Job promotion while on Essential Skills visa

[Famed]

Hi all,

If a person is granted an Essential Skills visa call center operator and then is successful in a job promotion with the same employer, does:

the employer need to place an advertisement to check if New Zealanders are available

OR

no advertisement is needed but he can apply for variation of condition. That person's new role will be within the same group but level 2 support (for tech escalations), increase in salary, possibly ICT customer support officer code.

Also, if he was in ICT Customer Support Officer and after promotion, he suits the same job code despite being a technical escalations specialist, is an advertisement required?

Thanks!

[JandM]

ChrisMwn, EGoodhue?

[ChrisMwn]

Hi all,

If a person is granted an Essential Skills visa call center operator and then is successful in a job promotion with the same employer, does:

the employer need to place an advertisement to check if New Zealanders are available

OR

no advertisement is needed but he can apply for variation of condition. That person's new role will be within the same group but level 2 support (for tech escalations), increase in salary, possibly ICT customer support officer code.

Also, if he was in ICT Customer Support Officer and after promotion, he suits the same job code despite being a technical escalations specialist, is an advertisement required?

Thanks!

probably way too complicated for INZ. generally I've taken the view that if the job title, employer or location don't change, then no VOC is required. If any do, then a VOC may be required. That said, if it simply a promotion and the core tasks remain the same, probably not. INZ dont generally recognse "senior/level 2 " or 'Junior/level 1' xxx, but if its changing from "customer support officer," to 'escalations specilaist" , yes. (clear as mud???!)