Entry Clearance Assistant - British Embassy - Lebanon

The British Embassy is recruiting an entry Clearance Assistant. All applicants are invited to deliver their CV to the Embassy, for the attention of the HR Manager, by 2 pm on Friday 25 November 2011.

Duties
- Uploading visa application data to the British Embassy computer systems.
- Reviewing visa application details and supporting documents and making detailed and relevant case notes
- Linking previous visa application history
- Ensuring that the correct fee has been paid
- Overseeing the visa application delivery and collection process.
- Ensuring biographic data is correct and entered with 100% accuracy.
- Conducting local documentation verification checks with banks, employers and universities.
- Translating paperwork from Arabic and/or French into English..
- Overseeing visa production
- Accurately respond to electronic, telephone and written enquiries from customers and external stakeholders within target timescales and in line with customer service standards
- Ad hoc tasks at the request of Entry Clearance Officer/Manager.

Skills
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with a strong customer focus approach
- A high level of organizational skills
- Good IT skills using Microsoft Word, Excel… and the Internet
- Fluent in English, Arabic is preferable

The British Embassy in Beirut offers a competitive remuneration package in line with local labour law. Specific training and mentoring for the role will be provided for the successful candidate.

The successful candidate will be subject to background checks and security clearance.

Apply
- Send CV to britishembassy.vacancies@gmail.com giving details of current salary and attaching a cover letter explaining how you fit the criteria.
- Applications which do not conform to these instructions or which are received after the closing date Friday 25 November 2011 will be automatically rejected.
- Hand-delivered applications are also accepted. Only short-listed applicants will be invited for interview.