Arrest Officer (173jc) – South East, Home based - £25k base + Vehicle + Commission + Benefits

My client is a trusted partner to UK Government and a market leading innovator in the recovery of unpaid taxes, fines, and commercial debt and they are now seeking to recruit a number of Arrest Officers to collect debt and confiscation orders on behalf of the courts. The areas they are currently seeking individuals for cover Cambridgeshire, Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk, Kent.

DUE TO THE NATURE OF THIS RECRUITMENT CONSULTANCY, WE ARE ONLY ABLE TO REPRESENT INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE EX MILITARY.

You will be reporting to the National Arrest Manager, and in your role will be to responsible for delivering a professional arrest service by the effective and efficient execution of arrest warrants.

Arrest Officers are required to visit customers at the addresses stated on warrants to obtain payment in full, execute warrants by arrest, arrest and bail or arranging a voluntary surrender. Where a customer is not present, you shall gather and submit relevant intelligence, making local enquiries to locate and effectively execute the warrant.

Therefore, your responsibilities will include:
• Issue receipts for all payments received and to inform courts of all payments taken
• Where necessary, to convey persons named on the warrants to courts, police stations or HMP
• Complete all necessary paperwork and update handheld devices on actions taken
• Undertake any training necessary for the role including but not limited to, tactical communication, conflict management and breakaway techniques
• Follow Approved Enforcement Agencies and Prisoner Escorted Contracts Awarded (AEA/PECS) protocol
• Review and update risk assessments, highlighting concerns to ensure a proportionate response
• Ensure post incident procedures are followed
• Comply with all body worn video (BWV) training and compliance
• Carry out any other tasks as required in connection with the service, execution or return of warrants, summonses, orders, and notices, including obtaining and reporting information regarding the customer and/or the actions taken in executing a warrant
• Prepared to work warrants within Regions across England to meet client demands
• Prepared to work varied times of the day to meet the needs of the warrant

To be eligible for this role you will need:
• Articulate, numerate and able to communicate and interact with others at all levels
• Ability to manage conflict
• High level of self-motivation and able to work between 6am and 9pm (as rostered)
• Ability to manage and organise large volumes of warrants to meet KPI’s
• Able to act on your own initiative within the law, legislation, and policy
• Full UK driving licence
• Full training will be provided

This role would suit someone who enjoys a varied role where no two days are the same; working outdoors with people reacting to ever changing situations and traveling to various locations on a daily basis, they are looking for self-motivated, energetic, personable individuals to join their growing team. No experience is needed as all training will be given.

The ideal candidate would probably be someone who has good negotiation skills and who has the ability to defuse potentially hostile situations and is seeking a role where

In return they are offering a good starting salary of £25k+ Commission and a benefits package which includes a gym membership contribution, company pension, 24/7 employee assistance programme, company sick pay, discount and saving on a staff reward platform, 25 days holidays rising to 28. As voluntary service opportunities to a charity of your choice, up to 2 days per year, ability to purchase extra annual leave. All PPE, uniform, body Armour and body worn video will be provided by the company, as well as van and fuel card, and when on holiday, you will also receive your average bonus while away.

In this role you will be based from your home and you will on average work an 8-hour day 40hrs per week, and it will commence when you leave home in the morning and finish when you get home at the end of the day.

For more information, please contact Jean-Claude Hedouin at Ex-Mil Recruitment Ltd on 0333 202 6500, or [email protected] or via the website www.ex-mil.co.uk

https://www.ex-mil.co.uk/vacancies/7769/arrest-officer