DIRECTOR OF BORDERS, VISITORS & INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION
Director of Borders, Visitors, and International Migration
Location
London, Manchester Sheffield
Grade and Salary
SCS Pay Band 2
£93,000 – £115,000
Contract Type
Permanent, Full time and Job share, Flexible working
The Role
The new Borders, International and Visitors Directorate reflects the growing importance of the border post-Brexit and post-COVID, and of international work for Global Britain seeking to do trade deals and attract visitors. It will cover visa policy, border security, the Common Travel Area, returns work, relations with France and other near neighbours, work further upstream to prevent illegal migration, support for DIT in mobility aspects of trade negotiations, immigration controls at the border, digitising pre-departure and border checks, Border Force powers and mandate, identity and biometrics policy.
The post holder will be a visible and accessible leader across the Home Office, championing the Civil Service leadership values, taking on specific responsibilities relating to equality and diversity and other corporate objectives.
The key responsibilities of the role are:
The post will report into the Director General in charge of the Migration and Borders Mission and be part of senior leadership team consisting of six SCS PB2s. It is expected the post holder will have approximately 4 direct reports at SCS PB1 level and wider directorate of approx. 100 staff.
Responsibilities for the post holder include:
- International Migration Strategy – responsibility for delivery of Home Office migration related outcomes through international cooperation;
- Returns Agreement and mobilisation – securing returns agreements with transit countries, near neighbours in Europe, and those further upstream – working across HMG, with our JHA network, and with teams in both the Capabilities and STARS.
- Mobility and FTAs – responsibility for designing and negotiating ‘Mode IV’ and other mobility elements of FTAs;
- Border Policy – responsible for the underpinning policy to support the digitising the border and identity elements of the FBIS programme and borders elements of the Sovereign Borders programme. Also responsible for developing and implementing Border Crossing initiatives to deal with border security and health measures at the border. Working with CTA members to strengthen the external CTA border, mitigating threats to UK border security and protecting the arrangement;
- EU Transition – responsibility for residual work on transition including cross-departmental co-ordination and with a particular focus on border readiness;
- Visitors and Visa Policy – responsibility for facilitating the legitimate movement of individuals through policy design and capability delivery.