Government Relations Officer - Saudi National

Job description / Role

Government Relations Officer - Saudi National - Jeddah, Saudi

For decades, CH2M HILL has been a global leader in engineering, consulting, design, program management, construction and operations, working on the most challenging and impactful projects around the world. Through these challenging projects, we develop our people who transform complex and creative ideas into reality, every day. Join us and together we can work to build a sustainable world. We support you to reach your greatest career goals through continued professional development, a positive work life balance and undeniably cool engineering projects. Join employee-owned CH2M HILL and discover why our diverse team has been consistently ranked as one of the leading employers and repeatedly recognized as a best place to work in the U.S.

The role of the Government Relations Officer will be to support the program's requirements in liaising with government departments to ensure the efficient administration of all immigration and program issues. You will also be responsible for assistance with human resources (HR) issues related to all staff on the project.

Job Responsibilites/Accountabilities:
- Process all pertinent documents in reference to the criteria of immigration office, ministry of labour, government offices, ministry of foreign affairs, other ministries as required, in compliance with the laws and regulations.
- Process all pending applications for employment visa, business visa, residence visa, exit visa or driving license.
- Prepare and process applications in labour office in compliance with Saudi law and regulations.
- Attest pertinent papers prior to approval.
- Keep records of personnel for visas, labor cards, and other important documents.
- Communicate all new laws or rules issued by Government including review of prices.
- Basic translation of documents between Arabic and English, English and Arabic
- Maintain absolute confidentiality of records.
- Process all required documents in Arabic.

Requirements

- Fluent in both written and spoken English language. Native language is Arabic.
- Advanced knowledge of Saudi Arabia Authorities' laws and procedures related to Immigration, Labor, Customs, Municipality/Trading affairs.
- Strong knowledge in government relations.
- Excellent interpersonal skills.
- Team player with good communication skills.
- Good ability to analyze and learn.
- Organizing and quality oriented.
- Ability to work under pressure.
- Minimum 5 years of work experience as a Government Relations Officer (PRO).
- Previous experience in a multi-cultural organization is required.
- Bachelor Degree in Business Administration or a relevant field
- Proficient in MS Office software {Word (English/Arabic), MS Excel software}.

Degree Required:
- Bachelors or 4 Year Degree

Preferred Years of Experience:
- 5

About the Company

We deliver impactful global solutions to create a more connected, sustainable world - from intelligence to infrastructure, cybersecurity to space exploration. Our 52,000 employees across 50 countries work every day, challenging the expectations of today to reinvent the way we’ll all live tomorrow.