trade development officer

Trade development officers develop and implement trade policies both internally and in international import and export relations. They analyse the domestic and foreign markets in order to promote and establish business operations, and ensure trade proceedings are compliant with legislation and businesses are protected from distortions.

The most in-demand skills for this role include government policy implementation, international commercial transactions rules, international business, economics, market analysis, business strategy concepts. These are the skills O*NET identifies as most important for competent performance.

Our AI-durability model gives trade development officer a score of 0.50 on a 0-1 scale (higher = more exposure). That places it at moderate AI exposure — some tasks are being automated but the role adapts. Learning to work with AI tools rather than against them is the path forward.