Berne Union
Committee Manager: Trade and Export Credit
Requirements
Candidates should have professional experience in trade or export finance, credit or investment insurance, or a closely related field, such as work with an export credit agency, financial institution, insurer, development finance organization, or international organization. They should demonstrate technical understanding and experience in stakeholder engagement, research and analysis, communication, organizing collaborative initiatives, and preparing reports and presentations.
Job Description
The Berne Union (BU) is the industry association for export credit and investment insurance. We bring together a global community of export credit agencies, multilateral financial institutions and private insurers from around the world to support international trade and investment through knowledge sharing and industry collaboration.
We are seeking a motivated and collaborative professional to join our small Secretariat team in London. The successful candidate will play a central role in supporting one of the BU’s core business line Committees:
§ Medium and Long-Term Committee – focused on MLT export credit and political risk insurance
§ Short Term Committee – focused on ST trade credit insurance and connected business areas
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
§ Primary coordinator for Members and stakeholders within the Committee and related technical groups
§ Support Elected Leadership to identify themes and priorities for discussion
§ Develop and deliver programmes for meetings, workshops and webinars on assigned topic areas
§ Conduct research and analysis of trends relevant to the business area using internal and external sources
§ Prepare presentations, briefing materials and written content for members and external audiences
§ Support development of BU outputs in the form of publications, reports and information resources
PERSON SPECIFICATION:
We are looking for adaptable, curious and proactive professionals who enjoy working across a wide variety of topics and responsibilities. In return, we offer the opportunity to work as part of a small, professional team with a broad scope of work and substantial responsibility as well as opportunities to shape the high-level discourse and development of an important area of international finance through meetings, publications, research and member initiatives.
EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS:
§ Candidates should have professional experience in a relevant area of trade or export finance, credit / investment insurance or a closely related field working for an ECA, multilateral, private credit insurance or finance, development finance or a relevant international organisation.
§ Candidates should demonstrate both technical understanding and skills / experience in the following areas: Stakeholder engagement and relationship management; research and analysis; excellent written and verbal communication; organising meetings or collaborative initiatives; preparing reports and presentations
WHAT WE OFFER:
§ Competitive salary in line with experience
§ Central London office and flexible home working up to 2 days per week
§ 25 days annual leave, plus 3 additional between Christmas and new year as well as all UK public holidays
§ Opportunities for international travel and engagement with industry leaders around the world
§ Training and professional development support
§ For candidates with relevant experience, visa sponsorship and relocation support may be available
Skills
About Berne Union
The Berne Union is a not-for-profit association representing the global export credit and investment insurance industry. Our industry sits at the interface of international finance and trade. It provides a bridge between finance, trade and the real economy, acting as a catalyst for cross-border investment and economic growth. Members include the world's largest and most active export credit agencies, multilateral financial institutions and private underwriters of credit and political risk insurance, who collectively provide over USD 2.5 trillion of payment risk protection to banks, exporters and investors annually, supporting more than 13% of global cross-border trade.