Royal Academy of Engineering Hiring for Global Talent Visa Manager Job at London, England Full Time

We have an exciting opportunity for a Programme Manager focusing on Global Talent Visas in the International Partnerships team.

The role

As Global Talent Visa Programme Manager you will lead the delivery of the Academy’s role as an Endorsing Body for the Global Talent visa route.

The Global Talent visa is an important visa route which enables brilliant engineers and innovators to bring their skills to the UK for the benefit of UK science and society. This means your role will be directly contributing to our overall strategy and helping us deliver our charity benefits. In this role you will ensure effective operation and governance of the Academy’s role in the route, including management of at least one team member providing day to day administration of the route, take responsibility for the continuous improvement of route governance, and in partnership with the Home Office and other endorsing bodies, develop and promote the route for the benefit of the research and innovation community. You will be joining our friendly and supportive International Partnerships team that promotes and fosters international collaboration and mobility across the UK and global engineering communities.

Who are we looking for?

You will have sound judgement and the ability to operate with a high degree of autonomy, and a strong interest in engineering talent or visa issues and ability to develop your own knowledge and expertise. You will have experience of programme or project management or similar roles, and enjoy building effective working relationships with stakeholders at all levels of seniority. You will have good knowledge of either the UK engineering, research and innovation landscape or UK immigration systems, as well as a good understanding of academic career pathways. While previous experience on visas or immigration is desirable, we also welcome applications from people with broader experience of assessment of technical or engineering talent (including e.g. recruitment for technical roles).

We are looking for candidates who would be interested and committed to working on a fixed term basis either; full-time (36.25 hours per week, Monday to Friday) or part-time (29 hours per week, working four consecutive working days per week which includes ‘Tuesday’ being the Team Day. Ideally candidates will also be available to start as soon as possible.

Who are we?

The Royal Academy of Engineering is harnessing the power of engineering to build a sustainable society and an inclusive economy that works for everyone. In collaboration with our Fellows and partners, we’re growing talent and developing skills for the future, driving innovation and building global partnerships, and influencing policy and engaging the public. Together we’re working to tackle the greatest challenges of our age.

With a diverse workforce and an inclusive and supportive culture, we look to attract candidates from wide and different backgrounds who have a passion for the role engineering plays in society. Our aim is to make the Academy the best place to work for the staff we have and those we seek to attract.

Why work for the Royal Academy of Engineering?

We’re looking for people who are driven to make the world a better place. If you’re passionate about what you do and want to work collaboratively with talented colleagues to make change happen now and for future generations, we want you to get in touch.

This is the perfect time to join us. We have a dynamic, visionary CEO, a strong leadership team and an ambitious and exciting strategy. The value we bring as experts in our field and change agents is highly recognised and makes the Academy a motivating place to be. Our work today builds on a long, proud history with a focused and ambitious future which we’d love you to be part of.

We are looking for talented people who want to make a difference, to join our team – is this you?

Company Benefits

The Academy offers a fantastic package of additional benefits including:

• BUPA cash plan
• Private medical insurance
• Regular social activities
• Independent Financial Advice
• Generous holiday allowance
• Non-contributory pension scheme
• Health and wellbeing programmes
• Wellbeing days and office wide Christmas leave
• Significant investment into your personal and professional development.

Location

Our light, spacious offices are based in a fantastic location in central London with views over St James’s Park and close to the West End. We operate hybrid, flexible working practices with a baseline 2 days a week in the office.

This is a fixed term role until the end of November 2022.

Interviews will be held virtually in the week beginning 16 May.