Job Description

Job Description (Roles and Responsibilities)

Main purpose of job:

This is an exciting time to join the UK’s Department for International Trade (DIT). Our aim is to secure UK and global prosperity by promoting and financing international trade and investment, and championing free trade. DIT works to help business succeed by:

• Delivering a new trade policy framework for the UK
• Promoting British trade and investment across the world
• Building the global appetite for British goods and services

This role will support the DIT Communications and Events Manager to deliver planned events and activities and provide support to DIT team to ensure all DIT initiatives and activities are successfully communicated to stakeholders.

Roles and responsibilities / what will the jobholder be expected to achieve?:

• Support the DIT Communications and Events Manager to deliver DIT Indonesia marketing and communication activities in partnership with DIT sector advisers, the embassy media and communications team, and marketing colleagues in both the region and UK.
• Support the DIT Communications and Events Manger to deliver an annual programme of sector and corporate events, and VIP/senior official visits, working in partnership with DIT sector advisers and colleagues across the Embassy and local delivery partner. Specific responsibilities include: campaign and event coordination, logistics, validating the invitee contact details, sending invites and managing RSVPs, budgeting, event collaterals, managing briefing packs, etc.
• Working with the DIT team and its partners, including banks, consultancies and trade associations to deliver joint events and activities which progress targets and objectives.
• Support on content development of marketing collaterals and working with sector advisers to produce: sector propositions for UK companies on the opportunities and challenges of working in Indonesia, DIT content on Indonesia website, DIT Indonesia case studies and successful stories and other DIT Indonesia marketing collaterals
• Working in partnership with sector teams and our delivery partners to bid for marketing budget, including planning and monitoring of marketing activities.
• Support the DIT Communications and Events Manager on implementing the DIT brand on all marketing collaterals and communications activities and ensuring colleagues are aware of marketing and branding guidelines
• Support the DIT Communications and Events Manager on developing content, posting messages on DIT social media channels; and working in partnership with the embassy’s Media and Communications team in contributing to embassy social media content.

Learning and development opportunities:

The DIT Communications & Events Support Officer will gain a broad range of trade and investment experience which he/she can use to further progress their career within DIT.

We are passionate about developing our staff and we have a comprehensive self-led programme to help our staff develop the skills they need.

This high-quality and consistent programme targets the key skills needed to deliver our strategic goals and bring higher-value trade & investment to the UK. It combines the relationship management and business development skills which are specific to trade & investment work with knowledge of our sectors and the UK offer and the core skills which underpin delivering for the UK Government.

This is a 2-year fixed-term position; with possibility of extension.

Essential qualifications, skills and experience

• At least 3 years’ event management experience, including planning, budgeting, produce briefing, logistics, liaise with suppliers, produce marketing collaterals, branding, etc.
• At least 1 year’s copywriting experience (writing, editing, proof-checking and maintaining a consistent style and tone throughout the materials)
• Fluent in written and spoken English and Bahasa Indonesia.
• Editorial requirements include content structure and categorisation, content development, content source and research.
• Pro-active and detail oriented with an ability to develop high quality content ideas and insights
• Understand the basic best practices of the main social media channels, which content and approaches work on each and why

Language requirements:

• Language: Fluent written and spoken Indonesian and English

Desirable qualifications, skills and experience

• Prior working experience with internal trade organisations, trade publications, consultancies, will be an advantage.
• Understanding of government ways of working and the UK PLC offer.

Required competencies Collaborating and Partnering, Achieving Commercial Outcomes, Managing a Quality Service, Delivering at Pace Application deadline Application deadline - day Application deadline - month Application deadline - year 16 February 2022 Grade A2 (L) Type of Position Fixed Term, Full-time Working hours per week 39.5 Duration of Post 24 months Region Asia Pacific Country/Territory Indonesia Location (City) Jakarta Type of Post British Embassy Number of vacancies 1 Salary Currency IDR Salary IDR 8,421,732 Start Date Start Date - day Start Date - month Start Date - year 4 April 2022 Other benefits and conditions of employment

The British Embassy/Consulate offers a competitive remuneration package including:

• Annual leave entitlement of 25 days per year
• Medical benefit (medical insurance)
• Access to extensive learning and development opportunities

No accommodation or relocation expenses are payable in connection with this position.

Employment offers are subject to successful clearance of pre-employment checks. In relation to this, the successful candidate will need to arrange for his/her own Police Certificate.

The Embassy has an active L&D Committee which works hard to provide a comprehensive L&D offer. There are a wide range of options available for personal development including training courses, coaching and mentoring, job-shadowing, presentations and learning sets. Staff have access to a wide variety of online resources through the Diplomatic Academy and Civil Service Learning. Staff are strongly encouraged to take advantage of all the available opportunities. The job-holder will be required to take some specific training courses related to their role. All new staff undertake a workplace induction and there are a number of mandatory e-learning courses covering areas such as diversity, health and safety, and information management.

Additional information

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 considered to be the time zone for the country where the vacancy has arisen.

The start date mentioned in the job advert is a tentative start date and the successful candidate will be required to undergo security vetting procedures. Any offer of employment will be subject to the candidate achieving suitable clearances.

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