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The Home Office in Liverpool is on the hunt for 240 civil servants in a major jobs drive.

The Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) welcomed the new permanent positions in the department dealing with visas and immigration.

According the the union, since the referendum last year, when the UK decided to leave the European Union, there has been a “surge” in applications from EU citizens looking to regularise their stay in the UK.

There are two types of job on offer.

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The first is Executive Officer Caseworker . There are 120 positions available, on a full-time 9am-5pm basis. The salary is between £23,330 and £26,831.

According to the job description, workers will use Home Office guidance to consider immigration applications, make decisions on applications and record casework outcomes and decision letters on the immigration database. The roles will commence in July.

UK Visas and Immigration is also looking for 120 Administrative Officers .

The pay for this job, also involving casework, is £20.352 a year.

The jobs are based in the Capital Building in Liverpool City Centre .

Mike Richards, PCS branch secretary for Merseyside Home Office, said: “PCS welcomes the announcement of an additional 240 permanent Home Office jobs in Liverpool. The union understands that this recruitment exercise is primarily to deal with applications from European nationals who want to regularise their stay in the United Kingdom.

“While this represents a positive and significant step forward and is great news for jobs on Merseyside, PCS believes that we may need further investment in new staff in the Home Office as the status of EU nationals becomes more clear during the talks that will begin once Article 50 has been triggered.”

The Home Office has been contacted for comment.

There are more jobs in Liverpool that you can apply for now listed here .