About the role

Location: Bury Town Hall / across the Borough
Hours: 37 per week
Contract: 1year fixed term (with potential for extension)

Bury Council’s Homelessness & Housing Options Service is looking for an experienced and motivated Asylum & Immigration Coordinator to lead and coordinate asylum and refugee support across the Borough.

You will manage a small team, work closely with the Home Office, GM partners and local services, and ensure that adults and families seeking asylum receive highquality assessments, support planning and pathways into housing, community integration and independence.

This role involves partnership working, project leadership, contract oversight and solving complex issues in a fastmoving and politically sensitive area of work. You’ll support the transition of new refugees into mainstream society, help prevent homelessness, and develop strong operational links across key stakeholders.

We’re looking for someone with strong knowledge of asylum, immigration or homelessness, excellent communication and problemsolving skills, and experience of complex caseloads.

If you’re passionate about supporting vulnerable people, delivering positive outcomes and shaping highimpact services, we’d welcome your application.


Normal hours of work are 37 hours per week based around the usual business working week. Dependent on service requirements, you may be required to work on a rota basis.

About Bury
The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment. Appointment may be subject to a satisfactory disclosure at the appropriate level under the Disclosure and Barring Service.
In line with safer recruitment, please ensure that your application/CV covers your full employment history and there is a reason noted for any gaps in employment. Successful candidates will be asked to provide relevant references for the past ten years and character references will not be accepted.

Please note we are unable to support with sponsorship at this time.

As a Corporate Parent, ensure that the work and services you deliver considers our care experienced young people, promotes their life chances empowers them to influence the policies, services, and decisions that affect them, champions their rights, and ensure they grow up in the best possible way


Benefits of working for Bury Council
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We support employees to work with agility, where appropriate for the post and service requirements.
We are committed to Bury being an equal society that recognises values and embraces all people, regardless of any difference, for the skills, abilities and experiences they bring into the workforce and the wider community. Therefore we guarantee an interview for disabled people, looked after children/ care leavers, armed forces personnel (including reservists and veterans) and carers of adults or disabled children if they meet the essential criteria.

If you have completed the GM Elevate (Leadership Development) Programme, please indicate this within the ‘About You’ or ‘Supporting Statement’ section of your application.

Next steps

For an informal chat regarding the role please contact A.Mullen@bury.gov.uk
Interviews will be held on 24th April 2026.

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Location

Knowsley Street, , Bury, BL9 0SW, United Kingdom

Job ID

11979