Immigration Enforcement – Strategic Services and Transformation - Assurance and Risk Officer Stoke-on-Trent, England
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Immigration Enforcement is responsible for enforcing the government’s immigration laws, tackling illegal migration, removing foreign national offenders and immigration offenders from the UK. It also aims to disrupt the organised criminal groups that exploit the vulnerable for their personal gain.
Learn more on the Immigration Enforcement careers page.
Job description
Immigration Enforcement (IE) is the operational arm of the Home Office responsible for reducing the size of the illegal population and the harm it causes. Its key missions are:
- Preventing illegal immigration through greater compliance with immigration laws
- Maximising returns of immigration offenders and Foreign National Offenders from the UK, and:
- Tackling the threats associated with immigration offending.
IE works with law enforcement and cross-government partners to tackle serious and organised immigration crime with a focus on bringing to justice those who exploit the vulnerable, for example cases of modern slavery and human trafficking.
IE works closely with Migrations and Borders Group and operates as part of the group who enable the legitimate movement of people and goods to support economic prosperity, whilst tackling illegal migration, removing those with no right to be in the UK and protecting the vulnerable.
IE prides itself on being an open and supportive workplace. We actively embrace diversity and promote equality of opportunity, to enable us to reflect the communities that we serve. We provide people with the opportunity to work at pace and deliver in stretching roles.
In March 2023 the Director of Performance and Operational Delivery tasked a review of the existing governance frameworks for Performance, Assurance, Risk and Tasking within IE. The purpose of the review was to ensure that IE has appropriately robust governance, data and management information to support the effective operation of these critical areas and strengthen the IE Board’s overall management; in particular, reflecting upon the breadth of risk facing the Department and the development of its first ever performance framework.
This is an exciting opportunity to join IE’s Assurance and Risk Team within the Strategic, Services and Transformation (SST) Directorate, the strategic arm of the business, who hold responsibility for delivering the Assurance and Risk Frameworks approach across IE. The role is wide ranging with opportunities to develop new skills, whilst working within a busy but supportive team to deliver vital activity across assurance and risk.
What will the successful candidate be doing?
This role forms part of IE’s Assurance and Risk team (IE ART) based within the IE Strategic Services and Transformation (SST). The team works across the department to deliver assurance and risk, working with colleagues and influencing the business to deliver the changes needed and provide updates to the IE Board and other stakeholders. The successful candidate will be a key player in contributing to the development and delivery of the Frameworks.
The successful candidate will need to be a self-starter, have strong self-motivation to work at pace, continually seek to improve our service and be a team-player. Due to the nature of the fast-paced role, this is considered a full-time role where full-time working or compressed hours is preferable.
The team are based in locations across the UK. However, regular travel in the UK is likely.
The post-holder will report to an Assurance and Risk Manager.
Key Responsibilities:
- Support the delivery of the Assurance and Risk Frameworks.
- Support IE ART leads to work in partnership and engage with IE operational leads and wider stakeholders.
- Contribute to the 2nd line assurance review process within IE.
- Gather and analyse evidence to identify areas of risk and utilising various communication methods; test existing assurance controls and recognising examples of good practice in IE; checking and challenging existing processes and services in each business area as appropriate.
- Draft contributions to review reports including analysis of evidence to make well balanced findings and recommendations to drive improvement.
- Assist, as required, with the returns, collation and review of third-party recommendations, risk registers, simplified management framework and business continuity plans. Production of papers for boards, meetings and briefs as well as ad-hoc taskings as appropriate to the grade.
- Attend operational level assurance and risk meetings helping to identify and escalate issues and promote ways of working with stakeholders at all levels.
- Seek ways to continually improve ways of working and maturing the approach to risk and assurance across IE.
- Due to business requirements this post is full-time, compressed hours are available.
Person specification
The role of the team will be fast paced and stretching. The right candidate will have a strong level of self-motivation to work at pace, independently and as part of a team. The post requires stakeholder engagement skills, the ability to assess a range of information and make informed judgements. The role is wide ranging with opportunities to develop new skills whilst engaging with stakeholders across the business.
