Border Force

**Details**:
**Reference number**:

- 303727**Salary**:

- £25,750 - £27,650- National: Inverness £25,750 - £27,650. AHA is applicable on this role (see Further Information, below, for more details).**Job grade**:

- Executive Officer**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Business area**:

- HO - Border Force**Type of role**:

- Operational Delivery**Working pattern**:

- Full-time, Part-time**Number of jobs available**:

- 3Contents

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About the job

**Benefits**:
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- Inverness AirportAbout the job

**Job 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.

**Job description**:
Border Force check all passengers and freight arriving in the UK by air and sea and conduct intelligence-led searches for prohibited, counterfeit or restricted goods such as drugs, firearms, weapons, cash, tobacco, and alcohol. We also support the department’s wider agenda in high-profile areas such as counter terrorism, tackling organised crime, modern slavery, and human trafficking. This is some of the most important and challenging work in Government and its impact can be felt in communities across the UK.

You may be involved in the following types of activity:

- Operating immigration and customs controls at points of entry to the UK, checking passengers have the correct permissions and documentation to enter.
- Identifying vulnerable adults and children, prioritising their safety and welfare and referring to the appropriate agencies.
- Interviewing passengers, undertaking investigations, and making decisions on whether they qualify for entry to the UK or fall to be refused under the immigration rules.
- Identifying and searching people, goods, and vehicles to establish if a customs offence has been committed.
- Using law enforcement powers to arrest people involved in border offences, preserving evidence, managing the detention of individuals, and liaising with other law enforcement partners.
- Managing international trade at the border, examining goods and processing documentation.
- Performing general administrative functions as required on behalf on the team and management.

These roles are based within Border Force North Region which covers a large geographical area, spans four countries, encompassing 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 we have 17 major airports including the third largest in the UK in Manchester, eight large maritime port and the most dispersed general maritime and general aviation sites in the UK.

You will be joining a small team of officers with responsibility for Immigration and Customs controls at Inverness Airport along with significant General Aviation and General Maritime work, and cruise arrivals across the north of Scotland.

The nature of the role requires some time away from the port and will involve some overnight stays; this may occur weekly.

**Person specification**:
Due to the work we do and where we do it, Border Force teams can operate in sometimes difficult and dynamic environments. These are public facing law enforcement roles where the work is often fast-paced and changeable - our officers need to be able to respond to challenges in a calm and professional manner.

For this role team working is important and making well balanced decisions is key. Previous background in law enforcement is not required. Instead, you should be able to work flexibly within a team environment, as priorities can change rapidly. You will be confident in your decision making, and comfortable working with mínimal supervision, in remote areas.

**Training and Development**

Training locations are based across the UK, and there will be a requirement for overnight stays. Travel costs will be covered by the business.

**Essential Criteria**
- A valid full UK manual driving licence.
- The professional behaviours and personal integrity associated with a law enforcement organisation. This means acting ethically and with integrity, being able to take difficult decisions when they are needed, always doing the right thing, being impartial and honest.
- Excellent interpersonal, communication and relationship building skills and enjoy working as part of a team.
- A genuine interest in people, an inquisitive, open mind and empathetic manner.
- The ability to be flexible, adaptable, and creative in solving problems and dealing with changing situations.
- Experience of working under pressure with limited supervision.
- The ability to confidently manage potentially difficult and challenging situations.
- Leadership potential or demonstrated leadership