The Home Office’s goals are to cut crime, prevent terrorism, control immigration, protect the vulnerable, and respond effectively to crises.
The Migration and Borders System facilitates the legitimate movement of people and goods to support economic prosperity whilst also tackling illegal migration, removing those with no right to be here, detecting illicit goods and protecting the vulnerable. Migration and Borders Group leads and supports the Government Missions and priorities on the Border Security Command, improved asylum, returns transformation and legal migration and growth. The Group does this through the creation of policy and legislation as well as delivery of transformation programmes.
The Migration and Borders Crisis Response Hub was established to provide a co-ordinating function across the Migration and Borders system to prepare for, respond to and recover from crisis events. The Migration and Borders system includes the Migration and Borders Group delivering the policy functions of the system, strategic leadership functions including Border Security Command, as well as operational capabilities such as Asylum and Human Rights, Border Force, His Majesty’s Passport Office, Immigration Enforcement, UK Visas and Immigration.
The team provide a cross-cutting understanding of the system, assessing impacts of a crisis, and bringing together operational and policy teams to mitigate risk. By providing a standing resource the team ensure that there is a single point of expertise to prepare for crisis and provide innovative policy and operational solutions to complex situations.
The Deputy Director Migration and Borders Crisis Response Hub is accountable for making sure the Migration and Borders system has the skills, knowledge, capabilities, and behaviours that enable the system to manage the variety of crises it may need to respond to, both proactively and reactively.
The post holder will drive the design, build, and delivery of strategic solutions to crisis problems, ensuring that lessons identified in crisis translate into positive action to address fundamental problems and enhance capability. This includes but is not limited to the development of new capabilities such as biometric capture overseas, the creation on new visa routes and prevention of future litigation.
The post holder will need to be able to work with other crisis leads in the department and across government, often in ambiguous crisis environments, exercising a high degree of independent consideration and recommendations on how the system should take forward crisis work which cuts across political, operational, and reputational risks.
The post holder will work with Director Generals, Permanent Secretaries, other senior officials, and Ministers to ensure the system manages crises. The post holder will often be required to represent the department at cross government senior official and cabinet level forums, such as COBRs.
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