Risk & Assurance Manager - Immigration Enforcement

Immigration Enforcement has overall responsibility for the removal of Foreign National Offenders (FNOs) and works with the Ministry of Justice, HM Prison and Probation Service, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and the Police to expedite the removal of FNOs.
The Foreign National Offenders Return Command (FNO RC) objective is to protect the public by deporting or removing FNOs who commit criminal offences. As a Directorate, we actively manage, monitor and progress cases regardless of whether the individual is serving a custodial sentence, is detained within the immigration estate, or released into the community. We do this by vigorously pursuing deportation against FNOs who have committed criminal offences, managing each case through the legal process, negotiating barriers, ensuring that we adhere to a wide range of policies and procedures and that the use of immigration detention is appropriate.
FNO RC prides itself on being an open and supportive workplace. We actively embrace diversity and promote equality of opportunity to enable us to reflect the communities that we serve.
This is an exciting opportunity for the right candidate to develop and embed people and engagement skills and liaise with a wide range of stakeholders., • Leading on Risk Management, maintaining the FNO RC Risk Registers and building engagement with Risk Owners to ensure that risks are raised and monitored effectively across FNO RC.
• Increasing awareness of Risk Management to staff at all levels across FNO RC and promoting the message that everyone is responsible for reporting risks.
• Championing the FNO RC Quality Assurance Framework, supporting and encouraging commands to complete Quality Assurance Assessments for their staff, promoting awareness and providing support where required.
• Analysing and producing reports for Senior Management Team regarding Assurance Check findings, making any necessary recommendations.
• Leading and maintaining Business Continuity (BC) records and assist with BC tests.
• Co-ordinating the completion of the Simplified Management Assurance Framework.
• Leading on all Data Protection matters for FNO RC.
There will be an expectation that you will assist with the Programme Management Office (PMO) and Strategic Improvement Operations Command when required. This will include contributing to urgent commissions, projects, workshops and other priority workstreams across FNO RC., We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
+ Seeing the Big Picture
+ Communicating and Influencing
+ Making Effective Decisions
We only ask for evidence of these behaviours on your application form:
+ Seeing the Big Picture, As part of the application process, you will first be asked to confirm your eligibility by providing some basic personal information.
After submission of this first stage, you will be invited to complete a Civil Service Verbal Reasoning Test.
If you successfully pass this test, you will then be invited to complete the full application form. Please complete the online test as soon as possible (within 24-48 hours is recommended), the closing date for the test and full application form is 23:55 on 13 May 2024. If you fail to complete the online test or full application before the deadline, your application will be withdrawn.
Guidance for the Civil Service Test will be available when you are invited to take the test. The tests are administered online and accessed via the Civil Service Jobs website.
You CANNOT complete the Tests on a mobile phone or tablet.
Following successful completion of the test, you will then be asked to complete the full application form, which will consist of:
+ a statement of suitability (personal statement) (maximum 750 words)
+ provide evidence of the lead behaviour - Seeing the Bigger Picture (maximum 250 words)
Further details around what this will entail are listed on the application form.
Please note your personal statement should be aligned to demonstrate your skills and experience for the role and how you meet the essential criteria as detailed in the job description.
For guidance on how to construct your personal statement, you are encouraged to visit Civil Service Careers. Links – Statement
For guidance on how to construct your behaviour examples, you are encouraged to visit Civil Service Careers. Links –Behaviours
The sift will be held on the lead behaviour - Seeing the Bigger Picture and the statement of suitability (personal statement).
The statement of suitability (personal statement) will be scored first for all candidates. Those who achieve the minimum pass score for the statement of suitability (personal statement), will progress to a full sift where the lead behaviour will be scored. These candidates will therefore receive a sift score for both elements.
Candidates who fail to meet the minimum pass score for the statement of suitability (personal statement) will not have their behaviour scored and will therefore only receive a sift score for the statement of suitability (personal statement).
However, if a large number of applications are received, the sift will be conducted on the statement of suitability (personal statement) only.
If you are successful at sift stage, you will be invited to an interview which will be a blended approach of strength-based questions and behaviour-based questions
Strengths are the things that you do regularly, do well and that motivate you. To find out more about strength based questions click here
Problems during the application process
If you experience accessibility problems with any attachments on this advert, or you think you’ve made a mistake on an initial application (e.g. you have ticked the incorrect eligibility box), please contact hocandidates.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk at least two working days before the vacancy closes. After this, we may not be able to reopen your application.
Please note, we cannot make amendments to any part of the application.
