Key personnel

Sponsor licence key personnel management

Keep AO, Key Contact and Level 1 User roles current.

Tracks assignments, gaps and changes so key roles never go empty.

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Sponsor licence governance

Key personnel · access and ownership

Sponsor licence

Authorising Officer

Sarah Ahmed

Active

Key Contact

James Khan

Active

Level 1 Users

Sarah Ahmed

James Khan

Rebecca Jones

Level 2 Users

3 active

1 access review due

1 personnel change pending

Governance risk

Your sponsor licence shouldn't depend on one person's memory.

These are ordinary business events, but they affect the governance of your sponsor licence. Sponsors must maintain eligible key personnel throughout the life of the licence — Sponsoro keeps those changes visible.

People leaveResponsibilities changeA Level 1 User no longer needs accessYour Authorising Officer changesA new compliance manager joins

Sponsorship roles

One view of your sponsor licence roles.

Keep your sponsorship governance structure together — who holds each role, with contact details, history and evidence connected.
  • Authorising Officer — overall responsibility for sponsorship activity
  • Key Contact — main UKVI contact clearly identified
  • Level 1 Users — day-to-day Sponsor Management System activity
  • Level 2 Users — restricted SMS permissions with visibility

Know who owns what before something goes wrong.

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Sponsor licence governance

Key personnel · access and ownership

Sponsor licence

Authorising Officer

Sarah Ahmed

Active

Key Contact

James Khan

Active

Level 1 Users

Sarah Ahmed

James Khan

Rebecca Jones

Level 2 Users

3 active

1 access review due

1 personnel change pending

Governance controls

Never leave a critical role unowned.

If your Authorising Officer is leaving, the workflow shouldn't allow the role to quietly become empty. Sponsoro can require a replacement as part of the same change process.

Governance becomes a controlled process — not another reminder.

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Authorising Officer change

Replacement required before workflow completes

Governance control

Action required
Current Authorising Officer
Sarah Ahmed
Leaving
30 September 2026
Replacement
Not assigned

A successor must be nominated before this workflow can be completed.

Change workflows

Turn personnel changes into compliance workflows.

When key personnel change, Sponsoro can create the corresponding review and reporting workflow automatically. The person changing and the sponsorship consequence remain connected.
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Personnel change workflow

Person and sponsorship consequence connected

  1. 1

    Person leaves

    ↓
  2. 2

    Sponsorship role identified

    ↓
  3. 3

    Replacement required

    ↓
  4. 4

    Eligibility reviewed

    ↓
  5. 5

    Reporting action created

    ↓
  6. 6

    Official change completed

    ↓
  7. 7

    Reference retained

Level 1 User access

Keep Level 1 User access under control.

Level 1 Users carry out significant day-to-day sponsorship activity through the SMS. Sponsoro gives your organisation a separate governance view of who should have that responsibility.
  • Active users who require sponsorship access
  • Role owner — why access is needed
  • Review date and employment status
  • Removal required — access that should end

Prevent access from surviving longer than the business reason behind it.

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Level 1 User access

Governance view · not just SMS access list

Sarah Ahmed

Compliance lead

Due soon

James Khan

HR operations

Current

Former user

Removal required

Overdue

Suitability records

Record suitability information securely.

Some key personnel circumstances require more sensitive suitability information. Sponsoro keeps those records separated from ordinary worker and HR information.
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Suitability records

Sensitive information · separated from HR data

Protected suitability information

Access-restricted records

Field-level encryption

Limited to senior users

Excluded from ordinary logs

Connected to compliance workflow only

Change history

Keep the history when people change.

Your current key personnel list tells you who holds the role today. Your compliance history should tell you how you got there — previous holder, new holder, reason, reporting workflow and reference.
  • Previous holders and change history
  • Relevant evidence

Explain the transition months later without reconstructing it from old emails.

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Key personnel history

Authorising Officer · permanent record

Previous holder
Sarah Ahmed
New holder
James Khan
Change date
15 August 2026
Reason
Role transition
Reporting workflow
Completed
Reference
Captured
Approver
Board secretary

Authorising Officer view

Give the Authorising Officer proper oversight.

Your Authorising Officer shouldn't need to navigate every worker record to understand sponsorship governance. One view shows current personnel, outstanding changes, SMS users, overdue reviews and open reporting actions.
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Authorising Officer view

Governance oversight · one dashboard

Current key personnel

All roles assigned

View

Outstanding changes

1 pending

View

Overdue reviews

1 access review

View

Open reporting actions

1 in progress

View

Connected compliance

Key personnel connected to the wider compliance system.

Key personnel management shouldn't sit in isolation. Changes feed directly into reporting, audit trail, visit readiness and organisation records.

  • Reporting deadlines
  • Audit trail
  • Visit readiness
  • Decision engine
  • Organisation records

Official SMS boundary

Official changes remain in the Home Office service.

Official key personnel changes remain within the Home Office Sponsor Management System or other applicable Home Office process. Sponsoro manages the surrounding workflow, responsibility, deadline and evidence.
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Official change boundary

Sponsoro around the SMS — not replacing it

Sponsoro

Workflow · responsibility · deadline · evidence

Official SMS

Reference captured · audit history updated

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

What are key personnel on a sponsor licence?

Key personnel are the people nominated to manage responsibilities connected to the sponsor licence. They include the Authorising Officer, Key Contact and Level 1 User. Sponsors can also appoint Level 2 Users after a licence has been granted.

What does an Authorising Officer do?

The Authorising Officer is the senior person with overall responsibility for the organisation's activity as a licensed sponsor.

What does a Level 1 User do?

Level 1 Users manage day-to-day sponsorship activity through the Sponsor Management System, including activities such as assigning Certificates of Sponsorship and reporting relevant changes.

Can the same person hold multiple key personnel roles?

Yes. Subject to the applicable eligibility and suitability requirements, the same individual can hold more than one key personnel role.

Can Sponsoro update the Sponsor Management System automatically?

No. Official key personnel changes remain within the Home Office Sponsor Management System or other applicable Home Office process. Sponsoro manages the surrounding workflow, responsibility, deadline and evidence.

Can Sponsoro track former key personnel?

Yes. Previous role holders and key personnel changes can remain part of the organisation's permanent compliance history.

Keep sponsorship responsibility clear.

Know who owns the licence. Know who has access. Know when something changes. Keep the evidence behind every transition.

Don't let a staffing change become a sponsorship governance gap.

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