Trade and Compliance Officer

Job Title - Trade and Compliance Officer Job Location - Brighton Job ID - 17321 About this opportunity and L3Harris UK From 12 UK sites, our team of over 1,400 people deliver unique capabilities across air, land, sea, space and cyber for military, security and commercial customers, worldwide. L3Harris in Brighton are part of Release Systems and the Mission Avionics sector operating in the Aerospace domain. We specialise in high performance electro-mechanical systems and pneumatic technology for airborne weapon carriage release. A few of our employee benefits are:

• Half day finish on a Friday
• 25 days holiday per year (plus bank holidays), increasing with long service and with the opportunity to buy/sell up to 5 days
• Private medical insurance with optional family cover
• Pension scheme of up to 7% employer contribution
• Life Assurance 4x salary (flexible up to 10x)
• Group income protection
• Flexible opt-in extras such as a health care cash plan, dental insurance, gym membership, critical illness cover and cycle to work scheme
• Employee assistance program providing mental health and wellbeing support
What the role will involve The responsibilities of your role will include the following:
• Assisting the team to develop, implement and maintain a corporate level Trade Compliance Program for the EMEA and APAC regions.
• Monitor the applicable regulations for changes to embargoed and sanctioned countries and parties and the wider regulatory environment, understanding impact to business.
• Identify and act upon opportunities to influence export legislation and implementation.
• Work in an advisory capacity with senior leadership to support their aspirations through the provision of strategic and pragmatic export advice and practice.
• Work closely with Sales, Project and Operations teams to identify transactions having import/export authorisation and other trade compliance related requirements.
• Oversee the preparation, submission and management of UK and US Government export licences and approvals to ensure continuous coverage for business activities.
• Support internal and external US parties with application and management of US export authorisations, TAA's, MLA's, Licences.
• Lead internal and Governmental Trade Compliance audits.
• Assist Technical Specialists obtain the necessary information to enable jurisdiction and classification analysis of equipment, software and technology.
• Support briefings, seeking export support and approval from the UK Department of International Export Control Joint Unit Ministry of Defence, National Cyber Security Centre and Foreign Commonwealth Office.
What you'll bring The role of Trade and Compliance Officer requires the following experience and skills:
• Proven experience of UK/EU/US Defence Export Controls
• Proven experience of US Trade Compliance requirements including the ITAR and EAR
• Proven experience with International Logistics
• Proven experience writing policy and procedure documentation sets
Important to know Applicants who accept a conditional offer of employment must meet the requirement of right to work in the UK and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information and will be subject to government security checks. As an equal opportunities employer, L3Harris is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership. We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join L3Harris.


• Proven experience of UK/EU/US Defence Export Controls
• Proven experience of US Trade Compliance requirements including the ITAR and EAR
• Proven experience with International Logistics
• Proven experience writing policy and procedure documentation sets
  
  From 12 UK sites, our team of over 1,400 people deliver unique capabilities across air, land, sea, space and cyber for military, security and commercial customers, worldwide.
L3Harris in Brighton are part of Release Systems and the Mission Avionics sector operating in the Aerospace domain. We specialise in high performance electro-mechanical systems and pneumatic technology for airborne weapon carriage release.


• Half day finish on a Friday
• 25 days holiday per year (plus bank holidays), increasing with long service and with the opportunity to buy/sell up to 5 days
• Private medical insurance with optional family cover
• Pension scheme of up to 7% employer contribution
• Life Assurance 4x salary (flexible up to 10x)
• Group income protection
• Flexible opt-in extras such as a health care cash plan, dental insurance, gym membership, critical illness cover and cycle to work scheme
• Employee assistance program providing mental health and wellbeing support