JOB DESCRIPTION

View Vacancy – Senior Inward Investment Adviser, Grade-HEO, Hyderabad

The British Government is an inclusive and diversity-friendly employer. We value difference, promote equality and challenge discrimination, enhancing our organisational capability. We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. We do not discriminate on the basis of disability, race, colour, ethnicity, gender identity, religion, sexual orientation, age, veteran status or other category protected by law. We promote family-friendly flexible working opportunities, where operational and security needs allow. The FCDO operates an agile workforce and to facilitate this, you may be required to undertake other duties from time to time, as we may reasonably require.

Job Category

Department for Business and Trade roles (DBT)

Job Subcategory

Department for Business and Trade (DBT)

Job Description (Roles and Responsibilities)

Note: All applicants are required to mandatorily fill the complete online application form including the employment, educational details, behavioural and technical/ professional skills questions. We will be thoroughly reviewing the application forms only with all the required details and the shortlisting is not basis CV/ cover letter. Forms that are incomplete in any respect will not be considered while shortlisting for the next stage.

Main purpose of job:

We are looking for a high-calibre individual to join the UK Government’s Department for Business & Trade based out of the British Deputy High Commission in Hyderabad. Your role will be to strengthen the UK-India cross border trade and investment relationships focusing on Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) – Indian companies investing in the UK. With the recently signed India-UK Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), this is an important time to contribute towards further growing the bilateral trade-investment outcomes.

You will contribute to the India inward investment team including:

• Developing and delivering a strong pipeline of new and existing UK investment opportunities for Indian investors considering the UK as a global destination for their investment ambitions.
• Account managing some existing Indian investors in the UK.
• Refining and supporting the delivery of an investment strategy from certain priority sectors.
• Coordinating with the Senior Management Team, India network and HQ on important visits.

As part of this role, you will be expected to maintain strong and proactive relationships with Indian businesses and stakeholders, encourage thought-leaders and key decision-makers in India to invest in the UK.
This role will involve conducting meetings on a regular basis and attending events. The jobholder should be a self-starter who is highly organised, can plan, self-manage and build productive relationships. You will also be required to support the wider BDHC network efforts across a range of corporate objectives. You will be supported with learning and development and opportunities to travel.

We reserve the right to review, revise or amend the roles and responsibilities from time to time reflecting the changing needs of business.

Roles and responsibilities / what will the jobholder be expected to achieve:

• To promote the UK as the best investment destination for potential and existing Indian investors and to work with them to help them set up and further their operations in the UK. Ensure a healthy pipeline of future investment projects is developed. You will be responsible for delivery against some challenging targets (60%)
• To support the senior management team in refreshing the investment strategy in certain priority sectors on an ongoing basis (20%)
• To support Ministerial Visits /trade activities to maximize opportunities for investment contacts to meet visitors from the UK. This will include providing comprehensive and compelling briefing and updates about your accounts, and on occasion accompanying senior colleagues and VIP on their engagements (20%)

Learning and development opportunities:

DBT offers need based L&D opportunities for staff to undertake training programmes.

Essential qualifications, skills and experience

Essential on arrival:

• Education Qualifications: Graduate/postgraduate (Candidates without the required educational qualifications but with exceptional practical work experience will be considered)
• Minimum of 5 years of business development/ relevant work experience, including strategic account management of Indian businesses/ developing and maintaining a client network
• A strong understanding of Foreign Direct Investment work
• A track record of dealing with senior level decision makers in the business world with minimal supervision
• The ability to multitask including manage multiple deadlines/ projects in parallel

Language Requirements:

• Language: English
• Level of Language Required: Expert

Desirable qualifications, skills and experience

Desirable:

• Strong research/ analytical skills – experience of searching and identifying potential customers
• Good geographical knowledge and experience of working with Indian businesses in the Western region of India
• Ability to influence, persuade and articulate key messages including when drafting written documents
• Marketing and presentational skills

Required behaviours

Delivering at Pace, Managing a Quality Service, Working Together

Application deadline

23 November 2025

Grade

Higher Executive Officer (HEO)

Type of Position

Full-time, Permanent

Working hours per week

40

Region

South Asia & Afghanistan

Country/Territory

India

Location (City)

Hyderabad

Type of Post

British Deputy High Commission

Number of vacancies

1

Salary Currency

INR

Salary

INR 125,179 per month plus 12% Provident Fund and 6% Superannuation

Type of Salary

monthly

Start Date

5 January 2025

Other benefits and conditions of employment

For British High Commission candidates, the Country Based Staff BHC Terms & Conditions will apply.

For other than BHC Candidates, salary will be all-inclusive of INR 125,179 per month plus 12% Provident Fund and 6% Superannuation.

Additionally, the BHC offers a great benefits package that includes annual domiciliary medical cover, plus a Group Hospitalisation Scheme with INR 500,000 floater cover for your immediate family which includes self, spouse/partner and children up to an age of 23 years and irrespective of age, only if with, physical or mental disability.

