Asylum and Human Rights Operations

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

- 271995**Salary**:

- £32,000 - £35,200**Job grade**:

- Higher Executive Officer**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Business area**:

- HO - Asylum and Protection - National Asylum Intake Unit**Type of role**:

- Operational Delivery**Working pattern**:

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

- 6Contents

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About the job

**Benefits**:
Things you need to know

Location
- Bedford, Dover, Folkestone, Liverpool, Ramsgate, SolihullAbout the job

**Job summary**:
The Home Office is here to make the UK safer. It has a fundamental role in protecting the country from harm, ensuring the security and economic prosperity of the UK. Every member of the Home Office plays a part in making that happen. Our work is varied and rewarding, attracting people from all backgrounds and walks of life.

Asylum & Human Rights Operations is one of the key business areas within the Home Office. We are undergoing an exciting period of change. Alongside the other areas of the Home Office, the department is embarking upon a transformational programme. Operational Excellence is at the forefront of what we do.

Our strategic aims contribute to the Home Office strategic objectives: preventing terrorism and extremism; cutting crime and protecting the vulnerable; and reducing immigration and preventing abuse.

Asylum & Human Rights Operations play a vital role in supporting the economy and cultural life of the UK.

The National Asylum Intake Unit sits within Asylum & Human Rights Operations and has several locations across the UK including Croydon, Dover, Manston (near Ramsgate), and Yarl’s Wood Immigration Removal Centre (near Bedford).

The National Asylum Intake Unit is made up of over 800 officers and registers around 80% of asylum claims nationally, the remainder being registered through Immigration Enforcement and Border Force.

The National Asylum Intake Unit is responsible for locking the identity and registering asylum claims from:

- Small boat arrivals
- Lorry drops and other clandestine arrivals
- In-country claimants

**Job description**:
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity and inclusion at the Home Office. We are committed to creating a welcoming, inclusive workplace where all our people are able to bring their whole selves to work and perform at their best.

We are excited to offer these Chief Immigration Officer (CIO) roles based in one of the following locations/teams.

**Co-ordination Hub - Manston**

The Co-ordination Hub is a new team established to provide a clear region wide (Kent) command and control framework that seeks to deliver an end-to-end process and system. They are responsible for real time reporting and monitoring of operational events, operational planning, tasking, and coordination, including deployment planning and logístical support. They also are responsible for critical incident management and business continuity plans.

There is an expectation that post-holders may need to be available to work from our Dover site depending on intake demands.

**Kent Intake Unit - Dover & Folkestone**

The Kent Intake Unit has traditionally been based in Dover but we will shortly be expanding the team to include posts at Frontier House. The Kent Intake Unit primarily deals with new arrivals detected either near the port of Dover, in the surrounding area in Kent, and small boat arrivals. The unit operates 24/7, 365 days of the year. Those arriving at the Kent Intake Unit will already be detained, so the Kent Intake Unit includes a holding room facility. The Kent Intake Unit has a particular focus around processing unaccompanied children, so the work of the unit involves the identification of those children and working closely with Kent Children’s Services to ensure they are processed and placed into appropriate care as quickly as possible.

**Manston Initial Processing and Triage Centre - Manston (near Ramsgate)**

Manston is a new Home Office location with a particular focus on small boat arrivals. It is based near Ramsgate and is an initial triaging and processing centre for those arriving via this method. The team operates 24/7, 365 days of the year. Those arriving at the Manston Initial Processing and Triage Centre will already be detained, so the site contains a number of holding room facilities. The operation is focussed around adults and families.

**The Midlands Intake Unit - Yarl’s Wood Immigration Removal Centre (near Bedford)**

In addition, MIU are responsible for conducting remote screening interviews and registering asylum claims from unaccompanied asylum-seeking children and vulnerable people. Remote screening surgeries also take place in Solihull, Leeds, and Cardiff.

**Hotel Dispersal Team -** Any Advertised Location**

The National Asylum Intake Unit holds responsibility for several hotels in the South East, providing accommodation for asylum claimants whilst they are awaiting screening int