British High Commission
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International, Commonwealth and Growth Workplace (Coverage & Political roles)
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Financial and Prosperity
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Most important function of job:
This function leads the economics portfolio on the British Excessive Fee (BHC) Singapore.
We’re on the lookout for an skilled economist and proactive self-starter to guide the UK’s engagement with Singapore on a spread of fascinating and high-profile financial coverage points. The jobholder sits within the Economics, Monetary, Commerce and Mental Property Coverage and Programming staff, and can working intently with groups throughout the BHC and UK different Missions throughout SE Asia to ship on our bold financial aims.
Along with being a core a part of the British Excessive Fee staff, the job holder will play an vital function within the Southeast Asia Financial and Commerce Coverage Community, utilizing their engagement in Singapore to help the supply of the UK’s bold financial agenda in Southeast Asia.
The jobholder will be a part of an present staff of financial, commerce coverage and mental property advisers primarily based in diplomatic missions all through the area, offering the chance for wider cross-team working.
Roles and duties / what’s going to the jobholder be anticipated to realize:
1. Bilateral engagement (80%)
A. Develop, progress and lead UK-Singapore financial coverage cooperation
- Lead UK-Singapore financial coverage cooperation. Consists of:
- Advocate for shared approaches in mild of worldwide macroeconomic developments, creating mechanisms to coordinate coverage approaches.
- Use experience to deepen UK-Singapore financial collaboration. Reply in an agile method to new alternatives and challenges throughout a variety of financial coverage areas; together with on financial safety (e.g., provide chains, strategic sectors, funding safety, sanctions coverage) and financial growth.
- Drive UK engagement with the Singaporean authorities on financial points.
- Work with the Division for Enterprise and Commerce (DBT), Commerce Coverage and Science and Innovation groups to make sure that our financial coverage work is absolutely aligned with UK prosperity objectives in Singapore, and unlock regulatory and different boundaries to commerce. Interact UK enterprise and trade on the financial implications of developments, as essential.
B. Working in partnership with the Excessive Commissioner, the Regional Director for the Southeast Asia Economics Community and different senior colleagues throughout the Excessive Fee, lead financial engagement with Singapore, together with by campaigns, set-piece occasions, visits and dialogues, guaranteeing the financial work of the Excessive Fee delivers UK authorities prosperity aims in Singapore:
- Construct and preserve an intensive community of contacts in authorities, academia, different embassies, and the personal sector to develop deeper partnerships and promote UK financial coverage aims in Singapore. This consists of:
- Main and growing relationships with Singapore authorities businesses together with: the Ministry of Finance (MOF) and Ministry of Commerce and Business (MTI) and the Financial Authority of Singapore (MAS).
- On the UK finish, along with the FCDO, the jobholder might be required to nurture and lead relationships with HM Treasury (HMT), the Division for Enterprise and Commerce (DBT) in addition to the FCDO and Cupboard Workplace.
- Construct up and develop relationships with organisations in SG, together with the IMF, ADB, AMRO, assume tanks, political threat consultancies and universities with presence in Singapore.
- Ship set-piece occasions, ministerial visits and dialogues. This consists of:
- Main on Ministerial and senior degree visits to Singapore from UK businesses together with HMT, FCDO and DBT.
- Supporting the supply of the UK-Singapore Financial and Enterprise Partnership (EBP), UK-Singapore Monetary Dialogue and the UK-Singapore Free Commerce Committee
- Characterize the UK in exterior engagements, together with with the Singapore authorities and trade.
C. Underpin bilateral coverage cooperation by high-quality financial evaluation of the Singapore economic system
- Produce high-quality evaluation of Singapore’s economic system, in addition to different rising points associated to Singapore. Coordinate and lead a cross-Mission view of the political economic system to supply reporting appropriate for a non-technical viewers.
- Ship financial briefings for senior UK authorities and trade stakeholders, together with forward of senior degree visits and for organisations just like the British Chamber of Commerce in Singapore.
2. Southeast Asia (20%)
Help the UK authorities’s regional financial agenda by affect and engagement of Singapore-based organisations in partnership with the Regional Director for the Southeast Asia Economics Community.
- Help the Regional Director on strategic areas of UK financial curiosity for the area, similar to regulatory diplomacy, growth finance and facilitate knowledge-sharing and upskilling throughout the regional community on these, presenting to seniors the place essential.
- Following the UK being awarded ASEAN Dialogue Companion standing in 2021; work intently with colleagues on the UK Mission to ASEAN to develop, drive and implement the UK’s bold financial agenda within the area. Present high-quality analytical and financial enter into bilateral and/or regional programming.
- Coordinate and contribute as required to financial reporting on Southeast Asia/ ASEAN, concentrating on a Whitehall viewers and supporting HMG efforts to enhance understanding of the ASEAN economic system. Consists of the manufacturing of the flagship Southeast Asia Financial Bulletin, in addition to advert hoc thematic items on topical financial points. Entails coordinating inputs from economists working in Southeast Asia Posts.
