Government Relations Officer

1 week ago

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Control Risks Full time

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**:

- 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.
- 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.
- 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.

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