Main purpose of job: Background: Based in the British Deputy High Commission in Mumbai or the British High Commission in Delhi, this role is an exciting opportunity to work with business and government in an international setting, leading significant aspects of our Professional Services work within an India-wide trade promotion team. The role will work most closely with our Department for Business and Trade, which secures UK and global prosperity by promoting and financing international trade and investment, and championing free trade, and negotiating a Free Trade Agreement with India. It will also connect to a wider team working to unlock market access barriers and advance the bilateral relationship through dialogues and capacity building. The UK is a global leader in Professional and Business Services. It is an important sector for the UK-India trading relationship. The team covers professional services sectors such as legal services, accountancy and audit and consultancy with a particular focus on clean growth, and supports UK professional services professional bodies and qualifications providers. This is an area with plenty of opportunity for India and UK collaboration. - The incumbent will be expected to focus specifically on developing a pipeline of UK export projects, wider market development and marketing and support for regulatory dialogues in sub-sectors such as legal services, accountancy and audit and clean growth focused services and supported by the First Secretary - Trade in Mumbai. - As a Senior Trade Officer, you will be responsible for leading and effectively delivering events, strategies and activities in Mumbai/Delhi and across India for the sector. You will also be responsible for establishing and maintaining relations with companies and trade associations. The job entails working closely with and supporting your colleagues in the wider team including on high profile visits across the network. - You will bring with you, or demonstrate how you would quickly acquire, an in-depth knowledge of the sector, ideally both in the UK and India. You will support a strategy based on this knowledge to turn the long-term potential of the sector into a pipeline of opportunities for UK business.\ - To do so, you will identify and build relationships within the sector and build a pipeline of validated projects for UK business, particularly large or high-value deals which would require UK government support or involvement to win. You will then work with the DBT sector team in the UK and in other markets to bring UK companies to India and support them to win business, delivering towards the UK government's commercial targets and wider trade objectives. - You will identify opportunities to work with professional services firms as partners in other sectors to support UK exporters in India, in particular the support for UK SMEs through the Export Support Service. You will also work with Trade Policy Team colleagues in New Delhi to influence the regulatory environment in India. - Your role will be high profile and with responsibility. You will be a voice for the UK government and industry in the sector; you will be expected to gain access to the most senior levels within Indian industry and government if necessary using the British High Commissioner to India, His Majesty's Trade Commissioner, Deputy Trade Commissioner and other senior staff throughout India. - You will be a self-starter who can demonstrate a long-term objective; plan and manage a delivery model; identify, grow and make effective use of stakeholders. You will work with trade colleagues in India and DBT colleagues in the UK and elsewhere, with other UK government colleagues within the British High Commission, the UK Ministry of Justice, as well as external partners such as Indian government(s), business and other multipliers (trade associations, etc.). Roles and responsibilities / what will the jobholder be expected to achieve? Market development and Business opportunities (50%) - Create, validate, plan and deliver a strategy for enhancing the bilateral trading relationship within the Professional Services sector, with a focus on clean growth and services supporting climate adaptation and resilience. - Identify, validate and deliver a pipeline of projects and opportunities; plan and deliver activities to connect UK business to these opportunities and provide bespoke support to UK companies to win business. In doing so, meet the South Asia trade team's internal targets (trade policy, strategic relationship management business wins, return on investment and customer satisfaction/quality). - With the trade and UK exports team, build and manage senior level relationships with companies, government departments, trade associations and multipliers in the UK and India. - Research and Identify high-value export opportunities for the UK companies, support UK companies to get access to these opportunities and win significant contracts in India. - Assist UK companies to increase exports to and invest in India, find new partners and safeguard investments; and identify new opportunities. - Support overseas direct investments from UK companies in India. - Work in close coordination with various stakeholders such as the wider trade and UK network in India, DBT teams in HQ, International Trade Advisers, senior-decision makers of professional services companies in the UK and India, and various departments of Government at the State and Central levels to deliver trade sector campaign and wider UK Government objectives. - Represent the team at various meetings. Market Access and Policy Support (20%): - Work with trade policy and market access colleagues to overcome trade barriers being faced by UK companies. - Support the India team liaising with leads in other teams on key dialogues, particularly on legal services. Marketing and Communications (10%): - Lead on marketing, press and communication activities for the sector including creating of core scripts and pitch packs for the sectors, as also work closely with the Strategic Relationship Management team to lead on sector specific relationship management. Delegations, events and Ministerial Visits (20%): - Support UK business delegations visiting India and Indian business delegations visiting the UK by organising various events and meetings. - Support senior managers, including UK Ministers, HM Trade Commissioner and other senior management, providing them with high-quality briefing and advice with an aim to strengthen relationships with senior local contacts and further facilitate towards achieving the objectives of the team and DBT. - Lead and effectively deliver events and activities based in Mumbai/Delhi and across India. To be successful: - You will have an in depth understanding of the professional services sector - knowledge of both in India and the UK context and a strong network on the ground would be preferred. You will use your good analytical skills to apply this to identifying significant market opportunities for UK business and then supporting them to turn these in to opportunities. - You will need to be strategically aware to identify emerging opportunities in the sector, as well as relevant trends in the UK and emerging potential exports and investments into India. - You will have strong interpersonal skills and be capable of setting the direction for yourself and those around you, gaining their trust and respect - while working within a virtual team located across India. - You will have experience of developing productive relationships with senior decision-makers, stakeholders and partners, and of using these to deliver your objectives. - You will need to be collaborative and flexible, and able to manage yourself and the demands on you. - You will have good project management skills to deliver campaigns; and excellent English written and verbal communication skills. You will be expected to produce written work in to a high standard.

Delhi

Mumbai

British High Commission - Senior Trade Advisor 

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