Senior Government Relations Officer

at  KEO International Consultants

Overview:
KEO is a creative enterprise, where innovation is a way of life. We are uniquely resourced with end-to-end services to take clients from inspiration – through conceptualization – to realization of planning, design or project delivery in the built and natural environments. For over 60 years we’ve led with vision, contributing to many of the world’s most ambitious projects, iconic places, remarkable experiences and prosperous communities.
As a highly integrated and agile AEP/PMCM firm, KEO is recognized by ENR as one of the Top 225 International Design Firms and one of the Top 20 International PM/CM Firms. We are also ranked by World Architecture as the 51st largest global architecture firm and the #1 Firm in the Middle East Region in their 2024 WA100 Survey.
We invite you to join us. Why?
When you join KEO, you’ll discover more than just a job – you’ll find a supportive environment that fosters your professional development through internal global mobility and career development and does so within a culture that supports company-wide health and well-being through on-demand counselling services and regular workplace clinics. You will be invited to celebrate community events such as sports days, fun-runs, in-house sports teams and beach clean ups. In addition to your competitive package and benefits you will have access to a suite of policies that include hybrid working arrangements, individual athletic sponsorship, study assistance sponsorship, employee referral rewards.
Responsibilities:

Paramount to success within this varied role will include;

• Knowledge of government legislation and polices.
• Knowledge of processes and procedures (e.g., for visa processes and trade license renewals) related to government documentation and processes (e.g. for Ministry of Labour, Ministry of Immigration, Municipality, etc).
• Knowledge of and ability to provide accurate advice in relation to Government and Ministry of Labour and Immigration requirements in accordance with Labour Law, policies and procedures.
• Ability to use own initiative to solve problems.
• Well-developed interpersonal communication skills including the ability to perform effectively in a team environment with a strong client focus.
• Demonstrate ability to negotiate with and influence, where necessary, relevant government departments as required.
• Demonstrated ability to use a range of computerised government system applications.
• Strong detail orientation and ability to maintain large amounts of information organized effectively.
• Strong Microsoft Office skills, including use of MS Word and MS Excel.

Qualifications:
To be successful in this dynamic opportunity, we envision that you will bring a minimum of 1 year career experience in a similar role.
Bilingual communication skills in both English and Arabic are essential and interest from UAE Nationals will be warmly received.
KEO’s performance is founded upon integrity, results, innovation, safety and our people. We embrace diversity and recognise its’ contribution to client success wherever we work.
Our generous remuneration packages are bespoke and provide a wide range of additional benefits to support both national and expatriate employees and their families. We take pride in offering long term and dynamic career opportunities and invest in our people through our global learning, development and leadership programs.
We are excited to hear how you can partner with our award winning team and treat all expressions of interest confidentially

• Knowledge of government legislation and polices.
• Knowledge of processes and procedures (e.g., for visa processes and trade license renewals) related to government documentation and processes (e.g. for Ministry of Labour, Ministry of Immigration, Municipality, etc).
• Knowledge of and ability to provide accurate advice in relation to Government and Ministry of Labour and Immigration requirements in accordance with Labour Law, policies and procedures.
• Ability to use own initiative to solve problems.
• Well-developed interpersonal communication skills including the ability to perform effectively in a team environment with a strong client focus.
• Demonstrate ability to negotiate with and influence, where necessary, relevant government departments as required.
• Demonstrated ability to use a range of computerised government system applications.
• Strong detail orientation and ability to maintain large amounts of information organized effectively.
• Strong Microsoft Office skills, including use of MS Word and MS Excel