Immigration Enforcement

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

- 266898**Salary**:

- £25,750 - £27,650**Job grade**:

- Executive Officer**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Business area**:

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

- Operational Delivery**Working pattern**:

- Flexible working, Full-time, Part-time**Number of jobs available**:

- 11Contents

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About the job

**Benefits**:
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Location
- Stoke on Trent - Smithfield TwoAbout 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**:
You will be working within the Foreign National Offender (FNO) Returns Command managing your caseload through the relevant processes, including decision making, detention, bail and case progression, taking timely and accurate action and dealing with each person in accordance with our policies.

FNO Returns Command is responsible for considering the deportation of foreign nationals who have received a criminal conviction within the UK.

If you can demonstrate that you have the skills we are looking for, we will teach you what you will need to become an effective decision maker.

These roles will be based in Stoke-on-Trent and may involve some, or all of the following:

- Considering whether deportation should be pursued against foreign nationals who have been convicted of a criminal offence within the UK. This may include:

- A claim of modern slavery
- A claim for international protection submitted during the deportation process.
- Efficient monitoring and progression of allocated cases through to conclusion, ensuring all decisions made are fully compliant with immigration policy and legislation.

If you are successful, we will match your skills to one of our teams.

These are exciting, dynamic, and fast paced environments with new challenges being faced daily. By working in a specialised casework environment, you will develop and maintain knowledge on a wide range of immigration matters which is invaluable for those looking for a career across the breadth of the immigration system.

**Person specification**:
We are looking for the following skills and qualities:

- Able to think in an objective and analytical manner - you will be able to assess complex information from a variety of sources to draw conclusions.
- You will be able to make confident, high-quality recommendations based on the available evidence and in line with guidance, rules and the law.
- Good decision maker - confident to set out the evidence and explain your reasoning, whilst maintaining professionalism and sensitivity.
- Strong communication skills - effective written and verbal communication skills. An ability to produce persuasive written work, showing attention to detail and explaining things in plain language.
- Team Player - can work productively as part of a team to achieve own and shared outcomes, motivating and encouraging individuals to deliver results.
- Able to effectively organise and plan.
- Able to demonstrate sound interpersonal and relationship-building skills and thrive working as part of a team and committed to continuous improvement.
- Customer focused - enjoy dealing with members of the public and working collaboratively with other teams and external and internal stakeholders - dealing with people in a professional manner.
- Flexibility to manage your own workload to meet deadlines and balance conflicting priorities - able to react and adapt to changing circumstances.
- Confident with IT - able to learn how to use different software platforms/packages.

**Essential Criteria**
- Good written and verbal communication skills including building customer relations.
- Effective organisational, time management and prioritisation skills whilst maintaining good attention to detail.
- Demonstrate an ability to work under pressure with a flexible and positive approach.
- Able to work independently and as part of a team.
- Effective IT skills with ability to quickly learn to use new/different IT platforms.

**Desirable** Criteria**
- Experience/knowledge of the immigration system or national security issues.
- Experience of working within a fast-paced environment.

**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, and will assess your Strengths and Experience.This gives us the best possible chance of finding the right person for the job, drives up performance and improves diversity and i