Strategy: you will shape the team’s strategy, working with senior colleagues in DBT South Asia and the ESS-IM UK team to ensure ESS-IM South Asia’s support for UK SMEs contributes to growing UK exports to India and the wider South Asia region.

    Stakeholder engagement: build and manage effective working relationships with senior leaders in South Asia, colleagues across DBT (S Asia and UK colleagues including International Trade Advisers and Sector teams) and external partners and stakeholders, working in lockstep with the First Secretary for Trade.
    Delivery: Overall governance and operational effectiveness of the ESS-IM S Asia Hub, driving continual improvement of the service – from upskilling the team to ensuring products and tools are fit for purpose.
    Leadership: leading a team of 4 with line management responsibilities for 3 members of the team, including leading overall approach to learning and development and managing team budget of around £10,000, including travel and subsistence.
    Communications & Insight: promoting ESS-IM internally and externally, identifying opportunities to boost SME export growth in South Asia, using data to drive continual improvement and support DBT S Asia’s priorities.

•     At least three years’ experience working in trade and investment
•     Experience and/or understanding of DBT S Asia’s priorities and activities
•     Experience and/or understanding of UK export policy and DBT’s export-facing activities
•     Experience of working with UK SMEs to enter S Asian markets.
•     Experience working in an international organization

All applicants are required to mandatorily fill the complete online application form including the employment and educational details, experience segment and the behaviour-based questions. We will be thoroughly reviewing the application forms only for all the required details. Forms that are incomplete in any respect will not be considered while shortlisting for the next stage.

To Apply:

Please note applications without (a) and (b) will not be considered.

A.    Complete the Online Application Form

B.    Complete the Experience, Professional Skills and Behaviour based Segments in the Online Application Form

Internal candidates applying for this position need to inform their current line managers, else the applications will not be considered.

We will accept only online applications by 06 August 2023 (latest by 23:55 hours IST).

Please note that all the applicants will be required to strictly adhere to the security guidelines for British High Commission.

Employees who are not liable to pay local income tax on their Mission salary may have their salaries reduced by the equivalent local income tax amount.

Please note - Provident Fund Transfer in and out from EPFO is not possible as BHC PF is managed by a private PF trust governed by Indian Income Tax Act, 1961. The staff still has the option to transfer out and in from a privately held PF trust which are not governed by EPFO.

Applicants who do not have the required qualification & experience should kindly abstain from applying, as their applications will not be considered.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted, and no telephone enquires will be dealt with. Appointable candidates who were unsuccessful may be placed on a ‘reserve list’.  If during the reserve period of 6 months the same or a largely similar role becomes available, that role may be offered to the second or subsequent candidate.

The appointment will be subject to Police Verification and other checks including references, medical, educational and professional.

We welcome all applications irrespective of age, race, colour, gender, disability, sexual orientation, religion, belief or creed. We are also open to applications from people who want to work flexibly.