No relocation or any other related costs or assistance will be provided. FCDO does not pay for any travelling, accommodation & relocation expenses incurred and/or accept any financial risk, including cancellation or reschedule costs

Please note – BHC does not deduct tax at source and employees are required to ensure that any requirements of local income-tax law are complied with in full. Employees who are not liable to pay local income tax on their Mission salary, e.g., some non-local national staff and some spouses or partners of UK diplomatic staff, will have their salaries abated by an equivalent amount.

FCDO operates an agile workforce. To facilitate this, you may be required to undertake other duties from time to time as we may reasonably require. The BHC is recognised as a good employer, with a robust, fair and transparent performance management & appraisal system linked to increments and staff bonuses. We have a 5-day working week, plus annual leave, public holidays, maternity leave provision, special leave, paid sick leave provision; ample development opportunities, travel opportunities, a good organisational culture, and excellent work/life balance.

Around half of our work forces are women. We treat people with respect and equality and have a policy of zero tolerance for any form of discrimination, bullying, or harassment.

This is a good opportunity to be part of a strong, diverse team, working in the biggest network that FCDO has anywhere across the globe. We are aiming to make it the best.

Additional information

Note: All applicants are required to mandatorily fill the complete online application form including the employment, educational details, behavioural and technical/ professional skills questions. We will be thoroughly reviewing the application forms only with all the required details and the shortlisting is not basis CV/ cover letter. Forms that are incomplete in any respect will not be considered while shortlisting for the next stage

Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) card holders will need have, or be able to obtain, a valid special work permit issued from Government of India (GOI) to work in the British High Commission (BHC). BHC will not be able to sponsor work visas or obtain/ assist with the special work permit from GOI. Offers of employment made to OCI card holders will be conditional upon candidates obtaining a special work permit.

Note: For requisite special permission to take up employment in any foreign Diplomatic Missions in India, OCI Cardholder must visit https://ociservices.gov.in

Please note – successful applicants will be offered employment on Country Based Staff (CBS) terms and conditions. This is not a permanent UK Civil Service position and does not attract diplomatic immunities and privileges (other than what an individual may already hold if they are a recognised partner/family member of a serving diplomat).

To Apply:
Please note applications without (a) and (b) will not be considered.

a) Complete the Online Application Form
b) Complete the Experience, Professional Skills and Behaviour based Segments in the Online Application Form

Please ensure that your application is authentically written based on your own experiences. If AI tools are used, their usage must only be limited to specific tasks such as ensuring formatting consistency and keyword relevance. The core content, personal narratives, and responses to behaviour and skill-based questions must genuinely reflect your professional journey, experiences, and achievements. We place great importance on originality and individual effort throughout the application process. Any form of plagiarism will result in immediate disqualification.

To ensure a successful application it is important that you explain how you demonstrate behaviours and technical / professional skills, basis your experience. You are strongly advised to read the Success Profiles Civil Service Behaviours Framework, which provides a detailed guidance on how these behaviours are defined for each position.

Applicants are encouraged to use the STAR (Situation, Task, Action, Result) technique to prepare specific examples of when and how you have demonstrated these behaviours in your application, by evidencing a structured response, including your skills and experiences. You briefly describe the situation in which you demonstrated the behaviour, and then explain your task in addressing the situation, what action you took and the result of this.

Internal staff applying for this position must have prior approval from their current line manager and should not be on an active formal written warning, else the application will not be considered.

We will accept only online applications by 23rd November 2025 (latest by 23:55 hours IST).

Please note that all the applicants will be required to strictly adhere to the security guidelines for British High Commission.

Employees who are not liable to pay local income tax on their Mission salary may have their salaries reduced by the equivalent local income tax amount.

Please note – “Provident Fund Transfer in and out from EPFO is not possible as BHC PF is managed by a private PF trust governed by Indian Income Tax Act, 1961. The staff still has the option to transfer out and in from a privately held PF trust which are not governed by EPFO. Any tax deduction on EPF will be in compliance with local income-tax law and must be complied with in full.”

Applicants who do not have the required qualification & experience should kindly abstain from applying, as their applications will not be considered.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted, and no telephone enquires will be dealt with. Basis the scores, the candidate/s who did not score as highly as the successful candidate, might be placed on the reserve list. If during the reserve period of 12 months, the same or largely similar role becomes available, the role may be offered to the second or subsequent appointable candidates.

The start date mentioned in the job advert is a tentative and he appointment will be subject to successful clearance of police Verification and other checks including references, medical, educational, and professional.

We welcome all applications irrespective of age, race, colour, gender, disability, sexual orientation, religion, belief, or creed. We are also open to applications from people who want to work flexibly.

Please be aware that you will only be able to apply to vacancies for Country Based Staff roles with the British Government through this official tal.net site (operated by Oleeo). Jobs may be advertised on third party websites, however our adverts will always link back to the official tal.net site. If you complete and send an application through any other site, we will not receive it.

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: No requirements