Government Relations Officer

The Government Relations Officer (GRO) plays a pivotal role in ensuring smooth interactions between our organization and government authorities in Saudi. Responsibilities will encompass administrative tasks, compliance, and liaison with local authorities.

Government Liaison:

• Act as a primary point of contact between our company and relevant government bodies in Saudi Arabia.

• Coordinate with local authorities to facilitate business operations, compliance, and regulatory matters.

• Set up business accounts on government sites such as Absher, Qiwa, Muqeem etc.

• Renew, update and maintain the trade licenses and other government certificates of all company's legal entities in KSA to ensure that the documents are up to date.

• Renew and maintain all company's leases before their expiration.

Visa and Work Permit Management:

• Manage visa applications and work permit processes for our employees.

• Submit, follow-up and collect all new employment and business visas to ensure that the visas are processed on a timely manner to support the business.

• Renew, update, and maintain all employees and their dependents' visas, labor cards, and labor contracts in a timely manner to ensure that company's records are up to date in the labor and Immigration Departments.

• Obtain visas from Embassies for staff members for their business travel.

Document Preparation and Translation:

• Arrange processing attestation of employee qualifications as required.

• Prepare and submit correspondence in both English and Arabic to government authorities.

• Provide translation services for official documents related to visas, work permits, licenses, and clearances.

Compliance and Due Diligence:

• Stay updated on local laws, rules, and regulations in Saudi Arabia.

• Advise staff and senior management on relevant processes and procedures.

Record Keeping and Expiry Tracking:

• Maintain a list of internal and external contacts to facilitate embassy work.

• Manage the Protocol & Government Relations email inbox.

• Track and monitor document expiry dates to ensure timely renewals.

• Maintain confidentiality and security of company and employee documents at all times.

• Obtain monthly visa reports from MOL and immigration to keep company's files in order.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in a GRO role in Saudi Arabia with relevant experience liaising with government departments.

• In-depth understanding of Saudi laws, labour regulations, and government processes.

• Experience of working in an International business.

• Bachelor’s degree in International Relations, Business Administration, Law or related discipline.

• Fluency in both written and spoken English and Arabic.

• Excellent analytical, decision-making, and problem-solving skills

• Ability to manage time-sensitive documents and ensure compliance.

• Autonomous and willing to take initiative.

• Able to communicate, network, engage with and influence people at all levels of the organisation, building strong working relationships with managers.

• Able to address issues constructively by providing independent, objective, and commercial advice, while offering the business pragmatic yet workable and compliant solutions.

• Able to demonstrate a high level of credibility, integrity, resilience, and customer service.

Last updated on Feb 27, 2024