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Details Reference number 316179 Salary £45,600 - £48,792 AHW of up to 20% is applicable on this role (see further information for more details). Job grade Senior Executive Officer Contract type Permanent Business area HO - Border Force Type of role Operational Delivery Working pattern Full-time, Job share, Shift Working Number of jobs available 1 Contents Location About the job Benefits Things you need to know Apply and further information Location Spring Gardens - London About 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 The Small Boats Operational Command (SBOC) exists to make irregular migration in small boats across the English Channel unviable. All stages of the operation, from detecting small boats at sea and migrants on land, to the full spectrum of interdiction options, involves technology. Implementing a strategy that promotes the capability enhancements that technology can deliver is an integral part of moving the current operational response from reactive to proactive. Ministers have a keen interest in innovative methodologies and, as a new command, there are substantial opportunities to improve ways of working and apply lessons learned from previously employed strategies. A function of the Chief Technology Officers (CTO) team is to fuse multiple source information into cutting edge intelligence products that are utilised to detect and prevent small boat crossings and illicit immigration facilitation. Your role will be to act as the Liaison Manager based within the new multi-agency Organised Immigration Crime Joint Fusion Cell at NCA HQ London. The post holder will work closely with the CTO Information and Projects Managers and these roles will be required to provide support and cover as necessary. Please note that the office is due to move from Spring Gardens to Stratford in 2025, however exact dates are yet to be decided. Person specification Responsibilities for this role are multi-faceted but primarily cover the following: Representing the CTO team and SBOC within the Organised Immigration Crime Joint Fusion Cell. Engaging with a wide range of stakeholders in the UK and overseas to develop opportunities for collaboration. Seeking opportunities to utilise CTO capabilities to assist partners in the UK and overseas to detect, prevent and prosecute those responsible for illicit immigration facilitation. Managing the flow of information and intelligence. Assuring all activity is compliant with UK legislation and Home Office policies. The successful candidate will be: Able to engage with a wide variety of internal and external stakeholders. A confident and clear communicator. A team player who is comfortable working both proactively and as part of a wider team. An experienced investigator who understands how to utilise information and intelligence to support proactive investigations to a successful conclusion. Essential criteria: Candidates are expected to demonstrate and /or have experience of: Must hold a minimum of SC clearance and be willing to obtain DV clearance once in post. Operational law enforcement experience, showing understanding of the laws around criminal prosecutions and Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act. Being a qualified and experienced investigation manager, who has comprehensive understanding of investigating serious organised criminality in order to build successful criminal prosecutions. Experience in utilising sensitive and covert techniques to gather intelligence. Demonstrable ability to work at pace and effectively prioritise workflow in a fast-moving environment. Being a confident and clear communicator with the ability to inspire others, evidencing experience in communicating with multi-agency partners and senior officials. Excellent interpersonal skills and attention to detail with a consistent track record in strong partnership and stakeholder management, negotiation and influencing skills. Being a self-starter with a track record of working proactively with minimal supervision. Ability and evidence of working with technology - identifying, implementing and operating any new and evolving technology. Desirable criteria: An interest in technology and its role in supporting law enforcement operations. Experience of working with and managing multi-agency work areas. Being innovative, introducing and improving new and current ideas. Envisioning the future, taking risks, and using logic, reason and creativity to solve problems. Behaviours We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process: Delivering at Pace Communicating and Influencing Seeing the Big Picture Working Together We only ask for evidence of these behaviours on your application form: Delivering at Pace 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% Things you need to know 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. As part of the application process, you will first be asked to confirm your eligibility by providing some basic personal information. After submission of this first stage, you will be invited to complete a Civil Service Judgement Test. If you successfully pass this test, you will then be invited to complete the full application form. Please complete the online test as soon as possible (within 24-48 hours is recommended), the closing date for the test and full application form is 23:55 on 17th October 2023. If you fail to complete the online test or full application before the deadline, your application will be withdrawn. Guidance for the test will be available when you are invited to take the test. The tests are administered online and accessed via the Civil Service Jobs website. You CANNOT complete the Tests on a mobile phone or tablet. Following successful completion of the