Your link to employer-sponsored work down under

Who is behind JobsAbroad Kenya

Behind JobsAbroad Kenya is Red Migration FZC, a company registered in Dubai that operates from 108, 6th Street, Al Hamriya, Bur Dubai, Dubai, UAE. Our Dubai office supports Kenyans who aim to take up jobs in Australia and New Zealand with employers prepared to sponsor their visas. When it comes to visa applications themselves, experienced migration agents and immigration advisers in both countries help us.

Kenya is the audience we write for, but we do not close any vacancy to other nationalities; what counts is the skill and experience the employer is looking for.

What you can use here

• Job listings with a sponsor behind each one. Australian and New Zealand employers advertise here because they will back the work visa of the person they choose.
• Guides to the two visas, in everyday English and in the order you will meet each step: the Skills in Demand (482) visa for Australia and the Accredited Employer Work Visa for New Zealand.
• Articles and short videos on new rules, document requirements and what daily life is like in each country.
• WhatsApp notifications whenever a vacancy goes up.
• Free to apply. We never take money from job seekers for an application.

The application process

1. Browse. On the jobs page, hold each advert up against what you can offer: experience, qualifications, licences, registration.
2. Get in touch. Press the email or WhatsApp button beside the vacancy and send your CV with copies of your certificates.
3. Screening. We read what you send. Where it matches the employer's requirements we recommend you; where it does not, you will hear that from us.
4. Interviewing. Expect a video call from home, with a hands-on assessment for some trades.
5. Offer. After a good interview the employer makes an offer and starts the sponsorship process, and you gather the papers for your visa.
6. Travel. With the visa granted, you leave your current job, fly and begin. Each stage has more detail in the visa guides.

Documents and details to get ready

• Your CV. Current and complete: every job with dates, duties, and the equipment, tools or software you used.
• Proof from employers: reference letters and payslips.
• Certificates: KCSE, KNEC and NITA results, apprenticeship records, degrees and licences. Australia and New Zealand do not accept them as equal to their own by default, and trades are generally looked at again, so certified copies are a good idea.
• For nurses, your registration details. Kenyan registration is not carried across, and you will register with the regulator in Australia or New Zealand.
• Passport. Valid, with a name that matches everything else. Kenya's passport does not exempt you from Australia's English requirement, so put an English test in your plans.
• Police clearance: a Certificate of Good Conduct from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) once one is requested, plus a certificate from any other country where you lived for long enough to need one.

Occupations we advertise

• Trades on building sites: roofers, tilers, scaffolders, concreters, plasterers, bricklayers, carpenters and joiners, plus labourers.
• Electrical, plumbing, metal and engineering workshops: plumbers, electricians, boilermakers, machinists, fitters and welders.
• Care and nursing: carers, support workers and registered nurses.
• Kitchens and restaurants: cooks and chefs, front-of-house staff, and kitchen and restaurant managers.
• On the road and in the garage: truck and lorry drivers, panel beaters, auto electricians, diesel and motor mechanics.
• Factories, stores and farms: machine and production operators, storepersons, farm hands and farm managers.
• Professionals: accountants, IT specialists and civil, mechanical and electrical engineers.

New vacancies appear every week. Check Australia and New Zealand to see what is open now.

The case for sponsored work

Many people travel to Australia or New Zealand as visitors hoping to find work, and plenty are disappointed. Taking a sponsored job reverses the risk: you board the plane with an offer in hand from an employer that its government has approved and continues to supervise.

• You know what you are going to. The employer and the role are settled before you spend money on a flight.
• Rules on the employer's side. A sponsor has to be approved and must meet the pay and conditions standards that apply to sponsored staff.
• Your family. A partner and dependent children can frequently join you, within the visa rules.
• Possible permanent residence. After sponsored work, some people qualify to stay, for instance via Australia's Employer Nomination Scheme (subclass 186), subject to whatever the rules are then.

What drives us

A move overseas for work changes your whole life, so what you read about it should be accurate and free of hype. We try to make sure each move begins with a real vacancy from an employer that sponsors, visa rules explained simply, and a pointer to the official government page that says the same.

The aim in short: the right job, the correct visa and as few shocks as possible on arrival.

What you can count on

• Every employer on the site is willing to sponsor.
• We will say so openly if your background does not suit a job.
• Visa rules come in clear English with links to the official pages.
• Applying through us costs nothing, ever.

Still have a question? Write to the team.