Candidates should be professional, hold a positive outlook and be highly driven, with a willingness to learn, develop and deliver, and demonstrate Home Office values of being compassionate, collaborative, and respectful. You will value difference, diversity and inclusion, ensuring fairness and opportunity for all.
Essential criteria
- Be proactive and have the drive, flexible approach and adaptability to deliver in a fast-paced environment.
- Ability to work independently, managing own time and priorities effectively.
- Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to build effective relationships with colleagues at every level within the organisation.
- Excellent communication skills; communicating with purpose, direction and clarity.
- Good judgement, and an ability to justify decisions in the face of challenge.
- Ability to analyse a wide range of data to draw conclusions.
- Good analytical ability and report writing skills.
Desirable criteria
- A recognised risk, assurance, or project management qualification.
- Knowledge and experience of assurance and/or risk.
Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
- Changing and Improving
- Communicating and Influencing
- Making Effective Decisions
- Managing a Quality Service
We only ask for evidence of these behaviours on your application form:
- Changing and Improving
Benefits
- Learning and development tailored to your role
- An environment with flexible working options
- A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
- A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 27%
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Selection process details
This gives us the best possible chance of finding the right person for the job, drives up performance and improves diversity and inclusivity.
As part of the application process, you will be asked to complete:
- A CV detailing job history
- A statement of suitability (personal statement) (maximum 750 words)
- Provide evidence of the behaviour ‘Changing and Improving’ (250 words maximum)
Further details around what this will entail are listed on the application form.
Please note your statement of suitability should be aligned to demonstrate your skills and experience for the role and how you meet the Essential criteria as detailed in the job advertisement.
For guidance on how to construct your personal statement, you are encouraged to visit Civil Service Careers. Links – Statement
For guidance on how to construct your behaviour examples, you are encouraged to visit Civil Service Careers. Links –Behaviours
The sift will be held on the behaviour ‘Changing and Improving’ and the statement of suitability (personal statement).
The CV will not be scored.
The statement of suitability will be scored first for all candidates. Those who achieve the minimum pass score for the statement of suitability, will progress to a full sift where the behaviour ‘Changing and Improving’ will be scored. These candidates will therefore receive a sift score for both elements.
Candidates who fail to meet the minimum pass score for the statement of suitability will not have their behaviour scored and will therefore only receive a sift score for the statement of suitability.
However, if a large number of applications are received, an initial sift will be conducted on the statement of suitability (personal statement) only.
If you are successful at sift stage, you will be invited to an interview which will be a blended approach of strength-based questions and behaviour-based questions.
Strengths are the things that you do regularly, do well and that motivate you. To find out more about strength based questions click here
Sift and Interview dates
Sift is expected to take place from 5th July 2023.
Interviews are expected to take place from 25th July 2023.
We will try to meet the dates set out in the advert, however on occasions these dates may change.
Interviews will be carried out via video. Candidates will be required to have access to:
- A laptop (personal or work) with a working webcam
- Good internet connection
- Skype for Business/Microsoft Teams
Further Information:
For meaningful checks to be carried out, individuals need to have lived in the UK for a sufficient period of time to enable appropriate checks to be carried out and produce a result which provides the required level of assurance. You should normally have been resident in the United Kingdom for the last 3 years if the role requires CTC clearance, 5 years for SC clearance and 10 years for DV. A lack of UK residency in itself is not necessarily a bar to a security clearance and applicants should contact the Vacancy Holder/Recruiting Manager listed in the advert for further advice.
Please be aware the levels of national security clearance are changing which may impact on the level needed for this role by the time of appointment. All efforts will be made to keep candidates informed of any changes and what that will mean in terms of vetting criteria. For more information please See our vetting charter
A location based reserve list of successful candidates will be kept for 12 months. Should another role or similar role become available within that period you may be offered this position.
