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International Employment And Compliance Administrator

£33,579 - £33,579
 

Job Description

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.



Qualifications

Educated to A level or equivalent professional work experience



Skills

Experience:



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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Job purpose

To main focus of the post holder is dedicated to effectively provide confidential, professional administrative support to the Head of Housing Services and to the Housing Services team. To effectively provide a customer focused reception service of excellence for Housing Services. To be the first point of contact for, and to represent the team, both internally and externally, whether in person, by telephone or by email, responding to all generic enquiries or by referral to an appropriate team member when escalating non-routine enquiries.

The post holder will be required to support the Head of Housing Services in delivering a customer focused service of excellence; providing advice and guidance encompassing the broad range of housing options available to students and staff.  The range of this role is not limited to the Queen Mary halls of residence, but includes nominated private providers, private housing as well as homestay or short stay options.

 

Main duties and responsibilities

  • To provide a customer focused first point of contact to students, staff and private landlords, the public and other external bodies, judging when to pass on or escalate complex queries.
  • To check all applications received for housing eligibility, and issue relevant and timely feedback to applicants.
  • To represent Housing Services at all Queen Mary internal and external events, particularly at main residential arrival and departure days, to provide and sustain a positive image for Residential Services
  • To manage and keep updated the Housing Services team diaries.
  • To check the accuracy and relevance of information and imagery on the Residential Services website..
  • To provide administrative support to the Housing Services team.
  • To advise the Head of Housing Services on noticeable trends in customer enquiries.
  • To be flexible at key times within the university calendar to support the delivery of services that will be outside normal business hours, which will include working in the evenings and at weekends
  • To comply with all Queen Mary and Directorate policies and procedures and demonstrate a commitment to the Directorate purpose statement and values
  • To implement recognised good practice in communication and cohesion, to promote the culture and behavioural change programme that has been embarked upon by the Directorate.


Qualifications

GCSE, NVQ (Level 3) or City and Guilds in English and Maths or equivalent



Skills
  • Significant experience working within an HEI or privately built student residential environment
  • Significant experience working in a customer service environment providing exceptional customer service
  • Understanding of the relevant regulations and national codes of practice and the implications of non-compliance
  • Experience managing conflicts, resolving or escalating complaints, with the ability to use own initiative to handle difficult situations with tact and sensitivity
  • Familiarity with budgeting and financial management
  • Knowledge and understanding of HEI Admissions systems, key dates and SITS student record system
  • Knowledge of the private sector housing market

Skills/Abilities

  • Excellent written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate effectively with staff and external contacts at all levels
  • Computer literate with a good knowledge of Microsoft Office software, particularly Excel
  • Able to plan, manage and monitor a variety of commitments, balancing workloads to meet service demands
  • Excellent attention to detail and a systematic approach to work
  • Friendly, approachable, diplomatic and able to relate to people
  • Flexible attitude and willing to learn, develop and improve both individually or as part of a team

Other

  • Able to deal with personal, private and confidential issues with appropriate discretion (Data Protection Act)
  • Able to manage job role in line with customer expectation of Equality and Diversity Policy
  • Able to identify resolutions to problems and utilise analytical skills

About us



The Data Governance and Security team with SED develops, maintains, and supports system and process security, data governance, data protection compliance, regulatory reporting, and external and internal audit requirements. The team ensures that strategies and procedures in relation to these areas are fit for purpose and is responsible for providing a ‘gold source’ of all student and course information data to ensure best practice.



About the role



The Senior Student Data Assurance Officer will provide assurance and operational support to colleagues engaged in both internal/external reporting and in business as usual activites that rely on the quality of our student data. This will entail the provision of end-to-end administrative support in triaging enquiries, resolving student data quality issues, supporting the statutory HESA data return (submitted in August and September 2024) by fixing data errors and supporting the generation of HEARs (online transcripts) for students.



This would be an excellent opportunity for a candidate who is interested in gaining experience in working with data, making operational use of IT programmes such as Excel and SQL and who wish to utilise their skills to ensure that the quality of our student data is accurate and of the highest quality.



This is a temporary role, with an end date of 8th November 2024.



Qualifications

We think a wide range of different work and educational experiences could support you to be successful in this role. Relevant work experience might include work in data management or analytics. Relevant educational experiences might include higher education in a related discipline, professional qualifications or other training



Skills

The following skills would be essential in the role:



-Excellent IT skills, including experience of Office software (Word, Excel, Outlook email, web etc.) 



-Good communication skills and a willingness to work in a team, with multiple stakeholders



-The ability to deal with competing priorities



Experience of SQL and using a student records system would be desirable

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