Intelligence Manager

Are you enthusiastic, resilient, a good team player and motivated to make a difference and develop in a public sector setting? If so, come join our programme; it's ground-breaking, fast-paced and a great opportunity to develop yourself and widen your experience. The Safer and Greener Buildings Group has been established to bring together the Department’s work responding to the Grenfell Tower fire and supporting the UK to achieve Net Zero Carbon Emissions by 2050, leaving a legacy of safer buildings that are greener and better adapted to climate change . The Recovery Strategy Unit (RSU) at the heart of Safer Green Building’s ambition. It is tasked with pursuing individuals and companies who are failing to make buildings safe and pay to fix the building safety issues they caused. Intelligence is key to driving this work forward, to complement effective strategic communications and the use of litigation to drive behaviour change. What really sets us apart is the kind of work we undertake, our culture and the diverse nature and backgrounds of our employees. We realise that our ultimate success depends on recruiting and retaining high quality people, and stimulating their creativity and professionalism. As a G7 intelligence manager your focus will be supporting the intelligence analysts and you will be involved in these are fascinating and unique roles. Whether working with internal and external stakeholders to identify the intelligence requirements, supporting teams to progress a case and reporting to Ministers, you will be at the forefront of holding industry to account for their actions. Interviews will be held in person in London. Travel costs will not be reimbursed., We are seeking a highly skilled Intelligence Manager to lead a small team of SEO intelligence analysts responsible for gathering, analysing, and ensuring the compliance of intelligence operations within our organisation. The Intelligence Manager will play a critical role in quality assuring and leading the intel analyst work, play an active role in developing and embedding the function of intelligence across the Director-General led Group, Safer and Greener Buildings. They will also be involved in developing policy, guidance, and frameworks to ensure that all intelligence activities align with legal and regulatory requirements. This position requires a strategic thinker with a strong understanding of intelligence gathering, governance, and risk management. Responsibilities + Team Leadership: the successful person will carry out intelligence gathering but a big part of the role will be to manage, mentor, and develop a small team of intelligence analysts, ensuring their work is compliant, accurate, and aligned with organisational objectives. You will have oversight of their day-to-day activities, providing direction and support where needed. + Policy and Framework Development: Develop and implement robust operational policies, procedures, and frameworks to guide intelligence gathering, ensuring full compliance with relevant regulations and standards. Your work will help establish clear boundaries and practices that uphold the integrity of intelligence operations. + Compliance and Governance: Ensure all intelligence activities are compliant with applicable laws and internal policies, such as RIPA (Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act) and other regulatory frameworks. Establish and maintain governance structures that provide oversight and accountability across the intelligence function. + Risk Management: Proactively identify, assess, and escalate risks related to intelligence gathering activities. Ensure that potential risks are communicated effectively and that appropriate mitigation measures are implemented. + Collaboration and Stakeholder Engagement: Work closely with internal stakeholders, including security, commercial, and legal teams, to ensure alignment with wider governance and organisational objectives. You will also represent the intelligence function in cross-departmental meetings and governance boards and have experience of presenting complex data to a range of teams, including senior officials. + Training and Development: Oversee the development and continuous professional improvement of the intelligence team, ensuring they have access to training and resources that strengthen their capabilities and compliance with intelligence protocols., We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process: + Seeing the Big Picture + Making Effective Decisions + Communicating and Influencing + Leadership, This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours and Experience. As part of our pre-employment checking process we will be using your CV to confirm your job history. Please note that by providing us with your CV you are consenting to us using the information enclosed as part of the checking process. CV and Cover Letter Declaration We recruit based on your knowledge and skills, and not background, gender or ethnicity - this is called name blind recruitment. Please remove references to your: + name/title + educational institutions + age + gender + email address + postal address + phone number + nationality/immigration status You will need to merge your CV and covering letter into one document. When submitting your application Applied will ask you to upload a CV, when doing this you should upload your merged document of your CV and covering letter. Most of our campaigns utilise multiple assessors and so it is possible that your application would be viewed by different assessors. At sift, through your CV and covering letter we will be assessing: Experience Please align the statement with how you meet the essential criteria with examples and experience. Your covering letter should be no more than 1000 words referencing how you meet the criteria set out in the job description. The interview will be of a blended nature consisting of the following success profiles elements: Behaviours: Seeing the bigger picture, Making Effective Decisions, Communicating and Influencing, Leadership Candidates will also be asked to prepare a short presentation, details of which will be provided in the interview invite. In the full campaign we will test the below Success Profile Elements: Behaviours: Seeing the bigger picture, Making Effective Decisions, Communicating and Influencing, Leadership, There may be opportunities for candidates to work flexibly depending on the business needs. This will be discussed with the vacancy manager on a case-by-case basis if you are successful for the role.

