Description
The Home Office works to build a safe, fair and prosperous UK. We achieve this through our work on counter-terrorism, policing, 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. We also aim to disrupt the organised criminal groups that exploit the vulnerable for their personal gain.
The Detention Services Security Team (DSST) plays a critical role in safeguarding the detention estate by providing independent second-line assurance across Intelligence, Security, Use of Force (UoF), Health and Safety, and Violence Reduction functions.
As a Security Risk and Assurance Manager within DSST, you will play a key role in delivering assurance activity across the detention estate, leading workstreams, managing projects, and supporting the delivery of national priorities. You will build and maintain effective relationships with a broad range of internal and external stakeholders, providing expert advice and challenge where required.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the administration, governance and continuous improvement of the Excessive Disruptive Behaviour (EDB) process, ensuring referrals are managed effectively, proportionately and within agreed standards, with accurate records and audit trails.
- Lead DSST workstreams and projects, managing priorities, delivery, risks, milestones and deadlines.
- Provide Subject Matter Expert (SME) advice, quality assure intelligence, security and UoF assessments, and ensure evidence-based, impartial outcomes.
- Oversee data collection, analysis and reporting to identify risks, trends and emerging issues, producing dashboards, briefings and recommendations for senior leaders.
- Lead or contribute to IRC assurance reviews, assess compliance with policy, contractual and legislative requirements, and translate findings into actionable improvements.
- Build effective stakeholder relationships, lead engagement activities, and promote understanding of policy and best practice.
- Provide day-to-day direction, coaching and support to colleagues, fostering consistent standards, development and collaboration.
Person specification
Essential Criteria
- Experience of managing complex areas of work, programmes, projects or operational processes with competing priorities.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to produce high-quality reports, briefings and guidance for a range of audiences.
- Excellent stakeholder management skills with the ability to build effective relationships, influence decision-making and provide constructive challenge at all levels.
- Proven ability to analyse complex information and data, identify trends and provide clear, evidence-based recommendations.
- Ability to work independently, exercise sound judgement, and adapt to changing priorities while maintaining high standards of performance and professionalism.
- Experience within intelligence, security, law enforcement, detention or immigration environments.
Desirable Criteria
- Experience conducting audit, assurance, compliance or quality review activities.
- Experience applying risk management and governance frameworks.
Benefits
- A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%.
- In-year reward scheme for one-off or sustained exceptional personal or team achievements.
- 25 days annual leave on appointment, rising with service to 30 days.
- Eight days of public holidays, plus one additional privilege day.
- Where business needs allow, some roles may be suitable for a combination of office and home-based working.