Trade & Private Sector Expert

ITC Consulting; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking trade and private sector experts for short-term missions worldwide. This role offers the opportunity to leverage your expertise in economics and trade to support various stakeholders, including government institutions and private sector organizations. Ideal candidates will possess a master's degree or equivalent experience and demonstrate strong analytical, communication, and interpersonal skills. If you're passionate about fostering private sector development and have a deep understanding of business ecosystems, this is the perfect opportunity to make a global impact.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Economics or Trade, or equivalent experience required.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills in English, French, Spanish, or Portuguese.

Responsibilities

• Provide short-term expertise on trade and private sector development.
• Engage with various stakeholders and manage projects effectively.

Skills

Verbal and written communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Analytical skills

Conceptual skills

Computer literacy

Education

Master's degree or equivalent

Postgraduate university degree in Economics or Trade

Job description

ITC Consulting’s main clients are donors, government institutions (ministries and economic development agencies at national and decentralised levels), private sector organisations (chambers and business associations), business service providers, private sector, research institutions and non-governmental organisations.

ITC Consulting is currently seeking trade and private sector experts to provide short-term expertise on a global basis.

Sector

Private Sector

Project Location

Worldwide

Duration

Only short-term missions

Start Date

05/07/2025

Deadline

30/06/2025

Education Level

Master's degree or equivalent

Languages

Interested candidates should have strong verbal and written communication skills and fluency in English, French, Spanish or Portuguese.

Required Qualifications

Postgraduate university degree in Economics or Trade, Social Sciences, Development Studies, or Organizational Development or a similar discipline (if the Expert does not possess a postgraduate university degree, s/he must have at least 3 years of demonstrated equivalent professional experience).

Required Experience

General

The expert should be computer literate and have good interpersonal skills and a demonstrated capacity to work with different stakeholders.

In addition to the technical areas of Trade & Private sector, tasks can cover project management, preparation, evaluation of grant proposals, evaluation and monitoring as well as horizontal issues such as, macroeconomics, legislative approximation, law enforcement, training, research, etc.

Excellent written and oral communication skills.

Strong analytical and conceptual skills.

Specific

The expert must have at least one of the following qualifications:

1. Practical experience in business development services and a deep understanding of business ecosystems.
2. Capacity to improve private sector development and business support and a good understanding of related policy formulation and implementation issues.
3. Strong understanding of economic institutions and regulatory frameworks and their role in creating an enabling business environment.
4. Significant exposure to private sector development issues in a developing country and knowledge of the institutional and policy context.
5. In-depth knowledge of private sector development and policies to promote the creation of an enabling environment for private sector development acquired in national, public or private, international or regional agencies or structures will be an asset.
6. Proven experience with multilateral institutions (AfdB, European Union, UN, World Bank, etc.) and/or bilateral development agencies such as AFD, GIZ or other donor-funded projects is a strong asset.