"Senior CAS Compliance Officer"

The Department

The UKVI Compliance department plays a crucial role within UWL to ensure the UKVI student sponsor license is safeguarding, maintained and fully compliant with student visa sponsorship duties. The team communicate with everyone across the University and provide guidance and advice to both staff and students.

The team’s work is essential for maintaining the integrity of the UKVI system and ensuring that international students can study without any legal issues and adhere to UK immigration laws.

With the expansion of the UKVI Compliance department, we have realigned vital roles and created a new CAS team where we are seeking 1 Senior and 3 UKVI CAS Officers plus 2 administrators.

The Role

The postholder will be required to have an excellent understanding of the UKVI student visa regulations, sponsor duties and ensure the university remains compliant under the UKVI sponsor licence duties.

The key aspect of the role is to manage the CAS compliance team. To work collaboratively with a variety of departments and offer holders to ensure UKVI procedures and processes are adhered to.

The post holder is required to have an overview of UKVI visa holders with a clear understanding of UKVI student regulations and sponsor duties. Support the team with check student documentation, undertake credibility checks and assist with queries relating with UKVI requirements.

To ensure the team regularly engage with applicants, keeping them up to date with progress of their CAS is crucial to keep them fully abreast of their application. Together with the ability to react and advise on any UKVI breaches

It is essential that accurate student records are kept up to date and always maintained.