View Vacancy – Senior Trade Advisor – International Markets France (FRA24.145)

Who we’re:

The British Embassy in Paris is a part of a world-wide community, representing British political, financial and consular pursuits abroad. It’s also a part of the UK’s France Community, together with places of work in Lyon, Bordeaux and Marseilles and illustration to worldwide organisations in Paris (OECD and UNESCO) and Strasbourg (CoE).The British Embassy is at present in search of a Senior Commerce Advisor.

Why you must apply:

Are you interested by a profession in worldwide commerce?

Would you wish to make an influence in a fast-moving, high-profile worldwide surroundings?

We’re in search of an enterprising crew member with business expertise to hitch the UK’s Division for Enterprise and Commerce (DBT) crew on the British Embassy in Paris.

Our setting

• Client items, enterprise providers, manufacturing – you identify it. UK firms and merchandise are extremely regarded and wanted in Europe for his or her high quality and innovation. With the help of DBT, hundreds of UK firms uncover new markets and alternatives yearly. We’re in search of a brand new crew member to help these firms within the French market.

• As Commerce Adviser for the Export Assist Service – Worldwide Markets (ESS IM) you’ll help excessive potential British exporters entry and win enterprise in France. On this position you’ll lead a crew of two commerce advisors protecting business and market entry enquiries, in addition to supporting UK exporters overcome market entry limitations. A core component of the position will probably be to ship sensible help to UK firms. It will embrace researching market and sector data, figuring out companions who can present in-market illustration and figuring out purchasers.

• You’ll handle enquiries from UK exporters on market potential, market illustration, purchasers and challenges firms face in accessing the French market. The job holder will talk excessive worth alternatives to UK exporters and work proactively to determine upcoming adjustments in laws or observe to make sure UK firms are ready to cope with these.

• Additionally, you will search to develop networks of economic and governmental companions (e.g. customs authorities and legislators) in France in addition to non-public sector suppliers of economic providers. As with all DBT positions, there will probably be a give attention to working collaboratively with colleagues throughout DBT France, together with sectoral leads, in addition to wider Embassy colleagues specialising in key areas of curiosity comparable to customs and enterprise coverage.

• DBT’s mission in Europe is to enhance market entry for companies, champion free and truthful commerce, and encourage commerce and funding between the UK and Europe. That is important to our economies, supporting hundreds of thousands of jobs, driving financial development, elevating wages and enhancing residing commonplace throughout the globe, while on the similar time selling wider targets like tackling local weather change and enhancing financial safety. For extra details about DBT’s targets, see here.

Our supply

• On the British Embassy in Paris you’ll work in a pleasant and welcoming worldwide surroundings with a wonderful crew spirit. As a valued member of our crew we’re supplying you with the possibility to shortly take possession, accountability and develop.  The DBT crew in France includes 30 individuals in Paris, Lyon and Bordeaux. The crew works with each French buyers and British firms doing enterprise in France throughout the primary enterprise sectors of the financial system.

•  Reporting to the DBT France Commerce Coverage Lead, you’ll help a few of the UK’s highest potential exporters of their ambition to develop within the French market.

•  As a part of the DBT crew, you should have the chance to work with colleagues throughout 33 markets in Europe, in addition to with groups in London and throughout the UK.

• On this position you’ll handle two (2) employees members and will be capable to present steerage and recommendation by seeing the larger image through which the crew’s work matches. As such, this position presents a wonderful alternative to construct upon your management expertise, in addition to develop your individual community of trade contacts.

The position encompasses:

Supporting UK exporters by offering, steerage, data and perception as a part of the ESS IM Europe crew – together with modern small firms, entrepreneurs and Medium Sized Companies, in coordination with export groups throughout DBT France. 

With the help of your crew figuring out and monitoring key developments within the French market, and produce collaterals that can be utilized to tell and upskill UK exporters.

Main the event of key relations with business companions and French authorities to be able to greatest serve UK exporters.

Working intently with the ESS-IM Europe Hub in Prague to make sure open communication channels and broader consciousness of the French market and its alternatives to enterprising companies exploring their potential attain throughout Europe.

Working collaboratively with DBT France and British Embassy Paris groups to grasp legislative and political developments that might influence UK exporters’ pursuits and help the work to proactively handle these.

Serving to create and preserve sturdy and mutually useful relationships with DBTs export help community within the UK to determine, goal and have interaction a pipeline of excessive potential purchasers. Contribute to efforts to speak alternatives within the French market by management for an imaginative promotional programme.

Line administration of two Commerce Advisor colleagues together with setting targets and strategic route for the ESS-IM available in the market.