- Use financial evaluation to tell UK positions in direction of ASEAN on precedence points.
Assets managed (employees and expenditure):
You’ll job handle and be supported in your duties by an Financial and Commerce Coverage Officer (EO).
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- At the very least an undergraduate diploma in economics
- At the very least 5 years of expertise offering financial evaluation, recommendation and reporting in a comparable organisation.
- Robust quantitative evaluation abilities are important, together with familiarity with MS Excel.
- Wonderful English drafting abilities, means to draft at tempo a definite benefit
- Robust management abilities
- Good data of Singapore’s and extra broadly Southeast Asia’s financial, monetary, enterprise and political setting.
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- Earlier expertise of working in a global organisation could be a bonus.
- Earlier expertise working in Singapore or Southeast Asia is fascinating, present governmental relationships could be advantageous.
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Seeing the Huge Image, Delivering at Tempo, Management, Working Collectively
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30 April 2024
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Senior Govt Officer (search engine optimization)
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Full-time, Everlasting
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37.5
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Asia Pacific
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Singapore
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Singapore
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British Excessive Fee
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SGD
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9,091
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22 July 2024
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Advantages:
We provide a aggressive package deal, which incorporates primary wage of SGD 9,091 monthly and a beneficiant annual wage complement (as a part of complete assured remuneration) of an extra 2 months’ wage paid out in December every year, Central Provident Fund (CPF) cost in lieu for non-Everlasting Resident overseas nationals, 23-days annual go away entitlement and a medical health insurance plan. The essential wage is non-negotiable.
We now have a beneficiant go away supply together with: 23 days annual go away, growing to 25 after 5 years’ service, with the choice to hold over as much as 12 days into the following go away 12 months; 14 public holidays; beneficiant maternity and paternity go away; and childcare go away. We encourage volunteerism and supply as much as 3 days paid volunteer go away.
We provide medical insurance coverage to help employees with the excessive prices of healthcare in Singapore and periodic reimbursement for the price of eye assessments and alternative eye put on.
Studying and growth alternatives:
We provide time and monetary help for the profitable candidate to make the most of skilled studying and growth alternatives inside and out of doors of the organisation.
The BHC has an lively Studying & Growth Committee which works laborious to offer a complete L&D supply. There’s a variety of choices obtainable for private growth together with coaching programs, teaching and mentoring, job-shadowing, shows and studying units. Workers have entry to all kinds of on-line sources by the Worldwide Academy and Civil Service Studying. Workers are strongly inspired to make the most of all obtainable alternatives.
All new hires undertake a office induction and there are a selection of necessary e-learning programs that should be accomplished with the intention to cross probation.
Working Patterns:
Regular working hours are 37.5 per week. BHC Singapore helps and promotes versatile working as a vital a part of our inclusive providing.
Please observe that the Excessive Fee is presently working on the premise that each one employees will work from the workplace for no less than 60% of their time. The put up holder can also be prone to be required to work flexibly to employees in-person occasions and visits out of hours, topic to operational necessities. Versatile working hours and day off in lieu preparations apply in these circumstances.
Because of the nature of visits work, there might be occasional requires working exterior of the conventional hours. Day off in lieu might be taken to account for this.
Different info:
Along with the duties which this job usually entails, it’s possible you’ll infrequently be required to undertake further or different duties as essential to fulfill the wants of the Excessive Fee, together with enjoying a component within the company lifetime of the mission and supporting any disaster response.
No lodging or relocation bills are payable in reference to this place. You will need to have or be capable to acquire a neighborhood work allow which we are going to sponsor.
Workers recruited domestically by the British Excessive Fee are topic to phrases and situations of service in keeping with native Singapore employment legislation.
Employment affords are topic to profitable clearance of pre-employment checks. Solely short-listed functions might be referred to as for private interviews.
The British Excessive Fee is an equal alternatives employer and doesn’t discriminate on grounds of ethnic origin, race, spiritual beliefs, age, incapacity, gender or sexual orientation. Our values of Collaboration, Alternative, Respect and Excellence (CORE) are our guiding rules. We aspire to dwell our values persistently with the intention to make the British Excessive Fee a excellent spot to work the place employees really feel valued, supported and impressed to be their greatest. To be taught extra in regards to the Fee, watch Life at the British High Commission Singapore.
Please observe that each one profitable candidates might be anticipated to serve a minimal of 6 months of their new function earlier than being eligible to use for additional positions throughout the British Excessive Fee.
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Appointable candidates who have been unsuccessful could also be positioned on a ‘reserve record’. If throughout the reserve interval of 6 months the identical or a largely related function turns into obtainable, that function could also be supplied to the second or subsequent candidate.
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