Border Force Officer

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The Home Office works to build a safe, fair and prosperous UK. We achieve this through our work on counterterrorism, policing, fire, crime, drugs policy, immigration, and passports. We are Border Force, a Law Enforcement arm of the Home Office with primary responsibility for UK Border Security.
We are responsible for handling the UK border control by implementing Immigration and Customs regulations whilst working with the wider Home Office on Counter Terrorism, Organised Crime, Modern slavery, and Trafficking.
Border Force has six operational regions within the UK: Central, Europe, Heathrow, North, South, Southeast. 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 networks.
As a Border Force Officer at the frontline of our operation, your contributions will have a direct impact in delivering what the public expect from us. Our work is high profile within public interest as we deliver the Home Office’s wider policy agenda to keep our country safe and prosperous.
This includes checking passengers to ensure travel and trade is optimal whilst ensuring our legal duties towards Customs, Freight, Immigration, Safeguarding are always upheld.
Our operational activity is intelligence-driven with searches for prohibited, counterfeit or restricted goods (such as drugs, firearms, weapons, cash, tobacco, and alcohol) as well as people of interest.
As a Border Force Officer, you may be involved in the following types of activity:
Operating immigration and customs controls at points of entry to the UK, checking passengers have the correct permissions and documentation to enter.
Identifying vulnerable adults and children, prioritising their safety and welfare and referring to the appropriate agencies.
Interviewing passengers, undertaking investigations, and making decisions on whether they qualify for entry to the UK or fall to be refused under the immigration rules.
Using law enforcement powers to arrest people involved in border offences, preserving evidence, managing the detention of individuals, and liaising with other law enforcement partners.
For more information about working for Border Force and to hear from some of our colleagues, please visit our careers website at Border Force - Home Office Careers.
Working for the Home Office
There’s no one type of person working at the Home Office. We believe that different backgrounds, perspectives, and voices add up to richer, fuller thinking that helps us deliver fairer, better outcomes.
We are particularly keen to welcome applications from women and those from an ethnic minority background who are currently underrepresented in Border Force.

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