PS/417/BCH - Sc5, Sc5, A3 - Firearms and Explosives Licensing Enquiry Officer (Proactive team)
Police Staff
Criminal Justice / Firearms and Explosives Licensing
Hertfordshire Constabulary
Monkswood
Firearms and Explosives Licensing
Permanent
(B) Sc5 (C) Sc5 (H) A3
(B) £22,668 (C) £22,668 (H) £20,820
Full Time
No
***Please note that this vacancy has now closed and is available to redeployees only; it will not be checked on a regular basis by the recruitment team. It is therefore essential that if you apply for this role, you e-mail BCHCareers@herts.pnn.police.uk to notify us that you have submitted an application. We will then process it for shortlisting. If you do not notify us by e-mail that you have submitted an application, it will not be picked up. Please also ensure that you notify your allocated Change Advisor of any redeployee applications that you have submitted.
Redeployees who apply will be given priority over any other internal applicants for permanent roles up until the point that an offer has been accepted either verbally or in writing.
If a role is not filled by an internal candidate and is advertised externally, redeployees will continue to get priority over external applicants until a successful candidate has received a final offer of employment.
****Due to a change in structure within the BCH collaborated Unit, an exciting opportunity has become available for 3 x full time Firearms and Explosive Licensing Enquiry Officer (FEO) within our newly formed proactive team within the centralised Firearms and Explosives licensing Department.
This is a fixed site role not suitable for agile working, so the ability to travel to and work from Monks Wood is essential.
If you are a self-motivated, with a proven track record of risk based decision making ability and are interested in working in a busy, friendly environment then this could be the job for you.
The primary role of the Firearms and explosives licensing unit is to grant firearms, shotgun and explosives certificates to applicants who have a valid reason for possessing them, and who are assessed to pose no treat risk or harm to public safety under the provision of the Firearms Act 1968.
The duties of the FEO role within the proactive team includes undertaking enquiries, interviews and associated administration regarding the granting, renewal or refusal of firearms, shotgun and/or explosives certificates using a risk based assessment approach, following the National Intelligence Model principles.
Supervised and lead by the Intelligence decision maker within the unit, the proactive FEO role will have a focus on providing improved intelligence functionality to the unit, and identifying and developing increased proactive intelligence functions.
We are looking for individuals who are self-motivated, has the ability to work under their own initiative as part of a team, experience in intelligence methods, interrogation of police information systems interviewing, and statement taking, would be a distinct advantage.
This is a full time, office based role, based at the Monks Wood site in Cambridgeshire, however visits and inspections of certificate holders, dealers and clubs also forms part of the role according to demand, and so the ability to travel to various locations across BCH is essential.
The role profile is attached.
For the purposes of the application you will be expected to provide evidence against the personal qualities below and the entry requirements:
• We take ownership
• We deliver support and inspire
• We analyse critically
• We are innovative and open minded
There is a word count of 500 words per section.
Please feel free to contact the department Manager Brian Smith or Head of Department Louise Seabrook for further details or clarity of the role.
**All applications must be submitted through our online recruitment website by clicking the apply button below**
**Please note that this advert will be live to redeployees throughout the recruitment of this advert. Any redeployee that applies will only need to evidence against the minimum entry requirements of the role profile. To do this if you are a redeployee, write ‘Redeployee’ in the other competency boxes and just complete your evidence against the minimum entry requirements in the relevant box. Redeployees will take priority over other candidates at any point during the recruitment process up until a final offer is produced and you will be notified if this happens.**
Redeployees who apply will be given priority over any other internal applicants for permanent roles up until the point that an offer has been accepted either verbally or in writing.
If a role is not filled by an internal candidate and is advertised externally, redeployees will continue to get priority over external applicants until a successful candidate has received a final offer of employment.
****Due to a change in structure within the BCH collaborated Unit, an exciting opportunity has become available for 3 x full time Firearms and Explosive Licensing Enquiry Officer (FEO) within our newly formed proactive team within the centralised Firearms and Explosives licensing Department.
This is a fixed site role not suitable for agile working, so the ability to travel to and work from Monks Wood is essential.
If you are a self-motivated, with a proven track record of risk based decision making ability and are interested in working in a busy, friendly environment then this could be the job for you.
The primary role of the Firearms and explosives licensing unit is to grant firearms, shotgun and explosives certificates to applicants who have a valid reason for possessing them, and who are assessed to pose no treat risk or harm to public safety under the provision of the Firearms Act 1968.
The duties of the FEO role within the proactive team includes undertaking enquiries, interviews and associated administration regarding the granting, renewal or refusal of firearms, shotgun and/or explosives certificates using a risk based assessment approach, following the National Intelligence Model principles.
Supervised and lead by the Intelligence decision maker within the unit, the proactive FEO role will have a focus on providing improved intelligence functionality to the unit, and identifying and developing increased proactive intelligence functions.
We are looking for individuals who are self-motivated, has the ability to work under their own initiative as part of a team, experience in intelligence methods, interrogation of police information systems interviewing, and statement taking, would be a distinct advantage.
This is a full time, office based role, based at the Monks Wood site in Cambridgeshire, however visits and inspections of certificate holders, dealers and clubs also forms part of the role according to demand, and so the ability to travel to various locations across BCH is essential.
The role profile is attached.
For the purposes of the application you will be expected to provide evidence against the personal qualities below and the entry requirements:
• We take ownership
• We deliver support and inspire
• We analyse critically
• We are innovative and open minded
There is a word count of 500 words per section.
Please feel free to contact the department Manager Brian Smith or Head of Department Louise Seabrook for further details or clarity of the role.
**All applications must be submitted through our online recruitment website by clicking the apply button below**
**Please note that this advert will be live to redeployees throughout the recruitment of this advert. Any redeployee that applies will only need to evidence against the minimum entry requirements of the role profile. To do this if you are a redeployee, write ‘Redeployee’ in the other competency boxes and just complete your evidence against the minimum entry requirements in the relevant box. Redeployees will take priority over other candidates at any point during the recruitment process up until a final offer is produced and you will be notified if this happens.**
9 August 2019
This opportunity is closed to applications.
