Immigration Officer – Home Office

Successful candidates will need to be able to attend for all shifts including early starts, late finishes, overnight shifts, weekends and public holidays.  Due to the business requirements of this role, it is only available on a full-time basis.

Key Responsibilities

Your day-to-day work could include (but is not limited to) the following:

•    Identifying, arresting, and detaining immigration offenders, Protecting, and safeguarding the vulnerable
•    Engaging with communities and partner agencies across government, Demonstrating a genuine interest in people through an inquisitive, open mind and empathy.
•    Completing property and person searches including collecting, preserving, and recording evidence.  Conducting residential and commercial compliance & enforcement visits
•    Escorting of immigration offenders to Overseas and UK based locations and can include short term stays abroad or in other UK locations.
•    Gathering intelligence, completing risk assessments, driving official vehicles, conducting database checks and closely examining documents
•    Directing officers whilst on an enforcement visit and conducting Briefings/De-Briefings, Writing reports and inputting data on internal systems and handheld devices

Essential criteria

• Good verbal and written communication to be able to draft witness statements, court reports and engage with the public.
• Good decision-making skills – Able to make difficult decisions when they are needed. Gathering information from various sources to make a reasoned assessment and justifying their recommendation both verbally and in writing.
• An excellent team spirit – working as part of a team, with excellent interpersonal, communication and relationship building skills.
• Personal resilience in dealing with challenging and conflicting situations with professionalism, honesty & integrity.
• Self-motivation and the ability to be flexible, adaptable, and creative in solving problems and dealing with demanding situations.

We’ll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Making Effective Decisions
• Communicating and Influencing
• Delivering at Pace

We only ask for evidence of these behaviours on your application form:

• Making Effective Decisions