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Job Category

Other British Government Departments (Partners across Government, including UK Visas)

Job Subcategory

Department for Business and Trade (DBT)

Job Description (Roles and Responsibilities)

Who are we?

The British Embassy Copenhagen is part of a world-wide network representing UK’s political, economic and consular interests overseas.

The Department for Business and Trade (DBT) is responsible for promoting British trade across the world. DBT Europe works to help UK-based businesses export to the EU and to encourage the best European businesses to invest in the UK. This is an exciting time to join DBT, as you will have the opportunity to support businesses to invest, grow and export, thereby creating jobs and opportunities across the UK. We promote British trade and investment across the world, which is vital for the prosperity of the UK. DBT brings together policy, promotion and financial expertise to break down barriers to trade and investment, in markets across the world to help UK/Danish businesses succeed. This is a great opportunity to form part of an international team that contributes to the success of the UK’s trade and investment goals and shape the UK’s international trade agenda and foster UK growth. Working for the Department for Business and Trade (DBT), within the Investment team you will deliver tailored advice to Danish companies to support their planned investment in the UK.

Main purpose of job:

Drive Investment into the UK from Danish Companies and Capital Investors.

Roles and responsibilities:

The Senior Investment Advisor will maintain close relationships with key contacts within Danish companies with investment or potential to invest into the UK.
Deliver against DBT Denmark Investment objectives, help deliver towards overall DBT objectives as well post objectives working closely with colleagues across post.
The role will also be required to work closely with colleagues in the UK sector teams as well as colleagues across post. As part of the DBT Denmark team the role will also contribute to the wellbeing of the team and support colleagues as required.

Essential qualifications, skills and experience

Our Ideal Candidate Shows:

Fluency in English (C1) and Danish (B1) is a pre-requisite, according to the CEFR*;
Minimum 3 years work experience after graduation in business/finance/economics;
Minimum Bachelor degree;
Experience with account management either from a business or a trade promotion role;
Strong networking and communication skills.

Desirable qualifications, skills and experience

Nice to have:

Degree on Master level in business/finance/economics/politics;
Experience from working in a large complex organisation;
Experience from working with investment;
Strong Danish Business network, and understanding of Danish Business Environment.

Required behaviours

Communicating and Influencing, Managing a Quality Service, Seeing the Big Picture, Working Together

Application deadline

8 December 2024

Grade

Executive Officer (EO)

Type of Position

Full-time, Fixed Term

Working hours per week

Duration of Post

12 months

Region

Europe, Eastern Europe & Central Asia

Country/Territory

Denmark

Location (City)

Copenhagen

Type of Post

British Embassy

Number of vacancies

Salary Currency

DKK

Salary

DKK 51.450

Type of Salary

monthly

Start Date

1 March 2024

Other benefits and conditions of employment

What we offer:

This is a full-time, fixed-term contract, to cover a maternity leave period, until the current job-holder returns to the role. This is anticipated to be a duration of 12 months; subject to a 3-month probation period;

35-hours working week with a focus on work-life balance, this role is primarily office-based. Flexible working of 1-2 days may be possible, subject to line manager agreement. The job holder will be expected to travel 10-20 days/year.

British Embassy Copenhagen offers a wide range of training and development opportunities, and we strongly encourage a culture of learning and development. You will be able to develop your communications skills, and access wider in-house training and funding for Learning & Development courses, in agreement with your line manager;

You will be encouraged to be actively involved in the corporate life of the Embassy, contributing to wider objectives and supporting a positive working environment;
Private health insurance;
A mix of Danish & British Public holidays.

Interested?

Apply below. Please notice that this is the only way we accept applications. Uploads are not possible.
We look forward to receiving your application.

Additional information

The successful candidate will be subject to professional background check and security clearance.

The successful candidate must have pre-existing work authorisation for Denmark to apply.

Staff recruited locally by the British Embassy in Copenhagen are subject to Terms and Conditions of Service according to local Danish employment law.

Visa/Work Permit requirements: Candidates must currently hold the independent right to live and work in Denmark and be prepared to ensure that right remains throughout the scope of the contract.

Please note that it is Candidate’s responsibility to ensure they meet the legal requirements to live and work in this country.

The start date for the position is subject to the availability of the candidate and the length of the recruitment process.

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 the time zone for the country where the vacancy has arisen.

FCDO does not pay for travel related expense incurred in interviews (including Security Check) or accept any financial risk, including cancelation or reschedule costs. The FCDO will not meet the costs connected with relocation if offered a position.

*Please note for more information on the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages: Learning, Teaching, Assessment levels please click on the following link CEFR.

Please bear in mind in case you are invited for an interview your language skills are going to be assessed.

Please be aware that you will only be able to apply to vacancies for Country Based Staff roles with the British Government through this official tal.net site (operated by Oleeo). Jobs may be advertised on third party websites, however our adverts will always link back to the official tal.net site. If you complete and send an application through any other site, we will not receive it.

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