Programme Officer – Global Talent Visas

The role

We are looking for a new member of the Global Talent Visa team.

As a Programme Officer, you will support the Academy's Global Talent Visa activities, working closely alongside other endorsing bodies and the UK Home Office to deliver the Global Talent Visa work programme.

We are looking for a proactive and flexible team player to join our friendly and supportive team who has strong organisational and administration skills and an appetite to learn and support promising and talented individuals from across the globe. An interest in learning about the UK immigration landscape is desirable.

In this role, you will manage the day-today activities required to deliver the Global Talent Visa work programme. You will have a keen interest in improving processes and will assist in managing and processing applications, responding to internal and external queries, and handling sensitive and confidential data. Consequently, a methodical approach to planning workloads to meet deadlines is essential.

You are an effective communicator with excellent interpersonal skills, able to build rapport quickly and collaborate with both external and internal stakeholders. Empathy and sensitivity are great tools in this role; therefore, we are looking for someone who is confident building and maintaining relationships and working independently and has excellent time management skills.

Our location

Our light, spacious head office is 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 for office-based working of a mandatory weekly team day plus further days each week as required for the role and the Academy.

Who are we?

Engineering matters. It shapes our everyday lives, from our ability to turn the lights on, have a hot shower and commute into work to the mobile phones we rely on to keep connected. It also plays a vital role in addressing some of the biggest challenges facing society today, from climate change to global health pandemics and cyber threats.

The Royal Academy of Engineering is a charity that harnesses 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, 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 us?

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?

For more information and to apply, please visit our careers page.

Closing date: 5 January 2025.
Interview date: 13 January 2025.

The Academy is committed to making reasonable adjustments to removing barriers that hinder applicants from applying or staff from working effectively and comfortably.

The Academy is proud to be an ‘A’-rated visa sponsorship licence holder and will consider visa sponsorship for a migrant skilled worker visa (1 to 5 years) or a new entrant visa (1 to 2 years) where a role is eligible (as defined by the Home Office), in that a suitable Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) code is identified, and minimum salary expectations are met.

A certificate of sponsorship and a skilled worker visa application will only be made when an applicant is successful in being ‘conditionally’ offered the role. Offers of employment under the Academy Visa Sponsorship Scheme will not be confirmed until the visa application has been formally approved by the Home Office.