Detention Custody Officer Manager – Immigration Services France
Salary: £38,489 per annum plus payment for any additional hours (up to 42 hours per week).
Job Objectives and Responsibilities
You will be responsible for the day‑to‑day management of Detention Custody Officers (DCO), ensuring service delivery is maintained in accordance with company policies, procedures and contractual standards. You will provide advice, mentoring, coaching and support to DCOs to achieve KPI's and maintain a flexible and safe operation. You will manage the immigration and escorting operations of the allocated area(s) to meet Home Office requirements and C&C service delivery expectations. You will be the first‑line manager for a team of DCOs.
You must remain in France for the duration of your 4 on shift pattern; there is no provision to travel back to the UK during this period. Accommodation, meals and travel are provided.
Eligibility
Applicants must not have applied for this role within the last 6 months.
Qualifications and Requirements
- Managerial experience in a custodial environment and experience as a DCO is desirable, though not essential.
- You must be a UK citizen, citizen of the Commonwealth with your own indefinite leave to remain (not through marriage) or an EEA citizen.
- Valid and in‑date passport with no restrictions on your stay in the UK; a valid visa in an expired passport cannot be used to prove right to work. You must provide a biometric residence permit alongside an in‑date passport.
- Continuously resided in the UK for the previous 5 years with no more than 3 months spent overseas at any one time.
- Specific driving compliance attached to this role.
- Full UK manual driving licence with at least 12 months post‑qualifying experience.
- Fewer than 7 points on your driving licence.
- Have not been subject to a driving ban within the last 5 years (from date of ban ending).
- This position is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act; successful candidates will be required to undergo Enhanced DBS and vetting to a level of Counter Terrorist Checked (CTC).
