International Trade Remedies Policy Lead
Department for Business and Trade
Apply before 11:55 pm on Friday 25th October 2024
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Job summary
DBT is recruiting for an interesting and challenging role as a G7 lead on all international trade remedy matters within a region, as well as leading various policy work. This role is a unique blend of leading international negotiations and representations, alongside driving forwards complex policy work. This role will require close collaboration with policy colleagues in DBT and across Whitehall, analysts and lawyers. Training and development will be offered and the opportunity to join the Policy and International Trade Profession. The role will equally see the post holder work across a dynamic team to refresh our approach to international trade remedies; and lead a variety of projects from managing our regional response to foreign trade remedies, expanding our international profile and handling complex and often geopolitical issues. The work associated with this role often attracts significant senior and Ministerial attention.
This is an exciting time to be joining DBT’s Trade Defence Directorate. Our mission is to ensure the UK is defended from unfair trade, market distortions and emerging threats to protect our economic prosperity and security. This role will play a key part in implementing trade remedies to protect UK business from injury caused by cases of dumping, unfair subsidies, and surges of imports.
The successful candidate will join a friendly, inclusive and proactive team. They will find opportunity to both better understand the UK trade policy landscape and build the Department’s domestic/international reputation. We look forward to welcoming you as part of our team.
Job description
The responsibilities of this role include:
- Leading on all elements of international trade remedies within one regional area.
- Leading UK negotiations on remedies in FTAs or other international discussions;
- Managing the UK response to foreign investigations against UK/industry in that region;
- Proactively engaging international partners to develop our relations and promote our vision for trade remedies;
- Driving forwards implementation of trade remedy agreements in that region.
- Developing strong and positive relations across DBT, Whitehall and with external stakeholders in particular with regional colleagues as well as other FTA negotiating areas.
- Working closely with your regional counterparts in the team as well as the wider Trade Remedies team, ensuring strategic and policy coherence across our work, domestic and international remedies policy, including our WTO policy positions.
- Leading development of international trade remedies policy which could include our strategic approach to engagement and representation in international fora.
- Working flexibly across Trade Remedies in line with the priorities of the wider team as the work of the Directorate expands.
- Line managing at least one SEO and one HEO as well as matrix managing other SEOs/HEOs in agile manner.
Person specification
Essential Criteria
This role will suit someone with excellent leadership skills to motivate others and ability to identify priorities for action to progress policy objectives. The post holder will also need outstanding communication and influencing skills, with the ability to manage and bring together a wide range of stakeholders with differing and conflicting views. As trade remedies is a high-profile and fast-paced environment, the post holder should demonstrate good evidence-based policy development and analysis skills with an ability to present policy options, showing good judgement and political understanding. The post holder will also be expected to show strong networking skills with the ability to persuade and influence others, whilst establishing collaborative relationships with a wide range of stakeholders, including ministers.
The post holder is expected to manage at least two members of the team but equally manage others outside their line management chain. They will need to effectively delegate and reprioritise work depending on upcoming deadlines and priorities, noting that the whole team works and supports each other closely to deliver. The successful candidate must hold or be willing to obtain SC security clearance and be willing to travel.
Desirable Criteria
- Experience of negotiating with international partners.
- Understanding of global trade.
Personal Attributes & Skills
The successful candidate will be comfortable working in an agile way across the team, reacting to emerging challenges and proactively engaging with them. They will be dynamic and confident representing the Trade Remedies team both internally, internationally and with external stakeholders.
Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
- Seeing the Big Picture
- Communicating and Influencing
- Making Effective Decisions
- Delivering at Pace
Benefits
- Learning and development tailored to your role
- An environment with flexible working options
- A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
- A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%
We recognise the challenges that people with (multiple) protected characteristics may experience on the job market and in their career progression. We are fully committed to being an inclusive employer and ensuring equal opportunities. We are keen to make our workforce as diverse as possible, and we hope to attract applications from underrepresented groups, including ethnic minorities, people with a disability, and people with gender diverse identities.
Please refer to the attached candidate pack for further information on our benefits.
Things you need to know
Selection process details
Interviews for this vacancy will be conducted virtually. We will, however, consider in-person interviews by exception.
Please ensure that you check your emails regularly as all updates from us will be sent to you this way.
