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Policy Advisor - China & Hong Kong

Job details
Posting date: 09 July 2025
Salary: £34,254 to £39,994 per year
Additional salary information: National: £34,254 - £36,142* London: £38,138 - £39,994* *Pay award announcement due August 2025.
Hours: Full time
Closing date: 24 July 2025
Location: London
Company: Government Recruitment Service
Job type: Permanent
Job reference: 414887/2

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Summary

We are looking for two enthusiastic and high-performing individuals to join the China, Development and Market Access (CDMA) Directorate, Department for Business and Trade (DBT). These roles sit within the China team, which works to drive the UK's growth priorities and engagement with China. The successful candidates will play an important part in supporting and delivering the China team’s work programme and remit.

The DBT China and Hong Kong team comprises three teams: Strategy & Security, Policy & Engagement, and Growth & Capability. The work of the team includes: engagement with a range of Chinese & Hong Kong government departments; increasing market access for UK businesses; coordinating, plan and delivering through our overseas posts in China & Hong Kong; engaging across UK government departments on China; managing the often-complex balance between growth, security, and other UK government priorities; and engagement with stakeholders in business and academia, as well as with third countries.

The teams work collaboratively, with a matrixed approach to how sectoral and policy responsibility are resourced and led across them. The ideal candidate will be motivated to learn about China and business and trade – in return they will be provided lots of opportunity to build skills and knowledge.

This are exciting and stretching HEO roles. We encourage a diversity of applicants from all backgrounds and experience to apply.

The successful candidates will be expected to:

  • Engage across the department and the overseas network in China and Hong Kong. Build networks with policy and analytical stakeholders across prosperity and security teams.
  • Collaborate across government to help ensure business and trade objectives are represented in policy-making on China, using evidence and analysis to support decision-making.
  • Provide advice and briefing to ministers and senior officials on China trade and business issues.
  • Lead on a number of business sectors/thematic policy issues within the team, developing expertise and sharing this across the team and department.
  • Support the delivery UK-China government-to-government dialogues, working groups, technical exchanges, outward visits and inward delegations at both ministerial and senior official level.
  • Contribute to a motivated, expert team and work to develop expertise and team capabilities.

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