probably be anticipated to develop stronger relationships.

The job holder will probably be anticipated to give attention to creating and managing a pipeline of high-value initiatives/industrial alternatives and wider market growth in particular sub-sectors throughout India, and throughout all these sectors within the South of India.

As a Senior Commerce Adviser, you can be chargeable for main and successfully delivering occasions, methods and actions primarily based in Hyderabad and Southern India for these sectors, however may additionally must assist the broader group in different elements of the nation. Additionally, you will be chargeable for establishing and sustaining relations with firms, commerce associations, and multipliers, working carefully with and supporting your colleagues within the wider group.

You’ll carry with you, or exhibit how you’d rapidly purchase, data of the infrastructure sectors, ideally each within the UK and India.  You’ll develop a method primarily based on this data to show the long-term potential of the sector right into a pipeline of alternatives for UK enterprise.  To take action, you’ll establish and construct relationships throughout the sector and construct a pipeline of alternatives for UK enterprise, notably strategic offers which might require UK authorities assist or involvement to win.  You’ll then work with the DBT group within the UK together with Worldwide Commerce Advisers to carry UK firms to India and assist them to win enterprise, delivering in direction of the UK authorities’s industrial targets and wider commerce goals.

You may be a voice for the UK authorities and business within the sector. Success will imply entry to senior ranges of Indian business and authorities, if crucial utilizing His Majesty’s Commerce Commissioner, Deputy Excessive Commissioners and different senior workers all through India.  You may be a self-starter who can exhibit a long-term goal, and establish, develop and make efficient use of stakeholders to attain this.   You’ll work with colleagues inside DBT in India and elsewhere, with different UK authorities colleagues, Indian authorities(s), enterprise and different multipliers (commerce associations, and so on.), so as to add worth to UK companies via introductions and recommendation.

We reserve the fitting to overview, revise or amend the roles and obligations now and again reflecting the altering wants of enterprise.

Roles and obligations / what’s going to the jobholder be anticipated to attain?:

Market growth and Enterprise alternatives (60%)

• Establish, validate and ship a pipeline of excessive worth initiatives and alternatives; plan and ship actions to attach UK enterprise to those alternatives and supply bespoke assist to UK firms to win enterprise. In doing so, meet DBT’s inner targets (export wins, market entry/regulatory obstacles, strategic relationship administration and buyer satisfaction/high quality).
• Stakeholder administration/account Administration: along with your sector groups, construct and handle senior degree relationships with firms, authorities departments, commerce associations and multipliers within the UK and Southern India.
• Analysis and Establish high-value export alternatives for the UK firms, assist UK firms to get entry to those alternatives and win vital contracts in India.
• Help UK firms to extend exports to and spend money on India, discover new companions and safeguard investments; and establish new alternatives;
• Help abroad direct investments from UK firms in India the place applicable;
• Work in shut coordination with varied stakeholders corresponding to the broader DBT and UK community in India, DBT groups in HQ, Worldwide Commerce Advisers, senior-decision makers of infrastructure firms within the UK and India, and varied departments of Authorities on the State and Central ranges to ship DBT sector marketing campaign and wider HMG goals;

Advertising and Communications (15%)

• Lead on advertising and marketing, press and communication actions together with creating of core scripts and pitch packs for the sectors, as additionally work carefully with the Strategic Relationship Administration group to guide on sector particular relationship administration.

Delegations and Ministerial Visits (20%)

• Help UK enterprise delegations visiting India and Indian enterprise delegations visiting the UK by organising varied occasions and conferences resulting in industrial outcomes for the UK PLC;
• Help senior managers, together with UK Ministers, HM Commerce Commissioner and different senior administration, offering them with high-quality briefing and recommendation with an purpose to strengthen relationships with senior native contacts and additional facilitate in direction of attaining the goals of the group and DBT;
• Lead and successfully ship occasions and actions primarily based in Hyderabad and Southern India;
• Help wider actions on the Deputy Excessive Fee in Hyderabad

Market Entry and Coverage Help (5%)

• Work with commerce coverage and market entry colleagues to beat commerce obstacles being confronted by UK firms;

To achieve success:

• You should have an understanding of the sectors concerned or a transparent potential to be taught. Information of each in India and the UK contexts and a powerful community on the bottom can be most well-liked. You’ll use your good analytical expertise to use this to figuring out vital market alternatives for UK enterprise after which supporting them to show these in to alternatives;
• You will have to be strategically conscious to establish rising alternatives in your sectors, in addition to related tendencies within the UK and rising potential exports and investments into India;
• You should have robust interpersonal expertise and be able to setting the route for your self and people round you, gaining their belief and respect – whereas working inside a digital group situated throughout India;
• You should have expertise of creating productive relationships with senior decision-makers, stakeholders and companions, and of utilizing these to ship your goals;
• You will have to be collaborative and versatile, and in a position to handle your self and the calls for on you.

You should have good mission administration expertise to ship campaigns; and glorious English written and verbal communication expertise. You may be anticipated to supply written work in to a excessive commonplace.

Language necessities:

Language:  English Important, and any a number of regional language

Degree of language required:  Wonderful spoken and written English and glorious spoken potential in a number of regional languages  

Studying and growth alternatives (and any particular coaching programs to be accomplished):

The British Excessive Fee in India and the Division for Enterprise & Commerce provide glorious coaching alternatives to staff. A profitable candidate will probably be requested to finish an induction course and additional coaching will probably be supplied tailor-made to particular person wants. The candidate might want to journey inside India and internationally, with alternatives to journey to the UK for sector associated occasions and coaching programs.

Working patterns:

Whereas IT and cell phone use permits for versatile and dealing from dwelling, the candidate is predicted to primarily function from the workplace. The candidate often will probably be required to assist actions and occasions exterior of regular working hours, and to journey as required.

Some other info (or particular native Put up necessities):

You’ll often be required to assist actions and occasions exterior of regular working hours and regular job  obligations, and must journey, relying on enterprise wants.

Different expertise / expertise / {qualifications}:

Important on arrival:

• Graduate/Put up Graduate from reputed College. Candidates with out the required academic qualification however with distinctive sensible expertise will probably be thought of with: 
• Minimal 5 years of related industrial and enterprise expertise;
• Wonderful written and verbal communication expertise with a capability to develop a community and handle the connection with senior resolution makers in authorities and business;
• Robust analytical expertise to establish related alternatives for UK companies in India, and the flexibility to show them into contracts for UK companies;
• Wonderful group working expertise, with robust potential to construct cooperative working relationships throughout our personal community, and out of doors of the British Excessive Fee community with a variety of organisations;
• IT competent. extremely competent in commonplace MS Workplace instruments, corresponding to Phrase, Outlook, PowerPoint and Excel and expert at utilizing digital and social media to assemble info effectively;
• Primary understanding of price range administration.
• Information of Infrastructure sector within the UK and India, main gamers and elements influencing UK exports and ODI;