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Immigration Assistant Manager / Manager, People Advisory Services, Dublin


The Global Immigration team sits within EY’s People Advisory Services/UKI Tax & Law practice and is an ever-expanding provider managing a range of business immigration services for multinational clients (across a variety of industries) wishing to send their employees to work in Ireland. These services typically centre on the compliance and policy issues in coordinating and filing their employment permit and visa applications, subsequent immigration support such as advisory on future immigration needs, right to work etc.


EY’s Immigration practice is a high-pace, client service focused environment. Team members enjoy extensive contact with corporate clients, employees/assignees, and EY contacts at all levels within organisations.


As a Manager in the Irish Immigration team, you will be responsible for contributing to the overall success of the team. This is achieved by being inspirational, curious, accountable, and results-focused always, and proactively asking for and providing help where required.


What will I be doing?


Typical activities will include the following:


As a Manager within the EY Ireland immigration team, you will supervise and manage engagements and other related activities under the general direction of senior management, leading staff in providing corporate Irish immigration services to our clients. Responsibilities will include:

• Leading a team of dedicated immigration professionals in a variety of engagements in the delivery of technical advice, reviewing all relevant paperwork and communication pertaining to the end-to-end support (inbound) for the immigration process in Ireland.
• Oversee and manage engagements efficiently.
• Actively establishing, maintaining, and strengthening internal and external relationships, and making sure that the work delivered is of high quality.
• Reporting to senior management within the team.
• Monitoring regulatory and legislative changes in the Irish immigration domain, guiding clients in implementing necessary changes to their non-EEA workforce and processes in a timely manner.
• Helping to create a positive learning culture, coaching and counselling junior team members to help them develop professionally and personally.
• Working on new immigration client pursuits while ensuring all risk management practices and processes for the firm are adhered to.
• Taking responsibility for addressing problems and if not resolved, seeking guidance from others on how best to resolve them.
• Serve as a trusted business advisor for clients in the provision of Irish immigration services.
• Liaising with relevant Irish Immigration authorities within the Department of Enterprise, Trade & Employment & Department of Justice & Equality/Immigration Service Delivery Unit.
• Support, or serve as, the program leader in managing the team's technical development seminars and courses.
• Complete and document assigned work in line with EY quality standards, achieve expected outcomes, and take responsibility for correcting any errors or omissions
• Understands and applies the correct methodology, tools and technology
• Acting as a client partner to develop immigration offering and to streamline and create efficiencies in line with best practice and EY’s immigration offering across the global firm.
• Addressing concerns and issues raised by individuals receiving immigration services to ensure supportive and empathetic service.
• Managing financials of client engagements.
• Participate in wider initiatives across People Advisory Service and the EY Tax and Law practices.

Skills and attributes for success

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Strong drive to excel professionally, and to guide and motivate others
• Advanced written and verbal communication skills
• Foster an efficient, innovative, and team-oriented work environment
• Intricate knowledge of Irish immigration legislation, policy, and procedure
• Project management capabilities highly valued – must be comfortable managing multiple projects or clients against tight turnaround times
• Individual must be calm and able to work well under pressure, must feel comfortable juggling multiple competing priorities and meeting numerous critical deadlines in each working day
• Client-focused individual willing to go the extra mile to deliver excellent client service to both our corporate clients and their employees. Must be extremely empathetic and able to deliver status updates confidently to senior level clients
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to resolve problems - individual will need to confident collaborating with our global colleagues and clients to reach resolutions in complicated scenarios
• Advisory oriented professional able to see the 'bigger picture' beyond basic immigration compliance offering - willing and able to provide pragmatic and out of the box solutions to clients to resolve their immigration challenges
• Experience managing a team of junior immigration advisors and sustaining and coaching teams while working as an enthusiastic member of the team.

To qualify for the role you must have

• Relevant skills and qualifications.
• A degree qualification in law, HR, or related field is preferred
• Minimum of 5 years of work experience in Irish immigration compliance, consulting or related field