Foreign Direct Investment Specialist

Malta Enterprise is looking for a skilled, dynamic team player to join the FDI team to:

• Provide strategic and industry expertise and advice with regards to emerging sectors and businesses opportunities.
• Support the increase in the level of foreign direct investment from target countries and sectors by introducing interested investors to Malta Enterprise and arrange site visits to Malta.
• Deliver initiatives that actively promote Malta’s competitive advantages as the preferred location for commercial and industrial investment.
• Negotiate and conclude Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) projects.
• Work with the Investment Promotion Strategy and Research team to micro target potential foreign investors with a view to attract them to set-up operations in Malta.
• Keep abreast with literature, policy developments and emerging ideas/sectors in specific sectors as agreed upon with Chief Officer, FDI Specialist. 
• Liaise with government ministries and other stakeholders to develop niche industries, as well as suggest changes to policy where these could result in potential new opportunities and niches within our ecosystems. Develop a network of current and potential contacts that would facilitate introduction to potential foreign investors.
• Work with the Incentives team to discuss eligibility, schemes and requirements for projects being considered.
• Contribute client-centric and commercial acumen to the Project Evaluation team. 
• Follow attentively developments of FDIs in Malta, and keep abreast of national and international developments, including political and social developments as well as market developments.
• Be in the know and suggest attendance/participation to any events local and international, which could further our knowledge of the sector and generate potentially good leads.
• Travel and participate in meetings and events as may be necessary.
• Work closely with the Project Implementation and Relationship Management teams as necessary to ensure a seamless transition between the Client and different teams within Malta Enterprise, at all stages.