Summary
Date Posted: Monday, May 09, 2022 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
The Honorary Consuls is appointed by the Australian Government to provide consular services to Australian citizens in Tanzania and reports to the Australian High Commissioner in Kenya. The Honorary Consul also makes a contribution to aspects of the bilateral relationships between Australia and Tanzania.

The key responsibilities of the position include:
• providing consular assistance on behalf of the supervising mission, the Australian High
• Commission in Kenya;
• conducting passport interviews on behalf of the supervising mission; forwarding completed
• documentation and, when necessary, returning passports to applicants;
• managing other types of travel documents under instruction of the supervising mission;
• maintaining contact with the Australian community in Tanzania.
• Other responsibilities include but are not limited to:
• maintaining a good working relationship with the Tanzanian government and local authorities, in particular branches relevant to Australia's consular interests;
• general representation duties with local authorities and the host government, including acting as a communication channel for the supervising mission when requested;
• promoting Australian trade, economic, commercial, cultural, educational, scientific and technological interests;
• assisting with supervising mission's visits or high level visits, for example securing appointments
• for visiting Australian officials assisting in building general public awareness of Australia in Tanzania;
• engaging in ceremonial and public affairs activities as a representative of Australia as
• requested/authorised by the supervising mission directing enquirers wanting information on migrating or traveling to Australia or about importing or taking goods to Australia to the Home Affairs website.

Qualifications/Experience:
• may be an Australian citizen, although non-Australians with a personal connection to Australia
• who meet all other selection criteria will be considered;
• should be long-term residents of Tanzania and intend to remain there for at least five years;
• should have good standing in, access to and influence with the political, bureaucratic, commercial
• and media communityin Tanzania;
• should possess office accommodation in Dar es Saalam of an appropriate professional standard
• (in terms of quality, security, facilities and location), suitable for use as a consulate for the representation of Australia's interests;
• should be fluent in English and, if utilising support staff, have English speaking support staff; should be of independent means so they are not financially dependent on the honorarium
• provided by the Australian Government; should have sufficient time to perform the functions listed in this advert, including meeting the reasonable expectations of Australians who might seek assistance. It is expected that the honorary consul will maintain regular office hours open to the public;
• should not hold a consular commission from another country or any government or official position in their country of residence or citizenship, in order to avoid potential conflicts of interest.

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 12

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

Job application procedure
Submit a resume (with passport photo) and cover letter describing how you meet all the essential requirements, no later than the closing date to 20 May 2022. If you progress through the selection process, the Australian High Commission in Kenya will invite you to an interview and probity checks. Apply by emailing nair.admin@dfat.gov.au  and citing reference number DSLM-HonCon.

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