Global Mobility Specialist - Dubai or Abu Dhabi

Oliver Wyman is a global leader in management consulting. With offices in 70 cities across 30 countries Oliver Wyman combines deep industry knowledge with specialized expertise in strategy operations risk management and organization transformation. The firm has more than 7000 professionals around the world who work with clients to optimize their business improve their operations and risk profile and accelerate their organizational performance to seize the most attractive opportunities.
Oliver Wymans thought leadership is evident in our agendasetting books white papers research reports and articles in the business press. Our clients are the CEOs and executive teams of the top Global 1000 companies.


Oliver Wyman is now looking to recruit a Global Mobility Specialist to join our MiddleEast office and be part of our IMEA team!


The role will be based out of Dubai or Abu Dhabi office.



Job Overview:


The Global Mobility Specialist provides support to the Global Mobility Manager on a diverse range of activities including daytoday immigration and relocation matters.General activities include advising and assisting internal clients on visa and work permit processing as well as assisting employees through the process of international transfers between Oliver Wyman offices.The Global Mobility Specialist will also closely cooperate with HC teams on managing the immigration processes for the employees in the region.


Key Responsibilities:



Immigration:


Advise Talent Management and Recruiting Teams on immigration processes and permits required for international project staffing and hiring internationally. This also includes proactively staying up to date on restrictions challenges and changes to existing processes advising teams of potential impact on project staffing and implementing alternative solutions as and where required.

Administer immigration programmes and work permit processes as required. Generate documentation associated with visa and work permit applications including but not limited to invitation letters business introduction letters travel insurance certifications and general travel letters and salary certificates. This also requires close collaboration with team colleagues across regions.

Support employees/candidates through the process of visa application by providing information of the visa being applied for process steps documents required visa fees and key information.

Monitor systematic changes to visa processes and ensure that Oliver Wyman standard templates are updated to reflect any changes.

Coordinate relations between Oliver Wyman employees and service providers assist with special projects administrative duties and support daytoday requests such as letters advice and processes.


IMEA database:


Input all data into the teams internal Immigration and Relocation Database on SharePoint and ensure data integrity is maintained.

Closely cooperate with the HC Operations team to ensure visa files are in good order and up to date.

Monitor expiry dates of visas and work permits and proactively contact applicant to see whether a renewal may be required.

Provide mobilityrelated information and generate regular reports for Oliver Wyman teams upon request.


Relocation:


Coordinate the approval process for international transfers in close collaboration with Talent Management

Support the IMEA Global Mobility manager in producing the transfer paperwork and act as main point of contact for relocating employees liaising with other parts of the business as needed (HC Operations Talent Management etc.)

Administer enrolment for relocation benefits (Tax assistance relocation support) and liaise with the vendors as needed.


Experience Required:


While specific responsibilities will vary based on previous experience the ideal candidate will have the following:

Minimum degree/experience requirement: Bachelors degree and 23 year of experience in a professional environment; OR 34 years of experience in a professional environment.

Previous Global Mobility Immigration or Human Resource experience is preferable but strong client service experience from another sector will be considered.

Experience working as part of an international team.

Ability to speak and write Arabic and English fluently


Skills and Attributes:


Strong client service and client impact focus.

The ability to collaborate effectively in a global multicultural team and adapt quickly in a dynamic environment.

Possessing strong organizational and followup skills alongside being a proactive problem solver with a cando attitude.

Selfstarter with a strong work ethic and an ability to work with minimal oversight.

Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to build working relationships at all levels.

A structured and creative thinker with meticulous attention to detail and strong maintenance skills.

Positive Attitude eager to get involved in firm culture and have fun.

Highly organized and systematic with a focus on efficient task management and maintaining order.


Why join us at Oliver Wyman


At Oliver Wyman
we lead with heart
we love what we do and have fun while we do it! We also
strive for breakthroughs
by questioning seeking diverse perspectives and finding powerful and sustainable solutions
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If you share these values and want to
work as one and own our impact at the same time be brave
and achieve the amazing with us!

Were individuals who are selfstarting motivated energetic entrepreneurial about what we do

We have the common aspiration to have an impact leave a legacy and change the world. We have no interest in running a steadystate business. We want to build grow and shape the environment around us

We value an environment where every member of Oliver Wyman is encouraged and expected to voice his or her opinion

We believe that to create a true meritocracy we need to remove artificial barriers to opportunity

We value people whose lives balance work and nonwork activities because we believe they are both more interesting colleagues and are able to make better contributions to the Firm.

We push ourselves hard to deliver excellence but we also work to extract the maximum benefit from the flexibility of a projectbased business. We provide the ability to take career breaks for personal or family reasons. We fundamentally value each others time and are sensitive to how it is used. We are an output not inputbased culture have respect for peoples personal decisions and believe that ones workload must be sustainable. We seek balance for ourselves and our colleagues.


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