View Vacancy – Senior Market Adviser – Defence and Security (NOR24.366)

Job Category

Department for Business and Trade roles (DBT)

Job Subcategory

Department for Business and Trade (DBT)

Job Description (Roles and Responsibilities)

Do you want to develop trade between the UK and Norway in defence, security and space?

The British Embassy in Oslo is part of the worldwide UK diplomatic network representing British political, economic and consular interests overseas. The Embassy’s Department for Business and Trade is seeking a committed, engaged colleague to join our team as a Senior Market Adviser.

Main purpose of job, role & responsibilities:

To identify and act on the commercial opportunities for UK industries in the Norwegian defence, security and space sectors, and then create, facilitate and deliver initiatives that will deliver success through exports won. You will liaise with UK stakeholders, including Government departments, sector organisations and industry, conveying the opportunities that Norway’s defence and security needs may offer. As part of this, you play a wider embassy role providing advice on the industrial perspectives in these fields and utilising high-level engagements to deliver on the trade agenda. You will develop, nurture and grow a network of stakeholders in government, organisations and corporations and act as an intermediary where intervention between UK and Norway will get the customers’ decisions over the line.

This job will be a specific fixed term position for three years, delivering towards key UK strategic campaigns. At the end of the period, you are expected to demonstrate success through commercial contracts won by UK companies in these sectors.

Defence:

The core task is to secure UK exports, whilst supporting activities that will benefit or support large defence sale projects through forging industrial collaboration both ways.

This will include:

Engaging with UK and Norwegian stakeholders to bridge the industry–government gap and facilitate dialogue through initiatives such as events and visits
Providing support to ongoing campaigns where there are government-to-government or industry-to-government engagements
Support or lead on strategic marketing and communication plans.
Identify new leads and develop a pipeline of projects by looking at Norway’s defence and security requirements and matching it with UK stakeholders

Security including Cyber Security:

As above; draw on the UK network to offer UK capabilities in the physical and digital security segment.
Identify supply-demand opportunities as described above and deliver on tasks from UK Departments and agencies, as well as UK corporates. Organise and deliver events and activities that support the sector and link it back to the wider UK – Norway partnership.

Space:

As a sector with increased opportunity for growth in the UK-Norway trade relationship, you will lead on commercial space activities at the British Embassy in Oslo and link them to the overall science, security and defence work.

Operational tasks:

Work can include shaping, planning and executing visits, events and initiatives that will generate leads to build the pipeline, manage the resources needed efficiently and report the outcome of the delivery.
To timely capture, record and maintain information from interactions, services offered, and wins captured on our CRM systems or other platforms.

More details will be shared during the interview process.

Essential qualifications, skills and experience

Fluency in English and Norwegian at a C1 level according to CEFR*
University degree in relevant field (economics, political economy, business, social sciences, international relations etc.) or equivalent professional experience.
Relevant work experience.
Demonstrable analytical skills, and the ability to make sense of complex information.
Proven experience in explaining information and reporting to senior stakeholders.
Excellent interpersonal and networking skills.
Ability to work well on own initiative.
Good IT skills, especially using MS Office tools.

Desirable qualifications, skills and experience

2-5 years of work experience within one or more of the following areas:
- the defence sector
- working in external relations & communication roles
- relevant UK or Norwegian Government Departments
Business development within a relevant field
Knowledge of policy making within a related field

Required behaviours

Communicating and Influencing, Delivering at Pace, Managing a Quality Service, Seeing the Big Picture, Working Together

Application deadline

3 November 2024

Grade

Executive Officer (EO)

Type of Position

Full-time, Fixed Term

Working hours per week

Duration of Post

36 months

Region

Europe, Eastern Europe & Central Asia

Country/Territory

Norway

Location (City)

Oslo

Type of Post

British Embassy

Number of vacancies

Salary Currency

NOK

Salary

666,252 gross

Type of Salary

yearly

Start Date

2 January 2025

Other benefits and conditions of employment

This is a full-time fixed-term position of 3 years, for five working days (currently 35 hours net) per week. This position is office based, but with a remote working policy in place. Some travel may be required.

The successful candidate will be subject to professional background checks and security clearance.

Employees recruited locally by the British Embassy Oslo are subject to terms and conditions of service in accordance with Norwegian employment law.

The Embassy offers a wide-range of learning and development opportunities. We have learning and development high on the agenda. This is an exciting role at the heart of the UK Government’s agenda. The right candidate will be able to work on issues in the bilateral relationship at a pivotal point in UK-Norway trade relations, and the candidate will gain experience of bilateral stakeholder engagement at a key time for the UK.

Visa/work permit requirements: Candidates must currently hold the independent right to live and work in Norway and be prepared to ensure that right remains throughout the scope of the contract.

Please note that it is your responsibility to ensure you meet the legal requirements to live and work in this country.

Additional information

Kindly provide a detailed text on your motivation for applying for the role and what you will bring to the role. Please note that we will run a behaviour-based interview, where we will ask you to demonstrate skills and behaviours by providing examples.

Please note that the deadline for applications is 23:55 on the day mentioned in the above field “Application deadline”.

We advise you to allow enough time to complete and submit your full application, since only applications completed and submitted before the deadline will be considered.

Please be aware that the deadline for submitting applications is considered to be the time zone for the country where the vacancy has arisen.

Please be advised that the FCDO will not be able to meet the travel costs incurred when travelling to the interview, nor the costs connected with relocation if offered a job.

*Please note for more information on the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages: Learning, Teaching, Assessment levels please click on the following link CEFR. Please bear in mind in case you are invited for an interview your language skill is going to be assessed.

Please be aware that you will only be able to apply to vacancies for Country Based Staff roles with the British Government through this official tal.net site (operated by Oleeo). Jobs may be advertised on third party websites, however our adverts will always link back to the official tal.net site. If you complete and send an application through any other site, we will not receive it.

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