Consular/Fellowship and General affairs officer
Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
Total years of experience :18 years, 0 Months
Consular Services:
- Handling applications for travel to the Netherlands, visas and authorizations for temporary stay, assessing the authenticity and sufficiency of documents
- Interviewing and profiling of visa applicants
- Entering the applications in the computerized system and issuing visas
- Drawing up the monthly Schengen visa statistics
- Handling all documents that need legalization and authorization by the embassy
- Issuing of consular statements and declarations
- Providing background and other information and issuing guideline and advice (orally and in writing) on applications for travel documents
- Working with refugees and resettlement groups.
Procurement and financial services:
- Developed financial system for consular section, assigning roles and responsibilities for staff based on designated authority and providing oversight over system operations;
- Lead the procurement of services from vendors such as health service provides, hotels, travel agents, etc., and goods, such as IT equipment and stationary, requesting and assessing quotations and establishing contracts;
- Managed contracts with venders; and,
- Processed and settled invoices and handled consular section petty cash.
Fellowship services:
- Organized and delivered students fairs that promote and provide information on education programs and scholarships in the Netherland, which contributing to increased demand;
- Designed and implemented new mechanisms for disseminating information, promoting products;
- Established and maintained an extended network of education contacts in Jordan;
- Informed local government counterparts, applicants, employers and interested organizations on all aspects and application requirements and procedures for the Nufiic’s Fellowship Program (NFP);
- Inspected and verified documents submitted by NFP applicants; and,
- Interviewed individual applicants and provided orientation sessions for students ahead of their departure to the Netherlands.
- Preparing correspondence to different parties
- Processing Requests for Service
- Preparing Exemption Letters to Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Filing, making appointments and reservation and registering mail
- Prepare purchase orders
- Managing & operating the front desk
- Providing assistance for Embassy visitors and visa applicants
- Sending and receiving Embassy correspondence and faxes
- Maintaining visitors’ security register
- Translating documents upon request
- Acquiring service and products’ quotes for the Embassy from vendors
- Filing, maintain and updating data
- Maintaining correspondence, and responding to inquiries via fax and phone
- Booking reservation for company clients
Helped custmers with phone directoryies.
Selling hotel services