Arrest Officer

**EMPLOYED Arrest Officer - to cover South Wales**

Do you enjoy being outdoors and working on your own?

Are you confident, self motivated and eager to succeed?

Are you ready for a new challenge where no two days are ever the same?

**Key Responsibilities**
- Planning and organising your own workload
- Executing outstanding warrants of arrest, clamping orders, confiscation orders
- Transporting or bailing defendants to the appropriate court, police station or prison
- Liaising with courts and police when handing defendants over
- Arranging to meet defendants at court where appropriate
- Where applicable seeking payment in full of the debt and where the debt cannot be paid establishing financial circumstances and capturing key employment/income details

**Essential Skills**
- **Full UK driving licence**:

- **BPSS Clearance**:

- Flexibility with working hours
- Excellent communication skills
- Assertive and confident
- Results and target driven
- Ability to work well under pressure
- Effective organisation and time management skills

**Desirable Previous Experience**
- Experience in the debt collection industry
- Experience of working in sales
- Experience in the security industry, law or parking enforcement
- Military experience
- Field based / lone working experience
- Ability to speak and understand the Welsh language

**Salary & Benefits**
- £20,001.80 basic salary
- Monthly performance-related bonuses up to £400 per month
- Average bonus payments paid whilst on Holiday (up to 20 days pa)
- 35 hours per week, flexible working hours
- Company van provided for your work
- Mobile phone
- iPad & Video Badge
- A generous holiday allowance
- Pension
- Eye Care Vouchers

Jacobs provide an extensive training programme and new recruits will gain a recognised industry qualification therefore previous experience is not essential. Conflict management, negotiation techniques and vulnerability and safeguarding are all additional topics we cover.

All new recruits are assigned a dedicated mentor in the field who will offer ongoing support and guidance throughout the initial training period and thereafter.

**About Us**

Jacobs lead the profession in providing seamless Enforcement and Debt Collection services by working in partnership with our Local Authority, Central Government and Commercial clients. We collect outstanding council tax arrears, parking fines, business rates, magistrates court fines, sundry debts, commercial rents and former tenant arrears and also execute outstanding warrants of arrest in respect of unpaid Magistrates Court Fines.. Our client base spans 45% of the market working for over 185 Local Authorities across the UK. We pride ourselves on innovation and a forward thinking approach. Our team is expanding and as such we’re looking for a driven, proactive and hardworking Arrest Officer to join our team. If you want to embark on an exciting career where no two days are ever the same, then becoming a Jacobs Arrest Officer might be the job for you.

**Our Culture**

Everything we do is shaped by our Core Values: Fairness, Advancement, Collaboration and Excellence. These values form the foundations of our relationships with debtors and clients, but they also shape how we measure and reward the performance of our employees.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Salary**: £20,001.80-£25,000.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Additional leave
- Bereavement leave
- Company car
- Company events
- Company pension

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

Application question(s):

- Are you eligible to work in the UK?
- Are you in arrears with your Council Tax?
- How long have you held your full UK driving licence?
- Are you in an IVA or currently have an outstanding CCJ?
- Could you please confirm your home postcode?

Work Location: On the road

Application deadline: 21/01/2021