Security Risk and Assurance Manager:

About this role

Details

National Pay Locations: Bedford, Strathaven, Gosport - £41,750 - £44,250.

London Pay Location - £45,750 - £48,250.

GBP

Job grade

Higher Executive Officer

Business area

HO - Immigration Enforcement

Type of role

Risk Management

Working pattern

Full-time

Number of jobs available

1

Contents

• Location
• About the job
• Benefits
• Things you need to know
• Apply and further information

Dungavel House Removal Centre - Strathaven

Harmondsworth IRC, West Drayton - London

Yarl's Wood I.R.C – Bedford

About the job

Job summary

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. Learn more on our careers pages.

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.

DSST works closely with Detention Services (DS) Compliance Teams, Contracted Service Providers (CSPs), and operational partners to ensure Immigration Removal Centres (IRCs) are operated safely, securely, and in accordance with Home Office policy, contractual obligations, legislative requirements, and professional standards.

Job description

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.

A key element of this role is providing end to end oversight of the Excessive Disruptive Behaviour (EDB) process, ensuring cases are managed and progressed effectively, consistently, and within agreed timescales. You will act as the lead for EDB governance, supporting decision making and ensuring robust assurance and risk management processes are in place.

The successful candidate will also contribute to wider DSST priorities through reviews, assurance activity, analysis of intelligence and operational data, and the delivery of projects aimed at improving safety, security and compliance across the detention estate.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the administration, governance and continuous improvement of the 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.

Working Pattern

Due to the business requirements of this role, it is only available on a full-time basis.

Travel

Frequent travel will be required, regular deployment to Immigration Removal Centres (IRCs) and other locations. Frequent overnight stays are required of the position.

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.

Driving Licence

Due to the nature of the work and the geographical area, driving is a key requirement for this role. It is essential you hold a full valid UK manual/automatic driving licence at the time of application.

Your licence will be checked at interview stage and you must confirm you hold one when you apply.

Licences

Must hold a full valid UK automatic or manual driving licence at time of application.

Behaviours

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Leadership
• Making Effective Decisions
• Communicating and Influencing
• Delivering at Pace

Benefits

In addition to your salary, a career with the Home Office offers a range of benefits, including:

• 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. 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.
• See more of our benefits on our careers website.

Sign-up on our website to receive emails with information about careers at the Home Office.

Things you need to know

Artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles , and will assess your Behaviours, Strengths and Experience.

This gives us the best possible chance of finding the right person for the job, drives up performance

We will endeavour to conduct the selection process in line with the dates indicated below, but cannot guarantee that these will not, where necessary, be revised.

1. Application – by 25th October 2026.

As part of the application process, you will be asked to complete:

• CV
• Personal Statement (maximum 1000 words).

Your CV should consist of your career history, qualifications and skills/experience including any key achievements in each role. Your CV will be scored against the experience required for the role as noted within the essential criteria.