JOB DESCRIPTION

View Vacancy – ROK – Investment Manager, EO (Maternity Cover)

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

Other British Government Departments (Partners across Government, including UK Visas)

Job Subcategory

Department for Business and Trade (DBT)

Job Description (Roles and Responsibilities)

Main purpose of job:

The British Embassy Seoul’s Investment Team attracts and supports Korean companies to invest in the UK through both FDI and capital investment. The UK tech sector is the world’s third largest, valued at over $1.2tr, with world leading companies and expertise in sectors such as AI and quantum.

As our Tech Sector Investment Lead (Maternity Cover), the successful candidate will lead the work to connect with industry leaders, drive high-impact investment projects and help world-class tech companies expand into the UK’s thriving innovation ecosystem. Specifically, you will aim to secure investment e.g. from big tech companies and financial institutions into AI data centres in AI Growth Zones, venture capital (VC) investment into UK funds and start-ups, and have potential to also work on other sectors e.g. life sciences investment.

We are seeking a strategic, proactive, networking individual with flexibility/adaptability given the fast-moving landscape who can build strong relationships with potential investors, educate and influence them on the investment opportunities the UK offers and support them through the whole investment process.

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

Build and maintain investment relationships

• Proactively build a network of contacts in large tech companies, VCs and industry associations.
• Develop and maintain close relationships with these investors to understand their business needs and encourage their investment into the UK.
• Secure UK government access with companies from working-level to C-suite.
• Systematic account management and tracking engagement with ‘key accounts’.

Pipeline development and delivery

• Work with colleagues in the UK to understand the UK’s investment needs and match with the business objectives of investors, to prioritise and pursue investment projects.
• Work with investors from early stage informing through to landing investment. Providing them support and solutions to make the investment process as smooth as possible.
• Systematically track pipeline project details, interactions and update internal stakeholders.

Sector expertise

• Develop and maintain expertise in the tech sector, including businesses’ activities, UK policies and some technical knowledge.
• Engage with tech companies and investors in a way that gives them confidence you are part of their sector.

Campaigns, events, visits and communication

The above will be delivered through:

• Strategic campaigns that assess our current position, ideal future position and activities to achieve the change required.
• Events to engage with investors such as workshops and pitching sessions. Securing Korean investors to attend events in the UK such as London Tech Week, working with colleagues in HQ.
• Visits of senior UK officials and Ministers from the UK to Korea to meet with your contacts.
• Using Embassy and local media platforms to advance the perception of UK tech.

Cross-Embassy and Corporate

• Working with colleagues across the Embassy e.g. to UK promote Economic Growth.
• Working closely with the Embassy’s Digital Diplomacy Team to align priorities, inform each other’s work and land investment.
• 10% of your time will be for contributing to the broad goals and environment of the Embassy through a corporate role.

Essential qualifications, skills and experience

• Fluent in English and Korean. Highly capable in written and spoken communication in both languages.
• Strategic thinking with proactive, professional and innovative delivery.
• Excellent stakeholder management.

Desirable qualifications, skills and experience

• Experience working with the tech sector, in investment or an international role.

Required behaviours

Communicating and Influencing, Delivering at Pace, Managing a Quality Service, Seeing the Big Picture

Application deadline

1 December 2025

Grade

Executive Officer (EO)

Type of Position

Full-time, Temporary, Fixed Term

Working hours per week

36

Duration of Post

12 months

Region

Asia Pacific

Country/Territory

South Korea

Location (City)

Seoul

Type of Post

British Embassy

Number of vacancies

1

Salary Currency

KRW

Salary

4,885,337

Type of Salary

monthly

Start Date

19 January 2026

Other benefits and conditions of employment

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 based on disability, race, colour, ethnicity, gender, religion, sexual orientation, age, veteran status or other category protected by law.

Learning & development opportunities:

The British Embassy Seoul encourages all staff to develop their capabilities, through both formal training (courses) and informal (job-shadowing, coaching, on-the-job training etc). The majority of our formal L&D opportunities are drawn from FCDO resources. All staff are encouraged to share their skills and experience with colleagues, through informal training (‘lunch & learn’) or coaching/mentoring.

Working Patterns:

Monday – Thursday 09:00 – 17:15, Friday 09:00 – 17:00

Other Information:

Candidates must currently hold the right to live and work in the Republic of Korea.

Any costs related to obtaining or renewing permits and visas are the responsibility of the successful applicant.
Staff who are recruited by the British Embassy Seoul are subject to Terms and Conditions of Service according to local employment law.

Employment offers are subject to successful clearance of pre-employment checks. Staff recruited locally by the British Embassy Seoul are subject to Terms and Conditions of Service according to local Korean employment law.

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.

The FCDO also operates an agile workforce. To facilitate this, you may be required to undertake other duties from time to time as we may reasonably require.

Additional information

This is a temporary, fixed term role of 12 months.

Please note that the deadline for applications is 23:55 on the day mentioned in the above field “Application deadline”.

Please be aware that the deadline for submitting applications is considered to be the time zone for the country where the vacancy has arisen.

We advise you to allow enough time to complete and submit your full application since only applications completed and submitted before the deadline will be considered.

Note: All applicants are required to mandatorily fill the online application form completely including the employment and educational details, experience, professional skills and behaviour-based questions. We will be thoroughly reviewing the applications and incomplete form in any respect may not be considered while shortlisting for the next stage.

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.

Only shortlisted candidates for interview will be contacted. Interviewees will be assessed on the core behaviours/qualifications listed above. Unsuccessful candidates will be notified via the system in due time. Appointable candidates who were unsuccessful may be placed on a ‘reserve list’. If during the reserve period of 6 months the same or a largely similar role becomes available, that role may be offered to the second or subsequent candidate.

To ensure a successful application it is important that you explain how you demonstrate these behaviours, including through your experience. You are strongly advised to read the Success Profiles: Civil Service behaviours which provides detailed guidance on how the behaviours are defined.

Applicants are encouraged to use the STAR (Situation, Task, Action, Result) format to prepare specific examples of when they have demonstrated these behaviours in their application. Using the STAR format to provide evidence of your skills and experience in your application and at interview helps to give a structure. You briefly describe the situation in which you showed the behaviour, and then explain your task in addressing the situation, what action you took and the result of this.

For inclusivity and diversity, please remove the following personal information when uploading your CV: name, address, email address, age, date of birth, gender and nationality.

The start date mentioned in the job advert is a tentative start date and the successful candidate will be required to undergo security vetting procedures. Any offer of employment will be subject to the candidate achieving suitable clearances.

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Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: No requirements