Senior Immigration Compliance Officer

Welford Healthcare; Wheathampstead; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Professional development

Job summary

Welford Healthcare is seeking a Senior HR & Sponsorship Compliance Specialist to oversee HR compliance, UKVI sponsorship requirements and immigration risk management. You will lead internal audits, manage complex sponsorship cases and advise senior management, ensuring sponsor licence obligations are met.

The role requires experience in HR compliance and UKVI sponsorship, with travel to care homes across the country.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in HR compliance, immigration sponsorship or a similar role.
• Strong knowledge of UKVI sponsor licence duties and right-to-work requirements.
• Experience conducting audits and managing complex compliance issues.
• Excellent analytical, organisational and stakeholder-management skills.

Responsibilities

• Oversee UKVI sponsor licence compliance and Sponsor Management System (SMS) activities.
• Lead internal audits and ensure accurate records and compliance with Home Office requirements.
• Manage complex sponsorship cases, reporting obligations and visa expiry monitoring.
• Identify compliance risks, investigate discrepancies and implement corrective actions.
• Advise senior management and HR teams on sponsorship matters and regulatory changes.
• Prepare for Home Office compliance visits and maintain audit-ready documentation.
• Develop policies, procedures and training to strengthen compliance standards.

Skills

HR compliance

Immigration sponsorship

Audits

Stakeholder management

Job description

Job title:Senior Immigration Compliance Officer - UKVI Sponsorship and Audit

Location: Wheathampstead (Head Office), with regular travel to Care Homes across the country

We are seeking an experienced Senior HR & Sponsorship Compliance Specialist to oversee HR compliance, UKVI sponsorship requirements and immigration-related risk management. You will lead internal audits, manage complex sponsorship cases and advise senior management, ensuring the organisation meets its sponsor licence obligations.

Key Responsibilities

• Oversee UKVI sponsor licence compliance and Sponsor Management System (SMS) activities.
• Lead internal audits and ensure accurate records and compliance with Home Office requirements.
• Manage complex sponsorship cases, reporting obligations and visa expiry monitoring.
• Identify compliance risks, investigate discrepancies and implement corrective actions.
• Advise senior management and HR teams on sponsorship matters and regulatory changes.
• Prepare for Home Office compliance visits and maintain audit-ready documentation.
• Develop policies, procedures and training to strengthen compliance standards.

Essential Requirements

• Proven experience in HR compliance, immigration sponsorship or a similar role.
• Strong knowledge of UKVI sponsor licence duties and right-to-work requirements.
• Experience conducting audits and managing complex compliance issues.
• Excellent analytical, organisational and stakeholder-management skills.

What We Offer

• Competitive salary depending on experience.
• A senior role with responsibility for compliance oversight and risk management.
• Opportunities for professional development and engagement with senior leadership.

About Us

Welford Healthcare was founded in 2017 with the goal of building a boutique collection of quality care homes across the UK. Our strategy is to grow our business by acquiring mature care homes with quality foundations and strong potential for improvement and by investing in our people and our properties to ensure our homes are always inviting and homely. Whilst we are a growing business, we never lose sight of our primary and enduring purpose which is to provide good quality care for vulnerable adults. As we acquire new homes, we leverage our resources and expertise to ensure that the homes we run always have our residents’ wellbeing at their hearts.

Our senior leadership team has extensive experience of operating, opening and acquiring quality care homes with proven track records in regulatory compliance and running commercially successful businesses where meeting the needs and ensuring the happiness of our residents and our teams are the cornerstones of our approach.

#IND005