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 on our careers pages.
This is an exciting opportunity for the right candidate to develop and embed a wide range people and engagement skills within a high performing team, delivering what is required to continue to make the team a great place to work and to support staff and senior managers in delivering the key objectives of tracing and locating fugitives and other wanted persons, who have absconded during criminal investigations. The team also has the operational responsibility for the physical extradition of individuals back to the UK, where they have been located overseas.
Due to nature of Fugitive Active Search Team being unpredictable in terms of frequency of travel, it is essential that the successful applicants are committed, flexible and appreciate that there is every likelihood to be required to deploy overnight and at weekends when on call. The role necessitates occasional short-notice international travel- a valid passport is required.
Key Responsibilities
* Maintaining a definitive list of CFI fugitives and ensuring that they are correctly circulated on PNC, HO Systems and via Interpol. As part of this post, the successful applicant will attend the National Circulations Bureau, NCA, Warrington on a weekly basis
* Prioritising and managing the investigation into each fugitive’s whereabouts and manage the CFI fugitive list
* Having a national overview to ensure warrants are properly managed and worded and that teams have all available support to initially try and locate their fugitives
* Adopting the investigations into fugitives referred by CFI and providing additional locate and trace support to nationally agreed high-harm subjects
* Planning, managing and co-ordinating each import extradition for CFI, whilst managing the import extraditions of subjects wanted in connection with CFI investigations
* Liaising with NCA and partners to ensure notified extraditions are arranged, managed, and completed within deadlines set by the host country
* Ensuring an appropriately trained extradition team are available at short notice and ensuring risk assessment and management of the extradition take place
* Booking travel and organising a ground team to transport extradited subject to custody
Working Pattern
Due to the business requirements of this role, it is only available on a full-time basis.
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 on our website.
Travel
The team has a national remit, with staff based in London, Belfast, Glasgow, Sheffield, and East Midlands. Regular travel between these locations would be expected.