Border Force

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

- 291174**Salary**:

- £25,750 - £27,650- AHW of up to 22% is applicable on this role (see further information for more details).**Job grade**:

- Executive Officer**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Business area**:

- HO - Borders and Enforcement - Border force**Type of role**:

- Operational Delivery**Working pattern**:

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

- 2Contents

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About the job

**Benefits**:
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Location
- Luton 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 - Central Region (CR) covers a large geographical area of central and eastern England, stretching from the Thames estuary in the south across to the east coast ports and as far north as East Midland’s Airport (EMA), near Derby.

The Border Force Operation in CR comprises approx. 1250 staff and includes aviation, maritime and postal operations; but also includes the regional mobile command teams at all Central Region BF locations; and general aviation/maritime duties at other sites.

The Business Support Unit sits at the heart of Luton Airport Command supporting approximately 140 operational staff and the senior management team. The Business Support Unit team members have lead portfolios but are required to assist with all aspects of the business. The Business Support Unit manages all key non-operational functions including accommodation, finance, health and safety, staffing, secure lock up, uniforms, fleet, airside passes and deliveries.

**Responsibilities but not limited to**:

- Arranging servicing for and maintaining official vehicles.
- Processing/arranging visitors passes for contractors and stakeholders.
- Working with the resourcing team to ensure our operational teams are supported in their duties.
- Assisting with recruitment/onboarding of new staff.
- Scheduling and dealing with the disposal of seized goods from our lock up.
- Ensuring stocks of office supplies and equipment are maintained.

**Person specification**:

- Be skilled in using evidence to support accurate, expert decisions and advice
- Build a supportive environment within their team ensuring fairness and opportunity for all
- Be an effective communicator that has experience in engaging with wide groups of people
- Be able to work flexibly to deploy as priorities can change rapidly
- Have the confidence and ability to upward manage
- Hold previous experience working within a business support environment
- Line management responsibilities
- Moving and lifting of heavy port seizures
- Leading portfolios
- Contributing to the wider running of the office
- Covering other duties within the scope of the grade, skill, competence & training
- Arranging servicing for and maintaining official vehicles
- Processing and arranging visitor passes for contractors and stakeholders
- Working with the resourcing team to ensure our operational teams are supported in their duties
- Assisting with recruitment and on-boarding of new staff
- Scheduling and dealing with the disposal of seized goods from the lock up
- Ensuring stocks of office supplies and equipment are maintained

**Essential** Criteria**
- Strong IT skills and solid understanding of Microsoft products (including Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint & Skype/Teams)
- Strong written and verbal communication skills as well as strong interpersonal skills with the ability to liaise at all levels, both internally and externally
- Excellent organisational skills with the ability to prioritise
- A strong work ethic, demonstrating commitment, discipline, respect and moral courage
- Ability to flex and adapt to changing working priorities according to business needs
- A continuous improvement approach to their working environment

**Desirable Criteria**
- Full Valid UK Manual Driving Licence

**Behaviours**:
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

- Making Effective Decisions
- Changing and Improving
- Communicating and Influencing
- Making Effective Decisions

**Benefits**:

- Learning and development tailored to your role
- An environment with flexible working options
- A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
- A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 27%

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**Selection process details**:

- This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Strengths, Ability and Experience.This gives us the best possible chance of finding the right person for the job, drives up performance and improves diversity and inclusivity.

Guidance for the test will be available when you are invi