Branch Head, EMEA Investment, SES Band 1

Job title: Branch Head, EMEA Investment, SES Band 1

Company: Australian Trade and Investment Commission


Job description:

• Classification: Senior Executive Service Band 1 (SES Band 1)
• Location: Sydney, NSW; Melbourne, VIC; Brisbane, QLD; Canberra, ACT; or Adelaide, SA
• Salary: Comprehensive executive remuneration plus 15.4% superannuation

WHO ARE WE:
Austrade is an Australian Commonwealth Government agency with approximately 1,110 staff based across 98 offices in 50 countries. Austrade reports to the Minister for Trade and Tourism.Austrade’s core purpose is to grow Australia’s prosperity and promote Australia on the global stage.Through our teams located across Australia and our extensive international network in 50 countries, we help Australian exporters to grow, expand and diversify internationally, facilitate high-quality international investment into Australia, boost Australia’s visitor economy, deliver commercial insights to inform government policy, execute government programs and implement simplified trade reforms.Austrade values the diversity of its workforce and strives to ensure its workplaces are inclusive for all our people.Want to know more about working at Austrade? Click .THE ROLE:
Reporting to the General Manager of Investment, the Branch Head for Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) Investment is a member of Austrade’s Senior Executive Service (SES) and plays a critical leadership role in building strategy, capability and executing Austrade’s foreign investment attraction mandate.The Europe remit covers the United Kingdom, continental Europe and Israel. The Middle East and Africa remit also covers Pakistan.The role works closely with the General Managers for Europe and MEA, the General Manager Government, as well as colleagues across Austrade’s trade and policy teams and a broad and diverse range of external companies and stakeholders. The investment promotion agencies across States and Territories are key partners for this role.As one of three investment regional branch heads based in Australia, the position leads a team in Australia responsible for targeting and influencing foreign direct investment (FDI) by companies across Europe and the Middle East; and for developing commercial insights to inform policy and Australia’s competitiveness as an investment destination.The role also has a strategic responsibility for Austrade’s investment work in energy and net zero transformation.
Key responsibilities include:

• Leading the development and implementing regional investment strategies to identify and target potential FDI from the region that maximise the contribution to Australia’s prosperity, and economic security, and delivering against government priorities.
• Active leadership and maintaining a high-performance culture in the branch and across the investment division, through ongoing mentoring and support for team members to help them achieve their goals.
• Delivery against shared KPIs for quality pipeline development and foreign investment outcomes from the region aligned to the strategy.
• Forming and maintaining effective internal and external relationships and representing Austrade with relevant stakeholders and significant foreign investors.
• Providing strategic leadership across Austrade and the investment division for our work in energy and net zero transformation.

Given our commitment to diversity and inclusion, Austrade actively encourages applications from people with disabilities, LGBTQIA+ people, women, and people with diverse linguistic and cultural backgrounds for all of our roles.ELIGIBILITY:
Australian Citizenship – Our successful candidate must be an Australian citizen.
Security Clearance – Our successful candidate will be required to obtain and maintain a Negative Vetting 2 security clearance.CLOSING DATE:
Applications close at 11:30PM, Sunday 23 March 2025 Australian Eastern Daylight Time (AEDT) / Coordinated Universal Time +11:00 (UTC+11).For more detailed information please view the Information Pack.

Expected salary:

Location: Australia

Job date: Sat, 08 Mar 2025 05:35:04 GMT

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