Temporary Migration Assistant at Gap Recruitment Services Limited

Key Roles & Responsibility

• Handle residence/student and work permit applications
• Conduct interviews with applicants, including in Amharic, English and Swahili.
• Handle visa applications and follow instructions from decision-maker
• Handle resettlement cases, including communication with IOM/UNCHR
• Verifying documents
• Reply to applicants´ queries, both in writing and over the phone
• Registration and archiving
• Other section duties, such as special assignments, required or decided by the head of the section

Qualifications (all skills are required):

• Excellent command of written and spoken Amharic
• Excellent command of written and spoken English
• University degree in relevant field, such as law or social science
• At least two years relevant working experience, in the field of law, combatting fraud or with visas/residence permit or in similar areas deemed suitable by the employer. The experience should not be older than 3 years.
• Documented administrative competence and computer skills

Added advantages

• Skills in other languages
• Experience from work at other Embassies with migration-related duties
• Experience from work at authorities handling migration or legal matters

Personal attributes:

• Team player with a will to share knowledge and support colleagues - very important!
• Ability to adjust and to change priorities and undertake multiple tasks simultaneously
• Ability to work under pressure
• Respect for cultural diversity, with the ability to fit into a diverse team and to establish networks
• Excellent organization skills, strong oral and written communication skills in Amharic and English
• The job requires a person who is fast-thinking, flexible, productive, analytical and who has strong personal integrity.