Immigration Enforcement

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

- 325961**Salary**:

- £41,600 - £48,792- National: £41,600 min - £44,512 max. London: £45,600 min - £48,792 max. AHW of up to 23.19% is applicable on this role (see Further Information, below, for more details).**Job grade**:

- Senior Executive Officer- His Majesty Inspector**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Business area**:

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

- Education and Training
- Operational Delivery**Working pattern**:

- Full-time, Part-time, Shift Working**Number of jobs available**:

- 1Contents

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**Benefits**:
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- Apollo House - Croydon, Moorfield Business Park - LeedsAbout 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**:
The Public and Personal Safety Training (PPST) team sits within the Immigration Enforcement Training and Skills Unit (TASU). TASU has responsibility for the delivery and co-ordination of operational enforcement along with other training nationally within Crime and Enforcement teams.

TASU is a national resource responsible for operational enforcement training and operating procedures. Work is high profile, extremely varied which includes leading on the sharing of knowledge, skills and best practices through training.

You will have initial functional responsibility for the management, delivery, evaluation and quality assurance of all initial PPST up to and including PPST Level 3. However, there will be additional duties and as the role develops the role description may develop to adapt to meet the needs of the business.

You will be a strong manager who is able to manage a workflow which is both complex and dynamic dealing with regulatory and legislative requirements and inspections and ensuring that colleagues are operating safely and within legal frameworks while able to meet your operational business requirements.

These posts require weekend working, shift working and a significant amount of travel within the UK with overnight stays.

The terms and conditions of the post will be annualised hours working, for which an allowance is payable and you will be expected to work shifts, normally early, mid and late.

**Person specification**:

- Key responsibilities will include (but not limited to):
- (Post 1) Leading the design, delivery and evaluation of Immigration Enforcement’s PPST refresher programme. This includes compliance with the legal, regulatory and contractual requirements of this training programme.
- (Post 2) Leading the design, delivery and evaluation of Immigration Enforcement’s specialist training programmes. This includes compliance with the legal, regulatory and contractual requirements of this training programme.
- Line management of a team of Chief Immigration Officers, based across the United Kingdom, circa 6 - 8 direct reports.
- Representing and promoting the standing of Immigration Enforcement and TASU amongst internal and external partners.
- Providing support to the SMT within the PPST Team and wider Training and Skills Unit.
- Liaising with numerous internal and external stakeholders.
- Other actions in support of the wider activity of Operational Safety and Wellbeing, and TASU, as required.
- Management and oversight of IE’s PPST refresher programme.
- Whilst primary responsibilities will include refresher and specialist programme ownership, you would be required to provide support to their PST HMI colleagues when required, in a variety of roles (such as, initial, refresher, MoE, and charter flight training). This will require you to have strong relationship and collaboration skills.**Essential criteria**
- Hold strong operational knowledge of operational arrest activity.
- Proven record of strong leadership.
- Strong drafting, research and reporting skills.
- Proven track record of engendering positive working relationships and building strong stake-holder relations including with senior leaders.

**Desirable criteria**

**Licences**:

- Full valid UK Manual Driving Licence**Qualifications**:

- Be qualified as a public and personal Safety Instructor.
- PPST Level 3 Arrest trained and in ticket.

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

- Leadership
- Developing Self and Others
- Managing a Quality Service
- Working Together
- Leadership

**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 det