QMUL is looking for International Employment Compliance Administrator to provide professional support to the International Employment Compliance Adviser (IECA), supporting and enhancing the effective management of people through the interpretation and implementation of UKVI regulations as well as Queen Mary policies and procedures.
Job purpose:
To provide administrative support to the university and members of staff (both new and existing) on all matters relating to UKVI legislation for all work visa routes into the UK. These visa types include Tier 2/Skilled Worker, Tier 5 (Government Authorisation Scheme), Global Talent, Tier 4/Student Visa and visa routes pertaining to research and academic visitors to the UK. The primary objective of the role is to provide robust administrative support to the IECA to ensure the University remains compliant with all aspects of immigration legislation relating to its staff, and in particular with regard to its visa sponsorship duties. The International Employment Compliance Administrator is a key HR role focused on supporting compliance oversight of staff immigration activity at Queen Mary. As an integral part of the operational and recruitment team, the role works closely with the ICEA and is the point of contact for a range of internal stakeholders and will provide administrative support on Points Based System and non-Points Based System work visa routes and associated process.The role will also be responsible for the supporting the monitoring and reporting of UKVI related compliance activities. Job details Job title International Employment Compliance Administrator Department Human Resources Reports to International Employment Compliance Adviser (IECA) Grade and salary Professional Grade 3, £31,421- £38,165 per annum, pro rata Hours per week Full-time Appointment period Fixed-Term for 2 months Current location Whitechapel London, Department W Work activity type Admin/Operational/Technical and Support Queen Mary University of London.
Main duties and responsibilities
Certificate of Sponsorship: To be a Level 1 User of the Home Office Sponsorship Management System (SMS). To administer the weekly UKVI HR CoS Review Group, which ensures HR oversight of visa sponsorship related acvitity for both new and extension visa sponsorship requests. To issue and assign Certificates of Sponsorship (CoS) for both new and existing staff. To report (under the supervision of the IECA), via SMS, appropriate changes in migrant activity in accordance with reporting obligations under the Sponsor Licence and UKVI guidelines. To support the IECA with maintaining the suite of HR documents and templates to ensure consistent, up-to-date information is provided to relevant stakeholders.
Visa and Immigration Compliance:
Staff Record Keeping: To support the IECA to monitor staff records for sponsored workers and other staff subject to work visas, ensuring that those records are kept up to date in accordance with UKVI guidelines. Through the use of HR reporting, ensure that staff subject to work visas have continuing permission to work in the UK. Specifically; o To work with the HR Administrators to actively monitor the start date and expiry dates of all work type visas, ensuring timely “visa expiry “ notifications are made, and escalate to IECA if any corrective action needed; o To work with the HR Administrators to ensure that work absences (planned or unplanned) are appropriately recorded and advise on any corrective action needed; To assist with preparatory work for both internal and external visa compliance audits.
Visa and Immigration Advice and Guidance:
To monitor and triage the staff visa query email inbox and answer queries as appropriate and/or escalate complex queries to the IECA where necessary. To exercise sound judgement in order to provide sensitive support and deal with UKVI related activity, sometimes of a highly confidential nature. To assist with the running of the scheduled monthly staff training/workshops .
Finance: To administer the authorisation and reconciliation of costs associated with; o The assignment of all Certificate of Sponsorship and; o The University’s Visa Reimbursement Scheme.
Other Pertinent Activities: To join networks of professional colleagues in the wider community. To liaise with the UKVI and other external bodies such as legal advisers in conjunction with the IECA. Queen Mary University of London To liaise with the Point Based Immigration Officer within Academic Registry and Council Secretariat. To keep self updated of changes to UKVI guidance and legislation together with best practice within higher education and beyond. To act with a high degree of initiative and autonomy in organising and prioritising personal workload.
QualificationsEducated to A level or equivalent professional work experience
SkillsExperience:
Demonstratable understanding of UK Immigration legislation for employment purposes and associated UKVI guidance
Demonstratable experience of UKVI employment related administration in a large and complex organisation
Experience of understanding and interpreting complex external regulations
Experience of providing substantiated Points Based System and associated work visa route advice.
Experience of dealing with a diverse client portfolio, in a complex and fast paced environment.
Proven IT experience, including use of Outlook, Word and Excel
Skills:
Ability to handle complex issues and exercise judgement and initiative when dealing with queries.
Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills
The ability to effectively communicate complex information, provide guidance on regulatory and compliance issues and the interpretation of regulations
Highly organised with the ability to plan and monitor workload, balance conflicting priorities and meet deadlines.
Strong customer focus and passion for continuous improvement.
Ability to work on own initiative with minimal direction, and to work as part of a team
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