Senior Trade and Investment Commissioner, – Austrade
📌 Vacancy Fact Sheet
- Reference Number: VN-0769956
- Agency: Austrade
- Job Title: Senior Trade and Investment Commissioner,
- Position Number: 6330
- Classification: Senior Executive Service Band 1
- Closing Date: Sunday 21 June 2026
- Job Type: Full-Time, Ongoing;Non-Ongoing
- Location: International International
- Future Merit Locations: International
- Salary: Future Merit
- Office Arrangement: On Site (The candidate will be required to work predominantly)
About Austrade
Austrade is an Australian Commonwealth Government agency with approximately 1,1100 staff based across 98 offices in 50
countries. Austrade reports to the Minister for Trade and Tourism. 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, we
help Australian exporters to grow, expand and diversify internationally, facilitate high-quality international investment into Australia,
boost Australia’s visitor economy, deliver commercial insights to inform government policy, execute government programs, and
implement simplified trade reforms. Austrade is a key enabler and delivery agency for Australia’s economic security with a focus on
net zero transformation, trade modernisation, export diversification, building critical capabilities and technologies, the visitor
economy and the growth of First Nations businesses. With international trade and capital markets continuing to navigate economic
uncertainty and intensifying competition, Austrade’s role has never been more important. Austrade values the diversity of its
workforce and strives to ensure its workplaces are inclusive for all our people. Want to know more about working at Austrade? Visit
https://www.austrade.gov.au/About/Employment/Working-at-Austrade.
Duties
- Working in a dynamic operating environment as part of an Australian and local team, the Senior
- Executive Service Band 1 (SESB1), Senior Trade and Investment Commissioner’s (STIC) 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 SESB1 Senior 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;
- Establishing trusted relationships across the region to build strategies for engagement;
- Advancing Australia’s strengths as a highly attractive destination for investors; and
- Representing Austrade and Australia in a range of high-level corporate and government
- settings in market and across the region
- A whole of Government agenda through collaboration with other Australian Federal, State
- and Territory governments.
Eligibility / Notes
- 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
- security clearance. Vetting 2
How to Apply
Position Contact SES Unit, [email protected]
Agency Recruitment Site https://austradejobs.nga.net.au/cp/
Applicants to vacancies notified in all formats of the electronic Public Service Gazette should be aware:
that the names of successful applicants will also be notified in all formats of the electronic Public Service Gazette
applicants found suitable may be offered similar employment opportunities by other Australian Public Service agencies
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