Permanent Jobs in Solihull, west midlands, uk

Job summary

The Home Office works to build a safe, fair and prosperous UK. We achieve this through our work on counter-terrorism, policing, fire, crime, drugs policy, immigration and passports.

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�

This is an exciting operational role that requires a significant investment of time, independent working and personal drive to be able to deliver desired outcomes for West Midlands Immigration Compliance and Enforcement (ICE) and Reporting and Offender Management (ROM), as part of the wider ICE & ROM North Command.

Given the operational nature of this role, you will be required to work flexibly and have the ability to work to very tight deadlines to meet operational demands which are 24 / 7.

Job description

The role requires engagement with stakeholders across the immigration system in order to develop and conduct operations, in line with the team�s operational priorities, gathering intelligence and feeding this into systems to help develop operations and help the organisation obtain a better and bigger view of existing and emerging threats.

The successful candidate will lead a fast paced ICE and ROM team.

Training

You will receive full training and support to do the job. Training takes place initially in the classroom and then continues on the job with a mentor who supports you until you are fully confident in the role. Even then you are never alone; you work as part of a team where there is always someone around for advice and support. Further information on what the training involves can be found

Working Patterns

Due to the business requirements of this role, it is only available on a full-time basis.

Key Responsibilities

The role includes (list is not exhaustive) :

• Providing strong leadership and line management to the team, consisting of Chief Immigration Officers (CIOs), His Majesty�s Inspectors (HMIs), Immigration Officers (IOs), and Administrative Support staff (AOs, EOs, HEO�s and SEOs), including maximising staff development and performance to ensure full ICE / ROM delivery through its people.
• Proactively establishing tactical and strategic partnerships within law enforcement, the community, and statutory agencies, identifying innovative opportunities to improve ICE / ROM operational performance and delivery.
• Analysing Team performance on a regular basis to identify opportunities to raise productivity further, acting as a special advisor and change manager on future policy and process changes.
• Embedding professional standards, carrying out internal reviews as appropriate and challenging historic practices as necessary to further modernise the frontline and working practices to meet fluid operational demands.
• Acting as a point of contact for ROM / ICE on assurance, taking responsibility for the completion of self-assurance reviews, working in partnership with the National Operations and Assurance team to address areas of concern promptly and ensure that new processes are embedded.
• Acting as Gold Commander for operations, briefing upwards to the wider Senior Leadership Team. �You will be managed by an operational Grade 6.
• You could be deployed at very short notice to deal with Critical Incidents. You will be expected to play a full part in the ICE North command structure and the AD on-call rota for the entire North region.

Person specification

Essential criteria

The successful candidate must be able to demonstrate :

Desirable criteria

Licences

Full UK valid Manual Driving Licence required as this role will require the candidate to travel outside of the region alongside driving the operational vehicles, when deployed with teams.

Behaviours

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

Benefits

In addition to your salary, a career with the Home Office offers a range of benefits, including :