Job Code: 0034
Salary: $110K -$130K
Responsibilities:
- Understands and complies with firm, client and Belfast office processes.
- Understands own role and importance of delivering on responsibilities; drives own technical and skills development.
- Understanding of the requirements for various types of immigrant and non-immigrant visa types and of the role and function of the various government departments involved, keeping abreast of changing requirements as appropriate.
- Demonstrates proficiency in drafting applications for various immigrant and non-immigrant visa types:
- Gather and analyze case documents
- Draft required forms in Visatrax
- Draft specialized support letters detailing eligibility for visa classification and other immigration benefits
- Compile draft petition, to include relevant forms, support letters and supporting documentation
COMMUNICATION
- Contributes to an atmosphere of openness, honesty and respect, where team members support and encourage each other in delivering the best possible outcomes for our clients.
- Appropriately raises issues and concerns to mentor, team lead, site lead or US attorneys/case managers in a timely manner.
- Communicates in a clear and concise manner, ensuring communications are accurate and direct.
- Contributes in meetings, offering own opinions and listening to other views.
COLLABORATION
- Collaborates with and actively supports others in meeting team objectives, willingly offering assistance unprompted, creating a positive and collegiate working environment.
- Shares best practice with others, making suggestions for improvements where appropriate; shows commitment to a culture of continuous service improvement.
- Shows commitment to 360 degree feedback, asking for and responding constructively to feedback from others, giving timely and balanced feedback to colleagues, team leads, site lead and US teams as appropriate.
- Shows commitment to building the Belfast office culture, actively contributing to our success story and future expansion.
Requirements
- 2.1 Bachelor’s degree in law or other relevant discipline
- Effective client service skills; awareness of the commercial, legal and political landscape in which the immigration practice and our clients operate
- Excellent attention to detail, with the ability to produce accurate drafts and other high quality work, under supervision
- Able to work independently in a busy, deadline driven environment, under supervision
- Excellent planning and organizational skills, with the ability to manage conflicting deadlines, escalating issues as appropriate
- Demonstrates initiative and decision-making skills in solving problems and making recommendations, under supervision as appropriate
- Effective communicator, both verbally and in writing; ability to tailor communication style to meet requirements of the recipient
- Demonstrable interpersonal and collaborative skills, with the ability to act as an engaged, enthusiastic and effective team member
