View Vacancy - Immigration Liaison Assistant (DEU292)
The British Embassy Berlin is part of a world-wide network, representing British political & economic and consular interests overseas. A full time position as an Immigration Liaison Assistant (ILA) has become available in the Home Office Immigration Enforcement International team (IEI) based at the British Embassy Berlin. This overseas network is part of the Immigration Enforcement directorate of the Home Office and currently has country responsibility for Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
A key focus of the IEI team is to ensure that passengers travelling to the UK by air are correctly documented to do so, and to prevent the travel of passengers who attempt to circumvent the UK immigration laws by travelling with forged documents and those who have no entitlement to do so. The team works in partnership with the respective host country border policing authorities and other stakeholders to maintain and strengthen the integrity of the United Kingdom border and combat Organised Immigration Crime.
Your contribution as an ILA will be focused on supporting the Immigration Liaison Officers & Manager in Berlin, and colleagues across the FCO Germany network.
Further information on the work of Immigration Enforcement can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/immigration-enforcement
Main Duties and Responsibilities:
- Provide administrative and organisational support to the Immigration Liaison Manager (ILM) and Immigration Liaison Officer (ILO) as necessary;
- Maintain risk databases, including substantial data entry and related background research;
- Diary management, and monitoring incoming requests;Prepare statistics and reports;
- Liaise with and develop relationships with internal and external stakeholders including Embassy colleagues, airlines and local Law Enforcement across the Germany/Austria/Switzerland region;
- Manage the team email inbox including responding to, actioning and referring on emails as appropriate;
- Organise regional travel, training sessions and internal/external meetings in consultation with the ILO/M;
- To contribute to the wider objectives of the British Government’s Germany network and to support the Embassy’s positive working environment by becoming part of the British Government’s presence in Germany, which aims to support and foster them and their work.
- Fluent English and German (both written and spoken, minimum of C2 level for CEFR framework*) and excellent communication skills;
- IT literacy, a good knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook and Power Point is essential;
- The ability to work effectively within a small team;
- Flexibility. Occasionally the position may require the job holder to work extended hours or work flexibly, sometimes at short notice.
- Experience of working in an international/multilateral environment;
- Previous administrative experience;
- Basic knowledge of UK and Germany government/civil service structures;
- Previous experience or knowledge of the travel industry, aviation and/or security sectors.
This is a full-time position of five working days 37.5 hours net per week, for an initial contract period of two years, which may be extended by mutual agreement.
The jobholder will become part of the British Government’s presence in Germany, which aims to support and foster them and their work.
The British Embassy in Berlin has a strong ethos of Learning and Development, including our Learning and Development Week. In addition, there will be many opportunities to attend external seminars and events on relevant issues. This is in addition to the induction programme offered to all Embassy staff.
The successful applicant will be encouraged to be actively involved in the corporate life of the Embassy, contributing to the wider objectives of the British Government’s Germany network and supporting the Embassy’s positive working environment.
The successful candidate will be subject to professional background check and security clearance,with a probation period of 6 months and is expected to commence employment as soon as possible .
All applicants should have the right to live and work in Germany. The successful candidate must have pre-existing work authorization for Germany in order to apply. The British Embassy does not sponsor for work permits.
Staff recruited locally by the British Embassy in Germany are subject to Terms and Conditions of Service according to local German employment law.
* Please note Common European Framework of Reference for Languages: Learning, Teaching, Assessment indicates Level C2 as Mastery or proficiency Level which comprehends that a person can understand with ease virtually everything heard or read; can summarize information from different spoken and written sources, reconstructing arguments and accounts in a coherent presentation; can express themselves spontaneously, very fluently and precisely, differentiating finer shades of meaning even in the most complex situations. For more information please click on the following link CEFR. Please bear in mind in case you are invited for an interview your languages skills are going to be assessed.
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 advised that the British Embassy will not be able to meet the travel costs incurred when travelling to the interview, nor the costs connected with relocation if offered a job.
This opportunity is closed to applications.
