Job Description

Job Description (Roles and Responsibilities)

Main purpose of job:

You will be part of a dynamic, energised team in the UK Mission to ASEAN, responsible for the delivery of a strategic series of engagements with the ASEAN Economic Community. Primarily, you will be responsible for the delivery of the main, set-piece engagements with the ASEAN Economic Community through the year. You will ensure these engagements represent the full range of UK support to ASEAN and showcase UK expertise, working across the UK Government and with UK business. You will hold the relationship with the ASEAN Secretariat through the design and delivery of the events. You will use your policy expertise to ensure the content of the events align with UK strategic interests and deliver for UK economic, trade and commercial interest in ASEAN.

In addition, you will support the wider team in the design and delivery of sector-specific strategies with ASEAN, advising colleagues across Southeast Asia on how to make the most impact with ASEAN and see the best outcomes for the UK through the portfolio of work.

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

• Deliver the 4 set piece engagements with the ASEAN Economic Community through the year, ensuring they deliver for UK trade objectives and showcase UK trade and commercial expertise across a range of sectors. You should design the UK’s involvement so that the events are a platform to raise key areas of interest with the UK to improve the trading environment for the UK. You will work with stakeholders from across government and the private sector, including UKABC. The set piece events are:
• UK-ASEAN Business Forum
• ASEAN Senior Economic Officials – UK Meeting
• ASEAN Economic Ministers – UK Consultation
• UK presence at the ASEAN Business and Investment Summit
• Each year, understand the Priority Economic Deliverables of the ASEAN Chair country and advise colleagues on how to ensure UK activity under the ASEAN Economic Community delivers for the priorities.
• Drive forward UK government engagement for key sectors with ASEAN with the purpose of addressing UK commercial interests and market access barriers for UK businesses in Southeast Asia.
• Design the strategy with policy experts, advising on how to make the most impact with ASEAN and building relationships with ASEAN stakeholders.
• Support the delivery of highly impactful policy engagement and events, showcasing UK expertise and UK businesses.
• Conduct detailed and strategic assessment of ASEAN strategies and development of ASEAN policy, advising where this presents opportunities and challenges for HMG to influence ASEAN for the benefit of UK business. Such assessments should be action oriented, considering the bigger picture.

The exact coverage of the role will need to respond to the asks on the team at the time of commencement and you should open to change and flexibility.

Essential qualifications, skills and experience

• Fluent English (spoken and written)
• Understanding of ASEAN and the ASEAN Secretariat, including structures.
• Knowledge of economic and trade policy areas and issues, including market access.
• Excellent written and spoken communication skills.
• Approaches work in a collaborative style, bringing colleagues across the region with you.
• Fosters strong working relationships with external stakeholders.
• Ability to develop and execute strategic planning, with clear and tangible outcomes, collaborating with a range of stakeholders to strict deadlines.
• Open to be flexible as the bigger picture changes.
• Experience of delivering impactful events, working with multiple stakeholders, ideally across countries and including the private sector.
• Strong skills in MS Word, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint and Teams
• Ability to travel within Indonesia and across ASEAN

Desirable qualifications, skills and experience

• Previous experience working with ASEAN.
• Awareness of UK government structures and process.

Required competencies Making Effective Decisions, Delivering at Pace, Leadership, Communicating and Influencing Application deadline Application deadline - day Application deadline - month Application deadline - year 19 April 2022 Grade Higher Executive Officer (HEO) 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 24,239,195 Start Date Start Date - day Start Date - month Start Date - year 6 June 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.

Learning and development opportunities:

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.

The Department for International Trade and UK Government are passionate about developing our staff. We have a wide learning and development offer available to staff to help develop the skills they need.

You will enter an environment where your development goals and long term career interests are supported.

Additional information

Please note that the deadline for applications is 23:55 on the day mentioned in the above field “Application deadline”.

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