test, you will then be asked to complete: A CV detailing job history/skills/experience A statement of suitability (personal statement) (maximum 750 words) Provide evidence of the behaviour Delivering at Pace (250 words maximum) Further details around what this will entail are listed on the application form. Please note that the statement of suitability should be aligned to demonstrate your skills and experience for the role and how you meet the essential criteria as detailed in the job description. For guidance on how to construct your personal statement, you are encouraged to visit Civil Service Careers. Links – Statement For guidance on how to construct your behaviour examples, you are encouraged to visit Civil Service Careers. Links –Behaviours The sift will be held on the behaviour Delivering at Pace and the statement of suitability (personal statement). The CV will not be scored. The statement of suitability will be scored first for all candidates. Those candidates who achieve the minimum pass score for the statement of suitability, will progress to a further sift where the lead behaviour (Delivering at Pace) will be scored. These candidates will therefore receive a sift score for both elements. Candidates who fail to meet the minimum pass score for the statement of suitability will not have their lead behaviour scored and will therefore only receive a sift score for the statement of suitability. However, if a large number of applications are received, the sift will be conducted on the lead behaviour Delivering at Pace and the statement of suitability (personal statement) only. If you are successful at sift stage, you will be invited to an interview which will be a blended approach of strength-based questions and behaviour-based questions. Strengths are the things that you do regularly, do well and that motivate you. To find out more about strength based questions click here Sift and Interview dates Sift is expected to take place week commencing 16th October 2023. Interviews are expected to take place week commencing 6th November 2023. We will try to meet the dates set out in the advert, however on occasions these dates may change. Interviews will be carried out via video. Candidates will be required to have access to: A laptop (personal or work) with a working webcam Good internet connection Skype for Business/Microsoft Teams Further Information: For meaningful checks to be carried out, individuals need to have lived in the UK for a sufficient period of time to enable appropriate checks to be carried out and produce a result which provides the required level of assurance. You should normally have been resident in the United Kingdom for the last 3 years if the role requires CTC clearance, 5 years for SC clearance and 10 years for DV. A lack of UK residency in itself is not necessarily a bar to a security clearance and applicants should contact the Vacancy Holder/Recruiting Manager listed in the advert for further advice. A reserve list of successful candidates will be kept for 12 months. Should another role or similar role become available within that period you may be offered this position. Every day, Home Office civil servants do brilliant work to develop and deliver policies and services that affect the lives of people across the country and beyond. To do this effectively and fairly, the Home Office is committed to representing modern Britain in all its diversity, and creating a welcoming, inclusive workplace where all our people are able to bring their whole selves to work and perform at their best. We are flexible, skilled, professional and diverse. We work to recruit and retain disabled staff and area Disability Confident Leader. We are proud to be one of the most ethnically diverse departments in the civil service. We are a Social Mobility Foundation top 75 employer. For further information please see the attached notes for candidates which must be read before making an application. Note for Candidates: Please ensure that all examples provided in your application are taken directly from your own experience and that you describe the examples in your own words. All applications are screened for plagiarism and copying of examples/answers from internet sources. If any is detected the application will be withdrawn from the process. Further action, including disciplinary action, may be considered in such cases involving internal candidates. Providing false or misleading information would be contrary to the core values of honesty and integrity expected of all Civil Servants. If you are currently an agency member of staff working within the Home Office, a contractor or contingent worker you can only apply for roles that are advertised externally, i.e. outside the civil service. If you are eligible to apply for a role, you are required to select yourself as an external applicant and not internal when submitting your application on Civil Service jobs. This will prevent any delays in pre-employment checks should you become successful in being made an offer of employment after the Interview stage. Are these Reserved Posts for UK Nationals only? UK nationals who hold dual nationality are able to apply for this reserved post. If a UK passport is not being presented, then candidates will need to provide alternative evidence of UK nationality in line with the Civil Service Nationality Rules. Additional Security Checks As well as successfully obtaining UKSV clearance and passing the right to work and pre-employment screening, anyone who applies to work for Border Force will also be subject to additional Border Force specific security checks to determine their suitability to work for the organisation. Please see the Home Office Recruitment Privacy Information Notice (PIN). For more information on how your