Location: Chesterfield/Hybrid
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Contract: Permanent
Salary: Competitive
The immigration and right to work officer is responsible for ensuring ivolve remains compliant with UK immigration legislation and Right to Work requirements. The role manages sponsorship processes, supports colleagues requiring visas, maintains Sponsor Licence compliance, and provides expert advice to managers and the wider People Team. You will be a subject matter expect in this field, already working within a similar internal role or someone wanting to make the transition from a external or public sector body into an internal compliance role.
This is a great opportunity and platform to lead on all right to work and compliance matters, acting as a trusted advisor and partner to internal stakeholders, your immediate team, and wider across ivolve. You will be calm under pressure, solutions driven, with a desire to achieve positive and balanced outcomes. You'll be familiar with the Sponsor Management System (SMS) up-to-date on immigration law changes and developments. If this sounds like you, then we'd love to hear from you.
- Manage the organisation's Sponsor Licence and ensure compliance with UKVI requirements.
- Process Certificates of Sponsorship (CoS) and maintain Sponsor Management System (SMS) records.
- Complete and audit Right to Work checks across the employee lifecycle.
- Monitor visa expiry dates and manage renewals and reporting deadlines.
- Provide immigration advice and guidance to managers, HR and Recruitment teams.
- Maintain accurate immigration records and prepare for UKVI audits.
- Produce regular compliance reports and identify potential risks.
- Keep up to date with changes in immigration legislation and recommend process improvements.
Essential
- Experience in immigration compliance.
- Experience managing a UK Sponsor Licence and Sponsor Management System (SMS).
- Good understanding of UK Right to Work legislation.
- Excellent organisational skills and attention to detail.
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Ability to manage confidential information and work accurately under pressure.
Desirable
- Experience within health and social care.
- 100% Right to Work compliance.
- Timely management of sponsorship and visa processes.
- Accurate immigration records and reporting.
- Successful UKVI compliance with no significant audit findings.
- Trusted support and guidance for managers and colleagues.
At ivolve, our purpose is to support people to live fulfilling, independent lives. As a HR Immigration Officer, you'll play a vital role in ensuring our colleagues can continue to make a real difference every day while helping the organisation maintain the highest standards of legal and regulatory compliance.
You'll join a supportive People Team where collaboration, integrity and continuous improvement are at the heart of everything we do.
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