Vetting Officer - DV Cleared or Eligible

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Vetting Officer

Background of the role:

This role requires an individual or interviewer with strong interpersonal skills and a desire to join a busy investigation team. You will be joining a friendly and lively team and dealing with a varied and challenging workload.

Carrying out interviews with new recruits. Each interview is highly detailed going into everything from their family relationships to social life, their financial affairs to their sexual preferences. All the time looking for discrepancies or possible risks without making judgements, Then you will report your findings flagging anything significant.

Need to have the character to put people from a range of backgrounds at ease, gain their confidence and get them to talk openly about all aspects of their lives, They will be dealing with people who may be defensive, angry and in some cases listening to genuinely upsetting stories.

Key requirements

* An interest in people.

* An absolute commitment to discretion.

* An ability to build a professional but empathetic rapport with colleagues at all levels.

* Willingness to travel round the UK.

* Good listening skills.

* Ability to create an atmosphere at interview to enable transparency.

* Ability to assess others and pick up verbal cues.

* Ability to think on your feet.

* Awareness of other people's culture and traditions.

* Ability to identify risks.

* Ability to make informed but solid decisions.

* Open-minded approach.

* Tenacious approach with delivery.

* Experience of one to one interviewing.

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* Good time management and organisation skills.

* Ability to work independently.

Duties and responsibility

* Provide an interviewing and assessment service.

* Plan and carry out interviews with referees.

* Interviewing referees of potential recruits (including secondments, attachment, contractor and consultants)

* On basis of these interviews, produce evidenced recommendations.

* Working with autonomy, taking full responsibility for the delivery of casework deadlines.

Experience

* Strong interpersonal and team working skills - essential.

* Proven analytical skills - essential.

* Proven delivery skills, the ability to work autonomously and meet tight deadlines - essential.

* Good organisational skills and personal administration - essential.

* Excellent written and oral communication skills - essential.

* Resilience flexibility sensitivity tact and a positive attitude to a changing working environment - essential.