When completing your application you will have the opportunity to select your preferred location(s). Please ensure you select all locations you are interested in. Candidates who are successful at Interview will be placed in order of merit per location and provisional job offers will be made in strict merit order per location preference. Provisional offers are made, as they are on condition that you successfully pass all pre-employment checks.
Note for Candidates:
Please ensure that all examples provided in your application are taken directly from your own experience and that you describe the examples in your own words. All applications are screened for plagiarism and copying of examples/answers from internet sources. If any is detected the application will be withdrawn from the process. Further action, including disciplinary action, may be considered in such cases involving internal candidates. Providing false or misleading information would be contrary to the core values of honesty and integrity expected of all Civil Servants.
If you are currently an agency member of staff working within the Home Office, a contractor or contingent worker you can only apply for roles that are advertised externally, i.e. outside the civil service. If you are eligible to apply for a role, you are required to select yourself as an external applicant and not internal when submitting your application on Civil Service jobs. This will prevent any delays in pre-employment checks should you become successful in being made an offer of employment after the Interview stage.
Hybrid working is an option:
Hybrid working enables employees to work partly in their workplace(s) and partly at home. A hybrid working pattern may be available, where business needs allow. Applicants can discuss what this means with the vacancy holder if they have specific questions.
National security vetting
Please note that although the post requires CTC level clearance, there may be future need for a higher level of clearance (SC) once in post.
Every day, Home Office civil servants do brilliant work to develop and deliver policies and services that affect the lives of people across the country and beyond. To do this effectively and fairly, the Home Office is committed to representing modern Britain in all its diversity, and creating a welcoming, inclusive workplace where all our people are able to bring their whole selves to work and perform at their best.
We are flexible, skilled, professional and diverse. We work to recruit and retain disabled staff and area Disability Confident Leader. We are proud to be one of the most ethnically diverse departments in the civil service. We are a Social Mobility Foundation top 75 employer.
New entrants are expected to join on the minimum of the pay band.
Applicants who are successful at interview will be, as part of pre-employment screening, subject to a check on the Internal Fraud Database (IFD). This check will provide information about employees who have been dismissed for fraud or dishonesty offences. This check also applies to employees who resign or otherwise leave before being dismissed for fraud or dishonesty had their employment continued. Any applicant's details held on the IFD will be refused employment.
For further information please see the attached notes for candidates which must be read before making an application.
Existing Civil Servants should note that some of the Home Office terms and conditions of employment have changed. It is the candidate’s responsibility to ensure they are aware of the Terms and Conditions they will adopt should they be successful in application and should refer to the notes for candidates for further details.
Transfer Terms: Voluntary.
If you are invited to an interview you will be required to bring a range of documentation for the purposes of establishing identity and to aid any pre-employment checks.
Please see the attached list of Home Office acceptable ID documents.
Any move to the Home Office from another employer will mean you can no longer access childcare vouchers. This includes moves between government departments. You may however be eligible for other government schemes, including Tax Free Childcare. Determine your eligibility at https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk
Reasonable Adjustments
If a person with disabilities is at a substantial disadvantage compared to a non-disabled person, we have a duty to make reasonable changes to our processes.
If you need a change to be made so that you can make your application, you should:
- Contact Government Recruitment Service via [email protected] as soon as possible before the closing date to discuss your needs
- Complete the “Assistance Required” section in the “Additional Requirements” page of your application form to tell us what changes or help you might need further on in the recruitment process. For instance, you may need wheelchair access at interview, or if you're deaf, a language service professional
If you are experiencing accessibility problems with any attachments on this advert, please contact the email address in the ‘Contact point for applicants’ section.
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Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
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Nationality requirements
This job is broadly open to the following groups:
- UK nationals
- nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
- nationals of the Republic of Ireland
- nationals from the EU, EEA or Switzerland with settled or pre-settled status or who apply for either status by the deadline of the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
- relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals working in the Civil Service
- relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals who have built up the right to work in the Civil Service
- certain family members of the relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals
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