What are the responsibilities and job description for the Global Immigration Coordinator position at Ogletree Deakins?
Position Summary
Our fast-paced immigration team in Austin has an opportunity for a Global Immigration Coordinator to join their growing team. The role of Global Immigration Coordinator involves performing a variety of duties centered on new case initiations based upon client requests. The Coordinator will process and respond to high volume of client inquiries as well as monitor the status of cases.
Essential Functions
- Performs a variety of duties centered on new case initiations based upon client requests.
- Communicates with client contacts to intake all necessary information for file creation, case assignment and documentation, and billing.
- Provide data tracking, global information collection, reporting support to the team.
- Process and respond to a high volume of client inquiries (for example: timeframe of filing, explanation about questionnaires, status updates and document verification).
- Create electronic client files.
- Monitor status of cases, track expiration dates, run reports.
- Follow up on a daily basis with client for any documentation and/or questionnaires that have not been submitted.
- Provide additional administrative support to the team as needed, including miscellaneous pro-jects/tasks.
Requirements
- To support the health and safety of our teams and work spaces, we require employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or to have received an approved accommodation based on medical condition or sincerely held religious belief or practice. Please let us know if you’d like to discuss the policy or available accommodations before proceeding with our recruitment process.
- Degree from an accredited college/university or equivalent experience.
- Administrative experience or skillset with Immigration or Global Mobility programs preferred.
- Strong Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, Excel).
- Strong organizational skills with a proven ability to independently prioritize work.
- Ability to communicate, oral and written, and work effectively with all levels of management.
- Demonstrated resourcefulness with the ability to anticipate needs, prioritize responsibilities and take initiative.
We are not working with outside recruiters for this position.
Benefits
Ogletree Deakins offers a robust suite of benefits for our Staff including: Paid Time Off, Sick Time, a 401(k) matching program, Profit Sharing, Paid Holidays, Paid Parental Leave, affordable Health and Life Insurance including Dental & Vision coverage, Health Savings Account /Flexible Spending Accounts to help offset the cost of dependent care and/or health care expenses, Teladoc (24/7 access to a doctor by phone or online video), Tuition Reimbursement and an Employee Assistance Program.
Firm Overview
Ogletree Deakins has one of the largest Business Immigration practices in the United States and provides a wide range of legal services for employers seeking temporary business visas and permanent residence on behalf of foreign national employees. We provide comprehensive immigration services to clients of all sizes, including numerous Fortune 500 companies. Our practice is designed to provide superior client service at competitive fixed fee rates. Our attorneys are proactive in handling client matters, from case initiation to case strategy/planning to the successful completion of the case, always remaining accessible to all of our clients.
We are fully committed to the importance of diversity within the legal profession, as well as all workplace environments and strongly encourage the interest of diverse candidates in the firm.
Equal Opportunity Employer.
