Government Relations & Corporate Compliance Specialist

Government Relations & Corporate Compliance Specialist

Key Responsibilities

• Drive immigration and government-related processes, including visas, residency permits, QIDs, sponsorship transfers, renewals, and cancellations.
• Manage the timely submission, follow-up, escalation, and completion of government applications and approvals.
• Build and maintain strong working relationships with government authorities, ministries, free zone entities, and external service providers.
• Ensure compliance with labour, immigration, and regulatory requirements.
• Manage renewals of commercial registrations, licenses, permits, establishment records, and statutory company documents.
• Monitor changes in legislation, government requirements, and regulatory processes and coordinate required compliance actions.
• Support company restructuring, legal entity updates, company name changes, registration amendments, and other corporate change initiatives.
• Coordinate document legalization, attestation, translation, and certification requirements.
• Track employee and company compliance activities, deadlines, and associated risks.
• Drive timely resolution of pending government matters that may affect employees or business operations.
• Partner with HR, Legal, Finance, Procurement, and business stakeholders on government-related activities.
• Support government inspections, audits, and compliance reviews as required.

Requirements

• 5-8 years of experience in Government Relations, PRO, Immigration, Corporate Administration, or Compliance within Qatar.
• Deep knowledge of Qatar labour, immigration, licensing, and regulatory requirements.
• Demonstrated experience managing corporate registrations, licenses, and government approvals.
• Experience supporting company changes, restructuring, registration updates, or legal entity amendments is highly advantageous.
• Strong understanding of government portals, processes, and stakeholder management.
• Fluent Arabic and English communication skills.
• Valid Qatar driving license.

Ideal Candidate Profile

• Highly knowledgeable in Qatar government and immigration processes.
• Proactive, resourceful, and able to work independently.
• Comfortable engaging directly with government officials and external stakeholders.
• Persistent in driving actions through to completion.
• Highly organized with strong attention to detail.
• Able to prioritize competing deadlines and work under pressure.
• Solutions-focused, with a strong sense of ownership and accountability.