Immigration Enforcement

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

- 349611**Salary**:

- £28,800**Job grade**:

- Administrative Officer**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Business area**:

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

- Operational Delivery**Working pattern**:

- Full-time, Part-time, Compressed hours**Number of jobs available**:

- 1Contents

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About the job

**Benefits**:
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Location
- CroydonAbout 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**:

- This post is for a Data and Sanctions Team Officer within the Data and Sanctions Team (DAST) and will contribute towards meeting workflow goals for all workstreams which include the data exchanges with; HMRC, DWP, DVLA and DVA, the NHS debtor process, the Banking workstream and the Alcohol Licensing and Late-Night Refreshment process. You will be supported by an Executive Officer line manager and the rest of the team to accurately conduct immigration status checks. You will become competent using the IPIC system which is the workflow database used to store, share, and manage data.
- Benefits of the data exchange have resulted in over 40,000 driving licences being revoked, savings to DWP of £13m and HMRC of £26.8m in benefit cessations. It is also a key element of identifying illegal working.-
**Person specification**:
**Responsibilities**:

- Processing referrals from other government departments such as the HMRC, DWP, DVLA, NHS.
- Assessing customers status by conducting immigration status checks on Home Office systems to commence removing incentives such as driving licences, bank accounts etc.
- Monitoring the team inbox and dealing with enquiries by liaising with the relevant parts of the Home Office, stakeholders and responding to the query.
- Investigating and assessing referrals, creating and updating cases on the IPIC system.
- Referring complex cases to a manager.
- Liaising with wider Home Office units; including ICE Teams, Intelligence and Removals Casework.

**Essential criteria**- The ability to build and establish strong relationships with internal/external partners.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills with high levels of concentration and attention to detail skills as you will be dealing with numerous spreadsheets/databases at any one time.
- Flexible, organised and able to balance a range of demands whilst delivering accurately at pace.
- Good interpersonal skills and be able to work collaboratively within a team.

**Desirable criteria**
- Knowledge of Home Office immigration systems are an advantage but are not essential as full training will be provided.
- A working knowledge of current Home Office casework and immigration enforcement processes is an advantage but are not essential as full training will be provided.
- Good IT Skills.

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

- Delivering at Pace
- Making Effective Decisions
- Working Together
- Delivering at Pace

**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, 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 inclusivity.
- A CV detailing job history/qualifications/skills
- 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 the job description.

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 Delivering at Pace and the statement of suitability (personal statement). The CV will not be scored.

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

For reasonable adjustments queries or request