Working for us
The UK Border Agency has around 17,200 staff in the United Kingdom (including agency, casual and consultants) of which 500 are at any one time on secondment to British diplomatic posts or in other jobs overseas. We have large offices in Croydon, Liverpool and Sheffield and smaller ones around the country. Several thousand staff work as immigration officers at air and sea ports nationwide ranging from Heathrow, Gatwick and Dover to other smaller locations throughout the country.
What we do
Under Home Office Aim 6 we are responsible for managing immigration in the interests of Britain's security, economic growth and social stability. The range of work this encompasses is huge and includes:
- considering applications from people who want to come to the United Kingdom to work or study;
- determining asylum applications;
- facilitating the arrival of passengers to the United Kingdom; and
- deciding applications for citizenship.
Within these areas there is a tremendous variety of roles from operational to casework, and policy and support roles in finance, IT, procurement and human resources. Working for the Agency is interesting and challenging, and provides an opportunity to deliver results that will make a real difference to people's lives.