Immigration Enforcement

**Details**:
**Reference number**:

- 306803**Salary**:

- £41,600 - £44,512**Job grade**:

- Senior Executive Officer**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Business area**:

- HO - Immigration Enforcement**Type of role**:

- Operational Delivery**Working pattern**:

- Full-time**Number of jobs available**:

- 1Contents

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About the job

**Benefits**:
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Location
- Festival Court - Glasgow, Waterside Court - Leeds, The Capital - Liverpool, Soapworks - Manchester, Dallas Court - Salford, Vulcan House - Sheffield, Sandford House - SolihullAbout the job

**Job summary**:

- 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**:
Detention Services is part of Immigration Enforcement and supports compliance across the immigration system through the detention and removal of individuals who no longer have the right to remain in the United Kingdom. Detention Services offers some of the most varied and fascinating opportunities for project delivery professionals due to the scale of outsourced contracts necessary to deliver the infrastructure needed to support the department’s mission.

Due to the nature of this role, it is only available on a full-time working pattern.

**Person specification**:
Key responsibilities will include (but not limited to)
- Delivery and Leadership

Lead on planning activity and work with the project to support delivery of the business case benefits and outcomes. Support capability building and the use of best practice in planning and reporting. Provide expert advice for team members and project community.
- Project Planning

Challenge and test project assumptions to ensure that plans are realistic and achievable. Develop of breakdown structures, quality criteria, product descriptions and monitoring strategy. Support the project manager to identify options to optimise delivery through resource smoothing, resource levelling and rescheduling of activities.
- Resources

Work with the resource manager to manage the planning team and identify, develop, and deploy of planning resources. Identify and plan for wider resource requirements for the project.
- Stakeholder Management

Ensure that stakeholder responsibilities and needs are understood and addressed in reporting arrangements.
- Project Performance and Controls

Monitor and analyse information, reporting progress, slippage and highlighting areas of risk and opportunity.
- Guidance and Support

Provide expert advice on planning processes throughout the lifecycle of the project. Support the Programme Office/Project Managers daily with other ad hoc requests.

Note: You may be required to carry out other duties within the scope of the grade.

**Essential Criteria**
- Experience in programme/project management and associated methodologies.
- Knowledge of techniques for planning, monitoring, and controlling programmes/projects, including risk management, planning and benefits management.
- Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to form well thought out conclusions and recommendations.
- Analytical thinking and the ability to interpret data.
- Ability to work on several different activities and to work flexibly across these, offering support, as the need arises.
- Experience of using Microsoft Project Online (MSPO)

**Desirable Criteria**
- APM Project Management Qualifications
- PRINCE2 Qualifications
- Project Delivery Accreditation - Foundation Level

**Behaviours**:
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

- Delivering at Pace
- Making Effective Decisions
- Managing a Quality Service
- Delivering at Pace

**Technical skills**:
We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

- Planning - Project Delivery Competency Framework
- Scheduling - Project Delivery Competency Framework

**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 vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Experience and Technical skills.This gives us the best possible chance of finding the right person for the job, drives up performance and improves diversity and inclusivity.
- A statement of suitability - Personal Statement (maximum 500 words)
- Provide evidence of the lead behaviour - Delivering at Pace (250 words maximum)

The 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