Head of the National Returns Progression Command ?

The National Returns Progression Command (NRPC) is the pivotal Home Office capability whose mission is to maximise the return of all immigration offenders (illegal entrants, overstayers, failed asylum seekers) through both enforced and voluntary returns whilst ensuring individuals are dealt with in a dignified manner, utilising a strong set of safeguards to identify and manage vulnerabilities. The head of NRPC will play a vital leadership role in the Government's major transformation plan to overhaul the asylum system, ensuring in particular that various returns components are transformed and fit for purpose. This work includes leadership of 4 strands of work to maximise asylum-related returns. The on-going and core elements of the role involve the following

• Leading on detained returns - ensuring that return is progressed for individuals from point of detention through to removal, effectively clearing barriers to removal, and identifying and managing any vulnerabilities.
• Leading on Non-Detained case progression - ensuring the progression of individuals without permission to stay in the UK to an appropriate conclusion, either by removing barriers to return and tasking for enforcement action, or by signposting to other parts of the Home Office to regularise their status.
• Leading on the issue of 'third country returns', returning individuals to a country other than their country of origin.
• Leading on Family Returns - securing safe returns of families with children who have no lawful basis to remain in the UK.
• Leading on voluntary returns - ensuring support for individuals who wish to leave the UK voluntarily.
• Leadership of the central support functions - including management of finance, workforce planning, and secretariat functions, performance and assurance teams, and process, guidance and comms and engagement across the command.
Key additional responsibilities include:
• Managing and building relationships with a wide range of delivery partners including uniformed enforcement teams, the Foreign National Offender Returns Command, International Returns Services Command, Detention Services, Migration and Borders Policy, Asylum and Human Rights Operations and Customer Services.
• Line management of six Grade 6s and leadership and management of approximately 1,000 staff within the command, over 15 different locations.
• Providing wider leadership support to Immigration Enforcement and Returns Directorate as a whole and contributing to wider Home Office objectives.
• Managing a budget of just under £40m.