** Compliance Manager
| Company: | Government Recruitment Service |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £41,750 to £44,250 a year |
| Hours: | Full-time |
| Location: | OX5 1GN |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Posting date: | 28 Aug 2026 |
| Closing date: | 10 Sept 2026 |
Summary
The Home Office works to build a safe, fair and prosperous UK. We achieve this through our work on counter-terrorism, policing, crime, drugs policy, immigration and passports.
Immigration Enforcement is responsible for enforcing the government’s immigration laws, tackling illegal migration, removing foreign national offenders and immigration offenders from the UK. We also aim to disrupt the organised criminal groups that exploit the vulnerable for their personal gain. Learn more on our careers pages.
The Compliance Team's overall purpose is to provide independent Home Office oversight of Campsfield IRC, ensuring the centre is run safely, securely, legally, and humanely while holding the service provider accountable for delivering high standards of care and performance. The team's priorities focus on compliance, assurance, resident welfare, operational risk management, and continuous improvement of detention services.
The Detention Operations Compliance Team at Campsfield Immigration Removal Centre is responsible for providing Home Office oversight and assurance that the centre is operating safely, securely, humanely and in accordance with legislation, policy, operating standards and contractual requirements. The team works closely with the centre’s service provider, healthcare partners, Home Office colleagues and other stakeholders to monitor performance, drive continuous improvement and ensure that the welfare of detained individuals remains at the heart of service delivery.
As a Compliance Manager, you will play a pivotal leadership role within the Compliance Team, balancing reactive operational decision-making with planned assurance activity in a fast-paced and dynamic environment. You will lead a team of Deputy Compliance Managers, providing support, direction and oversight while ensuring effective monitoring of the contractor’s performance across a broad range of operational areas. You will work closely with senior managers, represent the Home Office in operational and strategic meetings, and contribute to maintaining high standards across the centre. The role requires sound judgement, resilience and the ability to manage competing priorities while building effective working relationships with a wide range of partners.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead and manage a team of Deputy Operations Managers, ensuring effective workload allocation, performance management, coaching and development to support high-quality service delivery.
- Provide oversight of a comprehensive compliance and monitoring programme, testing the contractor’s performance and ensuring delivery of services in line with legislation, Detention Centre Rules, Operating Standards, Detention Service Orders and contractual requirements.
- Support the Area Manager and Service Delivery Manager in identifying risks, driving continuous improvement and implementing action plans arising from inspections, audits and other assurance activities.
- Exercise statutory responsibilities within the Immigration Removal Centre, including authorising temporary confinement or removal from association, and investigating complaints against the service provider where required.
- Monitor operational performance, resident welfare and security arrangements, ensuring issues are identified promptly, appropriately escalated and resolved in accordance with Home Office policies and procedures.
- Build and maintain effective working relationships with contractors, healthcare providers, Home Office colleagues and other stakeholders to support the safe, secure and humane operation of the centre.
- Chair contractual and operational meetings, providing challenge where necessary and holding providers accountable for the delivery of agreed standards and outcomes.
- Participate in an out-of-hours on-call rota and provide operational guidance, advice and decision-making support in response to incidents, emerging risks and urgent operational matters.
Flexible working
You may be required to undertake the same or a similar role within a different team or teams (where possible, at your base location or within reasonable travel distance), depending on business priorities. With appropriate training and support, this will provide opportunities to broaden both your experience and skill set.
Working Pattern
Due to the operational requirements of the role, it is only available on a full-time basis. Compressed hours are available; however, successful candidates must be able to work a rotating shift pattern including early, late, night and weekend shifts, and participate in an out-of-hours on-call rota.
Training
You will receive full training and support to do the job. Training on the job with a mentor who supports you until you are fully confident in the role. Even then you are never alone; you work as part of a team where there is always someone around for advice and support. Further information on what the training involves can be found on our website.
Successful candidates will receive training and support. Initial training will be delivered at on site at Campsfield IRC followed by structured mentoring and on-the-job development to build competence and confidence in the role.
The role is primarily based at Campsfield IRC in Kidlington, Oxfordshire though occasional travel to other centres and Home Office locations will be required.
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