Entrepreneurship in the territories: is it the right time?
The Senior Policy Specialist, Asia will be responsible for:
Regional policy engagement
- Engaging with key inter-governmental fora and regional non-governmental bodies, such as ASEAN, the Pacific Islands Forum, EAS, SCO, ADB, and others to identify opportunities for collaboration including inter-governmental partnerships and regulatory harmonisation.
- Coordinating with policy staff at GFI’s affiliates, specifically GFI APAC, GFI India, GFI Japan and a future affiliate in South Korea and other relevant strategic partners in the region to collaborate on regional issues and opportunities.
- Supporting policy engagement in Japan and South Korea as those affiliates are established and build capacity.
- Working with the Vice President of Strategy and Policy, Asia to design a regional policy engagement strategy focused on jurisdictions in which GFI’s affiliates do not currently have a presence to advance our highest-impact policy goals, such as: building the narrative around the benefits of alternative proteins for the global south, encouraging public R&D, advancing trade and ease of doing business, and developing a robust talent pool for the sector.
- Building relationships with government agencies, officials, and policymakers in multiple territories.
- Monitoring policy developments and representing GFI’s views to governments through written submissions and participation in online or in-person fora.
- Representing GFI at external events as necessary and speaking to external audiences on smart protein and related policy issues.
Multilateral
- Participating in GFI’s global multilateral efforts as the Asia regional point-of-contact to represent the views of GFI affiliates in the Asia region, and ensure appropriate Asia representation in global efforts. Maintaining information flow on multilateral efforts to and from affiliates and global colleagues to ensure visibility of multilateral opportunities.
Research, writing, and risk mitigation
- Undertaking detailed research on matters that directly or indirectly impact the alternative protein sector on a regional basis and building connections between existing affiliates on potential areas of policy impact.
- Drafting and preparing detailed submissions, presentations, letters, concept notes, internal and external resources, and materials for government officials and companies.
- Building your own awareness of and highlighting any areas of risk to the alternative protein sector from a government relations and policy lens.
Operational excellence and reporting
- Working with Operations support to provide inputs to department spending and following all people operations (human resources) and administrative procedures.
- Performing other duties as assigned.
