Trainee Shipbroker – International Ship Broker

A leading international ship broker of offshore vessels wishes to recruit a suitably qualified candidate to act as its marketing representative and trainee shipbroker in Ghana.

Reporting both to the country manager in Ghana and to the corporate head office overseas, the candidate will help to build the business, acting as an intermediary between ship owners and oil and gas companies for the contracting of offshore vessels.  The position will be Accra based but will require frequent travel to Takoradi and occasionally overseas.

Required Skills or Experience

The role will call for the following qualities in the successful candidate:

• Educated to degree standard with at least 3 years of relevant work experience after graduation
• Ideally qualified by the Institute of Chartered Ship Brokers and with demonstrable experience as a ship broker in the offshore industry
• Minimum age 25
• If not already qualified as a ship broker, then experience within either shipping or oil and gas industries will be considered
• Experience of working with an international environment is advantageous
• Dynamic and resourceful and be able to work unsupervised
• Good written and oral communications skills
• Experience of marketing or of commercial development is essential

If you are qualified or a trainee ship broker or if you meet the other criteria above then we would be please to hear from you. 

How To Apply

Please send your detailed CV and covering letter, using the title role and explaining why you believe you are qualified for this specialist role to:[email protected]

ONLY SUITABLE QUALIFIED GHANAIAN NATIONALS ARE ELIGIBLE TO APPLY, PLEASE DO NOT APPLY IF YOU DO NOT MEET THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS LAID OUT ABOVE

Closing date: 08 Mar, 2012