Governance and Secretariat Lead

The first duty of the government is to keep citizens safe and the country secure. The Home Office has always been at the front line of this endeavour. As such, the Home Office plays a vital role in the security and economic prosperity of the United Kingdom.

The Migration and Borders Group (M&BG) has a far-reaching and comprehensive programme which encompasses policy, legislation and reform of the immigration systems and acts as a centre for excellence to deliver international interventions and engagement. This includes many of the most high-profile policy areas for the Home Office: asylum, migration, nationality, extradition, citizens’ rights, borders and international criminality.

Its mission is to guide the UK’s immigration, borders, asylum, and citizenship system, to ensure it is run in a coherent, end to end manner, providing great customer service and applying fair but firm controls, in line with ministerial objectives for the New Plan for Immigration.

To achieve its aims, MBG works closely with Border Force, UK Visas and Immigration, His Majesty’s Passport Office, Immigration Enforcement, Digital, Data and Technology, Home Office Legal Advisers as well as other partner organisations and government departments.

The M&B Group 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. We provide people with the opportunity to work at pace and deliver in stretching roles. You will learn a lot in your day-to-day work and benefit from a range of excellent wider learning and development opportunities.

We are currently recruiting for a Senior Executive Officer (SEO) Governance and Secretariat Lead to be a part of the Organised Immigration Crime Unit (OICU) .

The post holder will manage existing and new OICUGovernance and provide associated secretariat support including:

• Leading the secretariat function for all Boards and senior meetings owned by OICU, including a monthly Ministerial Board.
• Maintaining a forward look, ensuring that commissions and returns are provided in a timely fashion and that deadlines for submissions of papers are met.
• Supporting the G7 Delivery Lead by formulating and agreeing agendas, assisting with drafting Chair’s briefs and updates for senior managers and Ministers as required.
• Building and maintaining positive working-level relationships with Ministerial and Permanent Secretary Private Offices, as well as a range of internal and external delivery partners.
• Ensuring that actions arising from Boards and senior meetings are recorded and followed up in a timely fashion. Managing an actions log for the Unit, ensuring members of the unit are actively following up on actions.
• Line management of one Higher Executive Officer (HEO), please note that line management may be remote and will depend on where the successful candidate is based.
• Any other governance or secretariat work which may arise – including supporting other team members as required.

Working Patterns

This role is available on a Full Time basis, along with Compressed Hours. Applications for Part-Time working would be considered however due to the nature of the role the minimum hours would be 30 hours per week. Job-sharing applications would also be considered

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).