Borders and Enforcement

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

- 250017**Salary**:

- £22,400 - £22,400**Job grade**:

- Administrative Officer**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Business area**:

- HO - Borders and Enforcement - Border Force**Type of role**:

- Administration / Corporate Support**Working pattern**:

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

- 1Contents

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About the job

**Benefits**:
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Location
- Lincoln, Morton Hall HMPAbout the job

**Job summary**:
Immigration Enforcement (IE) is part of the newly formed Borders and Enforcement established on 01 April 2021 under the One Home Office transformation programme.

Immigration Enforcement (IE) is the operational arm of the Home Office responsible for reducing the size of the illegal population and the harm it causes. Its key missions are:

- To prevent illegal immigration through greater compliance with immigration laws.
- Maximising returns of immigration offenders and Foreign National Offenders from the UK.
- Tackling the threats associated with immigration offending.

IE works with law enforcement and cross-government partners to tackle serious and organised immigration crime with a focus on bringing to justice those who exploit the vulnerable, for example cases of modern slavery and human trafficking.

Immigration Enforcement prides itself on being an open and supportive workplace.

We actively embrace diversity and promote equality of opportunity, to enable us to reflect the communities that we serve. We provide people with the opportunity to work at pace and deliver in stretching roles.

**Job description**:
Immigration Prison Teams (IPT) is the operational arm of Foreign National Offenders Removals Command (FNORC) and comprises of 13 teams based in a variety of locations across the country. This includes embedded teams in prisons and mobile teams nationwide.

You will be working in the operational arm of the Home Office's Foreign National Offender Returns Command, Immigration Prison Team.

The role is key to the success of the team, contributing to the removal of Foreign National Offenders who meet the criteria for deportation, or the structured re-integration of Foreign National Offenders into communities where deportation is not appropriate.

The role of Administrative Officer for the Immigration Prisons Team will provide the opportunity to work in a fast paced and unique working environment, you will be based within a prison. The role is both challenging and rewarding and provides scope for career progression.

The post holder will also require a professional approach to service delivery across a number of contending deliverables, with an ability to balance competing priorities and business requirements

Minimum Level 2 Personal Safety training will be given.

Due to the nature of the role this position is open to full time employees only.

**Person specification**:
We are looking for people to join us who:

- Are able to confidently handle potentially difficult and challenging situations
- Are flexible and adaptive to change
- Can work in an organised manner to deliver on time and to a high standard
- Are able to remain focused on delivery under pressure
- Are committed to continuous improvement
- Have a strong sense of personal ethics and honesty
- Are Confident in implementing change across teams, building capability in new areas of work
- Able to engage with internal and external stakeholders in a manner that achieves positive results.

Key responsibilities include but are not limited to:

- Responding to queries by telephone where possible, referring to an Immigration Officer or Chief Immigration Officer as required.
- Creating Induction sheets for the Immigration Officers from Reception lists to ensure all receptions are inducted.
- Maintaining excel spreadsheet ensure data quality and accuracy at all times.
- Reviewing the Care Document List on a daily basis and ensure foreign nationals on the list are highlighted to the team.
- Supporting the Immigration Officers in their role, ensuring they have all the information they need to conduct efficient and effective Immigration Surgeries and service of paperwork.
- Conducting DVA checks for potential British Nationals and provide copies of potential matches to Immigration Officers to check the match is for the Foreign National held in custody.

**Essential**
- Written and verbal communication skills
- Confidence and experience in working in partnership with external partners, engaging and building trust with stake holders to generate commitment to goals
- IT skills including Word, Excel and PowerPoint

**Desirable**
- Knowledge of immigration processes - on job training will be provided
- Full UK valid driving licence

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

- Delivering at Pace

**Benefits**:

- Learning and development tailored to your role
- An environment with flexible working options
- A culture encouraging