Deputy Director for Passports, Identity and Nationality Policy

This is an exciting time to join the Home Office, and you'll be responsible for the full sweep of passport policy, working with His Majesty's Passport Office to ensure the successful delivery of its on-going transformation programme. You'll focus on supporting productivity and efficiency measures, enhancing the quality of decision-making and ensuring guidance is up-to-date and accurate. You'll also work on nationality policy, the implementation of measures introduced under recent legislation, and oversee training for the Overseas Territories that discharge nationality functions.

Operating with colleagues across the Home Office on policies relating to identity assurance in the migration and borders system, your work will include the primary and secondary legislation that governs our use of biometrics, and oversight of litigation against some of our key biometric policies. Capable of demonstrating inspirational leadership, management and stakeholder engagement skills while providing expert advice to senior management and ministers, you'll be flexible, have a strong focus on partnership working and be ready to support the drive for productivity and excellence in customer service.

The Home Office is central to UK life. Our work extends from devising drugs policies and ensuring the immigration system is not being abused, to delivering an accountable policing service. When you join us in this vital role, you'll provide policy leadership and challenge to your operational colleagues in the Passport, Citizenship and Civil Registration (PCCR) and Visa, Status and Information Services (VSI) Directorates. Leading a team of around 30, your work will affect British citizens as well as users of the migration and borders system.