Trade and Investment Commissioners - New Delhi, Singapore, Suva and Port Moresby

Australian Trade and Investment Commission (Austrade); Singapore; On-site; SGD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An Australian governmental agency is seeking a Trade and Investment Commissioner in Singapore to lead local teams, assist exporters, and represent Australia. The ideal candidate will promote Australian capabilities, secure foreign investments, and require Australian citizenship along with fluency in English. This position offers a comprehensive remuneration package and benefits.

Qualifications

• Must be an Australian citizen.
• Fluent in written and spoken English.
• Required to obtain and maintain Negative Vetting 2 security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Promote Australian capability in the relevant region.
• Assist Australian companies in achieving commercial trade outcomes.
• Represent Austrade and Australia in high-level settings.

Skills

Fluent in written and spoken English

Leadership skills

Risk management

Education

Australian Citizenship

Negative Vetting 2 security clearance

Job description

• Classification: Executive Level 2
• Location: Suva, Fiji; Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea; New Delhi, India; Singapore.
• Salary: Comprehensive remuneration and benefits package plus 15.4% superannuation

Who We Are

Austrade is an Australian Commonwealth Government agency with approximately 1,200 staff based across 110 offices in 50 countries. Austrade reports to the Trade and Tourism Minister.

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, facilitating high-quality international investment into Australia, boosting Australia’s visitor economy, delivering commercial insights to inform government policy, executing government programs, and implementing simplified trade reforms.

Austrade values the diversity of its workforce and strives to ensure its workplaces are inclusive for all our people.

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The Roles

Working in a dynamic operating environment as part of an Australian and local team, the Executive Level 2 (EL2) Trade and Investment Commissioner’s (TIC) role is to help exporters, investors, and buyers to capitalise on emerging opportunities, navigate changes in the local trading environment and mitigate risk.

Working with and leading an experienced locally engaged team, the EL2 Trade and Investment Commissioners will contribute to:

• Australia’s global reputation by promoting Australian capability in the relevant region(s) using global objectives and priorities to guide local strategy;
• Assisting Australian companies to achieve commercial trade outcomes and/or securing productive foreign investment into Australia;
• Advancing Australia’s strengths as a highly attractive destination for investors;
• Representing Austrade and Australia in a range of high-level corporate and government settings in market and across the region.

The Trade and Investment Commissioner will be part of the regional management team and will contribute to Austrade’s broader leadership cohort.

In markets with a dual responsibility as Consul-General, the TIC will also represent the Australian Government as a senior government representative and will be responsible for

• The delivery of effective consular services and responsible for the welfare of Australians abroad, and
• Delivering efficient passport services and practical contingency planning in accordance with Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade’s (DFAT) Consular Services and Passports Client Services charters.

Eligibility

Australian Citizenship - Our successful candidate must be an Australian citizen.

Language Proficiency - Our successful candidate must be fluent in written and spoken English.

Security Clearance - Our successful candidate will be required to obtain and maintain a Negative Vetting 2 security clearance.

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Closing Date

Applications close at 11:30PM, Thursday 30 November 2025 Australian Eastern Daylight Time (AEDT).