Prison security Work, Jobs in Warrington Wa2 (with Salaries)

Security, Use of Force & Intelligence Assurance Officer
Home Office —Manchester
- £34,415 - £38,991 a year
- Full-time
- Administrative experience
- Presentation skills
- Travel
- Annual leave
9d
Probation Service Officer - Homeless Prevention Team - Cheshire
HM Prison & Probation Service —Chester
- £20,001 - £40,000 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Presentation skills
- Communication skills
- Annual leave
- Employee discount
10d
Prison Employment Lead
Ministry of Justice —Liverpool
- £40,001 - £50,000 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- English
- Presentation skills
- Annual leave
2d
Healthcare Assistant (Nights)
PPG Health In Justice —Liverpool
- £25,557 - £29,723 a year
- Weekend availability
Prison In-Reach Recovery Coordinator
Change Grow Live —Ashton-Under-Lyne
- £28,557.79 - £32,802.41 a year
- Travel
- IT
- Communication skills
- Annual leave
- Employee assistance programme
12d
Prison Custody Officer (PCO) - HMP Forest Bank
Sodexo —Salford
- £32,863.57 - £34,341.41 a year
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Non-Operational Prison Offender Manager
Ministry of Justice —Preston
- £30,001 - £40,000 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- English
- Presentation skills
- Case management
- Annual leave
Prison Catering: Caterer - HMP Risley
Ministry of Justice —Warrington
- £20,001 - £40,000 a year
- Part-time
- Hybrid work
- Hospitality
- English
- Presentation skills
- Annual leave
12h
Probation Service Officer - HMP Preston
HM Prison & Probation Service —Preston
- £20,001 - £40,000 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Presentation skills
- Communication skills
- Annual leave
- Employee discount
10d
Probation Officer Returner Scheme - Greater Manchester
HM Prison & Probation Service —Manchester
- £30,001 - £42,000 a year
- Part-time
- Presentation skills
- Bachelor's degree
- Employee discount
Healthcare Assistant
PPG Health In Justice —Warrington
- £25,557 - £29,723 a year
- Monday to Friday
8d
Healthcare Support Worker
PPG Health In Justice —Liverpool
- £25,557 - £29,723 a year
- Weekend availability
- IT
Community Payback - Probation Service Officer - Wirral
HM Prison & Probation Service —Birkenhead
- £20,001 - £40,000 a year
- Part-time
- Hybrid work
- Presentation skills
- Communication skills
- Annual leave
- Employee discount
12d
Healthcare Assistant (Bank)
PPG Health In Justice —Liverpool
- £15.80 an hour
- Weekend availability
- IT
Senior Substance Misuse Nurse
PPG Health In Justice —Liverpool
- £43,609 - £49,175 a year
- Hospital experience
- Employee discount
Operational Delivery Professional - Wigan
Department for Work and Pensions —Wigan
- £27,866 a year
- Overtime
- Hybrid work
- Customer service
- English
- Presentation skills
- Annual leave
- Employee assistance programme
4d
Customer Relations Manager, SEO, Perm, Liverpool
Charity Commission —Bootle
- £44,027 a year
- Part-time
- Hybrid work
- Analysis skills
- Presentation skills
- Continuous improvement
- Annual leave
- Employee discount
9d
Lead Investigator - Canary Wharf, Cardiff, Sale or Wakefield
Independent Office for Police Conduct —Sale
- £37,596 - £42,726 a year
- Full-time
- Analysis skills
- Presentation skills
- Communication skills
- Annual leave
- Employee assistance programme
12d
Physical Education & Employee Wellbeing Manager
Ministry of Justice —Manchester
- £30,001 - £40,000 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- English
- Presentation skills
- IT
- Annual leave
14d
Family Support Worker - HMP Garth
POPS —Leyland
- £12.71 an hour
- Part-time
- In-person
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Security, Use of Force & Intelligence Assurance Officer

Home Office -
Manchester

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Job details

Permanent | Full-time
£34,415 - £38,991 a year
9 days ago

Benefits

Annual leave
Company pension

Qualifications

Driving Licence
Category B Auto Licence
Administrative experience
Presentation skills
Mentoring
Organisational skills
Communication skills

Full job description

Details

Reference number

471808

Salary

£34,415 - £38,991

National pay locations: Lincoln, Manchester: £34,415 - £34,931 London pay locations: Heathrow: £38,415 - £38,991

Plus allowance of between 12.57%, which equates to an additional £4,325 pa based on salary minimum.

