Clerk and Assistant Clerk

The Worshipful Company of World Traders

Clerk and Assistant Clerk

Clerk:                          £40,000 per annum for 3 days per week. (Pro rata FTE of £66,600)

Assistant Clerk:              £15,000 per annum for 2 days per week (Pro rata FTE of £37,500)

Place of Work:            Home based - with some travel, primarily to the City of London

As a livery company our membership is drawn from the international trade fraternity, with the aim of raising the awareness and understanding of, and standards of practice within, world trade. We are

101st in the Order of Precedence of the London 111 Livery Companies. Our motto is “Commerce and Honest Friendship with All” which is taken from Thomas Jefferson’s Inaugural Presidential Address.

Since 1988 the Company’s hallmark annual event is the Tacitus Lecture, one of the largest intellectual events in The City of London’s calendar. This provides a platform for both independent and positive discussion and the encouragement of world trade amongst a broad range of nationalities and cultures.  

Clerk: The ideal candidates should:

• Demonstrate strategic awareness with the ability to deliver agreed objectives
• Be flexible, able to work under pressure across multiple roles, be adaptable to change
• Have excellent hands-on administrative and organisational abilities
• Have excellent verbal, written, presentation and communication skills

• Have confident and up-to-date IT and social media skills
• Demonstrate sound financial management
• Be comfortable managing formal ceremonial events and the protocols involved
• Be friendly and approachable, with excellent people skills and an ability to inspire confidence
• Be a team player with commitment and energy
• Become – or be already - well networked in The City of London
• Be based within easy reach of The City of London 

Assistant Clerk: The ideal candidates should demonstrate:

• ·         Commercial experience gained in a public, charity or private sector organisation
• ·         Sound administrative, IT and organisational skills
• ·         Sound financial acumen and business development skills
• ·         Effective and dependable leadership able to work in a small team
• ·         Excellent communication and ambassadorial skills
• ·         Proven experience of successful event and hospitality management
• ·         An understanding of and an interest in the heritage and role of the City of London

HOW TO APPLY

Please download further details of the positions from our website: Marylebobe Executive Search

For an informal confidential discussion call Richard Evans or Kevin Everett 

Apply online with a full Curriculum Vitae detailing your skills and experience together with a Covering Letter clearly outlining your motivation to undertake the role and how you meet the competencies required for the position as stated in the Person Specification

Closing date for applications:                      12 August 2024

Long List interviews:                                       14 - 22 August 2024

Final Panel Interviews for the Clerk:         3 September 2024

For Assistant Clerk                                      TBC

To find out more visit:                                 Worhipful Company of World Traders wbsite                                      

The Company embraces all aspects of diversity and welcomes applications from all sections of the Community.