The restructuring events database contains factsheets with data on large-scale restructuring events reported in the principal national media and company websites in each EU Member State. This database was created in 2002.
Public Administration And Defence Public Administration And Defence; Compulsory Social Security Administration Of The State And The Economic And Social Policy Of The Community 84.11 - General public administration activities
140 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
10 April 2017
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
The Home Office is reported to be hiring 140 new workers at its site in Bootle, Merseyside. The vacancies are for roles in the UK Visas & Immigration Directorate processing asylum seeker applications and will pay between GBP 23,000 and GBP 26,000 (€ 27,340 and € 30,900) per annum based on a 37 hour working week. The jobs are being advertised on fixed term contracts of 12 or 18 months. It is not being reported when the jobs will be filled, though there will be a training course for successful applicants in June 2017.
Sources
10 April 2017: Liverpool Echo
Citation
Eurofound (2017), The Home Office, Business expansion in United Kingdom, factsheet number 90857, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/90857.
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