Srr - Senior Trade Adviser, Education and Training

2 weeks ago

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Foreign & Commonwealth Office Full time

Job Description (Roles and Responsibilities)

The British Embassy Riyadh has a vacancy for a Senior Trade Advisor for the Education and Training sector under the Department for Business and Trade (DBT). This is for a fixed-term contract of two (2) years, with a possibility of extension.

The Department for Business and Trade (DBT) is the Trade Promotion and Negotiation organisation for the UK who help promote UK businesses overseas and attract foreign investment. DBT have 3,000 staff across the globe in over 100 countries and help British businesses to internationalise and grow overseas.

This is an important and varied role and the opportunity comes at an interesting time as the UK/Saudi bilateral trading relationship develops at speed, with education and training forming a key priority within this.

The jobholder’s main role is to promote business opportunities in Saudi Arabia to the UK education and training sector, and to support UK education providers that are seeking to develop their business through trade with Saudi Arabia. You will understand KSA market trends and ambitions to identify valuable Export Opportunities, and secure high value Export Wins in pursuit of DBT KSA targets and corporate objectives. You will build and maintain a network of relationships with senior stakeholders in the government and private sectors, both in the UK and Saudi Arabia, and draw upon these to achieve commercial objectives.

You will also develop programmes of trade promotion activities to further identify export opportunities for UK providers, including official programmes, trade missions, events, trade shows, and inward/ outward visits. Additionally, you will work closely with the Prime Minister’s Special Representative to Saudi Arabia for Education, supporting visits and utilising senior engagements to further commercial wins.

The Education and Training sector encompasses a wide range of sub-sectors that include: Schools, Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET); Higher Education (HE); Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND); Educational Technologies (EdTech); Curriculum Development; and more.

The Senior Trade Advisor leads the sector team and works on the development and implementation of a high value strategy; and leads on generating UK commercial wins in priority sectors across the Kingdom. However, the jobholder should also be flexible in responding to changes to sector priorities based on operational requirements as guided by the DBT KSA Director.

**Duties and responsibilities**:
The jobholder will lead the design, management, and implementation of the strategy and activities to secure business wins for UK companies within the Education and Training sector across the Kingdom by:

- Leading on the identification and promotion of high value education export opportunities in Saudi Arabia and promote these to the UK Education/Training sector.
- Developing a countrywide strategy and pipeline for delivering sector activity against agreed export targets.
- Leading on a programme of trade promotion activity, including, but not limited to, official programmes, trade missions, events, trade shows, and inward/outward visits.
- Developing a wide range of contacts across the Saudi government and private sectors within the Education sector, build and maintain these relationships, and draw upon them to understand commercial opportunities in the Education sector and translate these into solid Export Wins for UK providers.
- Strategic relationship management of UK Education providers active in/ pursuing opportunities in Saudi Arabia.
- Collaborative working across DBT KSA, and with DBT Sector Teams in the UK, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) Prosperity teams, the British Council, fostering a One Team approach.
- Working closely with the Prime Minister’s Special Representative to Saudi Arabia for Education, building a strong working relationship, providing regular updates and briefing, and supporting visits to Saudi Arabia and attendance at major events.
- Producing high quality and in-depth sector briefing and other market contributions.
- Staying informed of key trends and trajectory of the Education element of Vision 2030 goals.
- Providing market analysis and guidance on doing business in Saudi Arabia. Briefing both individual visitors and groups of UK companies on the characteristics of the Saudi market, and support UK companies in pursuing export opportunities.
- Contributing to VIP visits, both to Saudi Arabia and to the UK.

The above list is not exhaustive and the jobholder will be required to be flexible and take on other ad hoc tasks as required, including participating in the Embassy’s emergency planning and any other response to a crisis affecting UK citizens.

**Key behaviours required**:

- **Leadership**:

- Show pride and passion for public service. Create and engage others in delivering a shared vision. Value difference, diversity and inclusion, ensuring f

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