Immigration Consultant

The Company

VEON is a Nasdaq-listed global digital operator that serves nearly 160m customers with connectivity, a total base of 110 million monthly active users with digital services in some of the world’s most exciting frontier markets. Operating across six countries that are home to nearly 520 million people, in other words more than 7% of the world’s population, VEON transforms lives through technology-driven services that empower individuals and drive economic growth.

With VEON’s Digital Operator 1440 vision and strategy, VEON Group companies redefine the engagement that telecom operators have with their customers, providing the best digital experience to customers up to 1440 minutes in a day. We transform not only the daily experience of the final users but also support the growth of enterprises and industries as a whole by using cutting-edge technologies in AI, big-data, and cloud services to serve our business customers.

This is all underpinned by a commitment to sustainability, ensuring VEON’s operations are run safely and ethically while fostering digital entrepreneurship and greater digital skills and literacy in the communities in which VEON operates. VEON’s values-based approach works to strengthen trust by building a responsible and sustainable business that benefits customers, employees, communities, and shareholders.

VEON’s international leadership team is drawn from experienced executives from around the world and has been led by CEO Kaan Terzioğlu since July 2021.

Position Summary

Responsible to obtain seamless services from all Government Offices such as Employment Permits, Entry Visas, Medical Examinations, and miscellaneous jobs related to Immigration, Ministry of Labor & Consulates for the company and its group, adhering to the regular amendments.

Key Responsibilities

• Coordinate with DIFC, GDRFA, MoHRE, and other relevant authorities on behalf of the company.
• Obtain new employment visas/work permits for all expatriate employees.
• Monitor and renew employee residence permits.
• Obtain new residence visas for dependents of employees.
• Facilitate renewal of residence visas for dependents.
• Facilitate obtaining and renewal of expatriates' passports for employees and dependents.
• Facilitate and follow up the cancellation of visas for employees and dependents.
• Facilitate complex medical/police procedures in the event of the death of any employee.
• Responsible for administering the following towards business facilitation on a day-to-day basis:
• a) Liaise with embassies to enable business visits.
• b) Liaise with UAE Immigration dept. in obtaining business entry visas for global business visitors.
• Provide expert advice to business and employees on all visa formalities and all other government-related procedures.
• Accountable for maintaining accurate records for all above services.
• The ever-changing government rules and regulations require the post-holder to be abreast of updates on information/documents, and at times certain jobs have to be tackled efficiently without much notice.
• Registering and deregistering employees from the health insurance plans.
• Prioritize TO-DO-NOW jobs and accomplish them at short notice.
• Provide support on projects and tasks on a day-to-day basis in supporting the HR team.

Critical Skills & Experience

• The candidate must have at least 5 years’ experience in a similar role with strong government interfacing exposure.
• Basic knowledge of DIFC, GDRFA, and MoHRE rules and regulations.

Leadership Competencies

• Proactive approach to problem-solving.
• Anticipating the impact of changes in rules and regulations (MoHRE, GDRFA, and DIFC).
• Excellent networking and interpersonal skills.
• Good influencing skills.
• Spoken and written Arabic is a must.
• Good knowledge of written and spoken English.
• Good computer skills (MS Office).

Personality Traits

• Sociability.
• Influence.
• Need for Achievement.
• Tolerance of Ambiguity.
• Openness to Differences.
• Adaptability.
• Optimism.
• Humility.

Motivational Drivers

• Collaboration.
• Challenge.

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Do you want to be part of a team that serves over 160 million customers across 6 dynamic markets? Do you want to pioneer new experiences for hundreds of millions in emerging economies? Do you feel at home working in a truly diverse and inclusive environment? We are VEON, a global digital operator, and we scale new heights never thought possible.

Our DE&I Vision is:

Creating an Inclusive World for All – Inside and Beyond VEON

We aspire to create an Inclusive world for all by providing Equal voice and representation, driving growth with diverse and inclusive teams that create products that serve Diverse needs of our customers across all dimensions of life from connectivity to digital financial inclusion, education, health, and entertainment, and creating value for our people, our partners, and communities.