Gaz – Aps2 – Nt – Assistant Border Force Officer

Requisition Number: 127288
Position Number/s: Several
Classification: APS Level 2  
Location: NT  
Division: Ac North & Detention  
Branch: Operations North  
Section: Operations Northern Territory  
Security Classification: Baseline Vetting 
Salary: $54,439.00 to $61,245.00  
Contact: Angela Dawson Phone: 0468 591 229
Period of Vacancy: Ongoing
Number of Vacancies: Several

Applications close: Sunday 2 April 2023 at 11:59pm (midnight) – AEST. Late applications will not be accepted.

Who can apply:
Please note this opportunity is available to current Australian Public Service employees and all eligible members of the community.

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The Department of Home Affairs is responsible for centrally coordinated strategy and policy leadership in relation to domestic national security arrangements, law enforcement, emergency management, counter-terrorism, social cohesion, the protection of our sovereignty, the integrity of our border and the resilience of our national infrastructure.
  

The Australian Border Force, an operationally independent body within the Department of Home Affairs, is Australia’s frontline border law enforcement agency and Australia’s customs service. The Australian Border Force’s mission is to protect Australia’s border and facilitate the legitimate movement of people and goods across it.

Opportunities in Darwin to protect the land, sea and the community.

Overview of Branch and Section:

The Australian Border Force (ABF) is an operationally independent body under the Home Affairs portfolio. The ABF is responsible for operational border, investigations, compliance, detention and enforcement functions and continues to be Australia’s customs service. We operate in a rapidly evolving global environment. We must perform to the highest standards while remaining agile to anticipate and respond to emerging threats and capitalise on opportunities to partner with domestic and international border, customs, immigration, intelligence, and law enforcement agencies.

Operations Northern Territory (NT) is responsible for the conduct of efficient and effective customs and migration, surveillance, patrol, and response activities in the Northern Territory’s remote onshore and littoral operating domains. Operations NT is responsible for maintaining control of persons, goods, vessels, and small craft through activities in the Northern Region’s inshore maritime environment outside of seaport limits. Operations NT provides services through border enforcement and operational activities on cross-border movements of people and goods in a variety of areas, including international airports, seaports, and cargo facilities. Operations NT plays a vital role in processing travellers and goods to protect Australia’s border from the entry of illegal and harmful goods and those intending to commit migration fraud or threaten the national interest. These activities will include processing travellers and goods arriving and departing Australia outside of major metropolitan airports and seaports, such as vessels and small craft at remote seaports and light aircraft at regional airfields.

Our officers are operationally focused, uniformed and patrol our air and seaports, remote locations, cargo centres and Australia’s extended maritime domain. Our officers also perform specialist functions relating to investigation, compliance, and immigration detention operations. Australian Border Force officers are multi-skilled, mobile, agile, and responsive. Our work is 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Officers may undertake shift work as part of their role.

About the role:

Assistant Border Force Officers (ABFOs) are employed at APS Level 2 to work across a variety of fast-paced and high volume working domains. ABFOs undertake a range of routine transactional and administrative operational support tasks.

ABFOs undertake a variety of tasks across frontline operational work areas within the ABF including, but not limited to the following areas of deployment:

• Airport operations
• Cargo operations – air and sea
• Detained goods management
• Maritime operations
• Remote border operations
• District office operations.

These are frontline roles that require officers to wear the ABF uniform and represent the ABF professionally in the public domain. Officers must be capable of interacting with members of the community and foreign visitors.

Shift work may be required whilst working in some operational areas.

Successful candidates will be offered an ongoing position within the ABF.

Our Ideal Candidate:

The ABF is currently looking for flexible, adaptable and reliable people to undertake work on an ongoing basis at the APS 2 classification.

The ABF is interested in receiving applications from individuals who have a broad and diverse range of backgrounds and skills. You should be an inclusive team member who is focused on contributing to a proactive and productive workplace culture.

You will be part of a team working to achieve ABF outcomes. To be a strong contender, you will be flexible, and results focused. You will enjoy working in a complex and challenging environment. You will need to be forward thinking, self-motivated, resilient and adept at building relationships in a complex and fast-paced operational environment.

You will be given the necessary training to perform work related functions such as passenger clearances. Training is currently four weeks in duration and is undertaken on a full-time basis.

Successful completion of training is a condition of employment.

Specified Duties

In the ABF, we are looking for Assistant Border Force Officers who can:

• Work collaboratively as an effective team member to achieve work area objectives
• Contribute to team workflow and outputs against team objectives
• Participate in and support a culture of achievement, sharing own skills and capabilities with colleagues and others
• Commit to developing their skills and knowledge
• Use critical thinking, sound judgement, and be prepared to take reasonable and necessary actions
• Commit to community engagement and protection as well as client service including responding to client and stakeholder enquiries
• Perform duties in a fast-paced, high volume operating environment
• Be flexible and adaptable
• Communicate effectively with internal and external stakeholders
• Collaborate to achieve collective goals, think strategically, engage with risk, innovate and hold yourself and others to account.

Applicant Response

As part of your application, you will be required to prepare a response document of no more than 300 words (minimum 11pt font in MSWord or PDF format).

Please ensure you read the instructions carefully, noting failure to address identified requirements may lead to your application being deemed ineligible.

Please prepare a one-page Applicant Response in relation to the advertised role, outlining:

• How your skills, knowledge and experience will be relevant to this role
• Why you are interested in the role and what you can offer us
• Any specific examples or achievements that demonstrate your ability to perform the role.

How to apply:

Prior to preparing your response it is recommended you review the Work Level Standards relevant to the classification you are applying to. It may also be useful to refer to the Integrated Leadership System information relevant to the classification. You are required to submit your application in Home Affairs’ online recruitment system (ourPeople).

As part of your application you will need to provide:

• Your CV
• Your Applicant Response document
• Details of two referees
• Include your full name and the Requisition Number – 127288 in the footer of any documents being uploaded.

Eligibility and Specific Conditions of Employment

To be eligible to work with the Department of Home Affairs you must:

• Be an Australian Citizen
• Fulfil the Department’s minimum requirements by satisfactorily answering all screening questions during the application process
• Obtain and maintain the required AGSVA clearance
• Obtain and maintain a current Employment Suitability Clearance
• Satisfy a probation period
• Undergo a health assessment (if applicable).

To be eligible to work in some roles, you may be required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 (including any COVID-19 booster dose to maintain an ‘up-to-date’ status). Candidates should be aware that in roles where vaccination against COVID-19 is required by public health orders/directions or other legislation, if a candidate is not fully vaccinated or is unwilling to be vaccinated within a reasonable period, they may not be offered that role.

Technical Assistance

If you are experiencing problems submitting your application online, please email the nature of the issues you are experiencing to Recruitment ([email protected]) including screen captures if necessary. A response will be sent during business hours.

Notes

Remuneration: The Department offers an attractive remuneration package, including salary, superannuation benefits and flexible working conditions appropriate to the level of the position.

Information about employment in the Department of Home Affairs, and advice on how to apply for vacancies can be obtained from the Department’s website at https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/about-us/careers.

If you have identified as having a disability, please indicate whether you require any support throughout the selection process. For further information please contact Recruitment: [email protected].