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For further information on the DEC, please take a look at the attached DEC candidate pack. Sift and Interview dates Sifting is envisaged to take place W/C 28 October 2024 with interview dates to be confirmed. All interviews will be held in person in London. Travel costs will not be reimbursed. Reserve List In the event that we identify more appointable candidates than we currently have posts available, we will hold applicant details on a reserve list for a period of 6 months from which further appointments can be made. This may include roles at a lower grade. Candidates placed on a reserve list will be informed of this. Those candidates who do not wish to remain on the reserve list should contact recruitment@communities.gov.uk to be removed from the reserve list. SC (Security Check): Important note Successful candidates for roles based in our 2 Marsham Street building must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is Security Check and the process can take up to 8 weeks to complete. Please note that successful candidates will need to pass the Security Check – this requires you to have been resident in the UK for the past 5 years. Please refer to the MHCLG Notes on Security Clearance section of our Candidate Pack for further information on Security Check (SC). Thank you. Candidates should also note that with effect from 1st August 2018 the department will also check all applicants who are successful at interview, against the Internal Fraud Database (IFD) held by the Cabinet Office. In accordance with the Civil Service Internal Fraud Policy, any applicant who is included on the IFD will be refused employment by MHCLG. Please see the Candidate Pack for further information on the Internal Fraud Database. Before starting your application it’s very important to make sure that you are eligible to apply and meet the Civil Service nationality requirements. 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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) (opens in a new window) + 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 (opens in a new window)Working for the Civil Service The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants. 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+ Experience in managing intelligence operations or similar functions demonstrating a strong understanding of intelligence gathering, analysis, and reporting and quality assurance. + Strong knowledge of relevant laws, regulations, and compliance requirements (e.g. RIPA, DPA, POCA). + Proven experience in managing and leading teams, with exceptional communication and interpersonal skills. Adept at developing and nurturing team members. Strong leadership abilities to guide the team in creating strategic intelligence assessments of unsafe buildings and identifying bad actors, driving the team forward. + Proven ability to draft, develop, and implement policies, frameworks, and governance structures, ensuring team compliance with regulations. Strong governance should include analytical and risk management skills, with the ability to identify and mitigate potential issues. + Experience in stakeholder management and the ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams. Strong networking skills to engage with cross-government intelligence networks and local regulators, providing a holistic view. + Experience of boards and presenting and explaining complex data senior officials. Desirable Criteria + Background in working with or leading intelligence teams in a public sector or government context. + Knowledge of financial or specialist intelligence analysis (e.g., Financial Intelligence Officer qualifications). + Membership in the government [DA1] such as NIAT GIAM DIAM. If successful in this role, you would be expected to obtain SC clearance.

Alongside your salary of £51,934, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government contributes £15,045 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides. + Learning and development tailored to your role + An environment with flexible working options + A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity + A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%, We do not consider direct CV applications – you must apply for this role via the application link on Civil Service Jobs: Please note that near miss offers may be made at the lower grade to candidates who do not meet the grade criteria for this campaign Grade 7 salary + The salary for this role is £57,091 (London) or £51,934 (National).