Senior Policy Advisors

6 days ago

London, United Kingdom Department for Business and Trade Full time

**Details**:
**Reference number**:

- 342698**Salary**:

- £39,384 - £46,715- National: £39,384 - £43,169; London: £43,007 - £46,715- A Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27%**Job grade**:

- Senior Executive Officer**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Business area**:

- DBT - DG TNG - Trade In Services & Investment - TPIN**Type of role**:

- Policy**Working pattern**:

- Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time, Compressed hours**Number of jobs available**:

- 2Contents

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- Belfast, Birmingham, Cardiff, Darlington, Edinburgh, London, SalfordAbout the job

**Job summary**:
The Department for Business and Trade (DBT) negotiates and implements trade agreements for the UK and promotes UK Trade and Investment around the world.

The Global Services Strategy team sits within the Trade in Services team. Our team aims to open up markets for UK suppliers, improve rules on services trade and support the growth and success of the UK’s services sector, including through the implementation of trade agreements.

We are recruiting two Trade in Services Senior Policy Advisors; one role will work primarily on resolving services market access barriers and implementing services commitments agreed in Free Trade Agreements (FTAs). With the other role focusing on the Departments trade in services strategy and engaging UK services businesses on their priorities and interests within the trade programme.

The first role will involve monitoring policy developments in partner countries around the world and subsequently developing and actioning strategies for tackling market access barriers as they arise.

The second role will focus on developing and delivering our trade in services strategy, this will involve reviewing and assessing the wider-teams approach to trade negotiations and subsequently making recommendations on issues such as prioritisation, trade-offs, and inter-linkages with other relevant policy areas.

We place a strong emphasis on learning and development. The successful applicants will receive a tailored induction programme, taking into account knowledge and experience.

**Job description**:

- Line management of one HEO.
- Identifying UK services interests and priority areas across an array of different countries.
- Formulate and deliver strategies for engaging and resolving market access barriers with priority countries and cooperating with relevant teams, UK embassies and other Departments in developing proposals (action plans) for their removal.
- Ensuring UK’s compliance with provisions of the relevant chapter in the implemented trade agreements and monitoring partner countries’ compliance.
- Contributing to strategic dialogues with partner countries, including in dedicated policy area meetings, as well as participation in meetings, when needed.
- Contributing to creating new opportunities for businesses, either through resolving market access barriers or implementing new commitments from trade agreements.
- Participating in trade negotiations.
- Developing and maintaining collaborative relationships with DBT teams, other Departments and Posts related to trade agreement implementation and market access.
- Drafting briefings, replies to Parliamentary Questions and other materials related to the respective policy areas in the context of trade agreement implementation and market access.
- Line management of one HEO.
- Support in the development and implementation of the team’s strategic approach, including reviewing negotiation priorities and utilisation of alternative policy tools to deliver against the teams’ wider objectives.
- Contributing to the Department-wide discussions on services policy, including the interplay between international and domestic policy.
- Supporting the development of the wider-teams evidence base, including engaging directly with analytical colleagues and academics.
- Oversee the trade in services engagement programme with business, devolved administration, academic and cross-Whitehall stakeholders.
- Building effective working relationships with key external services stakeholders, ensuring that the wider teams work is reflective of stakeholder feedback and evidence.
- Drafting briefings, replies to Parliamentary Questions and other materials related to the respective policy areas in the context of the team’s strategy and engagement approach.

**Person specification**:
**Essential Criteria**
- Experience working in an evidence-based policy development environment.
- An interest in, and understanding of, international trade and its political and economic context.
- Ability to understand a wider government perspective on developments to ensure activity is relevant and ensure plans reflect wider strategic priorities.
- Strong ability to work collaboratively within and across teams, the ability to build and maintain long lasting working relationship.
- Good strategic thi

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