GBP

Job grade

Executive Officer

Contract type

Permanent

Business area

HO - Immigration Enforcement - International Returns Service Command (IRSC)

Type of role

Operational Delivery

Working pattern

Annualised hours, Full-time, Shift working

Number of jobs available

Location
About the job
Benefits
Things you need to know
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Location

Lincoln, Manchester, Heathrow

About the job

Job summary

The Home Office works to build a safe, fair and prosperous UK. We achieve this through our work on counter-terrorism, policing, crime, drugs policy, immigration and passports.

Immigration Enforcement is responsible for enforcing the governments immigration laws, tackling illegal migration, removing foreign national offenders and immigration offenders from the UK. We also aim to disrupt the organised criminal groups that exploit the vulnerable for their personal gain. Learn more on our careers pages.

The International Returns Service Command (IRSC) was established in 2023, bringing together Returns Logistics Operations, Escorting Operations, and Detention Progression and Returns, supported by IRSC Central Operations. These teams are central to Immigration Enforcements operational activity, delivering the return of Foreign National Offenders (FNOs) and individuals with no legal right to remain in the United Kingdom as part of the wider Returns Directorate.

Job description

Security, Use of Force & Intelligence Assurance Officer plays an important role in supporting the safe, lawful and effective delivery of IRSC operations. This includes providing operational and assurance support across international removals, Foreign National Offender returns, charter flight operations, overseas movements, and in-country escorting activities.

Working within a dynamic operational environment, the post holder will contribute to the oversight and monitoring of security arrangements and the use of force within the escorting contract. They will provide high-quality administrative and operational support, helping to ensure compliance with immigration legislation, Home Office policy, and contractual obligations, while supporting the continuous improvement of operational standards and assurance processes.

Key Responsibilities

Maintain up-to-date knowledge of immigration legislation, policies, procedures and required training, including personal protection and Home Office Manual for Escorting Safely (HOMES), ensuring all activity is lawful, proportionate and compliant.
Represent the team professionally at meetings and when engaging with internal and external stakeholders.
Maintain and update security, contingency, intelligence, corruption prevention, risk reduction and service credit trackers and logs, escalating concerns through appropriate governance channels.
Support HEOs in planning, recording and monitoring security reviews, recommendations, contingency exercises and operational meetings.
Assist in the development and delivery of new security strands, initiatives and assurance activity across operational areas.
Maintain and manage Use of Force databases and records, reviewing paperwork, reports and footage in line with policy and assurance frameworks.
Conduct checks on agreed samples of incident footage, identifying emerging risks or themes and escalating where required.
Maintain charter flight calendars, support operational escorts, overseas removals and ports when directed, and liaise with International Returns teams and suppliers to resolve operational issues.

Working Pattern

Due to the business requirements of this role, it is only available on a full-time basis.

Shift Working

Successful candidates will need to be able to attend for all shifts including early starts, late night finishes, and overnight shifts. These shifts may be outside of public transport operating hours.

Training

Full training will be provided internally to help you develop the knowledge and skills needed for the role. Your learning will begin with structured training and continue through practical, on-the-job experience, supported by an experienced colleague or mentor. Throughout your development, you will receive ongoing guidance and encouragement to build your confidence and competence. You will also work as part of a supportive team, with colleagues always available to provide advice and assistance whenever needed.

Travel

Travel may be required to a variety of locations across the UK, including airports and regional sites, depending on business needs.

Person specification

Essential Criteria

Experience of working in an operational or assurance role within a regulated or compliance‑based environment.
Knowledge or demonstrable understanding of Use of Force principles, security measures, and risk management.
Excellent organisational and administrative skills with high attention to detail.
Ability to work flexibly, manage competing priorities, and respond to short‑notice operational requirements.
Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to handle sensitive and complex information appropriately.

Desirable Criteria

Strong understanding of, or ability to rapidly acquire knowledge of, immigration powers, legislation, and policy.

Licences

Due to the nature of the work and/or the geographical area, driving is an essential requirement for this role. You will be required to drive on official business. You must have a full valid UK manual/automatic driving licence.

Behaviours

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

Delivering at Pace
Communicating and Influencing
Making Effective Decisions

We only ask for evidence of these behaviours on your application form:

Delivering at Pace

Benefits

In addition to your salary, a career with the Home Office offers a range of benefits, including:

A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%.
In-year reward scheme for one-off or sustained exceptional personal or team achievements.
25 days annual leave on appointment, rising with service to 30 days.
Eight days of public holidays, plus one additional privilege day.
Where business needs allow, some roles may be suitable for a combination of office and home-based working. This is a non-contractual arrangement where all employees will be expected to spend a minimum of 60% of their working time in an office.
This role currently attracts Annualised Hours Allowance (AHA) of 12.57% of salary, which equates to an additional £4,325 per annum based on salary minimum. Further information can be found on our website.
See more of our benefits on our careers website.

