Trade & Investment Coordinator

Job Title: Trade & Investment Coordinator

Salary: £34,210 - £38,160 (Grade C) £40,060 - £44,930 (Grade D)

Contractual Hours: 35 hours per week

Basis: Fixed Term/Secondment – 10 months (Maternity Cover)

Workplace category: Hybrid

The job requirements are detailed below. Where applicable the skills, qualifications and memberships required have also been included. Workplace role categories describe our approach to workplace attendance

Attachments: Job Information Pack

Do you have a talent for organisation, enjoy coordinating events, and want to contribute to the City of London's international engagement? We're looking for a Trade & Investment Coordinator to join our Trade & Investment team within the Innovation & Growth Directorate.

This role sits at the heart of the City's global trade and investment work — helping to promote the UK's financial and professional services sector and strengthen relationships with international markets. You'll play a vital part in ensuring the smooth delivery of our programmes, coordinating team activity, and supporting the delivery of high-profile visits, events and trade missions that showcase the City of London around the world.

In this role, you will:

• Support the planning and coordination of the team's work programme, ensuring activities are delivered efficiently and effectively.
• Provide administrative and logistical support, including diary management, meeting coordination, and the preparation of agendas, papers and minutes.
• Support on the coordination and delivery of events, visits and delegations, including managing logistics, liaising with venues and suppliers, and ensuring smooth delivery.
• Support the team's financial processes by raising purchase orders, managing invoices, and monitoring budgets.
• Maintain and improve systems for tracking performance metrics, budgets and project outcomes.
• Work collaboratively with colleagues to support the development of UK partner and international market plans.
• Liaise confidently with internal and external stakeholders, building positive working relationships to support the team's objectives.

We're looking for candidates who are:

• Highly organised, proactive, and able to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong communicators with excellent stakeholder management skills.
• Detail-oriented with experience in administrative coordination and event delivery.
• Comfortable working independently and as part of a team.
• Experienced in managing budgets, tracking expenses and supporting project delivery.

This is a unique opportunity to contribute directly to the City of London's international trade and investment work. You'll gain exposure to global stakeholders, high-profile events, and meaningful projects that support the UK's economic growth.

Please note we anticipate this the successful candidate to be in post from approximately 12 January 2026 – 31 October 2026.

Closing date:
12 noon on 18 November 2025

Interview Dates: TBC

If this role is advertised as a secondment, secondments are subject to the agreement of your department releasing you, therefore, you need to discuss this with your line manager prior to applying. The purpose of this will be to discuss what, if any, impact your secondment might have on the service and service delivery should your application be successful, and how this might be addressed.

The City of London Corporation is committed to Equal Opportunities and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.

We reserve the right to close the advert earlier should we receive a high number of applications.

Because our roles are so varied, we don't have a 'one size fits all' policy for workplace attendance. How many days a week you'll be required to attend your workplace will depend on the requirements of your role. It's important that you understand the requirements before applying to ensure you are able to meet them. We are committed to considering requests to work flexibly and job share. Requests will be considered by the recruiting manager in line with our policies and business needs.

For more information on our categories for workplace attendance, please view our guide here
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We will be reviewing this policy and approach at regular intervals to ensure we're meeting our attendance needs.