Border Force

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

- 240502**Salary**:

- £22,400**Grade**:

- Administrative Officer**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Business area**:

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

- Operational Delivery**Working pattern**:

- Full-time, Part-time, Shift Working**Number of posts**:

- 1Contents

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About the job

**Benefits**:
Things you need to know

Location
- Coventry International HubAbout 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**:
A career in Border Force can be extremely rewarding and you will be supported through a training programme of several courses. Your training period is essential to preparing you for your initial career as a Border Force Apprentice/Assistant Officer.

Because of the work we do and the places we work Border Force staff can operate sometimes in difficult and pressurised environments. For this role being adaptable and making well balanced decisions is key.

Although the role will be office based, there will be occasions where a need to work in an operational environment is required. This working environment is a “factory floor” type of environment. Applicants will need to be physically fit enough to climb stairways and work in an area where there is moving machinery. A degree of manual handling of parcels up to 30kg could be involved.

**Apprenticeship**

We are looking for a number of apprentices to join our Operational Delivery programme. But why join Border Force?

This apprenticeship offers you a fantastic opportunity to learn, earn and develop your skills. If successful, you will be joining over 280,000 people in the Operational Delivery Profession across Government who have the vital job of keeping the UK running and make a real difference to people's lives.

The apprenticeship will take up to 18 months to complete, but you will be appointed, from the outset, on a permanent contract at Administrative Officer grade.

Commitment; Discipline; Respect and Moral Courage are the values that drive Border Force staff forward to help us achieve our vision and this role gives you an opportunity to:

- Be in a position to positively affect some of the challenges facing the UK today
- Gain nationally recognised qualifications
- Develop a wide range of skills and experience- **Qualifications**:
You must hold GCSEs at Grade 9-3 (A-D) in Maths and English.

Please note that we will also accept equivalent qualifications at the same level achieved from a wide range of formal academic and vocational training providers as determined by Ofqual, including for example, qualifications obtained in Scotland or some BTEC and higher level NVQs. You must have already been awarded the qualifications and must be able to provide your certificates at interview.

**Responsibilities**:
As a Border Force Operational Support Apprentice/Assistant Officer, the role is multifaceted and may include but is not limited to the following.

Primarily supporting the anti-smuggling teams by:

- Assisting in the control of the Secure Lock-up by booking in new seizures and updating databases.
- Contributing to Lock-up stock checks and handle/escalate discrepancies.
- Preparing disposals and transfers of seized goods.
- Assisting with Police handovers, producing official notebook entries and accurately updating departmental databases.
- Processing Seizure data for referral to Intelligence Teams and subsequent liaison.
- Processing seizure casework and preparing cases for further investigation.
- Issuing Seizure Notices and updating databases.
- Completing notebook records, providing evidence in statement form and giving evidence in court.
- Developing and maintaining effective working relationships with the anti-smuggling teams and other external stakeholders including Intelligence teams and non-departm