Border Force Officer (Regional Command & Control)
| Posting date: | 25 November 2024 |
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| Salary: | £30,000 to £31,500 per year |
| Additional salary information: | Plus Annualised Hours Allowance (AHA) allowance of approximately 40.14% of salary, which equates to an additional £12,042 per annum based on salary minimum. The total expected remuneration for this role is approximately £42,042 |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 12 December 2024 |
| Location: | Manchester |
| Company: | Government Recruitment Service |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 379478/1 |
Summary
Border Force is a law enforcement arm of the Home Office. We are responsible for handling the UK border control by implementing immigration and customs regulations and working with the wider Home Office on counter terrorism, organised crime, modern slavery and trafficking. Learn more on the Border Force careers page.
This is a fantastic opportunity to be part of a team that both protects and enhances the UK economy. Our work is varied and rewarding, attracting people from all backgrounds and walks of life.
As a Border Force Officer at the frontline of our operation, your contributions will have a direct impact in delivering what the public expect from us. Your role at port will facilitate the clearance of passengers and goods from all over the world, representing the UK, while directly maintaining national Border Security in your role.
The role our Officers perform is dynamic, fast -paced and always evolving. You can expect to join a team where together we make a real difference to everyday life. Our work can be difficult and challenging but there will always be your team to support you throughout your career, not just the start. The part you play will be a fundamental aspect in how we maintain the security of the UK Border.
Our work is high profile within public interest as we deliver the Home Office’s wider policy agenda to keep our country safe and prosperous.
Border Security includes a wide range of systems that function in tandem to facilitate a world class border the public expects. Our intention is to enable the flow of passengers and goods quickly and effectively through the Primary Control entry points, while refusing entry to the UK when appropriate and required. This includes checking passengers to ensure travel and trade is optimal whilst ensuring our legal duties towards Customs, Freight, Immigration, Safeguarding are always upheld.
Working for North Regional Command & Control Unit (RCCU), you will belong to a small team, collaborating closely with a wide range of people across a variety of functions. You will perform a key role to enable operations, by supporting frontline colleagues with relevant advice and information, senior leaders with management information and operational updates and liaising with national partners on critical incidents or providing regional data and analysis.
The RCCU is the 24/7 arm of the Border Force North Regional Hub that underpins the operational delivery of the region and supports the Regional Director.
Your colleagues will look to you for guidance and support on a range of different tasks as you work at pace to meet changing priorities. In a day your duties may vary from drafting reports for senior management, maintaining databases with sensitive information, to liaising with a network of teams across North of the UK. Throughout it all you will develop a good strategic awareness of the organisation, deploying effective communication and inter-personal skills.
As a Border Force Officer within the RCCU, you will not be in a front facing role at the Border nor based at a port. Instead, your day-to-day duties will be focused on supporting colleagues on the frontline which may involve the following types of operational activity:
- Drafting communications at pace for a wide range of audiences, ensuring technical elements are tailored to the right level to be effective.
- Manipulating datasets to generate and produce real time reporting, enabling decision making and targeting for mandated border activity and wider frontline priorities.
- Co-ordination of logistics for special events, critical incidents and other ad-hoc joint operations, which may involve other government agencies.
- Provide advice and guidance for management on a range of matters which the RCC have oversight for monitoring.
- General administration of RCC inboxes, databases including specialist systems in relation to Border Security.
- Remote monitoring of systems in securing the UK Border and alerting frontline colleagues to take appropriate action.
For more information about working for Border Force and to hear from some of our colleagues, please visit our careers website at Border Force - Home Office Careers.
Border Force North Region
Border Force North Region covers a large geographical area; it spans four countries, encompasses 78 ports and has responsibility for the land boundary between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, and the UK’s busiest Common Travel Area route between Dublin and Holyhead. In the region there are 17 major airports, including the third largest in the UK in Manchester, eight large maritime ports, and the most dispersed general maritime and general aviation sites in the UK.
Working Pattern
We encourage applications from candidates who wish to work part-time; however, part-time opportunities cannot be guaranteed and are subject to the requirements of the role and business. Candidates wishing to work part-time should notify the vacancy holder as soon as a provisional offer of employment is made, to explore whether this can be accommodated at your selected location.
You must be at least 18 years of age at the time of submitting your application. You will be required to work between 22.00 and 06.00, so this is a legal requirement. For more information visit: https://www.gov.uk/night-working-hours
Training
You will receive full training and support to do the job. Training takes place initially in the classroom and then continues on the job with a mentor who supports you until you are fully confident in the role. Even then you are never alone; you work as part of a team where there is always someone around for advice and support. Further information on what the training involves can be found on our website.
Public and Personal Safety Training (PPST)
Depending on the location and the operational environment you will be required to work within, you will be required to undertake PPST either at a Level 2 (defensive and de-escalation techniques) or PPST Level 3 (which includes restraint & arrest techniques). This will teach you skills in personal safety and restraint techniques to keep you and your team colleagues safe. Both sets of training involve physical activity and physical contact with the other delegates.
Meet the team
If you want to learn more about these roles you can join one of our free online live events, during which you will hear from current Border Force staff about what the job is like, what opportunities and career prospects you will have and why the job matters. We will also talk about the recruitment and security vetting processes, and you’ll have the opportunity to ask questions from our friendly and experienced team members.
Register by clicking on the date and time you want to attend. There’s no requirement to attend in order to apply.
Fri, 6 Dec 2024 19:00 - Meet the team
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/introducing-border-forces-specialist-teams-recruitment-webinar-tickets-1080313439579?aff=oddtdtcreator
Sat, 7 Dec 2024, 12:00 – for candidates applying under the Disability Confident Scheme
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/applying-to-border-force-with-a-disability-recruitment-webinar-tickets-1080316428519?aff=oddtdtcreator
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