Border Force

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

- 273928**Salary**:

- £25,750 - £27,650- Plus Annualised Hours Allowance (AHA) of 27.9% of salary which equates to an additional £7,184 based on salary minimum.**Job grade**:

- Executive Officer**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Business area**:

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

- Operational Delivery**Working pattern**:

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

- 9Contents

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Location
- Ramsgate (Manston)About the job

**Job summary**:
**Please note - You must be over 18, hold a full valid manual driving licence and a UK national for these roles.**

The Home Office works to build a safe, fair, and prosperous UK. We achieve this through our work on counterterrorism, policing, fire, crime, nationality, and immigration policy.

As part of the Home Office, Border Force is responsible for securing the UK border 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Around 10,000 people work for us, with the majority working in frontline roles in airports and seaports across the UK and overseas.

This is a great opportunity to join a team that really makes a difference and you will receive comprehensive law enforcement training depending on the team you join. The job is varied and rewarding and as part of the Home Office and wider Civil Service there are plenty of opportunities to develop your career with us.

You can find out more about Home Office careers here.

**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.

**Manston Operations Command Contract Performance Monitor**

The Contract Performance Monitor is a varied role, responsible for monitoring escorting provider activity with a strong focus on detainee welfare issues and professional excellence, addressing concerns with the escorting provider.

Operating in Manston Reception Centre, you will develop and maintain excellent working partnerships with escorting providers and Borders and Enforcement partners, identifying opportunities to improve processes and efficiency.

**Person specification**:
As a Contract Performance Monitor you will be required to:

- Report, in real time, on contractual compliance for removal activity, holding room management, vehicle journeys, charter flights and on site security compliance.
- Accurately identify and record service failures.
- Analyse written reports by Detention Custody Officers.
- Manage incidents and solve problems.
- Champion detainee’s welfare needs, particularly vulnerable adults, working in partnership with the Independent Monitoring Board (IMB) and HM Inspectorate of Prisons (HMI Prisons).

**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 uses Civil Service Success Profiles, and will assess your Strengths and Ability using online tests and an interview-based assessment centre.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.**Security**:
- See our vetting charter (opens in a new window).- People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.**Nationality requirements**:

- Open to UK nationals only.**Working for the Civil Service**:

- The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.
- We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).-
- The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.- This vacancy is part of the Great Place to Work for Veterans (opens in a new window) initiative.- Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.**Contact point for applicants**:
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