Immigration & Compliance Specialist
Job Description
Job Description:
The Immigration role provides input on the design, implementation and administration of immigration and other HR compliance programs, policies, and procedures in accordance with the organization’s strategy. This role will collaborate with HR business partners, Legal and external immigration counsel to provide efficient experience to associates with employment-based visas. This role will also provide support for other HR compliance programs and/or processes.
Key Responsibilities and Duties:
- Responsible for case coordination, document collection, process tracking, and maintaining immigration compliance documentation.
- Coordinates employment-based immigration cases including, but not limited to, H-1B, L-1, TN, and permanent residency processes.
- Serve as a liaison between employees, HR partners, hiring managers, and external immigration counsel.
- Ensures accurate tracking and monitoring of immigration case progress to ensure deadlines are met.
- Collect and review employee documentation required for visa petitions.
- Support maintenance of Public Access Files (PAFs) and other compliance documentation as required.
- Collaborates with internal Legal team to monitor legislative updates and changes to state and federal laws to ensure organizational compliance and to assess any impacts on the organization’s policies and practices.
- Respond to employee inquiries regarding immigration processes and timelines.
- Provide general guidance (non-Legal) on immigration procedures and company policies.
- Assist with immigration reporting and data requests from HR leadership.
- Support immigration program audits and documentation reviews.
- Identifies opportunities to improve immigration processes and workflows.
- Provides leadership and/or consultation on other HR special projects and/or initiatives.
Required Qualifications:
- 5+ years of supporting immigration programs
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience working with immigration law firms or HR immigration programs and HR hiring/onboarding compliance.
- Strong organizational and project coordination skills.
- Excellent attention to detail and ability to manage multiple deadlines.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint).
- Experience with Workday is a plus!
- Strong verbal and written communication and presentation skills.
- Ability to effectively deliver solutions in a fast-paced environment and prioritize workload.
Pay Rate $38.24 per hour
Meet Your Recruiter
Gena Gonzales
Senior Recruiting Consultant
Gena joined Corps Team in 2021 and has over 12 years of recruiting experience focusing on IT, Engineering and Professional Services. She also has experience in start-up and corporate environments with consultative full life cycle recruitment background, administrative support and HR background. She is skilled at building relationships with employees across all levels of an organization, multitasking and adapting to meet any changing organizational needs. Gena has a Bachelors degree in Journalism and a minor in Speech Communications.
Corps Team is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.
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