Immigration Coordinator
- Dartmouth, NS, Canada
Full-time
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Job details
- Job type
- Full-time
- Experience
- 2 years of experience in HR administration and/or Immigration administration
- Posting language
- English
- Posted
Original job description
Description
Join the Seaboard Armour Transportation & Logistics Team Today!
Position Overview: The Immigration Coordinator provides administrative support for the organization's employees on temporary work permits. This role works directly with HR, managers and employees to ensure work permit, visa, and immigration-related processes are completed accurately, on time, and in compliance with applicable legislation to maintain eligibility to work status.
This position does not provide immigration legal advice and is not required to hold RCIC designation. The focus is on documentation management, case coordination, compliance monitoring, reporting, employee communications, and process administration.
Key Responsibilities
Immigration Case Coordination
What We're Looking For
What You Bring
Join the Seaboard Armour Transportation & Logistics Team Today!
Position Overview: The Immigration Coordinator provides administrative support for the organization's employees on temporary work permits. This role works directly with HR, managers and employees to ensure work permit, visa, and immigration-related processes are completed accurately, on time, and in compliance with applicable legislation to maintain eligibility to work status.
This position does not provide immigration legal advice and is not required to hold RCIC designation. The focus is on documentation management, case coordination, compliance monitoring, reporting, employee communications, and process administration.
Key Responsibilities
Immigration Case Coordination
- Collect, organize, review, and maintain immigration documentation and supporting records.
- Track case progress and ensure required documentation is received within established timelines.
- Maintain accurate case files and electronic records.
- Monitor work permit, visa, passport, and immigration document expiry dates.
- Maintain immigration tracking systems and generate compliance reports.
- Escalate compliance risks and upcoming renewals to HR leadership.
- Serve as a primary point of contact for employees and managers regarding immigration process questions and status updates.
- Prepare employee communications regarding application requirements, timelines, and documentation requests.
- Provide guidance on internal immigration processes while referring legal questions to HR leadership
- Maintain immigration spreadsheets and HRIS records.
- Prepare regular reports on:
- Active immigration cases
- Upcoming renewals
- Compliance risks
- Work permit expiries
- Program metrics and service-level timelines
- Conduct audits of employee files and immigration records.
- Prepare letters, employer forms, supporting documentation, and government submissions as directed.
- Coordinate signatures and approvals from leadership.
- Manage correspondence with employees, immigration providers, and government agencies.
- Support process improvements and documentation standardization initiatives.
What We're Looking For
- 2 years of experience in HR administration and/or Immigration administration
- Experience supporting the Provincial Nominee Program, Atlantic Immigration Program, Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP)
- Knowledge of Canadian immigration processes and employer obligations.
What You Bring
- Exceptional organizational and document management skills.
- Strong attention to detail and accuracy.
- Ability to manage multiple files and competing deadlines.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills.
- Analytical mindset with strong tracking and follow-up skills.
More about this job
Responsibilities
Coordinate immigration cases by collecting and maintaining documentation, tracking progress and deadlines, monitoring document expiries, and escalating compliance risks. Support employees and managers, maintain tracking systems and HRIS records, prepare reports and government submissions, and help standardize processes.
Requirements
Requires at least two years of experience in HR administration and/or immigration administration, including experience supporting the Provincial Nominee Program, Atlantic Immigration Program, or Temporary Foreign Worker Program. Candidates should know Canadian immigration processes and employer obligations and have strong organizational, communication, accuracy, tracking, and follow-up skills.
Skills
- Immigration Case Coordination
- Document Management
- Compliance Monitoring
- Canadian Immigration Processes
- Work Permit Administration
- Visa Administration
- Expiry Tracking
- Case File Management
- HRIS Records Management
- Reporting
- File Auditing
- Employee Communications
- Deadline Management
- Attention to Detail
- Process Improvement
- Stakeholder Coordination
Visa sponsorship
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Categories
- Human Resources
- Legal
- Administrative
- Transportation
- Logistics
Keywords
- Immigration Administration
- Human Resources Administration
- Canadian Immigration
- Work Permits
- Visas
- Passports
- Provincial Nominee Program
- Atlantic Immigration Program
- Temporary Foreign Worker Program
- Employer Obligations
- Immigration Documentation
- Case Coordination
- Compliance Monitoring
- Expiry Tracking
- Electronic Records
- Immigration Tracking Systems
- HRIS
- Compliance Reporting
- File Audits
- Government Submissions
- Employee Communications
- Document Standardization
- Process Improvement
- RCIC