Please use the following in the subject line in your email if you need to get in contact with us about your initial application “Please re-open my application – Vacancy Ref: 351551 CLOSING DATE: 13th May 2024.
For reasonable adjustments queries or requests, please see details with reasonable adjustments section.
Tie break decisions
The strengths and behaviours being assessed will be ranked in order of importance to enable us to differentiate between candidates with tied interview scores. Please note that the order in which behaviours are listed in the advert does not necessarily reflect the order of importance.
Sift and Interview dates
Sift is expected to commence from 14th May 2024.
Interviews are expected to take place week commencing 03rd June 2024.
Interviews will be carried out via video. Candidates will be required to have access to:
+ A laptop (personal or work) with a working webcam
+ Good internet connection
+ Microsoft Teams
Please note: Due to time constraints we may not be able to offer alternative interview date(s). It is therefore expected that candidates who are successful at sift stage will make themselves available during the above time frame given.
We will try to meet the dates set out in the advert. There may be occasions when these dates will change. You will be provided with sufficient notice of the confirmed dates.
Further Information
For meaningful checks to be carried out, individuals need to have lived in the UK for a sufficient period of time to enable appropriate checks to be carried out and produce a result which provides the required level of assurance. You should normally have been resident in the United Kingdom for the last 3 years if the role requires CTC clearance, 5 years for SC clearance and 10 years for DV. A lack of UK residency in itself is not necessarily a bar to a security clearance and applicants should contact the Vacancy Holder/Recruiting Manager listed in the advert for further advice.
For further information on National Security Vetting please visit the following page https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/demystifying-vetting
Please be aware the levels of national security clearance are changing which may impact on the level needed for this role by the time of appointment. All efforts will be made to keep candidates informed of any changes and what that will mean in terms of vetting criteria. For more information please See our vetting charter
Selecting your locations
Please note only list locations where you are prepared to work and can travel to (as you could be offered any of your noted preferences).
When completing your application, you will have the opportunity to select your preferred location(s). Please ensure you select all locations you are interested in on the understanding that you can be posted to any location that you put in your preferences. If you would only like to be posted to one location, please confirm one location only. If you are posted to a location that you have requested and you do not accept that location, you may not be offered another role. Please note, only advertised locations can be offered.
Reserve List
Where a campaign identifies more appointable candidates than there are available vacancies, a reserve list may be held for up to 12 months.
Reserve lists will be managed by locational merit lists, appointing in merit order per location. You may be offered a post at any of your preferred locations.
Whilst on a reserve list we may offer you an alternative similar role in the Home Office. Should you reject an alternative role, you will remain on the reserve list for the role you applied for. If you accept an alternative role, you will be withdrawn from the reserve list.
Please note there are no guarantees that further vacancies will arise in the locations you originally applied for before your time on the reserve list expires.
Candidates Please Note: Please ensure that all examples provided in your application are taken directly from your own experience and that you describe the examples in your own words. All applications are screened for plagiarism and copying of examples/answers from internet sources. If any is detected the application will be withdrawn from the process. Further action, including disciplinary action, may be considered in such cases involving internal candidates. Providing false or misleading information would be contrary to the core values of honesty and integrity expected of all Civil Servants.
If you are currently an agency member of staff working within the Home Office, a contractor or contingent worker you can only apply for roles that are advertised externally, i.e.: outside the civil service. If you are eligible to apply for a role, you are required to select yourself as an external applicant and not internal when submitting your application on Civil Service jobs. This will prevent any delays in pre-employment checks should you become successful in being made an offer of employment after the Interview stage.
Candidates Please Note: There is no shift working requirement, and therefore no AHW/AHA allowance available for this role.
Part-time Working
The minimum requirement for this role would be 30 hours per week.
We encourage applications from candidates who wish to work part-time however, unless specified in the advert, part-time opportunities cannot be guaranteed in frontline roles due to the 24/7 operational nature of the business. Those wishing to work part-time should notify the vacancy holder as soon as a provisional offer of employment is made to explore whether this can be accommodated [at your selected location]. Please note that full shifts (of up to 12 hours) will be required even if a part time contract is sought.
Please note that not all work patterns can be supported within this role, successful candidates should discuss work patterns with the vacancy holder ahead of accepting any offer.
Flexible Working Arrangement
Where business needs allow, some roles may be suitable for a combination of office and home-based working. This is a non-contractual arrangement where all employees will be expected to spend a minimum of 60% of their working time in an office, subject to local estates capacity, by Spring 2024. Applicants can request further information regarding how this may work in their team from the Vacancy Holder (see advert for contact details).
