Intelligence and Threats Desk Officer

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Do you enjoy building relationships and have strong communication, organisational and engagement skills?
Do you have an interest in getting into intelligence and national security to protect the UK against threats from terrorism, serious organised crime and counter state threats activity?
If so, we have a great opportunity to join the Intelligence and Threats Team (ITT) as a Intelligence and Threats Desk Officer within the Department for Transport (DfT), and we would like you to apply!, ITT is the point of intersect between the UK Intelligence Community (UKIC) and the whole of the DfT. You will have responsibility for ensuring that both sides are adequately engaging with the other, and that policymakers across the DfT have the correct intelligence picture in order to understand the threat landscape.
The role sits within the Transport Security Operation Centre (TSOC) branch. TSOC leads the department’s planning for, and responses to, major incidents which impact the transport network, both domestically and internationally. As TSOC leads on the department’s emergency response mechanisms, you will be required to participate in the department’s response to a security or civil contingencies incident. This will include out- of-hours working on occasion.
TSOC is part of the Resilience, Analysis and International Sanctions (RAIS) directorate. RAIS supports national security matters, ranging from counter terrorism and cyber security to planning for and responding to natural hazards or civil contingencies. We deliver expertise to support security and resilience policy teams whilst also providing the department's 24/7 response for all security or civil contingency incidents. The directorate works with security and intelligence partners from across government to mitigate risk to the UK’s transport sector, with the Intelligence and Threats Team providing the vital links between many of these partners and the DfT.
Responsibilities include, but not limited to:
The post holder will work closely with both internal and external government colleagues, building and developing relationships to ensure DfT plays a key part in shaping key national security workstreams.
Specifically, the post holder will:
+ Be responsible for the day-to-day operations of the DfT STRAP facility, which includes triaging and printing intelligence reports to support stakeholders.
+ Own a thematic and transport modal area, ensuring that the relevant modal colleagues are kept up to date on the threat
+ Be a subject matter expert on threat and support modal and security colleagues’ risk assessments in assessing the likelihood of security events
+ Identify emerging trends which pose a threat to transport
+ Support the DfT in being prepared to respond to security emergencies and to assist in the response where necessary.
+ Monitor the application of STRAP security guidelines and advise on any shortcomings or issues. Produce and iteratively refine a range of products to facilitate maximum value to modal and security colleagues from both intelligence and transport security incidents.
+ Maintain close liaison with the STRAP authorities and building strong professional relationships with key internal and external stakeholders across Government, to then provide advice and guidance on STRAP matters to stakeholders across the department.
+ Own and cultivate relationships with intelligence partners, supplying them with DfT commissions and building links to ensure the DfT is considered a key and intelligent.
For more information, please find the role profile attached., We will try to meet the dates set out in the advert. There may be occasions when these dates will change. You will be provided with sufficient notice of the confirmed dates.
The selection process will be designed specifically for the role. As a result, your assessment will include:
+ An interview.
Interviews will be held in person at our London office. Further details will be provided to you should you be selected for interview.
You’re encouraged to become familiar with the role profile, as you may be assessed against any of the criteria recorded within.
The Department for Transport alongside other Government Departments recruit using Success Profiles. This means for each role we consider what you will need to demonstrate in order to be successful. This gives us the best possible chance of finding the right person for the job, drives up performance and improves diversity and inclusivity.
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Reasonable Adjustments
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To thrive in this role, you will have excellent engagement skills and be someone who can build a rapport quickly with others as you develop effective working relationships both within the department and beyond. You will be adept at both working autonomously and as part of a team, collaborating with others to achieve shared
You will have excellent communication skills both verbally and in writing, with the ability to adapt your delivery to suit a wide variety of audiences. You are someone who can work at pace while managing multiple and often conflicting priorities to time and to a high standard.
Given the fast-paced evolution of threats, and the changing nature of transport systems, the post holder will need to be able to assimilate and communicate sensitive, sometimes technical, information to support risk mitigation and policy

The role holder will be asked to take part in evening and weekend duty on-call rotas and will need to be available to work in the event that an out of hours incident requires it. You would therefore receive a Recruitment and Retention Allowance (£6,000) in addition to your salary, in recognition for fulfilling on-call duties and working out of hours.
The successful candidate must meet the requirements of this Reserved Post and will need to undergo Developed Vetting (DV) clearance before starting their post. Should the successful candidate not obtain DV then there will be a requirement to be re-deployed to an alternative post should a position be available.

Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
+ Working Together
+ Managing a Quality Service
+ Seeing the Big Picture
+ Delivering at Pace, Being part of our brilliant Civil Service means you will have access to a wide range of fantastic benefits. We offer generous annual leave, attractive pension options, flexible working, inclusive working environments and much more to support a healthy work/life balance.
Find out more about what it's like working at the Department for Transport., A candidate is not eligible to apply for a role within the Civil Service if the application is made within a 5-year period following a dismissal for carrying out internal fraud against government.
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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 developed vetting (opens in a new window).See our vetting charter (opens in a new window).
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Nationality requirements
Open to UK nationals only.

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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.