We connect Zimbabweans with sponsored jobs in Australia and New Zealand

Who runs this site

JobsAbroad Zimbabwe is a vacancy board for people in Zimbabwe hoping to work in Australia or New Zealand. The company behind it is Red Migration FZC, based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, with its office at 108, 6th Street, Al Hamriya, Bur Dubai, Dubai, UAE. From Dubai, our team assists people from Zimbabwe to take up jobs in Australia and New Zealand with employers who sponsor the visa, and on the visa side we call on experienced migration agents and immigration advisers working in both countries.

We write with Zimbabwean readers in mind, yet each job is open to anyone with the right skills and experience, whatever their nationality.

What is on the site

• Vacancies with sponsorship in Australia and New Zealand, each posted by an employer ready to sponsor the visa of the person it takes on.
• Two visa guides in everyday English, following the journey from first offer to final decision: Australia's Skills in Demand (482) visa and New Zealand's Accredited Employer Work Visa.
• Articles and short videos about rule changes, documents and ordinary life in both countries.
• WhatsApp alerts as soon as a vacancy is published.
• Free applications. Nobody pays us anything to apply for a job.

What happens after you apply

1. Choose a vacancy. Open the jobs page and compare the advert with your experience, qualifications, licences or registration.
2. Get in touch. Use the email or WhatsApp button under the job, with your CV and certificates attached.
3. We read your file. If it fits what the employer wants, we put you forward; if not, we say so.
4. Interview. Normally a video call from home, with a hands-on test for some trades.
5. Offer and sponsorship. When the interview goes well, the employer makes an offer and takes care of sponsorship while you assemble your visa documents.
6. Visa, then departure. Once the visa comes through you resign, travel and start work for the new employer. Every stage is described in the visa guides.

Documents worth gathering today

• A current CV that lists every job with dates and duties, plus the tools, machinery or systems you worked with.
• Reference letters and payslips from past and present employers.
• Your certificates: ZIMSEC or HEXCO, apprenticeship records, degrees and licences. They do not count automatically as Australian or New Zealand equivalents, and trades are normally assessed again overseas, so keep certified copies ready.
• Your nursing registration details, if you are a nurse. A Zimbabwean registration does not transfer on its own, and you will register afresh with the regulator in Australia or New Zealand.
• A valid passport, with your name spelt the same way as on your other papers. It does not exempt you from Australia's English requirement, so plan for an English test.
• The police clearance from the Criminal Record Office when you are asked for a police certificate; if you have lived elsewhere long enough, certificates from those countries as well.

Kinds of jobs we advertise

• Nursing and caring: registered nurses, carers and support workers.
• Kitchens and restaurants: chefs, cooks, managers of kitchens and restaurants, and front-of-house staff.
• Building sites: bricklayers, carpenters and joiners, concreters, plasterers, roofers, scaffolders, tilers and labourers.
• Trades in electrical, plumbing and engineering: electricians and plumbers, welders, fitters, machinists and boilermakers.
• Vehicles and transport: truck and lorry drivers, diesel and motor mechanics, auto electricians, panel beaters.
• Farms, factories and stores: farm hands and managers, machine and production operators, storepersons.
• Professional posts: accountants, IT specialists, and civil, electrical and mechanical engineers.

Openings change weekly. See what is available now in Australia and New Zealand.

Why only sponsored roles

Travelling on a visitor visa to "see if work turns up" is a risky bet that often fails. With sponsorship you leave Zimbabwe already knowing that a real job exists, offered by an employer that the Australian or New Zealand government has approved and continues to monitor.

• Certainty. Employer and job are known to you before you pay for a ticket.
• Protection. A sponsor has to be approved, and is held to the rules on pay and conditions for the people it sponsors.
• Family. Within the visa rules, a partner and dependent children can frequently come along.
• A way forward. Depending on the rules at the time, sponsored work can lead to permanent residence, for example via Australia's Employer Nomination Scheme (subclass 186).

Where we want to get to

Moving across the world for a job is a serious step, and honest information serves you better than hype. We want each move to start with a genuine vacancy from a sponsoring employer, with the visa rules explained in everyday words and a link to the official page that confirms them.

In a sentence: the right job, the right visa, and fewer shocks after you arrive.

What we promise

• We publish only roles whose employer is prepared to sponsor.
• When your profile does not suit a job, we tell you frankly.
• We set out the visa rules in simple English and point to the official pages.
• You will never be charged for applying for a job through us.

Anything we have not covered? Write to the team.