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 on our careers pages.
We are looking to recruit frontline Immigration Officers for various teams within our region. We have Immigration Officers based in both our ICE and ROM teams and we will look to post successful candidates into whichever team has a vacancy at that time, according to your stated location preference.
Are you looking for an exciting new challenge? A chance to make a difference to the country by protecting the public? Come and join us on the frontline as an Immigration Officer helping us to deliver secure borders and tackle crime.
Whether you work on an ICE or ROM team, this is an exciting opportunity to develop and embed a wide range of people and engagement skills, in a job where you can make a real difference.
This is a demanding operational role, requiring personal resilience and integrity. Our officers need to be able to respond to challenges in a calm and professional manner.
As an Immigration Officer, you will work as part of a team of Officers, undertaking a range of interesting and varied activities linked to our aim of reducing harm and protecting the public.
This role is physically demanding, and you will need to have a high level of mobility and fitness to carry out this role.
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Key responsibilities
• 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
• Conducting marriage interviews
• Maintaining contact, either face to face or via the telephone, with those who are required to report within Reporting Centres or Police Stations
Working pattern
This role is available on a full-time basis only.
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.
Training provided to successful candidate: ICE Pathway Programme:
We will give you full and comprehensive training which will enable you to carry out this worthwhile and varied role. You will need to undertake a Pathway Programme of training if successful, this is a pass or fail course, which you will be required to pass to carry out the role. Subject to availability of pathway training courses, our new starters will be required to commence a shift working pattern before training begins of 3-4 weeks. You will be expected to be available for 5-7 weeks for the course which may include weekends and if the venue is away from your base location travel and accommodation costs will be met by the business.
Upon completion of the training course, you will undertake in house mentoring with your team, to allow you to exercise and put into practice the training received, allowing you to complete the pathway training. This mentoring period can normally take 12 months for completion.