Australian Government
Australian Embassy, Brazil
Visas and Immigration Section
POSITION DOCUMENTATION
Title: Locally Engaged Integrity Officer (LEIO) Brazil
Status: Permanent
Agency/Branch/Work Unit: Immigration Section
Salary: R$5.300,00
Applications to be delivered to:
Visa Office (Integrity)
Emb da Australia
SES Quadra 801 conjunto K Lote 07
Brasilia – DF CEP 70200-010
Commence: March 2013
Closing Date: 4 February 2013
Job Description
The LEIO provides integrity support to visa officers and other operations staff to manage risk in
applications received from the countries managed by Brasilia visa office. They analyse and report on visa
caseload and malpractice and contribute to the knowledge and understanding of integrity risks in the
Americas region.
The LEIO is responsible for maintaining an information database for the purposes of monitoring,
analysing and reporting on integrity risks and trends in the visa caseload and assisting the Post maintain
and develop networks with key stakeholders to support integrity within visa processing. They manage a
high volume workload with limited supervision including the referrals caseload and contribute to training
staff on integrity issues.
The LEIO reports directly to the Second Secretary (Immigration) Brasilia and may be required to travel
and/or attend work out of regular hours.
Duty Statement
1.
Develop and maintain systems to monitor unusual trends and developments in visa caseloads and provide
regular reporting on integrity activity, performance and caseload trends.
2.
Conduct regular caseload sampling, testing and quality audits to build profiles and other information
products to enable staff to target cases of concern and develop and implement improvements in caseload
management processes and procedures.
3.
Identify and investigate integrity concerns involving ad hoc and organised migration which may include
liaison with other Posts, embassies and security agencies where relevant and appropriate.
4.
Support operational staff by providing ongoing integrity support and advice and to ensure that the full range
of integrity tools are being used effectively in accordance with agreed standards.
5.
Provide integrity support to onshore processing centres by managing referrals and related tasking including
the development of environmental information as appropriate.
6.
Contribute to the identification of training needs and deliver training in relation to integrity to staff. This
includes identifying existing training material, or in collaboration with colleagues developing new training
material as required.
7.
Contribute to the ongoing development and maintenance of a network of contacts and information
sources to access information on developments, trends and issues related to visa fraud and
malpractice. This can include contacts within organisations such as banks, education institutions
and licensing bodies to assist in document verification.
Selection Criteria
Essential
1. A strong understanding of compliance issues impacting on a Visa Office.
2. Ability to undertake complex research and analytical tasks.
3. Capacity to record and manipulate data and generate reports.
4. Ability to carry out investigations of low to moderate complexity.
5. Demonstrated high level oral and written communication skills in English and Portuguese and proficiency in
report writing.
6. Strong liaison, representational and interpersonal skills, including an ability to contribute effectively as a
member of a team.
7. High level organisational skills, including the ability to direct efforts to areas of greatest potential return.
8. Ability to confidently and effectively deliver training.
Desirable
9. Spanish language skills