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The Illegal Migration Operations Command (IMOC) is a new DG group within the Home Office set up to enhance the Departments ability to deliver illegal migration operations across the end-to-end system. IMOC brings greater coherence to the response to illegal migration through collaborative working. We provide coordination and leadership from the centre to enable flexibility and responsiveness in the delivery of priorities that require significant cross-system working.
The current challenge is delivery of the Illegal Migration Act, as well as supporting campaigns focused on other areas across the end-to-end illegal migration system, including upstream activity to reduce push factors and organised immigration crime.
Within IMOC, the HQ directorate leads on strategic operations and comprises three deputy director-led functions:
Data & Analysis provides end to end situational awareness across the whole system to underpin strategic decisions, ensuring we have the best information available to analyse key trends, model scenarios and evaluate impact.
Campaign planning develops plans for centralised campaigns, and provides scrutiny and challenge functions for delivery partners, tracking delivery against strategic intent.
Delivery & coordination works with delivery partners to drive delivery of centrally-led campaigns aimed at specific cross-system issues.
Tackling illegal migration is one of the PMs top 5 priorities and we will be reporting directly to the Home Secretary and PUS on progress. It is a fast-paced working environment, cross-cutting and reaches across several government departments.
Job description
Reporting to the Deputy Director for Data and Analysis, you will be responsible for providing key reporting and analysis functions for IMOC and the wider department, including Ministers. Your team will provide end to end situational awareness across the whole system to underpin strategic decisions, ensuring we have the best information available to analyse key trends, model scenarios and evaluate impact. As well as delivering existing functions you will need to build new capabilities and transition these into business-as-usual.
You will lead a number of G7 teams, including embedded specialist staff, and work closely with consultants and suppliers, to:
- Oversee the build of new, end-to-end performance dashboards and visualisation tools and products, shaping the design and end use, making use of innovative technology.
- Transition these into business-as-usual use, ensuring they continue to meet the requirements of the IMOC HQ (and its situation centre), the department and Ministers.
- Provide the analytical capability that interprets the data and system performance information to support operational decision-making and briefing/advice.
- Task and provide strategic leadership to embedded teams covering social research, behavioural insights, upstream analysis and modelling. This will include rapid-cycle evaluations of campaigns and interventions; and commissioning research, evidence reviews and intelligence assessments; It will involve close working with the wider analytical and intelligence community, as well as with policy and operational teams.
IMOC HQ is a new command, and its Data & Analysis Unit is a new and rapidly growing team. You will be responsible for the recruitment and training of our staff and their own personal development, and you will take a leading role in steering the development of this team in setting its purpose and role. You will also be expected to play a leading role in the development of the command overall and establishing its position in the department overall.
You will need to act as an ambassador for IMOC HQ and the Data & Analysis Unit, building relationships with wider Home Office teams.
Hybrid Working
Hybrid working enables employees to work partly in their workplace(s) and partly at home. A hybrid working pattern may be available, where business needs allow. Applicants can discuss what this means with the vacancy holder if they have specific questions.
Person specification
The ability to innovate and think creatively in an operational setting and engage, credibly, with senior leaders and operational teams, is just as important as technical and analytical knowledge.
Essential Criteria
You will have the following skills or some experience in:
- Strong leadership skills ability to lead complex work programmes, and to promote the effective use of analysis and evidence to senior stakeholders, ensuring work aligns to the departments strategic priorities. Encouraging diversity and fostering wellbeing to encourage personal development of team members.
- Strong communication skills able to communicate complex analytical concepts to non-analysts, including while under pressure. Ability to maintain positive relationships while also pushing back where necessary on inappropriate use of analysis.
- The ability to deliver programmes at pace in complex, changing environments, taking account of the wider context, whilst ensuring effective quality control and project management.
- The ability to build influential networks and professional working relationships with colleagues, customers, and a wide range of internal and external stakeholders, using these networks to improve analytical advice and influence.
- Analytical and technical expertise understanding of strengths and weaknesses of data and methodological techniques, able to provide appropriate challenge on use of analysis in strategic documents, and to guide colleagues in their own technical development.
Desirable Criteria
Ideally you will have:
- Experience of working within a strategic operations function.
- Experience of working in the illegal migration space.
Behaviours
We’ll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
We only ask for evidence of these behaviours on your application form:
Benefits
- 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%
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Selection process details
As part of the application process, you will be asked to complete:
- a CV detailing job history /skills
- a statement of suitability (personal statement) (maximum 1000 words)
- provide evidence of the behaviour Seeing the Big Picture (250 words maximum)
Further details around what this will entail are listed on the application form.
The statement of suitability 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.
The sift will be held on the behaviour Seeing the Big Picture and the statement of suitability (personal statement). The CV will not be scored.
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.
You will also be required to prepare a short presentation (no slides or handouts required) to present at interview, further details around what the presentation will entail will be provided before the interview.
Sift and Interview Dates
Sift is expected to take place from 10th November 2023.
Interviews are expected to take place from 30th November 2023.
We will try to meet the dates set out in the advert, however on occasions these dates may change.
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.
Visa sponsorship
We are unable to sponsor any individuals via Skilled Worker Sponsorship / Tier 2 (General) work visas as we do not hold a UK Visa & Immigration (UKVI) Skilled Worker License.
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.
A reserve list of successful candidates will be kept for 12 months. Should another role or similar role become available within that period you may be offered this position.
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 candidates 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.
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- Name : Home Office Resourcing Centre
- Email : HORCCampaignTeamCorporateEnablers@homeoffice.gov.uk
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