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Things you need to know

Artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles , and will assess your Behaviours, Strengths and Experience.

This gives us the best possible chance of finding the right person for the job, drives up performance and improves diversity and inclusivity.

We will endeavour to conduct the selection process in line with the dates indicated below, but cannot guarantee that these will not, where necessary, be revised.

1. Application by 05 August 2026

As part of the application process, you will be asked to complete:

CV
Personal Statement (maximum 500 words).
Evidence of the Behaviour - Delivering at Pace (maximum of 250 words per Behaviour).

Your CV should consist of your career history and skills/experience, including any key achievements in each role. Your CV will be scored against the experience required for the role as noted within the essential criteria.

The Personal Statement should be aligned to and demonstrate how you meet the skills and experience set out in the essential criteria, detailed in the job description.

For guidance and information on how to construct your application (CV, Personal Statement and Behaviours), you are encouraged to visit Civil Service Careers website.

2. Sift 07 August 2026

The sift will be held on the CV, Personal Statement and Behaviour - Delivering at Pace, as listed in the advert.

Should a high volume of applications be received, an initial sift will be conducted on the CV and Personal Statement. Candidates who pass the initial sift will then be progressed to a full sift that will consist of all the remaining elements submitted Behaviour - Delivering at Pace. Candidates who fail to meet the minimum pass score for the initial sift will not have their remaining submitted elements scored and will only receive a sift score for that assessed at the initial sift.

3. Interview - 03 September 2026

If you are successful at sift stage, you will be invited to an interview that will be Behaviours (as listed in the job advert) and Strength based questions. All Behaviours listed in the selection process will be scored at the interview.

The interview will take place MS Teams.

For guidance and information on what to expect and how to prepare for an interview, you are encouraged to visit Civil Service Careers.

Problems during the application process

If you experience problems accessing this advert, or you think youve made a mistake on an initial application, please contact [email protected], including the vacancy reference, at least two working days before the vacancy closes. Further information can be found on our website.

Do not create or attempt to submit another application, online test or use a different Civil Service Jobs account to proceed as this would be in violation of the candidate declaration.

Location Preference

You can select up to two locations in order of preference. Please ensure that these are locations you are prepared to travel to. If you are offered a role at one of your preferred location(s) and you decline, your application will be withdrawn.

Reserve List

A reserve list may be held for a period of up to 12 months from which further appointments may be made. There is no guarantee that being held on a reserve list will lead to a job offer. Further information can be found on our website.

Reserve lists will be held for each location and profession. Candidates will be appointed in merit order by location and profession.

Breaking Tied Scores

The behaviours and strengths have been ranked in order of importance to enable us to differentiate between candidates with tied interview scores.

Standards

All Civil Servants are expected to comply with the Civil Service Code, and its core values of integrity, honesty, objectivity and impartiality.

Integrity Check

As well as successfully obtaining UK Security Vetting clearance, you will also be subject to an additional Integrity Check, as part of the pre-employment process, to determine your suitability to work for Border Force or Immigration Enforcement. For further information on what this involves, please visit our website.

Further Information

In order to process applications without delay, we will be sending a Criminal Record Check to Disclosure and Barring Service on your behalf. However, we recognise in exceptional circumstances some candidates will want to send their completed forms direct.

If you will be doing this, please advise Government Recruitment Service of your intention by emailing [email protected] stating the job reference number in the subject heading.

Reasonable Adjustments

If a person with disabilities is at a substantial disadvantage compared to a non-disabled person, we have a duty to make reasonable changes to our processes.

If you need a change to be made so that you can make your application, you should:

Contact Government Recruitment Service via [email protected] as soon as possible before the closing date to discuss your needs
Complete the Assistance Required section in the Additional Requirements page of your application form to tell us what changes or help you might need further on in the recruitment process. For instance, you may need wheelchair access at interview, or if you're deaf, a language service professional

If you are experiencing accessibility problems with any attachments on this advert, please contact the email address in the Contact point for applicants section.

Feedback

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.

Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check .

See our vetting charter .

People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

UK nationals
nationals of the Republic of Ireland
nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements

Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles .

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.

Diversity and Inclusion

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy .

Apply and further information

This vacancy is part of the Great Place to Work for Veterans initiative.

The Civil Service welcomes applications from people who have recently left prison or have an unspent conviction. Read more about prison leaver recruitment (opens in new window).

Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.

Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

Name : Home Office Resourcing Centre
Email : [email protected]

Recruitment team

Email : [email protected]

Further information

If you feel that your application has not been treated in accordance with the Civil Service Recruitment Principles. and you wish to make a complaint, then contact the Government Recruitment Service via [email protected]. If you are not satisfied with the response that you receive, then you can contact the Civil Service Commission.

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