Junior Canadian Immigration Consultant

**Position Summary**:
**This position does not require certification, however, prior legal or immigration experience is preferred.**

**Responsibilities**:

- Coordinate immigration processes including case initiation, case preparation and submission, monitoring progress, and follow-up on completion
- Provide case support to Senior Consultants and Lawyers
- Listens intently to the client needs to ensure that these needs are met and anticipating customer needs, offering pro-active advice. Remaining up-dated on industry events/circumstances that may be relevant to the client.
- Identify and advise Senior Counsel on key issues that may impact the immigration process such as travel plans, dependents, and medical records
- Work with colleagues and external service providers across the globe to deliver the best outcome for the client
- Effectively manages time prioritizing, identify and addressing critical tasks, while remaining flexible to changing priorities.
- Completes paperwork and assemble packages with no errors
- Effectively Communicate workload to Management and research to other teammates
- Possesses an intermediate understanding of various immigration categories
- Understands, interprets, and applies government regulations to immigration cases
- Document information in Newland Chase secure database in accordance with company protocol, ensuring data integrity and appropriate records retention schedule
- Provide data for company metrics and client invoicing
- Maintain strict client confidentiality, ensuring secure document handling and protection of client Personal Identifiable Information (PII) and all other data
- Complete all work in strict compliance with law, regulations, and company policies, supporting CIBT’s and Newland Chase’s strong ethical culture
- Stay current with immigration laws and requirements and industry best practice

**Requirements**:

- Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science degree with strong academic credentials
- Completion of an accredited Immigration Practitioner Program
- 2-3 years’ experience in immigration or related field; paralegal experience highly desirable
- Fluency, verbal and written in English
- Fluent, verbal and written in French an asset
- Exceptional communication skills
- Strong client service mentality
- Solutions-focused with excellent attention to detail and accuracy
- Strong analytical skills
- Ability to work both independently and in a team

**WORKING CONDITIONS/LOCATION**:

- Office environment: exposure to computer screens, interaction with others in a remote office environment
- This position would be remote to start and transition to Hybrid once team is back in office

**About Us**:
Newland Chase is an award-winning, international specialist provider for corporations and private clients for their global immigration needs. Founded in 2004, our combined experience ensures that our advice and solutions are tailored to exceed our clients’ expectations.

We understand businesses strive for excellence in everything that they do and are committed to professionalism, quality and timely service delivery.

At Newland Chase our philosophy is very similar. We strive to achieve excellence in the depth and breadth of advice we provide to our clients and we operate on the principal that the needs of the client must always come first. The relationships that our team of professionals build with our clients are deep and long-lasting. We work hard to keep our business forward-thinking and to offer intelligent and innovative solutions to our clients.

**Equal Employment Opportunities