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Role Description The advertised position is placed in the Trade Relations Division of the EFTA Secretariat in Geneva, consisting of a tightly knit team of 12 staff members. The Division provides comprehensive services to Member States related to the exploration, negotiation, administration, monitoring, analysis and modernisation of EFTA’s preferential trade relations. The successful candidate will have substantive, analytical and organisational responsibilities in support of EFTA’s engagement with partner countries outside the European Union. The officer’s main responsibility will be in the areas of trade and sustainable development, government procurement and technical cooperation in EFTA free trade agreements. The position will also include responsibilities as desk officer for specific countries, the elaboration of relevant documents around monitoring, analytical and negotiation processes, as well as other tasks in areas covered by EFTAs free trade agreements. The position further requires willingness and flexibility to contribute to additional areas of the Trade Relations Division’s evolving work agenda, as well as to travel internationally.