Vacancy - Market Entry Adviser

Do you want to help Danish companies who have been negatively affected by Brexit regain export opportunities? Do you have knowledge of the Dutch market and previous experience with market entry counselling? Then you might be the person we are looking for.   

About the job

With the EU Brexit Adjustment Reserve, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark has received funds to help Danish companies negatively affected by Brexit through measures supporting their internationalisation in order to enable new export opportunities in the Dutch market replacing those lost exports due to Brexit. 

As a Market Entry Advisor at the Danish Embassy in The Hague, you will help these companies by advising them in their entry to the Dutch market. You will support Danish SMEs in their export plans and implementation of their entry to the Dutch market or expansion of their current market activities. You will support companies' first contact, initiatives and activities in the Dutch market and help create new growth opportunities for the companies. You will work on the initial first steps at both strategic and operational levels.

Qualifications

• A relevant academic education, e.g. in business, economics or social sciences
• Knowledge of Danish stronghold positions and experience with public-private partnerships
• Experience from either the Dutch or Danish market
• Ability to think long-term and strategically with green conversion and export promotion in mind.
• Ability to create close relationships with companies and authorities, and actively use your network.
• Experience working in an international environment
• Excellent written and oral communication skills in English and preferably Danish.
• You work efficiently on your own, but are also a distinct team player who can work interdisciplinary across ministries and stakeholders.
• Committed, outgoing and results-oriented.
• Able to handle many relationships and projects at the same time - and good at seeing opportunities and contexts.

Terms of employment

The employment is temporary until the end of 2023 and is subject to allocation of funds from the granting authority. All employment with the Danish Foreign Service also requires security clearance by the Danish Security and Intelligence Service.

You will be employed full time as a local employee at the embassy in The Hague. Salary according to qualifications within a public organization. 5 weeks of paid annual leave and a flexible Danish working scheme.

Place of work

You will be hired at the Embassy of Denmark, where you will be part of the Trade Team and report directly to the Head of Trade in The Hague.

Expected start date

September 1st 2022 or as soon as possible after 

Application

The application deadline is the 11th of August 2022. Please send your motivated application, which should include information on relevant education, previous work, qualifications, language skills, references, etc. in English or Danish to [email protected] in one pdf-file, marked “Market Entry Advisor”. Attaching the resume alone is not considered an application.

Selected candidates will be invited for interviews, expected to take place first half of August.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs wants to promote equality and diversity. Therefore, everyone interested is encouraged to apply for the position regardless of age, gender, religion and ethnicity.

Contact

For any questions regarding the position, please contact Heide Ehlert-Jürgensen, Head of Trade, [email protected], tel. +31 (0) 70 302 5964 or Christian Boe Hansen, Commercial Advisor, [email protected], tel. +31 (0) 70 302 5975.

About the Ministry of Foreign Affairs/ The Trade Council

The Trade Council is the part of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs that, through advisers at the Danish representations around the world, solves tasks for companies within export, innovation, internationalization and investment promotion.