Senior Trade Policy Advisor

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

- 247229**Salary**:

- £34,425 - £44,033- National: £34,425 - £40,300; London: £38,158 - £44,033**Job grade**:

- Senior Executive Officer**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Business area**:

- DIT - Trade Negotiations: Trade Policy B**Type of role**:

- International Trade**Working pattern**:

- Full-time, Job share, Part-time, Shift Working**Number of jobs available**:

- 1Contents

Location

About the job

**Benefits**:
Things you need to know

Location
- Darlington, LondonAbout the job

**Job summary**:
Here at the Department for International Trade, we help British businesses sell their goods and services around the world. Our job is to make it easier for businesses to reach new customers and invest abroad, and fight for them when they have problems. Sound like something you’d like to be a part of?

We are recruiting a policy advisor to join our team at an exciting time. The UK has trade agreements with over 70 countries, covering £240 billion of UK trade. You will be providing policy support and advice for the implementation of trade agreements, as well as providing trade policy advice for various bilateral trade dialogues. You will also be helping to resolve the trade barriers that UK businesses face abroad, a programme of work worth more than £20 billion.

This role offers a unique opportunity to lead in shaping the UK’s investment policy and approach towards trade agreement implementation, as well as providing strategic support for free trade agreement (FTA) and multilateral negotiations - maximising the UK’s independent trade opportunities now that we have left the EU.

You will be working closely with colleagues across government to develop joined-up, evidence-based policy positions and deliver on the Government’s objective to secure UK and global prosperity. For those with an interest in working internationally, you will have the opportunity to represent the UK in engagements with a diverse range of partner countries and external stakeholders, with potential for overseas travel.

We're looking for people to join us who will be as enthusiastic as we are. We place a strong emphasis on learning and development and continuous improvement. Therefore, while previous trade policy or international experience is desirable, it is not required.

**Job description**:
You will be the policy lead for implementation within the investment policy team. As part of this you will be responsible for maintaining and improving the UK’s investment trading relationships with countries around the world.

Examples of responsibilities include:

- Supporting the delivery of trade dialogues, including implementation committees under the UK’s existing free trade agreements - ensuring UK trade and investment policy interests are represented.
- Working closely with colleagues across DIT to establish action plans for resolving market access barriers faced by UK investors in overseas markets.
- Building expertise on the UK’s existing investment trading agreements - ensuring the UK is compliant with its obligations, supporting reviews as to how agreements are working, and providing policy advice on any suggested amendments.
- Scoping potential opportunities with new trading partners - and considering what policy levers can be used to influence other countries’ investment policies.
- Intelligence gathering by maintaining strong relationships with UK and overseas Government networks, to maintain an up-to-date understanding of the trade and political contexts of partner countries.
- Overseeing strategy on DIT’s planned investment engagements, project managing multiple strands of work and prioritising the best use of policy time and resource.
- Drafting briefings and other materials for ministers and senior civil servants as required.

You will be expected to work flexibly across teams and tasks as business priorities evolve. There may be opportunities to line manage within the team.

**Hybrid working**

Please be aware that this role can only be worked from within the UK and not overseas.

Informal hybrid working arrangements will be available as agreed with the vacancy manager and in line with the requirements of the role.

Most DIT employees will be working a hybrid pattern, spending 2-3 days a week (pro rata) in an office, on average. If your office location is London, you will be eligible to receive London weighting.

**Vetting Requirements**

All security clearances require you to provide evidence of your UK footprint where you have been physically present in the UK.

The requirement for SC clearance is to have been present in the UK for at least 3 of the last 5 years.

If you require SC clearance you will need to provide evidence of the below requirements.

Checks will be made against:

- Departmental or company records (personnel files, staff reports, sick leave reports and security records)
- UK criminal records covering both spent and unspent criminal records
- Your