** Security Risk and Assurance Manager:

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.

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.

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), 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.

The Personal Statement should be aligned to and demonstrate how you meet the skills and experience set out in the essential criteria, detailed in the job description.

For guidance and information on how to construct your application (CV, Personal Statement and Behaviours), you are encouraged to visit Civil Service Careers website.

2. Sift – From 27th October 2026.

The sift will be held on the Personal Statement and CV.

Should a high volume of applications be received, an initial sift will be conducted on the Personal Statement.

Candidates who pass the initial sift will then be progressed to a full sift that will consist of all the remaining elements submitted (CV).

Candidates who fail to meet the minimum pass score for the initial sift will not have their remaining submitted elements scored and will only receive a sift score for that assessed at the initial sift.

3. Interview – From 17th November 2026.

If you are successful at sift stage, you will be invited to an interview that will be Behaviours (as listed in the job advert) and Strength based questions.

All Behaviours listed in the selection process will be scored at the interview.

The interview will take place on Teams.

For guidance and information on what to expect and how to prepare for an interview, you are encouraged to visit Civil Service Careers.

Problems during the application process

If you experience problems accessing this advert, or you think you’ve made a mistake on an initial application, please contact hocandidates.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk, including the vacancy reference, at least two working days before the vacancy closes. Further information can be found on our website.

Do not create or attempt to submit another application, online test or use a different Civil Service Jobs account to proceed as this would be in violation of the candidate declaration.

Location Preferences

You can select up to three locations in order of preference. Please ensure that these are locations you are prepared to travel to. If you are offered a role at one of your preferred locations and you decline, your application will be withdrawn.

Reserve List

A reserve list may be held for a period of up to 12 months from which further appointments may be made. There is no guarantee that being held on a reserve list will lead to a job offer. Further information can be found on our website.

Reserve lists will be held for each location and profession. Candidates will be appointed in merit order by location and profession.

Breaking Tied Scores

The behaviours and strengths have been ranked in order of importance to enable us to differentiate between candidates with tied interview scores.

Standards

All Civil Servants are expected to comply with the Civil Service Code, and its core values of integrity, honesty, objectivity and impartiality.

Integrity Check

As well as successfully obtaining UK Security Vetting clearance, you will also be subject to an additional Integrity Check, as part of the pre-employment process, to determine your suitability to work for Border Force, Border Security Command or Immigration Enforcement. For further information on what this involves, please visit our website.

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.

In order to process applications without delay, we will be sending a Criminal Record Check to Disclosure and Barring Service /Disclosure Scotland on your behalf. However, we recognise in exceptional circumstances some candidates will want to send their completed forms direct.

If you will be doing this, please advise Government Recruitment Service of your intention by emailing Pre-EmploymentChecks.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk stating the job reference number in the subject heading.

For further information on the Disclosure Scotland confidential checking service telephone: the Disclosure Scotland Helpline on 0870 609 6006 and ask to speak to the operations manager in confidence, or email Info@disclosurescotland.co.uk

Working Pattern

This role is full time only. Applicants who wish to work an alternative pattern are welcome to apply however your preferred working pattern may not be available and you should discuss this with the vacancy holder before applying.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.