Regulatory Information and Intelligence Analyst

Do you care about the safety of products and want to protect people and places? Can we use your skills, knowledge and experience to enable UK business to thrive? If the answer is yes, then we would like to hear from you!

We are the Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS), part of the Department for Business & Trade. We are here for the purpose of making regulation work to deliver real world impact. Regulation is a powerful Government tool to address market failures, influence behaviour and promote positive action. Crafted and delivered well, regulation can be an enabler of growth, innovation and efficiency.

Since early 2018 we have been building a positive and creative team that enjoys a position of influence and respect within an organisation that continues to grow.

Our primary purpose is to protect people and places from product-related harm, ensuring consumers and businesses can buy and sell products with confidence

Further information can be found on our website here.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles. We embrace diversity and promote equality of opportunity. We are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives and skills. There is a guaranteed interview scheme (DCS) for people with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

We are Inclusive

We are fully committed to being an inclusive employer and ensuring equal opportunities. We are keen to make our workforce as diverse as possible and recognise how important inclusivity is to achieve the best outcomes. We hope to attract applications from all underrepresented groups.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation if required to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform crucial job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

The Regulatory Information and Intelligence Team is a key support function within OPSS sitting in the Targeting Area, responsible for collecting, collating and analysing information and intelligence to produce and disseminate products which help shape and support OPSS regulatory decision-making at all levels.

We are seeking a Regulatory Information and Intelligence Analyst who can add to the diversity and scope of the Unit to help embed our intelligence capability supporting the production of intelligence products and data analysis across the team.

This is an exciting opportunity for a focused individual with established skills in intelligence, investigative/enforcement or regulatory background to help keep consumers safe from harm to be an integral part of a team with the key purpose of consumer safety!, As one of 4 analysts within the team, you will play a meaningful role in the receipt and triage of information and intelligence into the unit through the centralised mailbox and commissioning process. You will focus on the production of Information and Intelligence products using established intelligence analytical techniques, data interrogation and research to help inform regulatory decision making across a variety of teams and meeting structures.

Some stakeholder engagement may be required internally and externally with Trading Standards officers and other regulatory agencies throughout the UK.

Applications are welcome from ambitious individuals who have the energy to make positive change happen and are focused on outcomes. This role will provide the opportunity to grow, develop, and progress your career within the data, information, and intelligence profession, as well as many opportunities to broaden and diversify your experience across other service functions.

As a regulatory information and intelligence analyst you will work within the 'management of information and reporting' area to;

• Help inform, regulatory risk based decisions ensuring accurate recording of data and production of information and intelligence reports.


• Compile data sets from multiple sources to carry out data analysis and deliver timely and accurate outputs to support regulatory risk based decisions.


• Utilise effective analysis processes for information gathering and analysis and dissemination, within national guidelines.


• Champion the use of information and intelligence across the Office helping to embed an intelligence and risk led culture.


• Work with wider OPSS to develop proactive, fit for purpose regulatory data reports.


• Support the development of strategic, tactical and operational assessments to support OPSS' corporate objectives and drive operational activity.


• Support the development of operational instructions to support and provide guidance to OPSS teams.