Title: Government Liaison Officer
Company Name: Relief International
Vacancy: Not specific
Job Location: Dhaka
Employment Status: Full-time
Educational Requirements:
∎ Bachelor's/ Master's Degree in Public Administration/ Humanities/ Social Sciences/ Social Work/ Law/Management or relevant degree.
Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 5 year(s)
Job Responsibilities:
∎ Lead processing of new visa and work permit applications and renewals for international staffs and visitors following all mandatory requirements in timely and quality manner
∎ Maintain up-to-date documentations in both hard and soft copy including up to date tracking sheet of visa, work permit and revise on regular basis; actively and dedicatedly communicate with concerned staff and senior managers on the visa, work permit & camp permit renewals
∎ Remain updated on the changes in Bangladesh visa and work permit related requirements and provide update to senior management regularly with necessary advice and recommendations
∎ Anticipate potential risks in relation to RI staying in sync with Bangladesh's visa and work permit rules & regulations for foreigners, immediately inform senior management and lead / support to manage those risks
∎ Ensure Airport Protocol, Immigration process, check in process at Airport for the international staff's.
∎ Ensure Security Clearance for the international staff's.
∎ Responsible to develop and circulate various types of letters, circulars, notes, office memos, visa letters, NOCs etc.
∎ Ensure that RI operates in Bangladesh following all legal and mandatory compliances set by NGO Affairs Bureau, GoB in quality and timely manner. This includes to leading and processing of (i) FDs requirements at the start, during and end of the projects; (ii) various approvals from different level of authorities during the project lifespan; (iii) Project closure formalities etc.
∎ Coordinate with relevant department and communicate the updates, changes, addition/deletion
∎ Ensure all GoB compliances relevant for INGOs are met by the organization specially related to NGOAB, NBR and National Security.
∎ Remain updated on the changes in GoB compliances for INGOs and provide regular update to senior management team with necessary suggestions and recommendations.
∎ Undertake other responsibilities as assigned by the supervisor
Additional Requirements:
∎ Age at least 22 years
∎ Both males and females are allowed to apply
∎ Excellent understanding and proven experience of working on visa / work permits of international staffs & visitors.
∎ Excellent working relationship with government counterparts at all level in Dhaka and Cox Bazar
∎ Strong interpersonal skills and ability to act professionally and diplomatically on behalf of the RI, including representation in high level meetings.
∎ Very good skills on MS Word, Excel, Outlook, Power point
∎ Should be able to work independently and possess good time management skills
∎ Demonstrable ability to handle crises.
∎ Excellent interpersonal and team skills
∎ Dedications towards humanitarian principles and values
Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ Mobile bill, Medical allowance, Weekly 2 holidays, Insurance
∎ Salary Review: Yearly
∎ Two festival bonuses in a year equivalent to one basic salary.
∎ Severance (8.33% of the monthly basic salary) goes with the monthly release of the salary.
Application Deadline: 14 Jul 2020
Company Information:
∎ 7 Jul 2020
∎ Relief International
∎ Address : Bangladesh Country Office: House: 451 , Road: 8 West, DOHS Baridhara, Dhaka-1206; Head Quarter: 5455 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 1280 Los Angeles, CA 90036, USA
∎ Web : www.ri.org
∎ Business : Relief International, hedquatered in USA, is a leading international non government organization working in 16 countries to relieve poverty, ensure well-being and advance dignity. We specialize in fragile settings, responding to natural disasters, humanitarian crises and chronic poverty.
Relief International combines humanitarian and development approaches to provide immediate services while laying the groundwork for long-term impact.
Our signature approach which we call the RI Way emphasizes local participation, an integration of services, strategic partnerships, and a focus on civic skills. In this way, we empower communities to find, design and implement the solutions that work best for them.
Relief International has been working in Bangladesh since 2004. The Bangladesh portfolio of Relief International has strong focus on emergency response, economic opportunity and livelihoods rebuilding, traficking in persons, sustainable tourism, human rights and protection, refugee crisis response and public health. RI maintains a country office in Dhaka with multiple field offices in Cox`s Bazar. RI currently employs over 1000 local and international staffs in Bangladesh.
Relief International is currently implementing large scale refugee response program in Cox`s Bazar in Bangladesh in collaboration with multiple partners including UNHCR, UNICEF, USAID/OFDA, EU ECHO.
For more information on Relief International: www.ri.org
Category: NGO/Development
Source: bdjobs.com