Customs Agent

**Job Summary and Purpose**:
Liaise with Customs as a representative of the Shipping Agency and guarantee compliance with Government rules and Port regulations while conducting Customs’ formalities.

**Accountabilities**:
**Key Accountabilities**:
**Document Preparation & Submission**:
1. Coordinate with Agents and, if necessary, advice on completion of vessel and cargo related Customs formalities for compliance with laws and regulations.
2. Prepare the cargo manifest for the vessel and its cargo.
3. Procure the required NIL and Product manifests by submitting clearance documents for approval by Customs. Submit original documents for record purposes.
4. Conduct precise distribution of all manifest copies to their respective sections to ensure the same during final disbursement.
5. Prepare Arabic letters, as per requirement, for submission to Customs bodies.

**Monetary Responsibilities**:
6. Calculate and pay the Customs duties and levies.
7. Monitor the expenditure and enter the costs against respective WBS.
8. Maintain detailed logs of the expenditure for replenishment of credit cards.

**Generic Accountabilities**:
**Quality, Health, Safety & Environment**
9. Adhere to all relevant IMS policies, procedures, instructions, and controls so that NAKILAT provides safe, world class, secure and environmentally responsible service to customers, the public and its own people.

**Policies, Systems, Processes & Procedures**:
10. Follow all relevant departmental policies and procedures so that work is carried out in a controlled and consistent manner.

**Others**:
11. Carry out any other duties as directed by the immediate supervisor.

**Accountabilities - 2**:
**Accountabilities - 3**:
**Accountabilities - 4**:
**Competencies**:

- Agency Administration - Beginner
Achievement Oriented - Basic
Agency Operations - Practitioner
Collaboration & Team Work - Basic
Crew Logistics - Beginner
Customer Centricity - Basic
Drive Vision - Basic
Empower & Nurture Talent - Basic
Interactive Communication - Basic
NAC Government Liaison - Specialist
Solution Oriented - Basic
SSHEQ Compliance - Beginner

**Key Result Areas**:

- Ensure complete compliance of submitted Customs documents with laws and regulations and acceptance of the documents by Customs
- Ensure accurate expenditure logs with zero errors

**Interactions and Working Relations**:
**Internal**:

- Shipping Agency Government Liaison Supervisor
- Shipping Agency Operations
- Nakilat Head Office - SHEQ / HR / ER / IT / Immigration departments.
- Shipping Agency Government liaison
- Shipping Agency Crew Logistics
- Shipping Agency Finance section

**External**:

- Port, Customs, Immigration, Ministry of Interior
- Ministries of Transport, Business and Trade and other governmental bodies
- JV companies

**Financial Authorities**:
Not Applicable

**Qualifications, Experience and Job Skills**:
**Qualifications**:

- Secondary school diploma or higher
- Should have passed the customs license qualification, if not should have the minimum requirements to enroll for the customs course
- Should hold a valid Qatar driving license

**Experience**:

- 2 to 4 years of experience, preferably in a customs and shipping environment

**Job Specific Skills**:

- Understanding of the local government rules and regulations regarding the shipping environment
- Strong understanding of Qatari Customs regulations
- Use of Windows based software (MS Office suite) and SAP will be an added advantage

**Customs Agent**:

- Department: Nakilat Agency- City: 1202

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