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The Embassy of the Republic of Lithuania in South Africa announces a vacancy for the position of Consular clerk

Basic salary coefficient starts from 0,8

Required qualification:

• higher education or equivalent to it;
• knowledge of English language on the level C1;
• computer skills (MS office);
• clerical skills, knowledge of professional correspondence, document management and record-keeping, language culture;
• ability to plan his/her work process effectively, work independently, have special skills;
• writing and oral communication skills;
• knowledge of the functions of consular service and the legislation regulating it;
• meeting requirements of legal acts of the Republic of Lithuania necessary for requirements of legal acts of the Republic of Lithuania necessary for authorising to handle or access classified information marked “Restricted or do not raise any doubts as to the person’s credibility.

 Functions of the holder of the position:

• contributing, within their competence, to the performance of consular functions in accordance with the provisions of Articles 14 to 42 of the Consular Statute of the Republic of Lithuania;
• providing information to interested parties on consular matters, preparing consular information material;
• responding to enquiries within his or her competence;
• answering and administering phone calls;
• receiving visitors, consular documents, handling consular correspondence;
• preparing consular documents and their drafts;
• within his or her remit, liaising with other institutions on consular matters;
• translating consular documents;
• creating files of consular documents, drawing up a documentation plan and managing the archives;
• within his or her remit, maintaining relations with the Lithuanian community;
• preparing consular documents for dispatch by diplomatic mail and/or diplomatic cargo, processing consular documents received by diplomatic mail and/or diplomatic cargo;
• performing other occasional official tasks assigned by the Head of the Mission.

 Advantage will be given to the candidates who possess the following:

• residence permit and work permit in South Africa;
• work experience at the same or similar position at the embassies of EU countries;
• experience of work with Visa computer programs, especially VIS (Visa Information System);
• knowledge of diplomatic protocol.

 Additional information:

• the candidate will be working on the fixed-term employment contract;
• estimated start date of the employment is June, 2024, nevertheless start date may be altered due to the delay of the recruitment procedures;

Please send your CV and motivation letter in English or Lithuanian in free form by e-mail atranka.za@urm.lt until 16.00 o’clock of  15th of March 2024. The candidates will be interviewed in person at the Embassy or via Teams/Zoom platform.

For additional information, please contact by e-mail atranka.za@urm.lt .