UK Immigration Adviser (IAA-Registered)

Overview

• Type: Contractor → Full-time, Permanent (strong preference for candidates who hold their own IAA-approved organisation registration)
• Reports To: Kevin Park (CEO & Co-Founder)
• Start Date: Immediately
• Compensation: Contractor rate competitive and commensurate with experience; Full-time £55,000–£75,000 base + performance incentives + employee share options (founding team member)

The Opportunity

Location: London, UK

We’ve built a thriving immigration practice across the US, Australia, and New Zealand. Now we’re launching into the UK, and we need our first adviser on the ground to build it. You’ll own UK casework across Skilled Worker, Global Talent, Innovator Founder, and sponsor licence pathways while shaping Concord’s product and operations for the market from day one.

About Concord

We exist so that exceptional people and companies can work wherever their ambition takes them. Concord is a specialist immigration firm built for the speed and complexity of high-growth tech. We’ve already processed 3,000+ visas across US, Australia, New Zealand, and the UK for clients like Andreessen Horowitz, Blackbird, Tracksuit, and Zuru, and we’re just getting started. We spun out of Crimson Education because we saw an industry ripe for reinvention. Our founding team has built and scaled companies before; now we’re combining that operator DNA with purpose-built technology to make global mobility seamless and transparent.

About the Role

This is a founding role. As Concord’s first hire in the UK, you’ll own the end-to-end immigration function for the UK market - advising founders, operators, and high-growth companies across Skilled Worker visas, Global Talent, Innovator Founder, ICT routes, and sponsor licence management. Beyond casework, you’ll partner with our product and engineering team to turn your immigration expertise into workflows, checklists, and automation inside Concord’s platform. You’ll help set up operational foundations - compliance processes, client engagement playbooks, and best-practice systems - and have direct input into Concord’s roadmap, marketing, and hiring as we scale in the UK and globally.

Engagement structure:

We are currently registering our own organisation with the IAA and expect to complete this within approximately 3 months. Our strong preference is for a candidate who holds their own IAA-approved organisation registration so we can begin working together immediately under a contractor arrangement. Once our registration is in place, the role transitions to a permanent, full-time position within Concord. This role reports directly to our CEO. There are no direct reports initially, but leadership opportunities in compliance, product, and team management will open as the UK operation grows.

Success looks like:

A thriving UK practice built on exceptional client outcomes, immigration expertise embedded into our tech platform, and a market presence that matches the quality Concord is known for in our other regions.

What you’ll own

• UK immigration casework: Deliver strategic, accurate advice across Skilled Worker, Global Talent, Innovator Founder, ICT, and other business immigration routes, providing an exceptional client experience to founders and scale-ups.
• Sponsor licence & compliance: Handle sponsor licence applications, renewals, SMS reporting duties, and right-to-work requirements for employer clients.
• Product development: Partner with engineering to turn your immigration expertise into platform workflows and automation that make casework faster and smarter.
• UK market build: Stand up Concord’s operational foundations in the UK: compliance processes, client engagement playbooks, and best-practice systems for the market.
• Regulatory intelligence: Monitor UK immigration policy changes, rule updates, and case law, keeping the wider team informed and our advice current.

Who we’re looking for

You’ll thrive at Concord if you are energized by pace and ambiguity, and you figure things out rather than wait for instructions. You communicate with clarity and precision to diverse audiences. You’re wired for outcomes and avoid equating busyness with effectiveness. You’re curious by default and challenge existing processes.

To succeed in this role you’ll also need

• Current IAA registration at Level 1 or higher. Candidates without this will not be considered.
• Ability to start as a contractor via your own IAA-approved organisation or individual registration, with transition to permanent once Concord’s UK registration is complete.
• 3+ years of professional experience across UK business immigration casework, with strong coverage in Skilled Worker, Global Talent, Innovator Founder, and sponsor licence work.
• Demonstrated ability to manage complex case portfolios efficiently and accurately.
• A genuine interest in bridging immigration expertise with technology, contributing to product and process design.
• Experience handling both corporate and individual immigration cases, including spouse/partner visas, student visas, and visitor visas.

Bonus points if you

• Have prior experience working with technology companies, startups, or high-growth businesses.
• Have familiarity with immigration systems in other jurisdictions (US, Australia, New Zealand).
• Hands-on experience using or implementing AI tools to streamline operational workflows, improve client experience, or strengthen compliance.

Why you’ll love working at Concord

Your work changes lives, and you’ll get to see it happen. It’s rare to work somewhere the impact is this tangible. You’ll help a founder land in San Francisco and later watch them announce their Series A. You’ll grow faster here than anywhere else. We’re early-stage and scaling fast, which means you’ll get exposure and responsibility that would take years to earn at a larger organisation. We promote from within and offer development opportunities across Crimson Education, with a $1,500 annual learning budget and a culture of feedback. We’re high trust, and high ownership. Everyone at Concord holds equity through the Crimson Education ESOP. We are office-first but flexible, with ownership over how you work. The people here are the reason it works. We are a small, experienced team with lived immigration experience, focused on collaboration and high standards.

Everyone’s welcome

Concord Visa is built on the belief that moving countries should be possible for everyone. We welcome applications regardless of ethnicity, gender identity, disability, age, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic. We sponsor visas for the right person.

How we hire

• You apply: Submit your application and answer questions to help us assess alignment with Concord & the role.
• Intro call (20 min): Mutual fit chat.
• Work sample (90 min): Realistic task with a loom recording for review.
• Final conversation (60 min): Deep-dive on your work sample and experience.
• Offer: References and a discussion on numbers and start dates.

Ready to join the team?

If you’ve read this far and you’re thinking "that’s me", apply here: https://link.empathix.xyz/RixAfL. Take a few minutes on the questions, they matter. If you’re close but not a perfect match, we still want to hear from you. We hire on capability and potential, not checkboxes. If you have questions, reach out to the hiring manager, Kevin Park (kevin@concordvisa.com).