View Vacancy – TW – DBT Healthcare and Life Sciences, EO

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View Vacancy – TW – DBT Healthcare and Life Sciences, EO


The British Government is an inclusive and diversity-friendly employer.  We value difference, promote equality and challenge discrimination, enhancing our organisational capability. We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. We do not discriminate on the basis of disability, race, colour, ethnicity, gender identity, religion, sexual orientation, age, veteran status or other category protected by law. We promote family-friendly flexible working opportunities, where operational and security needs allow.

Department for Business and Trade roles (DBT)

Department for Business and Trade (DBT)

Main purpose of job:

This job offers the successful candidate an opportunity to work in the high-performing Department of Business & Trade (DBT) team at the British Office Taipei. 

DBT’s role is to promote UK’s business interests worldwide, and the job holder will contribute to the UK’s prosperity by assisting UK businesses wishing to export to and/or establish a presence in Taiwan. This is an exciting time to join the Department for Business and Trade (DBT). Our mission is to help businesses export, drive inward and outward investment, negotiate market access, and to champion free trade.

Roles and responsibilities / what will the jobholder be expected to achieve?:

The successful candidate will be responsible for the promotion of UK business interests in the healthcare and life science sectors. 

Core responsibilities:
 
Stakeholder Engagement (30%)

  • Developing and maintaining strategic relationships through proactive interaction with British companies (e.g. GSK, AstraZeneca) to understand their business interests and where they need UK Government support;
  • Be the contact point for UK companies in the healthcare and life sciences sectors looking to do business in Taiwan.
  • Executing well-planned interventions (meetings, introductions, partnerships, government engagement, trade expos etc.), resulting in the delivery of ambitious export value targets across the sector(s) for which the officer is responsible. For example, BioAsia expo.
  • Deliver policy dialogues, working with the British Council and the British Chamber of Commerce Taipei.
  • Provide help and advice to UK companies in support of them landing commercial contracts in Taiwan.

Business Development (25%)

  • Scoping business opportunities for UK exporters in life science & healthcare sector in order to enhance the pipeline and effectively respond to developments in the market and opportunities for UK companies;
  • Pursue business opportunities on behalf of the UK supply chain and facilitate market entry, including providing market intelligence and arranging B2B and B2G meetings.
  • Scoping possibility of Taiwanese Investment in the UK into the life science and healthcare sectors. This will involve working with both Taiwanese healthcare companies and with VCs.

Market Access & Trade Policy (25%)

  • Working closely with the British Office market access lead, Economic Section and UK teams, you will identify, analyse and work to resolve market access issues for UK life sciences and healthcare firms in the Taiwan market.
  • Market access refers to the ability of a company to sell goods and services across borders, and can include barriers such as tariffs, regulations, duties, and quotas. You will work with colleagues to develop and implement plans to resolve priority barriers across a range of sectors, for example leveraging senior visitors, trade talks and projects.
  • You will report key updates to UK and regional colleagues, including through the UK’s Digital Market Access Service (DMAS) system. where relevant.

Project Management (20%)

  • Project managing planned marketing activities, working with British Council, British Chamber of Commerce Taipei and other teams in the British Office to support UK exports.
  • Collaborating across regional and HQ sector teams, especially North East Asia, APAC, healthcare and life science teams, to deliver wider British Office and DBT objectives.
  • Deliver policy dialogues, working with the British Council and the British Chamber of Commerce Taipei.
  • Demonstrate flexibility and agility responding to changing requirements of DBT and Post.    

Additional requirements:

  • This role involves occasional travel within Taiwan, Asia Pacific and to the UK.

  • Confident in business communication & negotiation, with a focus on customer needs
  • Ability to work collaboratively with internal and external partners
  • Self-starter with strong organisational, analytical and time management skills, with excellent attention to detail
  • A keen understanding of the market trends, challenges and opportunities in the life sciences/healthcare sector
  • Flexible, resilient under pressure and decisive with a proven record of delivering results to a high standard

Language requirements: 

Language:
•    English / Mandarin Chinese

Level of language required:
•    Fluent (written and spoken)

  • Project management skills and experience
  • 2-3 years background experience in the life science / healthcare industry
  • Good IT skills for Microsoft Office

Changing and Improving, Managing a Quality Service, Delivering at Pace, Working Together

26 March 2024

Executive Officer (EO)

Full-time, Permanent

40

Asia Pacific

Taiwan

Taipei

British Office

1

TWD

NT$ 76,143

6 May 2024

Working at the British Office Taipei will give you an excellent opportunity to develop professionally. You will be given considerable autonomy to own your portfolio of work, empowered by managers to build professional networks at senior levels in partner organisations, reporting to seniors and with opportunities to prioritise your own development. Working with the British Office is an excellent way for ambitious people to make a mark quickly and establish their brand in areas of high policy and commercial importance.

We offer: 

  • A broad learning and development offer, with funding to support staff to build skills in relevant areas. This includes secondment opportunities as well as global leadership courses and role-specific L&D such as ‘introduction to emerging technology’ or ‘trade policy fundamentals’.
  • 13.5 month payment in December (pro-rated based on start date) and subject to statutory payroll deductions
  • Access to a global network of experts
  • Opportunities to travel
  • Annual leave starting at 18 days with one additional day added each year up to maximum of 30 days (in addition to UK and Taiwanese national holidays)
  • Centrally located office, with a modern, spacious and well-lit working space.
  • Options for flexible working where necessary – e.g. working from home.
  • Reasonable working hours and respect for your work/life balance.

Learning and development opportunities (and any specific training courses to be completed):

Jobholder is entitled to access all learning and development opportunities available for the job grade EO which includes FCDO Diplomatic Academy as well as competence-based training at post.

  • Develop regular contact with senior figures in UK and Taiwanese business and government;
  • A modern, environmentally aware working environment in the centre of Taipei;
  • Strengthen strategic and project management skills;
  • A senior management team committed to achieving a healthy work-life balance for its employees.

Employment offers are subject to successful clearance of pre-employment checks. Staff recruited locally by the British Office are subject to Terms and Conditions of Service according to local Taiwan employment law. Candidates must have the correct permit to work in Taiwan in order to apply.

No accommodation or relocation expenses are payable in connection with this position. You must have or be able to obtain correct permit to work or work authorisation in Taiwan in order to apply. Any costs related to obtaining or renewing permits and visas are the responsibility of the successful applicant.

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.

Working patterns:

Working patterns:

British Office Taipei has a strong commitment to work/life balance. Standard office hours are 9.00-17.00 with flexi-hours possibility within the opening hours 8.30-18.30. We also have mobile technology and offer hybrid working with remote working days to be agreed with line managers.

Your application must be submitted before 23:55 on the day mentioned in the above field “Application deadline”.

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

All applicants are required to mandatorily fill the online application form completely including the employment and educational details, experience, professional skills and behaviour-based questions. We will be thoroughly reviewing the applications and incomplete form in any respect may not be considered while shortlisting for the next stage.
 
Only shortlisted candidates for interview will be contacted. Interviewees will be assessed on the core behaviours/qualifications listed above. Unsuccessful candidates will be notified via the system in due time. 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”.

Indicated start date is provisional and subject to successful completion of reference and security checks.

To those applicants not short-listed, we extend our appreciation for considering the British Government as a potential employer.

Please check the application centre regularly for any update on your application.

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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