This is an exciting opportunity for an Internship with the UK Government’s Department for Business and Trade (DBT) team based at the British Consulate-General in Barcelona. The team forms part of the networks of the British Embassy in Spain and DBT Europe. 

The Department of Business and Trade is the UK Government’s department for economic growth. Its international arm has the responsibility for promoting UK exports across the world, attracting foreign investment to the UK economy and helping to bring down barriers to trade. 

Our selected interns will support the team as part of either:

• DBT Europe’s Technology Campaign (a cross-Europe strategy led from Barcelona, coordinating trade promotion work at British embassies across Europe), or
• Supporting bilateral UK-Spain trade and investment in either:
  • a) pharmaceuticals and biotech, or
  • b) technology (digital, tech, telecoms) and circular economy.

Successful candidates will have opportunities to work in areas such as stakeholder engagement, event management, business reporting, market research, economic analysis and social media communications.

Our internships provide candidates an opportunity to gain valuable experience in a high-performing team, operating in an international environment.

• Business engagement: help the team to expand its network of contacts and strengthen relationships with UK and Spanish companies, with proactive engagement and responding to enquiries from UK companies looking to sell into Spain or Spanish companies looking to set up operations in the UK/Project support engagement. Our Technology Campaign intern will also support our Technology Campaign Lead to support the delivery of pan-European trade and investment focused activities. 

• Events and visits: Contribute to the organisation, logistical support and delivery of high-profile UK business events and UK attendance at major trade fairs,  as well as visits by UK ministers, ambassadors, officials and businesses to Spain/Europe.

• Analysis: Scanning news to identify companies with potential for exports or foreign direct investment; stakeholder mapping in key sectors; searching for frictions or barriers to trade and investment; market research to help the team identify commercial opportunities.

• Briefing: Building on own analysis, provide ad hoc factual briefing for the Ambassador, ministers and colleagues to feed into meetings, speeches, press articles, visits and events.

• External communications: Contribute to the design and content of the team’s social media activity and brochures of UK companies and work with DBT Europe Communications team (where applicable) to support internal communications and official briefings, as well as external social media. 

• Corporate: Contributing to culture of the dual networks of British Embassy in Spain and Department for Business and Trade in Europe, through participation in internal meetings, learning and team-building initiatives.