GFA Consulting Group Looking for Short-Term Expert: Government Affairs and Committee Services at Saudi Full Time

Project Desciption

The EU-GCC Dialogue on Economic Diversification project initiated its activities in April 2018. Its overall objective is to contribute to a stronger EU-GCC relationship by supporting the GCC countries’ ongoing process of economic diversification, away from hydrocarbon-dependent sectors. The project seeks to consolidate EU’s position as a partner of choice for GCC countries for cooperation on economic diversification strategies, macroeconomic stability, trade and investment and research and innovation. The specific objective of the project is to promote climate-friendly trade, investment and economic affairs-related policy analysis, dialogue and cooperation between stakeholders from EU and GCC at both regional and country levels in the context of the GCC economic diversification process. Besides supporting the formal government-to-government dialogues, the project is engaging in several other activities such as policy analysis, dissemination of information, exchanges between a variety of public and private stakeholders, organization of business fora etc. The project is facilitating the EU’s engagement both on a regional as well as bilateral level with each of the six-member countries of the GCC.

Job description

• Mentoring board as required.
• Mapping, prioritising, and developing relationships with key government stakeholders and organisations at local and regional levels to advocate the interests of the European Chamber and its members and prospective members. Create strong relationships and build coalitions with multilateral organisations, trade associations, and other key stakeholders.
•   Initiating, developing and actively driving the execution of ECCKSA government affairs strategy in coordination with the CEO during the interim period.
• Identifying specific Business Issues: Market access barriers faced by European Businesses and proposing an action plan (strategy) for ECCKSA.
• Initiating the establishment of 1-2 sectoral committees through pro-active engagement with the membership and prospective members.
• Facilitating government-related advocacy activities of the Chamber’s Committees by working closely with other Chamber staff to arrange senior-level government. meetings, channel comments on draft legislation, and interpret at senior-level meetings
• Prepare and present monthly government affairs reports and present them to the Board when required.
• Coordinating the establishment of the sustainable Sectoral Committees and related affairs in organising meetings.
• Leading national-level advocacy projects when required.

Qualifications

The expert must have the qualifications and experience in the following fields:
Required skills:

• University degree in a relevant discipline, e.g. business administration, management, international relations, political science, law, economics, or social sciences.
• Working proficiency of Arabic and English (spoken and written).
• Minimum 7 years’ experience in government affairs or similar position.
• Strong knowledge of Saudi authorities and policy development and administrative practices.
• Good understanding and interest in the Saudi commercial and political environments.
•  Ability to interpret and translate English-Arabic and Arabic-English at a senior level when necessary.
• An interest in and ability to quickly grasp key issues in the areas of business, international relations, economics, and law.
• Strong communication and reasoning skills.
• Strong organisational, social, and presentation skills.
• A high degree of accuracy and attention to detail.
• Ability to work under pressure, to be tactful, goal-oriented, and a tenacious go-getter.
• Excellent computer literacy, including Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Internet Explorer.

Reporting Requirements:

Concise mission report upon completion. The report will include the approach, methodology, list of stakeholders, issues encountered, and tasks completed.

*Please note that only short-list candidates will be contacted. Thank you for your understanding.

Contact Person

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