Immigration Prisons Team Admin Officer
| Posting date: | 12 February 2026 |
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| Salary: | £27,553 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 25 February 2026 |
| Location: | Glasgow |
| Company: | Government Recruitment Service |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 448266/1 |
Summary
Immigration Enforcement is responsible for enforcing the government’s immigration laws, tackling illegal migration, removing foreign national offenders and immigration offenders from the UK. It also aims to disrupt the organised criminal groups that exploit the vulnerable for their personal gain. Learn more on our careers pages.
Immigration Prison Teams (IPT) is the operational arm of Foreign National Offenders Removals Command (FNORC) and comprises of 15 teams based in a variety of locations across the country.
This includes embedded teams in prisons and mobile teams nationwide. You will be working in the operational arm of the Home Office's Foreign National Offender Returns Command, Immigration Prison Team. This role within the Immigration Prisons Team will provide the opportunity to work in a fast paced and unique working environment.
Immigration Prisons Team Admin Officers contribute to the removal of Foreign National Offenders who meet the criteria for deportation, or the structured re-integration of Foreign National Offenders into communities where deportation is not appropriate. The successful candidate will be providing administrative support to the operational officers by ensuring urgent cases are flagged and the required paperwork is available for service from case working colleagues. This may include you being confident and managing potentially difficult and challenging situations.
The successful candidate will need to be open and adaptive to changing priorities and working in a pressurised operational environment where sometimes cases have to be progressed very quickly. This will involve being organised and ensuring inboxes and phone calls are monitored and flagged to Immigration Officers or Chief Immigration Officers when required.
This role requires engagement with multiple Internal and External stakeholders, so you will need to build and maintain relationships in order to assist the command on delivering again Key Performance Indicators. The successful candidate will also require a professional approach to service delivery across a number of competing deliverables, with an ability to balance competing priorities and business requirements.
The role is both challenging and rewarding and provides scope for career progression.
Key Responsibilities
The successful candidate will be responsible for (but not limited to):
- Responding to enquiries received by e-mail and letter where appropriate. Respond to queries by telephone where possible, referring to an Immigration Officer (IO) or Chief Immigration Officer (CIO) as required
- Creating Induction sheets for the IOs from Reception lists to ensure all receptions are inducted
- Maintaining excel spreadsheet ensure data quality and accuracy at all times
- Supporting the IOs in their role, ensuring they have all the information they need to conduct efficient and effective Immigration Surgeries and service of paperwork
- Conducting DVA checks for potential British Nationals and provide copies of potential matches to IOs to check the match is for the FN held in custody
- Monitor and book team Asylum and Screening interviews in line with policy
Working Pattern
Due to the business requirements of this role, it is only available on a full-time basis.
Training
You will receive full training and support to do the job. Training takes place initially in the classroom and then continues on the job with a mentor who supports you until you are fully confident in the role. Even then you are never alone; you work as part of a team where there is always someone around for advice and support. Further information on what the training involves can be found on our website.
Travel
Due to the nature of the role, you will be based within HMP Barlinnie/Festival Court and may be required to travel to other HMP locations such as HMP Edinburgh and other sites within the region.
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