Public Relation Officer (PRO)

RAK Airport

Job Purpose

Responsible for coordinating and liaising between the company and Government organisations / authorities and provide a key inter-face between the two. Provide quick, efficient and reliable services for all Government related jobs such as Employment Permits, Entry Visas, Medical Examinations, miscellaneous jobs related to Immigration, Ministry of Labour & Consulates, and Business Licences to the company and its group, adhering to the regular amendments in rules and regulations within very short notices. Respond effectively to the demands of the Businesses, employees and their families to assist them on all government related services.

Functional Accountabilities

Area of Contribution

Key Activities

Financial

Process

Responsible to administer the following towards Employee and Dependants liaising with local UAE govt ministries :
- Obtain new employment visas / work permits for all expatriate employees.
- Monitor and renew employee residence permits.
- Obtain new residence visas for dependants of employees.
- Facilitate renewal of residence visas for dependants.
- Facilitate obtaining and renewal of Expatriates passports for employees and dependants.
- Facilitate and follow-up cancellation of visas for employees and dependants.
- Facilitate complex medical / police procedures on event of death of any employee or next to kin.
Responsible to administer the following towards business facilitation on day-to-day basis:
- Liaise with embassies / foreign diplomatic missions to enable business visits.
- Liaise with UAE Immigration dept. in obtaining business entry visas for global business visitors.
- Administer company and joint venture companies licenses and tax remittances with various UAE govt. authorities viz., Economic Department, Municipality, Chamber of Commerce and Ministry of Finance & Industries etc.
- Provide update on any change of law on all visa formalities and all other govt related procedures.
- Accountable in maintaining accurate records for all above services.
- The ever-changing government rules and regulations requires the post-holder to be abreast of updates on information / documents and at times certain jobs must be tacked efficiently without much notice.

Any TO-DO-NOW jobs always have to be evaluated, prioritized and accomplished at short notices.

Customer and Reporting

Communication & Working Relationships

Internal

Reasons for Interaction

External

Reasons for Interaction

Qualifications, Experience, & Skills

Qualifications

Educational Qualifications

Graduate / Higher Secondary

Professional Qualifications

EXPERIENCE

Required Experience

Minimum 2 years of experience in HR Department.

Other Requirements- Safety accountability and responsibilities

All staff has the following safety responsibilities and is accountable to their supervisor(s) and Head of Department:

• To comply with the relevant safety requirements and procedures outlined in the Aerodrome Operations Manual and Safety Management System and any other instructions or notices issued by Ras Al Khaimah International Airport.
• To comply with the safety requirements detailed within their training.
• To advise their Head of Department and the Airport Duty Officer team of any safety occurrence or system failure and to identify and report any situation of potential risk or concern affecting safety via one of the following means.
• Report directly to the Safety Department or an immediate supervisor.
• Submitting an Accident/ Incident Report.
• Support safety audits as and investigations as they occur.

Competencies

Level of Proficiency

Behavioural Competencies

Communication skills

Medium

Time Management

High

Technical Competencies

Good working knowledge of specific HR tasks

Medium

Microsoft Office.

Low