Deputy Sector Director
3 days ago
Job Description (Roles and Responsibilities)
The Department of International Trade at the British Embassy in Cairo has a vacancy for a **Deputy Sector Director - AgriTech**, job grade, Higher Executive Officer (HEO).
This is an exciting time to join the Department for International Trade (DIT). Our aim is to promote British trade and investment across the world, which is vital for the prosperity of the UK. DIT brings together policy, promotion and financial expertise to break down barriers to trade and investment in markets across the world to help businesses succeed. This is a great opportunity to be part of an international team that contributes to the success of the UK's trade goals.
The Department for International Trade (DIT) is the Trade Promotion and Negotiation Organisation for the UK. We promote UK businesses overseas and attract foreign investment. We have 3,000 staff across the globe in over 100 countries. Our aspiration is to address some of the challenges facing the UK, by helping British businesses to internationalise and grow overseas.
You will join the DIT’s Africa network, providing crucial leadership and expertise as part of our expansion. You will be networked closely with colleagues from across HMG working on prosperity issues as DIT can only successfully deliver our commercial ambitions by working seamlessly as part of joint and coordinated prosperity teams alongside the Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO).
**Main duties and responsibilities**:
- You will be responsible for supporting and delivering DIT Africa’s Sector work on agriculture. This will include every aspect of agricultural production and processing but with a particular emphasis on agricultural technology and investment.
- You will work closely with the sector director, country directors and country teams to drive the implementation of a pan-Africa sector plan focussed on outcomes and with clear priorities, goals, milestones and deliverables. You will organise sector focussed events, follow up with key buyers and with UK companies, and drive closer teamwork with our country teams, helping them to understand and access expertise on UK capability. You will ensure we have a clear understanding of the interests of major UK firms active in Africa, shared with country teams. You will ensure our pipeline of key projects reflects key upcoming opportunities, working with our country teams to do this. You will help drive teamwork, drawing on your inputs and research, to ensure all members of our pan-Africa Sector Team are working in close alignment. You will work together with UK and African stakeholders across government, the private sector and sector bodies and associations to advance UK interests.
- You will support our strong programme of relationship management with major UK companies in the sector.
- You will provide analysis of their key interest in potential leads and on the market access barriers they may face.
- You will use your own experience of business to secure value-adding and enhancing services for UK business among the DIT Africa team. You will help to drive forward our work in this key sector, helping country teams in DIT Africa to find new opportunities, develop new leads and deals, help build solutions to resolve problems, and win export and or investment.
- You will support a strategic relationship management approach for the top African producers and firms, and the same for our UK companies working to support agriculture.
- The above list is not exhaustive and the jobholder will be required to be flexible and take on other ad hoc tasks as required. The job description may be reviewed to meet changes in business needs._
**Key behaviours**:
- ** Leadership** - Show pride and passion for public service. Create and engage others in delivering a shared vision. Value difference, diversity and inclusion, ensuring fairness and opportunity for all.
- ** Working Together**:
- Form effective partnerships and relationships with people both internally and externally, from a range of diverse backgrounds, sharing information, resources and support.
- ** Managing a Quality Service** - Deliver service objectives with professional excellence, expertise and efficiency, taking account of diverse customer needs.
- ** Making Effective Decisions** - Use evidence and knowledge to support accurate, expert decisions and advice. Carefully consider alternative options, implications and risks of decisions.
Essential qualifications, skills and experience
- Excellent communication skills in English and Arabic, both written and spoken. Able to express ideas and messages clearly and concisely, both orally and in written communication;
- Postgraduate degree or undergraduate degree and other relevant professional qualification or experience.
- At least three (3) years’ experience working in an agritech or trade and investment field or similar.
- Proven track record of cross-team collaboration.
- A positive, resilie
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