Maputo, Mozambique

Contract type

Part-time, fixed-term

About the Chamber

The UK–Mozambique Chamber of Commerce is an independent, member-funded business platform created to support trade, investment, partnerships and private sector development between Mozambique and the United Kingdom.

As the Chamber enters its first phase of operations, it is looking for a highly organised and adaptable Trade Officer to support member services, trade facilitation, events, research, stakeholder follow-up and operational delivery.

About the role

The Trade Officer will support the General Manager across the Chamber’s core activities.

This is a practical delivery role, not a narrow administrative position. The successful candidate will help keep the Chamber organised, responsive and useful to its members, while supporting events, business intelligence, member follow-up, website updates, records, trackers and selected governance-support tasks.

The role is well suited to a motivated early-career or mid-career professional with strong organisation, communication and follow-through skills, and the potential to grow as the Chamber expands.

Key responsibilities

The Trade Officer will support:

•  Member and prospect follow-up, including outreach, onboarding coordination, updates and routine requests.
• Trade and business facilitation activities, including introductions, market information and follow-up on opportunities.
• Event planning and delivery, including logistics, guest lists, briefing inputs, speaker coordination and post-event actions.
• Preparation of short briefing notes, sector updates, member updates, trackers and stakeholder mapping.
• Maintenance of member databases, action trackers, shared files and operational records.
• Website and communications implementation, including content updates and member-facing notices.
• Board and committee support where required, including meeting scheduling, preparation of packs, note-taking, action logs and decision records.
• Coordination with suppliers, consultants and service providers under the direction of the General Manager.
• Routine administrative, operational and member-facing tasks in a lean start-up structure.

Candidate profile

We are looking for someone organised, reliable, commercially aware and able to learn quickly.

The ideal candidate will demonstrate:

• Experience in trade support, business development, market-entry support, programme coordination, research, events, account management, member services, operations or institutional support.
• Strong organisational skills and the ability to manage several workstreams at the same time.
• Good drafting, note-taking and follow-up skills.
• Ability to maintain trackers, records, databases and shared files accurately.
• Confidence interacting professionally with businesses, service providers, partners and institutions.
• Good written and verbal communication skills in English and Portuguese.
• Good digital skills, including spreadsheets, cloud-based document systems and collaboration tools.
• Sound judgement when handling sensitive information.
• Willingness and ability to grow into broader responsibilities over time.

Equivalent experience will be considered where the candidate can show maturity, reliability, delivery discipline and strong learning potential.

Desirable qualifications

• Degree or diploma in Business Administration, Economics, International Relations, Law, Trade, Logistics, Communications or a related field.
• Experience supporting events, stakeholder coordination, research, member services, business support or administrative systems.
• Familiarity with Mozambique’s business environment and interest in trade, investment and private sector development.

Training and development

The selected candidate will receive structured onboarding and coaching on:

• The Chamber’s mandate, value proposition, membership model and first-year priorities.
• Governance support, meeting records, confidentiality and decision tracking.
• Member services, pipeline management and follow-up systems.
• Events delivery, stakeholder coordination and communications support.
• Document control, filing conventions and compliance-sensitive processes.

Personal attributes

The successful candidate should bring:

• Reliability and attention to detail.
• Strong follow-through.
• Professional discretion.
• Curiosity and willingness to learn.
• Ability to work in a small, fast-moving team.
• Practical problem-solving ability.
• Positive and service-oriented attitude.