Border Force

**Details**: **Reference number**: - 243310**Salary**: - £32,000 - £35,200- This post attracts Maritime Skills Allowance (MSA) starting at £14,362 - £17,235 depending on skills and qualifications which will increase on completion of further training and experience. This will be reviewed every 12 months. Further information is available on request.**Grade**: - Higher Executive Officer**Contract type**: - Permanent**Business area**: - HO - Borders and Enforcement**Type of role**: - Audit - Education and Training - Governance - Health and Safety - Operational Delivery**Working pattern**: - Flexible working, Full-time**Number of posts**: - 1Contents Location About the job **Benefits**: Things you need to know Location - Portsmouth - National Maritime Information CentreAbout the job **Summary**: The Home Office is here to make the UK safer. Border Force is a Law Enforcement arm of the Home Office with primary responsibility for UK Border Security, including counter terrorism, immigration and customs matters. 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. Border Force has five operational regions in the UK: North, Central, Heathrow, South and South East & Europe. These regions have responsibility for securing the border 24 hours a day, 365 days a year at the UK’s 140 seaports, airports, 200+ general aviation ports, postal depots and international rail network. This includes the Eurostar from Brussels and Paris to St Pancras International and the Eurotunnel from Coquelles to Cheriton, where Border Force has juxtaposed controls. 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. For more information about working for the Home Office, please visit Home Office Careers website. **Job description**: The Deputy Designated Person Ashore position provides a specialist and central point of contact relating to all Health & Safety, accidents / investigations and fleet sea training requirements. You will be required to implement, assess and feedback on emergency procedures and drills, promoting best practice in emergency response. You will also participate in "unannounced/Port State" type visits, as well as welfare, and International Safety Management (ISM) assurance visits. The post involves frequent travel, and as such is predominantly home based with occasional visits to Portsmouth for briefings/meetings etc. There may be a possibility of international travel. The successful applicant will be required to maintain a "touch down" desk within daily travel of home for IT Support purposes. - Have experience in delivering training, offering constructive feedback and producing performance improvement plans; - Be flexible, adaptive and creative in solving problems and positive when dealing with change; - Must be able to maintain the highest levels of confidentiality have a strong sense of personal ethics and honesty; - Be able to effectively organise and plan; - Be able to deal with conflict confidentially, can demonstrate sound interpersonal, communication and relationship-building skills and thrive working as part of a team. A Full Valid UK Manual Driving Licence is required in this role due to the hours and remote location of the work. This role has a flexible "out of hours on-call" element of approximately one week in four. **Training - NEBOSH General**: As a Health and Safety Superintendent you will undertake the role of Deputy Designated Person Ashore — responding to reports from the fleet, identifying risks to personnel and business, making informed decisions and offering advice. **Responsibilities**: - Act as Lead Auditor for International Safety Management (ISM) purposes; - Sea Training — Design, Implement and Evaluate "Sea Training" serials (emergency drills); - Maintain Continual Professional Development (CPD) membership of a recognised professional Institute - Nautical Institute, Royal Institution of Naval Architects (RINA), Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology (IMarEST) or Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH); - Provide expert knowledge/assurance to General Maritime, Commercial Vessel Rummage teams; - Undertake visits/audits to all parts of the business (including General Maritime teams) and report findings; - Lead safety drills during sea training visits; - Undertake Accident and Investigation, prepare witness statement, act as "expert witness"; - Handle Safety Management System/updates/Corrective Action Requests. **Essential Criteria** - Must be able to obtain an unrestricted ENG1 medical certificate; - Valid STCW II/1 - Deck Officer of the Watch (Unlimited) or valid STCW III/1 - Engineering Officer of the Watch (Unlimited); - Minimum experien