British High Commission Jobs in Kenya - Sector Advisor and Market Access Officer
British High Commission Jobs in Kenya - Sector Advisor and Market Access Officer
About the Department:Home to five of the world’s fastest growing economies, Africa’s GDP could double between 2015 and 2030. Yet for too many Africans, this prosperity – and the improvements to education, health and security that come with it – still feel distant.
In a global world, this is a global challenge: by 2050 a quarter of the world’s population will live in Africa.
We want to support the development of strong, prosperous and peaceful African nations, and we are listening when African leaders tell us they want modern partnerships that deliver mutual benefit.
This is why the UK is making a new and distinctive offer to work alongside, invest in, and partner with African nations. By supporting African-led ambitions with British expertise, we can deliver more opportunities, more jobs and greater stability – both at home and for our African partners – from the Sahel to South Africa.
The UK government has radically committed to expanding its presence in Africa.
These roles are part of this uplift – the most significant and long-term increase in HMG staff across the continent in a generation – and offer applicants the opportunity to help shape this new, long-term UK partnership for prosperity and stability with Africa.
You will join the Department for International Trade’s Africa network. This is an exciting time to join, as we expand our resources and ambition to deliver on the objectives set out by the UK govenment. This role will provide crucial leadership and expertise to enable the expansion.
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 to our shores. 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.
Main Purpose of Role
Your role will have two elements:
The position will work to increase the overall value of trade and investment to Kenya by working to deliver the benefits of the President’s Big 4 agenda through analysing the sectors, supply and value chains that will be essential to deliver the success of that strategy.
Working closely with the wider DIT cross HMG team in Kenya by tackling barriers faced by business seeking to access the market.
The position will support and enhance cross government efforts to drive the Prosperity agenda forward in Kenya.
Your role will be partially funded from UK Official Development Assistance (ODA). This reflects your main objective as poverty reducation and driving economic growth in Kenya, enabled by private sector led growth.
Roles and Responsibilities
Intensive research and networking with government and business to scope and deliver on trade and investment opportunities across the Big 4 Agenda: Affordable Housing; Universal Healthcare; Manufacturing and Food Security
Develop priorities for engagement in collaboration with colleagues in DIT, DFID and FCO.
Contribute to the development of strategies working within and across traditional sectors to maximise the opportunities for business to engage in the value chains represented by developments across the Big 4.
Outreach to exporters, importers and investors to monitor and identify the challenges faced by companies trying to access the Kenya market (e.g. local content requirements, customs clearance procedures, intellectual property issues). Understand the scale and impact of those barriers, including the Government of Kenya’s motivations for introducing them.
Develop and manage HMG’s response to these challenges by working with colleagues in DIT, the FCO and DFID. Prioritise barriers and devise strategies to overcome them through a mixture of different instruments (lobbying, technical assistance, high level interventions, etc).
Feed into centrally run systems aiming to bring coherence into DIT’s work into Market Access barriers (the Digital Market Access Service)
Develop networks with key partners to get a deeper understanding of Kenya’s regulatory bodies having a bearing on trade and investment.
In line with DIT’s Regional Trade Plan you will contribute to the strategic direction across trade,
inward investment, trade policy and market access work streams and ensure the, Trade Commissioner, her Deputies, the Sector and Country Director(s) have the insight and support they need to maximise the impact of DIT’s strategy for Kenya;
You will also advise the High Commissioner on commercial matters to ensure a strong alignment with the business priorities.
You will lead on sector priorities, as determined by the Country Director, to ensure it is focused on clear business objectives to maximise our impact and effect.
You will work closely with UK and Kenyan businesses and business support organisations to mobilise business behind the opportunities you and the team have identified.
Essential Qualifications, Skills and Experience
Given this is a new function, you will be breaking new ground doing this is for the first time.
You will need to be a self-starter who can seize the initiative and lay out their strategy for achieving the objectives laid out in the job description.
Excellent drafting skills in English, and absolute fluency of written and spoken English is a prerequisite.
Postgraduate degree and/or undergraduate degree and other professional qualification.
At least five years professional experience.
Knowledge of, and a keen interest in, sustainable development.
Desirable qualifications, Skills and Experience
Client facing experience, for example with a professional services business. (managing businesses, understanding issues and pursuing strategies together)
Experience of working in the public sector
Understanding of the trade policy / market access space
Learning and development opportunities (and any specific training courses to be completed):
The successful applicant will have access to a range of Learning and Development opportunities with in-house and e-learning, with the potential for overseas training.
From time to time there will be requirements to assist other teams within the Department, working with other members of the team to build overall experience through delivery of training and awareness sessions.
Members of staff are entitled to paid annual leave, which is earned, from the day they commence employment. Entitlements are as follows:
In addition to annual leave, the BHC normally observes no fewer than 9 and no more than 14 Kenyan and British public and religious holidays in a year.
These vary from year to year and are at the discretion of the High Commissioner. A list of holidays is published each year.
[Additional information
Please complete the application form in full as the information provided is used during screening.
Please check your application carefully before you submit, as no changes can be made once submitted.
The British High Commission will never request any payment or fees to apply for a position.
Employees recruited locally by the British High Commission in Nairobi are subject to Terms and Conditions of Service according to local employment law in Kenya.
It is essential that the applicants already have the right to live and work in Kenya without the need to apply for a work permit
Employees who are not eligible to pay local income tax: e.g. certain third-country nationals and spouses/partners of UK diplomats will have their salaries abated by an equivalent amount.
Information about the Foreign and Commonwealth Office Competency Framework can be found on this link: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/civil-service-competency-framework Please note: Job grade AA=A1, AO=A2, EO=B3, HEO=C4, SEO=C5
Reference checking and security clearances will be conducted on successful candidates.
Please log into your profile on the application system on a regular basis to review the status of your application.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should apply online by 31st July 2019
For more information and job application details, see; British High Commission Jobs in Kenya - Sector Advisor and Market Access Officer
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