International Relations Supervisor

Job description / Role

Responsibilities

- Contribute to the design and implementation of International Relations policies and procedures covering all areas of activity
- Supervise day-to-day activities to ensure compliance with stipulated policies and procedures
- Identify opportunities for continuous improvement of systems and processes taking into account leading practices, changes in business environment, cost reduction and productivity improvement
- Establish working relationships with relevant internal and external stakeholders
- Collect feedback from internal and external stakeholders on issues being faced and other requirements
- Contribute to the preparation of progress reports directed to all relevant stakeholders to keep them informed of progress
- Actively gain exposure and insights to local market development, business opportunities and the existing regulatory landscape
- Attend related forums, seminars, etc. to enrich network and learn about the latest developments and opportunities
- Actively participate in on-the-job training, mentoring and coaching of subordinates
- Provide clear direction, prioritize tasks, assign and delegate responsibility and monitor the workflow
- Promote a high-performance working environment embracing the organization's values
- Define international relations strategy in line with data quality policies and in coordination with concerned stakeholders
- Develop international relations plan in coordination with concerned stakeholders ensuring alignment to international relations strategy
- Monitor evaluation of existing international relationships and highlight challenges, issues, and gaps to provide recommendations / improvements
- Supervise analysis of profile and agree on target entities to cooperate with in line with international relations strategic objectives and priorities
- Conduct initial contact with target entities and attend meetings with internal and external stakeholders in line with set plan and schedule
- Review developed MOUs and finalize and ensure sign-off based on meetings outcomes in line with pre-set expectations and legal requirements
- Assess highlighted gaps in existing MOUs and update terms and conditions in line with national needs and international trends in coordination with concerned stakeholders
- Define action plans to maintain bilateral and multilateral statistical cooperation in order to improve overall and worldwide quality of official statistics
- Monitor the dissemination of statistical data and metadata in line with developed action plan, policies, and procedures
- Guide public sharing of statistical documents, reports, and programs to international concerned stakeholders
- Communicate with concerned internal functions to update international statistical methodologies and ensure alignment with international standards
- Participate in joint committees to update international statistical methodologies based on new or amended methodologies
- Participate in international statistical conventions, conferences, and symposiums to promote the exchange of statistical information
- Supervise the organization of official delegations visits' logistics to the organization in coordination with concerned international entities and provide recommendations
- Manage inquiries and ensure they are addressed in a timely manner and in line with action plan, policies, and procedures
- Provide corrective actions for missing data in line with international indicators and communicate with concerned stakeholders for implementation
- Identify and define KPIs to measure MOUs implementation based on international relations strategy and objectives
- Review and evaluate developed report to provide corrective actions / recommendations to be integrated in the next planning cycle in coordination with concerned international entities and provide recommendations
- Keep abreast with latest studies, trends, and international indicators to update / improve data disseminated

- 6+ years of experience in an International Relations field
- Bachelor's degree in International Relations and Diplomacy or equivalent is required

About the Company

The Professionals is a Saudi leading Consulting firm that was established in 2015 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Since 2015 until now, we’ve become a successful partner in delivering unique consulting services to our partners who operate in different industries and sectors.

We always combine our service offerings by adopting global best practices with local in-depth understanding and delivering it with a passion to exceed our partners’ expectations to achieve their business objectives.