Head of International Investment Negotiations and Policy

3 weeks ago

Salford, Salford, United Kingdom Department for Business and Trade Full time
Job Summary

The Department for Business and Trade is seeking a highly skilled and experienced professional to lead the multilateral branch of the Investment Team. This exciting role will be responsible for managing an ambitious programme of work that spans multiple international organisations, including the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), World Trade Organisation (WTO), and the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL).

Key Responsibilities
  • Lead UK delegations at the WTO, UN, and OECD to negotiate and discuss technical areas of international investment policy.
  • Develop informed and nuanced approaches to negotiations, policy, and international engagement, drawing upon evidence as well as big-picture diplomatic priorities.
  • Maintain a long-term view of the multilateral programme, ensuring that deadlines set by international organisations are honoured through flexible team resource management.
  • Forge active, collaborative relationships with other government departments, the Devolved Administrations, and the Crown Dependencies to ensure that their interests are represented in our multilateral negotiations programme.
  • Provide line management and leadership to a team of policy experts, ensuring that their priorities are represented across DBT and HMG.
Requirements
  • A strong aptitude for organisation and planning that enables you to work across multiple demanding priorities.
  • Experience in line management, leadership, and developing others.
  • Confidence to represent the UK internationally based upon international experience, ideally in multilateral or plurilateral fora.
  • An understanding of how to develop trade policy and prepare negotiation strategies.
  • Effective and persuasive communication skills, able to adapt to a wide range of audience including government, private sector, and foreign partners.
  • An eye for big-picture strategy and international relations, understanding how priorities across HMG as well as the priorities of other governments impact your work.
  • A track record of successful partnering to achieve complex policy outcomes.
Desirable Criteria
  • Knowledge or understanding of international investment law.
  • Ability to engage with international partners in any of the other languages commonly used in international organisations besides English (mostly French and Spanish, but also Arabic, Chinese, and Russian).
Benefits
  • Salary of £53,560.
  • Contribution towards pension scheme.
  • Learning and development opportunities.
  • Flexible working options.
  • Inclusive and diverse work environment.

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