View Vacancy – Internship at Department of Business and Trade, Madrid (ESP24.486)

An overview:

The British Consulate in Spain is part of a world-wide network, representing British political, economic and consular interests overseas and is now looking for a Intern for its Department for Business and Trade (DBT) team in Madrid specifically in the Foreign Direct Investment(FDI) team.

The DBT is the UK Government organisation that helps UK-based companies to sell their products and services in Spain and other international markets. The DBT also assists overseas companies to bring high-quality investment to the UK’s economy. Our new intern will mainly support DBT’s work to encourage increased Spanish investment in the UK (FDI) however the intern will have the opportunity to collaborate with the wider trade team supporting British exporters to Spain.

The candidate selected will have the chance to join a multinational/multicultural environment that will allow them to learn and get excellent experience in the DBT. They will work mainly in a support role with many opportunities to work in areas such as event management, relationship with companies, business reporting and social media communications. This is a good opportunity to put into practice and broaden their business and communication skills. 

The role entails:

1) Providing effective support to the Inward Investment team in promoting the UK to Spanish companies as the most attractive location for inward investment and by providing them with relevant information and contacts to assist their investment.

You will be tasked with:

• Lead generation: Identification of companies that could be interested in establishing a presence in the UK matching their expertise to opportunities in the UK market. Marketing of Investment Services via networking at events and through cold calling Spanish companies.
• Research: Use of digital tools to research existing and potential investors in the UK; market research (economic/statistical/sectorial); data analysis (using internal CRM).
• Data input to Contacts & Investors Databases, liaison with HQ and Other Government Departments as required; maintain electronic filing system.
• Providing support: By organising events and inward missions, including evaluation of and follow up to events.

2) Providing support to Officers/areas that do not have access to specific support resource i.e., Country Director, Trade Policy Officer, Operations Support Coordinator and Comms Officer).

3) Acting as a floating resource in any other areas/sectors assisting with:

• project support
• event management and coordination
• VIP visits
• stakeholder management
• market research, including of UK & Spanish businesses
• recording interactions in DataHub

Our ideal candidate has:

• Proficiency in English and Spanish (both written and spoken, minimum of C1 level for CEFR framework*);
• High level of motivation and willingness to learn;
• Ability to work as part of a team as well as on own initiative when required;
• Good knowledge of Microsoft Office (Outlook, Excel, Word and Power Point);
• Ability to look for information about a company or sector on the Internet and obtain information by phone;
• Capability to work under pressure and to juggle competing deadlines.