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Guernsey Border Agency
Grade: GBA Grade 3 - £33,128 - £46,490 BAR £48,718 - £53,175 per annum.
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The States of Guernsey are looking for a Customs Officer to join their team at the Guernsey Border Agency.
Customs Officers work at the borders as part of the Guernsey Border Agency (GBA). The GBA along with the Guernsey Police, forms part of Bailiwick of Guernsey Law Enforcement.
The Customs Officer role is a warranted position and involves working primarily at the harbours, airport and postal headquarters but also around the Bailiwick coastline and inland. Duties range from the stopping, questioning and searching of passengers, searches of vehicles, vessels and freight, executing search warrants, leading investigations and arresting and interviewing suspects, together with participating in covert activities.
Customs Officers support investigations of cross border criminality to combat persons or syndicates targeting the island in relation to drug trafficking, commercial revenue smuggling and illegal immigration.
Newly appointed Officers will be given full training in the powers, legislation and works practice to equip them to carry out their role. Upon successful completion of their probationary year they will continue to develop their knowledge and capabilities and as they gather experience will be expected to broaden their skills for example by becoming part of a surveillance team, undertaking training in on entry immigration.
The role involves working flexibly following shift patterns on early, late and day shifts, including working weekends and with some standby and call out duties.
Officers will be responsible to the operational shift Higher Executive Officer. During their probation, they will be supported by mentors and members of the training team.
They will work closely with staff and managers in other units and teams within all areas of Bailiwick Law Enforcement. They will also be required to liaise with staff from outside Agencies including the Law Officers of the Crown, other States departments and National and International Law Enforcement agencies to identify and tackle new and emerging threats.
Please click on the link below to view a full job description for this role.
Candidates should upload supporting information to demonstrate how they meet the key criteria for the role. This should be in addition to any CV supplied and should have clear examples of how each is met. The key criteria can be found within the job description which is available by clicking the job description link above. The information provided by candidates will be used by the shortlisting panel when selecting candidates for interview.
Recruitment Timeline:
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20 January |
Closing date |
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28-29 January |
Assessment dates |
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4-5 February |
Assessment dates |
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31 Jan–3 Feb |
Fitness tests |
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6-7 February |
Interviews |
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11 April |
Start date (this is flexible depending on notice period and availability) |
Candidates will need to be available for all of the dates listed above, however, please note that the above dates may be subject to change should it be necessary.
IMPORTANT PLEASE READ: LAW ENFORCEMENT VETTING FORM
All candidates are required to complete a Law Enforcement Vetting Form, the form must be completed and returned, in person, with relevant photo ID, to the Recruitment Team, Sir Charles Frossard House, before the closing date.
Please click on the link below to download the Law Enforcement Vetting Form:
In order to satisfy residency criteria you need to have been resident in the UK or Guernsey for a period of 3 years. The calculation of the period of time refers to the period immediately before an application is made and not any other period or accumulation of time spent in the UK or Guernsey. Convictions likely to be considered relevant to this post include crimes involving Theft, Dishonesty and Fraud.
Contact: Chantal Quinn on tel. (01481) 221433 or email: chantal.quinn@gba.gov.gg, or Ellie Hodson on tel. (01481) 221432 or email: ellie.hodson@gba.gov.gg in Learning and Development. We strongly advise that applicants speak to one of the contacts named above before applying for this role.
Closing Date: 20 January 2023
Note - Internal applicants are required to inform their Line Manager before applying for any States of Guernsey positions. Internal references may be taken up prior to interview.
Appointment to this role will be subject to the following pre-employment checks which will be completed following an offer of employment:
Valid driving licence.
Should the successful applicant not meet the requirements sufficiently he/she may be appointed at a lower grade than stated. The successful applicant would then have the opportunity to progress to the grade advertised once the necessary skills and knowledge have been developed and they have demonstrated the ability to undertake the duties at the higher level.
For more information please visit https://gov.gg/CHttpHandler.ashx?id=163310.
