Immigration Compliance Officer

2 weeks ago

Birmingham, United Kingdom University of Birmingham Full time

**Position Details**

Central Staff Hub, Human Resources

Location: University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham UK

Full time starting salary is normally in the range £28,762 to £31,411 with potential progression once in post to £35,333

Grade 6

Full Time, Permanent

Closing date: 9th April 2023

Interviews will take place on 14th April 2023

**Our offer to you**

People are at the heart of what we are and do.

The University of Birmingham is proud to have been a part of the City of Birmingham and the wider region for over 100 years, and we are equally proud to be recognised as a leading global university. We want to attract talented people from across the city and beyond, support them to succeed, and celebrate their success.

We are committed to helping the people who work here to develop through our sector-leading Birmingham Professional programme which provides all professional services staff with development opportunities and the encouragement to reach their full potential. With almost 5,000 professional services jobs in a wide-range of functions in Edgbaston and in our campus in Dubai, there are plenty of opportunities for you to be able to develop your career at the University.

We believe there is no such thing as a typical member of staff and that diversity is a source of strength that underpins the exchange of ideas, innovation, and debate. We warmly welcome people from all backgrounds and are committed to fostering an inclusive environment where diversity is at the heart of who and what we are, and how we work.

Supporting our people to achieve a healthy work/life balance is important both to our employees and to the success of the University and, depending on the role, we offer a variety of flexible working arrangements. We therefore welcome discussions on all forms of flexible working. In addition, you will receive a generous package of benefits including 40 days paid holiday a year, one paid day a year for volunteering, occupational sick pay, and a pension scheme. We also have three high quality subsidised day nurseries.

The University is situated in leafy Edgbaston and there are excellent transport links to our beautiful campus, including main bus routes and a train station on site. On campus we have a state-of-the-art sports centre with pool, shops, places to eat and drink, our own art gallery, museum and botanical gardens.

Find out more about the benefits of working for the University of Birmingham

**Role Summary**

The post holder will be responsible for the development, implementation and management of the University’s immigration processes for staff under the direction of the Immigration Compliance Team Leader. This will require the post holder to take responsibility for the provision of advice to the University community in managing compliance with sponsor duties, supporting the development of systems and processes to enhance compliance and ensuring that appropriate documentation is obtained and effectively retained.

This will involve the following elements of accountability:

- Process control and enhancement
- Advising on immigration matters
- Risk assessment and management
- Enhancing institutional awareness and understanding of its sponsor obligations

**Main Duties**

**Process control and enhancement**
- To lead processes (including prioritising actions and changes), that ensure compliance with Skilled Worker and Temporary Worker GAE sponsorship duties are reconciled with how the University is structured and operates.
- Ensure staff understand their role regarding immigration compliance and update them on changes to processes/rules accordingly.
- Ensuring that payments are made using the purchasing card following University rules and governance, ensuring that payments are reconciled/approved in a timely manner.
- To ensure checks with the Employers Checking Service as required within UKVI timeframes.
- To ensure that leave to remain checks are carried out and appropriate action taken within UKVI timeframes.
- To prioritise immigration-related issues requiring attention and ensure that they are dealt with in order of importance and highest impact.

**Advising on immigration matters**
- To provide advice to Recruiting Managers regarding eligibility to work, influencing their practices and decisions and developing their knowledge and skills.
- To advise on how Certificates of Sponsorship may be obtained including carrying out Temporary Worker GAE assessments.
- To advise on ATAS process.
- To carry out assessments on eligibility for the Global Talent visa route including issuing supporting letters and answering queries.
- To advise on attendance monitoring processes.

**Risk Assessment and Management**
- Continually evaluate all staff related immigration processes to ensure compliance and identify required enhancements and develop/suggest recommendations for potential solutions for consideration by HR management.
- Support the delivery of risk mitigation measures associa

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