Investment Director

Australian Trade and Investment Commission; Pavia; In loco; EUR 50.000 - 70.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

A leading organisation based at the Australian Consulate-General in Milan is looking for a skilled Investment Attraction Officer. This key role involves promoting and facilitating foreign direct investment in priority sectors to Australia. The successful candidate will demonstrate expertise in business development, excellent networking skills, and bilingual fluency in English and Italian, while engaging with corporate investors and industry stakeholders.

Competenze

• Experience in business development within an international context.
• Fluent in spoken and written English and Italian.

Mansioni

• Identify and secure new foreign direct investments for Australia.
• Develop and maintain senior-level industry networks.
• Plan and implement marketing initiatives to promote investment opportunities.

Conoscenze

Business Development

Fluency in English

Fluency in Italian

Networking

Strategic Thinking

Descrizione del lavoro

• Classification : Austrade Overseas Performance Level B (AOPL B)

The role :

This position, located at the Australian Consulate-General in Milan, is a key investment attraction role in the Milan team, to assist in promoting, attracting and facilitating productive Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) to Australia.

Priority sectors to be covered by this role will be aligned to Australian federal government priorities and may vary from time to time. Currently priority sectors include Advanced Manufacturing and Space, Agri-food, Circular Economy, Defence, Digitech, Energy, Health Industries, Infrastructure and Tourism, Resources.

The position requires a highly motivated senior team member fluent in English and Italian with experience in business development, preferably in an international environment.

You will identify and assist Italian companies to invest in the Australian market and help them develop entry strategies. This role will require you to understand the market opportunities in the Australian priority sectors and articulate Australia’s advantage as an attractive investment destination for investment and convince firms based in Italy to establish business operations in Australia. You will develop relationships with members of the Australian ecosystem and provide companies with tailored advice, insights and assistance to invest in Australia.

Duties include

• Proactively identify, target and work closely with potential corporate investors in Italy to secure new foreign direct investment for Australia. This will involve the proactive identification of potential investors based on Australian opportunities, research and presentation of tailored information on industry capability and articulating the commercial benefits of investing in Australia;
• Represent Austrade by delivering compelling presentations at business events and in CEO level meetings to promote the advantages of Australia as a location for investment and trade partner;
• Apply strategic thought to identify and report issues or barriers to investment to the Australian government and to propose innovative solutions which will increase results;
• Develop, maintain and support extensive senior level business, industry networks and external and internal stakeholders in Italy. This will include other Australian government agencies and State government offices, as well as key government officials, regulatory bodies and allies such as industry associations, regional development groups and professional service providers;
• Support the Australian federal government strategy for priority sectors through social media;
• Work as part of an Austrade team and maintain Austrade standards and policies, including diversity in the workplace, ethical practice and occupational health and safety principles and compliance with audit requirements;
• Plan, coordinate and implement physical and virtual events, market visits Italian delegations visiting Australia, where appropriate in collaboration with State / Territory Governments, industry associations and allies in Australia;
• Contribute to business planning, marketing and communications initiatives within the Australian Trade and Investment Commission Milan team;
• Efficiently manage a constantly changing workload covering diverse industry sectors, large numbers of clients / customers, within internally and externally driven timeframes;
• Actively apply Austrade business practices and maintain accuracy of information in all Austrade Business Systems to deliver accurate and timely reporting and effective relationship management;
• Contribute to knowledge creation within Austrade, by adopting information practices, sharing knowledge and information and by embracing best practice and development opportunities;
• Work collaboratively within the Austrade network to contribute to service delivery and achieve desired outcomes, while upholding the Australian Public Service (APS) Values, Employment Principles and Code of Conduct and Work Health & Safety (WHS) principles.

For more detailed information please view the Job Information Pack.

To be eligible for consideration and appointment you must have :

• Work Authorisation - to be eligible for employment with Austrade in Milan, candidates must be legally authorised to live and work in Italy at the time of appointment.
• Language - the successful candidate must be a highly motivated team member, fluent in written and spoken English and Italian.
• Pre-employment checks - your suitability for employment will be assessed through a pre-employment screening process.

Applications close at 11 : 30pm, Thursday, 24 July 2025 (Italian local time)

Only candidates who complete their application in Austrade’s online recruitment system will be considered. Email applications cannot be accepted.

This is a locally-engaged position governed by Austrade’s Overseas Engaged Employees terms and conditions of employment and Italy labour law. Candidates must currently have the right to live and legally work in Italy. Austrade will not be able to provide any sponsorship letter nor be involved in the work visa application process.

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