Mitie Cleaning & Hygiene Services
Deputy Director (Immigration and Justice)
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Deputy Immigration Centre Director
Location: Campsfield Immigration Removal Centre, Kidlington, Oxfordshire, OX5 1GN
Package: Competitive salary + company car/car allowance + 10% annual bonus + private medical insurance + free Mitie shares
Please note: This is a fully site-based role in Oxfordshire. Hybrid or home working is not available.
About You
You are an experienced leader who:
- Communicates effectively and builds strong working relationships.
- Creates an inclusive culture that respects diversity, promotes human rights, and prioritises health and safety.
- Motivates and develops teams to deliver high standards of performance and service.
The Role
Reporting to the Centre Director, you will support the safe, effective, and compliant operation of Campsfield Immigration Removal Centre. You'll lead and develop senior managers, ensure contractual and legislative compliance, and drive continuous improvement across the centre.
Key Responsibilities
- Support the Centre Director in the leadership and overall operation of the centre, deputising when required.
- Lead and develop senior managers to deliver safe, compliant, and high-performing services.
- Oversee workforce planning, resourcing, and operational performance.
- Maintain effective relationships with key stakeholders, including the Home Office, Border Force, and healthcare partners.
- Ensure robust governance, compliance, and incident management processes are in place.
- Drive continuous improvement while promoting a positive, inclusive culture for colleagues and residents.
What We're Looking For
- Significant leadership experience within a detention, custodial, secure, or similarly regulated environment.
- Proven experience leading large, multi-disciplinary teams of 50 to 200 employees, including middle management.
- Strong contract management and compliance experience.
- Experience managing budgets, particularly workforce and staffing costs.
- Applications are also welcomed from experienced Heads of Function seeking progression into a Deputy Director role, particularly those who have previously covered the position on an interim basis.
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Desirable Qualifications
- Level 6 qualification or equivalent, such as a degree (BA/BSc), professional diploma, or NVQ Level 6 in a relevant discipline.
Eligibility Requirements
Candidates must:
- Be a British citizen, an EU citizen with settled status, or hold Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR).
- Have resided in the UK for the previous three years, with limited periods spent overseas.
- Be able to successfully complete enhanced vetting and background checks, including scrutiny of criminal convictions, financial history, and publicly available social media activity.
Why Join Mitie?
Our benefits package is designed to support your wellbeing, financial security, and career development.
Join us in creating better places and thriving communities.
Our market-leading offering provides you with benefits that suit your lifestyle.
- We have a virtual GP on hand for you and members of your household. So you can get expert advice by video or phone without having to leave your home.
- We offer financial wellbeing assistance through our Salary Finance scheme. For example, you could access 50% of your earned pay before payday for a small fee. Salary Finance also offers competitive loans.
When you join us, we’ll give you a link to our flexible lifestyle benefits platform, Choices. You might choose to purchase up to five extra days’ holiday each year. You might buy critical illness insurance, seek dental treatment or buy technology products at an affordable cost. There are many choices!
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- We give you access to high street discounts from thousands of well-known retailers, gyms and more through our MiDeals platform. And we have a cycle-to-work scheme.
- Life cover of up to four times your salary is available. We also offer enhanced pension contributions, a save-as-you-earn scheme, and a Mitie Matching Share Plan (you could even be awarded free shares in Mitie).
We award our employees with Mitie Stars as recognition for their hard work. There are cash prizes up for grabs each month and at the end of the year there’s a chance to scoop a top prize of £10,000!
Our success is a direct result of the experience and quality of our people. Progressing your career is therefore a top priority for us. We offer a diverse variety of training and development avenues via a wide selection of learning resources to suit you.
We are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible to all. If you have a disability or long-term condition (for example dyslexia, anxiety, autism, a mobility condition or hearing loss) and need us to make any reasonable adjustments, changes or do anything differently during the recruitment process, please let us know by emailing Karen Hayes at Karen.hayes@mitie.com.
Since 1987, Mitie’s 84,000 employees have been maintaining companies globally. We are the UK’s leading facilities management and professional services company, and our clients range from household names in banking, critical government sites as well as hospitals and schools.
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