Travel Expectation
Undertaking travel will be required to other Home Office Government Offices within the UK. This would include some overnight stays where necessary.
Contact Details
Please use the following in the subject line in your email if you need to get in contact with us: Vacancy Ref: 351551.
Every day, Home Office civil servants do brilliant work to develop and deliver policies and services that affect the lives of people across the country and beyond. To do this effectively and fairly, the Home Office is committed to representing modern Britain in all its diversity, and creating a welcoming, inclusive workplace where all our people are able to bring their whole selves to work and perform at their best.
We are flexible, skilled, professional and diverse. We work to recruit and retain disabled staff and area Disability Confident Leader. We are proud to be one of the most ethnically diverse departments in the civil service. We are a Social Mobility Foundation top 75 employer.
New entrants are expected to join on the minimum of the pay band.
Applicants who are successful at interview will be, as part of pre-employment screening, subject to a check on the Internal Fraud Database (IFD). This check will provide information about employees who have been dismissed for fraud or dishonesty offences. This check also applies to employees who resign or otherwise leave before being dismissed for fraud or dishonesty had their employment continued. Any applicant's details held on the IFD will be refused employment.
For further information please see the attached notes for candidates which must be read before making an application.
Existing Civil Servants should note that some of the Home Office terms and conditions of employment have changed. It is the candidate’s responsibility to ensure they are aware of the Terms and Conditions they will adopt should they be successful in application and should refer to the notes for candidates for further details.
Transfer Terms: Voluntary.
If you are invited to an interview you will be required to bring a range of documentation for the purposes of establishing identity and to aid any pre-employment checks.
Please see the attached list of Home Office acceptable ID documents.
Any move to the Home Office from another employer will mean you can no longer access childcare vouchers. This includes moves between government departments. You may however be eligible for other government schemes, including Tax Free Childcare. Determine your eligibility at https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk
Reasonable Adjustments
If a person with disabilities is at a substantial disadvantage compared to a non-disabled person, we have a duty to make reasonable changes to our processes.
If you need a change to be made so that you can make your application, you should:
+ Contact Government Recruitment Service via HOrecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk as soon as possible before the closing date to discuss your needs
+ Complete the “Assistance Required” section in the “Additional Requirements” page of your application form to tell us what changes or help you might need further on in the recruitment process. For instance, you may need wheelchair access at interview, or if you're deaf, a language service professional
If you are experiencing accessibility problems with any attachments on this advert, please contact the email address in the ‘Contact point for applicants’ section.
Feedback
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security
Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is counter-terrorist check (opens in a new window).See our vetting charter (opens in a new window).
People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements
This job is broadly open to the following groups:
+ UK nationals
+ nationals of the Republic of Ireland
+ nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
+ nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
+ nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
+ individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
+ Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service
Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

Working for the Civil Service
The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.
We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy., If you feel that your application has not been treated in accordance with the recruitment
principles, and wish to make a complaint, then you should contact in the first instance
HORecruitment.GRS@cabinetoffice.gov.uk. If you are not satisfied with the response that you receive, then you can contact the Civil Service Commission.

• Is proactive and has the drive and flexibility to support and enable the team to deliver in a fast-paced, challenging environment.
• Has the ability to identify and establish excellent working relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Has excellent communication skills; communicating with purpose, direction, and clarity.
• Has good judgement, and an ability to justify decisions in the face of challenge.
This role can be conducted from any location where a FNO RC team is based as listed. The successful candidate will be expected to show significant flexibility and the ability to balance often competing workloads and priorities., The successful candidate must be able to demonstrate the following skills and experience:
+ Strong IT skills, especially Excel and PowerPoint.
+ Flexible and able to proactively work on your own initiative to short deadlines.
+ Able to communicate in person and in writing. Good interpersonal skills and the ability to build effective relationships with colleagues at every level.
+ Confident presenting to a large audience and able to adapt depending on target audience
+ Able to work as part of a team and independently with the ability to manage own time and priorities by managing workloads and activities to meet demanding milestones and deadlines.
+ Confident working in a fast-paced environment with the ability to adapt to new or changing work-streams.
Desirable Criteria
+ Experience in working with Assurance & Risk procedures.
+ A qualification in Assurance or Risk.
+ Knowledge of Data Protection Policies and Procedures.
+ Experience of SharePoint
+ Experience of advanced Excel functionality.

+ Learning and development tailored to your role
+ An environment with flexible working options
+ A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
+ A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 27%