View Vacancy - IEI Immigration Liaison Assistant (ILA) (FRA18.756)

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Immigration Enforcement International (formerly RALON)

The British Embassy in Paris is part of a world-wide network, representing British political, economic and consular interests overseas. It is also part of the UK’s France Network (including offices in Lyon, Bordeaux and Marseilles and representation to international organisations in Paris (OECD and UNESCO) and Strasbourg (CoE).

The Immigration Enforcement International (IEI-Immigration Enforcement is a directorate of the Home Office) Paris team works closely with a range of French Law Enforcement and airline partners to prevent illegal immigration, document abuse and disrupt Organised Immigration Crime. The British Embassy is currently looking for an IEI Immigration Liaison Assistant (ILA).

The additional support team member (ILA) will be responsible for carrying out a range of administrative duties and other tasks to deliver organisational objectives. In addition to France, IEI Paris team also cover Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia.

More about IEI here.


Main duties / Responsibilities

  • General office administration and support to the Immigration Liaison Officers and manager;
  • Monitoring incoming enquiries and maintaining logs and databases;
  • Conduct ad-hoc open-source research and analysis, present findings in a logical and concise manner;
  • Provision of written and spoken translation services for the Immigration Liaison Officers and manager; clearly communicating with French Law Enforcement and other partners on behalf of the Immigration Enforcement directorate;
  • Draft responses and reports for dissemination to UK and overseas partners;
  • Attend a range of events, meetings and conferences in support of the ILO and manager to strengthen the UK-France bilateral relationship;
  • Liaise with partners across the Embassy in pursuit of HMGs ‘one platform’ approach through joint working;
  • Organise logistics and compile programmes for incoming/outgoing visits and events.

  • Fluent English and French (both written and spoken, C2 level for CEFR framework) and excellent communication skills;
  • Strong organisational and time management skills – ability to manage competing priorities;
  • Ability to build, maintain and develop relationships with internal and external stakeholders;
  • The ability to work effectively within a small team
  • Excellent working knowledge of Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, Powerpoint);
  • High level of discretion and integrity;
  • Flexibility. Occasionally the position may require the job holder to work extended hours or work flexibly, sometimes at short notice.
  • Knowledge of UK/French Law Enforcement;
  • Previous experience or knowledge of the aviation and/or security sectors;
  • Previous experience of working in an international environment.
12 December 2018
Administrative Officer (AO)
Full-time, Fixed Term
35
11 months
Europe, Eastern Europe & Central Asia
France
Paris
British Embassy
1
EUR
3,126 gross
23 January 2019

This is a full-time and fixed-term contract of 11 months.

All appointments are subject to professional background check satisfactory security clearance. The successful applicant will be required to provide a copy of his/her passport or national identity card for all nationalities held, an up-to-date criminal record (casier judiciaire) for recent countries of residence (which can be obtained online at https://www.cjn.justice.gouv.fr/cjn/b3/eje20 ), two written proofs of address (utility invoices and/or bank statements) and two references.

Staff recruited locally by the British Embassy in France are subject to Terms and Conditions of Service according to local French employment law and FCO guidance for Local Staff. The posts we offer are not an entry point into the UK’s Diplomatic Service.


Your application will only be considered if you follow the guidance below:

  • Your application must be sent in English only.
  • Your application must clearly indicate all nationalities you hold.

Please note that the deadline for applications is 23:55 on the day mentioned in the above field “Application deadline”.

We advise you to allow enough time to complete and submit your full application, since only applications completed and submitted before the deadline will be considered.

Please be aware that the deadline for submitting applications is considered to be the time zone for the country where the vacancy has arisen.

Please be aware that you will only be able to apply to vacancies for Country Based Staff roles with the British Government through this official tal.net site (operated by Oleeo). Jobs may be advertised on third party websites, however our adverts will always link back to the official tal.net site. If you complete and send an application through any other site, we will not receive it.

This opportunity is closed to applications.