Immigration Consultant - Cairo

Job Title: Immigration Consultant

Function : Job Rank : Location :
CBS - Talent Senior Associate Cairo, Egypt

Sub Function : Reports to (name and job title):
Immigration Levant Cluster Lead

Job Summary:

To manage PRO related activities and representing EY at government
authorities.

The remit of this role requires an experienced National Senior PRO with in-
depth knowledge of Labour and Immigration requirements that can provide
support and expertise to our Immigration team as well as the ability to liaise
with the government offices to proactively manage challenging cases and find
effective and sustainable solutions.

Essential functions of the job:

• Manage the documentation provided by the Immigration team members and employees and represent EY with submissions to all government authorities relating primarily to visa / work permit applications, visa stamping, attestation of birth / marriage / education certificates etc.


• Handle all immigration and government relations cases and provide status updates on a regular basis in addition to providing a sensible alternative approach to resolve such cases.


• Update the team on a regular basis with any changes that take place with the government authorities.


• Manage and support any queries received for outbound visas relating to business travel as well as submit applications on their behalf to the consulate/ embassy as and when needed.


• Support with the renewal of Auditors Registration & Partners Auditors Certificate Renewals and Trade Licenses as and when needed.


• Support with the registration of employees in Accountants and Auditors Registry, Syndicate of Commercials, Tax and Accountants Society as per the need.


• Handle all compliance requirments in coordination with the business and the cluster lead.


• Ensure the Immigration team are kept aware of any Immigration & Labour challenges and changes to processes and procedures


• Work closley with pre-joining and recruitment team to ensure smooth onboarding of new joiners.


• Coordinate with finance team to ensure accurate payroll calculations according to social insurance rules.


• Escalate any high-risk situations and ensure that the Cluster Lead has adequate information to make the right decisions.


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  Build and maintain relationships with relevant government authorities to ensure providing consistently high levels of client service.
  
  Knowledge and Skill Requirements

  
  


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  Confidentiality and Integrity, as this role requires dealing with employees ' personal documentation

  
  


• Upholding EY's values, brand and reputation as well as understand and follow workplace policies and procedures


• Excellent communication skills


• Excellent knoweldge of labour law and related rules/regulations.


• Good understanding of payroll calculations and process.


• Enthusiastic and energetic; able to embrace new ways of working.


• Should be a Team player with an ability to build strong client relationships


• Good networking and sound relationships built with the Immigration and Ministry of Labour and Social Insurance Authority.


• Able to provide comprehensive and practical solutions to complicated cases


• Ability to work under pressure


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  Handling all documents and transaction for immigration and Ministry of Labour
  
  Job Requirements:
  
  Education:

  
  


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  Bachelor's Degree in Human Resource Management, Law, Business Administration, or related field.
  
  Experience:

  
  


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  ‎3 - ‎5 years ' experience as a government relation representative working closely with the government offices

  
  


• Excellent knowledge of all immigration and labour processes to provide effective and alternate solutions to issues faced.


• Fluency in written and spoken Arabic as well as excellent English language skills (written and verbal)


• Advanced user of Microsoft Outlook, Word and Excel with strong attention to detail