Government Relations Officer

Government Relations Officer

Company Profile:

Established in 1978, NES Fircroft is an award-winning staffing specialist that supplies technical and engineering experts (“white collar”) to Oil and Gas, Power, Construction & Infrastructure, Life Sciences, Manufacturing, Chemical, Mining, Automotive and IT sectors worldwide on an international basis. We’re a highly experienced team of over 2000 professionals made up of recruitment consultants and support staff spanning 58 offices worldwide. We work with top candidates to ensure that we can offer a full range of staffing solutions to our clients, complemented by industry-leading support services.

Key Responsibilities:

• Establish good relations with government offices to conduct smooth and efficient business
• Acts as a liaison with government agencies to ensure that Company affairs are handled expediently and that a good relationship is maintained / built.
• Organize all routine processing of Immigration documents e.g. residence, work permits, medical examination, and visas, to complete all the necessary legal formalities.
• Provide advice, guidance and assistance regarding government related matter to ensure that all employees understand the requirements of government authorities
• Deliver and expedite the processing of highly confidential applications to ensure that they are dealt with quickly and efficiently.

Person Specification

• Ability to comfortably advise on all employee relation issues.
• Ability to communicate clearly, persuasively and with confidence at all levels.
• Listening and counselling skills with an ability to handle difficult and confrontational situations.
• Self-motivated, with an ability to manage own workload with minimum supervision.
• Ability to gain respect from colleagues at all levels.
• Highly confidential and ability to maintain honesty, integrity and empathy in handling personal and company matters.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree
• Ideally 3+ years’ experience in Public / Government relations
• Must be able to fulfill day to day PRO duties in office and GRO duties outside the office by visiting the required Government departments
• Must have good communication skills and be adaptable, flexible and extremely proactive