To apply for this post, you will be asked to complete the following as part of the online application:
- A CV setting out your career history, with key responsibilities and achievements. Provide employment
history that relates to the essential criteria, and that any gaps in employment history within the last 2 years
are explained. The CV should not exceed more than 2 x A4 pages. - A Personal Statement of up to 750 words, explaining how you consider your personal skills, qualities and
experience provide evidence of your suitability for the role in reference to the essential criteria.
It is likely that the sift will take place 1-2 weeks after the closing date and interviews 3-5 weeks after the closing date, though this is subject to change.
In the event of a large number of applicants, an initial short sift will be conducted on the Personal Statement.
Candidates who pass the initial sift may be progressed to a full sift or progressed straight to assessment/interview.
Reasonable Adjustments
We are committed to supporting candidates so they can perform at their best throughout the recruitment process. This includes making reasonable adjustments to our process. In order to request an adjustment:
Complete the ‘Assistance required’ section on the ‘Additional requirements’ page of your application form to tell us what changes or help you might need further on in the recruitment process.
Alternatively contact the Government Recruitment Service at DBTrecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk as soon as possible before the closing date to discuss your needs.
If you are experiencing accessibility problems with any attachments on this advert, please contact the email address in the 'Contact point for applicants' section.
Candidate Support
You may want to join a virtual Candidate Support Session. These sessions include helpful tips and advice on the recruitment process, from application to interview.
Please see attached Candidate Pack for further information on: Diversity and Inclusion; Benefits; Learning and Development; Working Patterns and what we deliver as a department.
Further Information:
- A reserve list may be held for a period of 12 months from which further appointments can be made. Reserve Lists will be for each location and appointments made in merit order based on location preferences.
- Any move to the Department for Business and Trade from another employer will mean you can no longer access childcare vouchers. This includes moves between government departments.
- The Department will not consider sponsoring a visa or issuing a Certificate of Sponsorship. We are unable to offer advice on any Visa and Immigration cases.
- New entrants are expected to join on the minimum of the pay band.
- Applicants who are successful at interview will be, as part of pre-employment screening, subject to a check on the Internal Fraud Database (IFD). This check will provide information about employees who have been dismissed for fraud or dishonesty offences. This check also applies to employees who resign or otherwise leave before being dismissed for fraud or dishonesty. Any applicant who has details held on the IFD will be refused employment.
- A candidate is not eligible to apply for a role within the Civil Service if the application is made within a 5 year period following a dismissal for carrying out internal fraud against government.
- Terms and Conditions are attached. Please take time to read the document to determine how these may affect you.
- Please note – the successful candidate will be expected to remain in post for a minimum of 18 months before being released for another role.
- This role may be considered as a secondment opportunity. Please reach out to the hiring manager listed at the bottom of this advert to discuss.
In order to process applications without delay, we will be sending a Criminal Record Check to Disclosure and Barring Service / Disclosure Scotland / Access NI on your behalf.
However, we recognise in exceptional circumstances some candidates will want to send their completed forms direct. If you will be doing this, please advise Government Recruitment Service of your intention by emailing Pre-EmploymentChecks.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk stating the job reference number in the subject heading.
For further information on the Disclosure Scotland confidential checking service telephone: the Disclosure Scotland Helpline on 0870 609 6006 and ask to speak to the operations manager in confidence, or email Info@disclosurescotland.co.uk
For further information on the Access NI confidential checking service telephone: the Access NI Helpline on 0300 200 7888 and ask to speak to the operations manager in confidence, or email accessni@ani.x.gsi.gov.uk
Vetting
The requirement for SC clearance is to have been present in the UK for at least 3 of the last 5 years. Failure to meet the residency requirements will result in your security clearance application being rejected.
For further information on National Security Vetting please visit the following page https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/demystifying-vetting
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
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We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).
Diversity and Inclusion
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Contact point for applicants
Job contact :
- Name : Oliver Payne
- Email : oliver.payne@businessandtrade.gov.uk
Recruitment team
- Email : dbtrecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk
Further information
If you feel your application has not been treated in accordance with these principles and you wish to make a complaint, you should in the first instance contact DBT by email: Resourcing@businessandtrade.gov.uk.
If you are not satisfied with the response you receive, you can contact the Civil Service Commission, which regulates all Civil Service recruitment.
For further information on bringing a complaint to the Civil Service Commission please visit their web pages: Click here to visit Civil Service Commission/Complaints
