Border Force, National Operations Headquarters

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

- 240250**Salary**:

- £25,750 - £27,650**Grade**:

- Executive Officer**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Business area**:

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

- Administration / Corporate Support
- Finance
- Operational Delivery**Working pattern**:

- Flexible working, Full-time**Number of posts**:

- 1Contents

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About the job

**Benefits**:
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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 UK Border is protected by the Border Protection Squadron as part of National Operations Headquarters, with a fleet of vessels including Offshore Patrol Vessels and smaller Coastal Patrol Vessels. The Squadron coordinates delivering the maritime enforcement capability and, in so doing, to prevent and disrupt organised crime from exploiting the UKs territorial waters for illegal purposes including drugs trafficking, illegal immigration and modern slavery. All vessels carry out maritime enforcement, surveillance, security and interception duties in both UK and adjacent international waters.

The Business Support Officer provides specialist support to business managers in relation to Human Resources, Finance, and administrative tasks.

Duties include but are not limited to:

- Completing and submitting of recruitment requests and purchase forms;
- Providing admin support to panel members from sifting to interviews and assisting Business managers submitting documents in line with Policy;
- Setting up and maintaining Purchase Orders raised on behalf of Maritime staff;
- Collaborating with internal and external suppliers, requisition teams, Government Recruitment Services, Home Office Resourcing Centre, Resourcing Support Team, Finance Team, Shared Service Centre, Cutter Crews, and local teams;
- Assisting Business HEOs on completing daily requirements;
- Coordinating Recruitment Mailbox and responding to enquires as appropriate;
- Coordinating and setting up meetings and events for the Head of Unit and G6 leadership team;
- Providing logístical support including room bookings, video-conference coordination, planning and booking travel and accommodation;
- Carrying out some Secretariat duties such as collating meeting agendas and recording actions.

Please note that in order to fully support the recruitment and finance team, Cutters and Coastal Patrol Vessel crews this post is offered on a full time basis only.

Please also note a full valid UK manual driving licence is essential as the role will involve driving between Fareham Murrills and the National Maritime Information Centre.

**Responsibilities**:
We are looking for someone who will:

- Be committed to continuous personal and business improvement;
- Be flexible, adaptive and creative in solving problems and positive when working with change;
- Have a strong sense of personal ethics and integrity;
- Enjoy interacting with colleagues, members of the public and external partners;
- Be able to successfully coordinate and plan;
- Be professional and partner/colleague focused;
- Be able to confidently handle potentially difficult and challenging situations;
- Think in an objective and analytical manner;
- Demonstrate sound interpersonal, communication and relationship-building skills and thrive working as part of a team;
- Enjoy working with technology;
- Have excellent interpersonal skills both written and verbal, and will be able to engage optimally with a wide range of partners.

**ESSENTIAL CRITERIA** for this role are:

- Being a team player with strategic thinking capable of working at pace with a high degree of autonomy;
- Excellent organisational skills with the ability to construct relationships at all levels while delivering through o