Senior Sponsorship Officer

DBT is recruiting for an exciting and stretching SEO role, working to support the UK’s policy on trade remedies (anti-dumping, countervailing and safeguard measures), which are crucial in promoting free and fair trade, tackling unfair trade, and levelling the playing field for UK businesses. The Sponsorship Team work to support the UK’s current and future interests in trade remedies by managing the relationship between Government and the Trade Remedies Authority, an arm’s length body.

The Sponsorship team sits within the wider Trade Remedies team in DBT, which is a friendly, collaborative, and supportive team, with high People Survey scores in engagement in our work, and a consistent focus on inclusion and L&D. In our team we are working to a hybrid model and support flexible working where possible and in line with delivering business outcomes.

This is an exciting time to be joining DBT’s Sponsorship Team. We are responsible for building, improving, and maintaining a highly effective relationship with one of the department’s arms-length bodies, the Trade Remedies Authority. The TRA investigates whether new measures are needed to defend UK economic interests against unfair international trade practices. They are a vital component of the UK’s trade policy framework - ensuring a high-functioning relationship between DBT and the TRA is critical to the delivery of our mutual objectives.

The successful candidate will join a friendly, inclusive and proactive team. They will find opportunity to both better understand UK trade policy and build on recent policy successes in this unique area. We look forward to welcoming you as part of our team.

The role will involve:

• Assisting in the development of DBT’s sponsorship governance capability, ensuring it meets HM Government’s standards and code of practice and keeping up to date on developments in the broader sponsorship work area.
• Supporting our engagement with the Trade Remedies Authority to build a highly-functioning relationship with DBT and wider Government, aiding the troubleshooting of policy issues where necessary.
• Engage effectively across DBT and across Government in strategic projects on issues of interest, such as leading a programme of strategic engagement with sectors to better engage them with Trade Remedies.
• Work flexibly across the team on projects as they arise.