details may be shared for the purpose of additional security checks, the PIN has been published on the gov website - Border Force privacy information notice - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) Hybrid working is not an option The flexible working arrangement of Hybrid working (working partly in their workplace(s) and partly at home) is not available for this role due to the requirements of the role. Successful candidates will be required to attend the office/other work location as specified in the advert at all times to carry out this role. Annual Hours Working Allowance We operate 24 hours a day, 365 days of the year and you would be required to work flexibly and operate over a 24/7 shift rota, this can include: Night shifts; Early morning starts, sometimes before 6am; Late night finishes, sometimes after midnight; Weekend and Public Holidays; Shifts can vary in length and can be up to 12 hours; Shifts that change or extend according to business need. These posts include shift allowances which varies by flexibility, shifts, location; however, the average allowance is 20%. You would be deployed to a range of different duties, shifts and locations and should expect to have a variance in the AHW dependent on the varying duties and shifts. The actual % of AHW paid will be for each region/port to decide, as these will be different depending in which port you may work. Age: These are shift working roles and so you must be 18 years or over. New entrants are expected to join on the minimum of the pay band. Applicants who are successful at interview will be, as part of pre-employment screening, subject to a check on the Internal Fraud Database (IFD). This check will provide information about employees who have been dismissed for fraud or dishonesty offences. This check also applies to employees who resign or otherwise leave before being dismissed for fraud or dishonesty had their employment continued. Any applicant's details held on the IFD will be refused employment. For further information please see the attached notes for candidates which must be read before making an application. Existing Civil Servants should note that some of the Home Office terms and conditions of employment have changed. It is the candidate’s responsibility to ensure they are aware of the Terms and Conditions they will adopt should they be successful in application and should refer to the notes for candidates for further details. Transfer Terms: Voluntary. If you are invited to an interview you will be required to bring a range of documentation for the purposes of establishing identity and to aid any pre-employment checks. Please see the attached list of Home Office acceptable ID documents. Any move to the Home Office from another employer will mean you can no longer access childcare vouchers. This includes moves between government departments. You may however be eligible for other government schemes, including Tax Free Childcare. Determine your eligibility at https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk Additional Security Checks: As well as successfully obtaining UKSV clearance and passing the right to work and pre-employment screening, anyone who applies to work for Border Force will also be subject to additional Border Force specific security checks, as part of the pre-employment process, to determine their suitability to work for the organisation. Please see the Home Office Recruitment Privacy Information Notice (PIN) https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/recruitment-privacy-information-notice for more information on how your details may be shared for the purpose of additional security checks. Please see the Border Force Privacy Information Notice (PIN) on Border Force privacy information notice - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) for more information on how your details may be shared. Reasonable Adjustments If a person with disabilities is at a substantial disadvantage compared to a non-disabled person, we have a duty to make reasonable changes to our processes. If you need a change to be made so that you can make your application, you should: Contact Government Recruitment Service via HOrecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk as soon as possible before the closing date to discuss your needs Complete the “Assistance Required” section in the “Additional Requirements” page of your application form to tell us what changes or help you might need further on in the recruitment process. For instance, you may need wheelchair access at interview, or if you're deaf, a language service professional If you are experiencing accessibility problems with any attachments on this advert, please contact the email address in the ‘Contact point for applicants’ section. Feedback Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment. Security Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check (opens in a new window). 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 embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria. 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. Apply and further information 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 Job contact : Name : Home Office Resourcing Centre Email : HORCCampaignTeamBorderForce@homeoffice.gov.uk Recruitment team Email : HOrecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk Further information If you feel that your application has not been treated in accordance with the recruitment principles, and wish to make a complaint, then you should contact in the first instance HORecruitment.GRS@cabinetoffice.gov.uk. If you are not satisfied with the response that you receive, then you can contact the Civil Service Commission.
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