Management Restructure in the Customs and Immigration Service.

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A decision made (21/08/2008) regarding: Management restructure in the Customs and Immigration Service.

Decision Reference: MD-HA-2008-0057
Decision Summary Title :	Management restructure in the Customs and Immigration Service		Date of Decision Summary:	20 August 2008
Decision Summary Author:	Michael Robinson C & I, Head of Service		Decision Summary: Public or Exempt? (State clauses from Code of Practice booklet)	Public
Type of Report: Oral or Written?	Written		Person Giving Oral Report:
Written Report Title :	Management restructure		Date of Written Report:	19 August 2008
Written Report Author:	Michael Robinson, C & I, Head of Service		Written Report : Public or Exempt? (State clauses from Code of Practice booklet)	Public
Subject: Management restructuring in the Customs and Immigration Service
Decision(s): The Minister noted and endorsed the new management structure.
Reason(s) for Decision: Rationalisation of the management structure following the merger of Customs and Immigration in 2005, the merger of the Frontier teams and the subsequent retirement of the Director Immigration and Nationality.
Resource Implications: Savings in staff budget as a grade 15 post is replaced by a grade 13 post.
Action required: New Assistant Director to be appointed.
Signature:		Position: Minister for Home Affairs
Date Signed:		Date of Decision (If different from Date Signed):

Management Restructure in the Customs and Immigration Service.

Customs and Immigration Service

Ministerial Briefing Note

To: Senator Wendy Kinnard, Minister for Home Affairs

From: Michael Robinson, Head of Service

Date: 19 August 2008

Subject: Management restructure

1	Reason for Report

1.1	Following the imminent retirement of the Director Immigration and Nationality (31 August 2008) the opportunity has been taken to rationalise the management and reporting lines within the Service. This note is to advise and seek the endorsement of the Minister for the changes.

2	Background

2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8	The current management structure of the Service is shown at Appendix 1. Prior to the merger of the Customs and Immigration Frontier teams in 2006 the Immigration Officers reported directly to the Director Immigration and Nationality and the Customs Officers reported directly to the Director Law Enforcement. Following the merger the reporting lines became less clear as is shown in the organisation chart. The merged frontier teams have gradually become more effective as the integration and training is consolidated which has highlighted the need for a single management line. The planned new management structure is shown at Appendix 2 and is due to be implemented on 1 September 2008. The Director Law Enforcement will have, through his Assistant Director, sole responsibility for the Frontier Teams. The other responsibilities of the former Director Immigration and Nationality post will be allocated between two posts. The technical aspects of the old Director’s post will be undertaken by a new Assistant Director post. The policy and Director level aspects will be undertaken by the existing Director Customs and Excise post and, where appropriate, the Head of Service. The 'Director Customs & Excise' title has been changed to 'Director - Legal Status & Revenue' to reflect the new responsibilities for that post. The term 'Legal Status' was chosen because a definition of the term when applied to persons includes the following concepts: "citizenship, nationality, naturalisation, leave to remain and immigration". The new Assistant Director post will be titled ‘Immigration Casework and Nationality’.

3	Recommendation
3.1	The Minister is recommended to endorse the new management structure for the Service