TY46469

TYPE: Temporary, full-time (Rolling contract)
WORKING HOURS: Monday to Friday, 9:30 -17:30 with 1 hour lunch break
SALARY: £17.50 per hour including holiday allowance (will increase from 3 months around £18.50 per hour)
START: from the beginning of May 2025 to the end of March 2026 (rolling over contract)
LOCATION: City of London (5 days office work)

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES as Investment Officer:
• Identifying and approaching local start-up companies, especially in the fields of carbon neutrality and digital transformation, that are interested in expanding their business to
Japan or collaborating with Japanese companies, arranging meetings, introducing their
support services, taking minutes, following up, managing
projects, and responding to enquiries from companies about entering the Japanese market
• Liaison and coordination with Headquarters (Tokyo)
• Assist in building links with other relevant organisations to help identify UK companies
interested in investing in Japan
• Support for other tasks that need to be handled by the Invest Team

IDEAL CANDIDATE:
• Solid skills in Word, Excel, PowerPoint & Salesforce
• Native level English and Japanese language for internal record, written and spoken
• A good understanding of society, culture and business practices in the UK and are able to
work in a way that builds trust with UK companies
• Flexible, sociable and cooperative, with excellent language, communication and summarisation skills
• Information-gathering and strong networking skills
• Reliable person, with the ability to juggle multiple tasks during busy periods


** All applicants must have the right to work in the UK as the Company is not able to offer visa support.

If your application is successful, you will be contacted within two business days.
We regret that due to the high volume of applications we receive we cannot provide feedback on individual CVs.