Senior Intelligence Analyst

It is our mission to identify and protect vulnerable people, prevent and respond to harm and keep people safe. In this role you will: Manage and coordinate the work of analysts and intelligence researchers and authorise work requests in order to ensure that resources are directed in the most appropriate and effective way to support relevant priorities; and where necessary provide Force-wide support and resilience in relation to supervision, workload management and quality assurance of research and analysis staff, products and services. Motivate, develop and performance manage a team of researchers and analysts to increase their capability, ensure they are able to work effectively and provide a service that meets and complies with appropriate legislation, authorised professional practice, policies and procedures. Coordinate and lead the production and presentation of analytical and research products to ensure senior police officers, PCCs and partners, where relevant, are in possession of relevant information to support knowledge and understanding of community safety problems and set appropriate intelligence-led priorities (e.g. within the Control Strategy and Police and Crime Plans). Produce and coordinate strategic analytical reports to forecast, assess and summarise relevant threats, harm, opportunities and risks. Contribute towards the formation of strategic policy and action plans to reduce or minimise threat and harm, manage risk and maximise opportunities. Review and quality assure the outputs from Intelligence Analysts and Intelligence Researchers in order to ensure that work is provided to the highest possible quality and ensuring best use of appropriate sources, analytical tools and technology, providing inferences and recommendations. Provide advice and guidance to all levels of operational colleagues on the best use of research and analysis so that capacity is used efficiently and effectively and enables the best possible briefing and tasking of operational resources. Be well-informed of up-to-date within professional developments relating to intelligence, analysis and research, together with your thematic field, in order that advice, guidance and practise reflect best available evidence. Support the Head of Intelligence Research and Analysis in force-wide initiatives concerning research / analysis, providing leadership and direction to task and action groups through the ownership of specific portfolios, and ensuring knowledge is shared with peers. Represent and promote research, analysis and intelligence-led policing, actively liaising with police officers, staff and partners at all levels to develop relationships and processes. This may include deputising for the Head of Research and Intelligence Analysis at force-level, presenting information, making recommendations and authorising or negotiating tasks. To provide support to spontaneous, critical and major incidents or events as directed. This can also include providing support to other Divisions, Departments or Forces as directed by the Head of Intelligence Research and Analysis. This may include working outside your standard contracted hours and/or away from your usual base of work at short notice. To conduct all responsibilities in strict adherence with all relevant legislation, codes of practice, standards, protocols, procedures and guidelines. To undertake such other duties appropriate to the grade and character of work as may reasonably be required, including the specific duties of similar or lesser graded posts.

1. Graduate calibre or equivalent professional experience, with proven and well-evidenced experience of intelligence analysis in a law enforcement environment. If not certified through the NVQ Level 3 Intelligence Analysis, or equivalent professional qualification, candidates should make available a portfolio of work to demonstrate competence. 2.Experience of, or the ability to quickly become competent in, both direct line management and professional management taking responsibility for:

• Leading and motivating individuals and a team
• Setting and monitoring individual and team objectives
• Assessing and moderating staff competence within a portfolio
• Producing high quality outputs
• Achieving performance outcomes
• Managing individual and team performance
3. Proven and well-evidenced expertise in thinking strategically and assimilating complex information to discern threats, harm, opportunities and risks in order to inform policy and strategy. To support team members and lead or participate in multi-discipline/multi-agency team work designed to facilitate analysis. 4. Experience in developing new practice to meet changing needs or in support of complex enquiries. Competent at working either independently or within a team to create innovative solutions and develop new techniques. 5. The ability to motivate staff and colleagues to implement changes in working practices and culture. Experience of managing change, seeing through projects from inception to implementation, or the ability to achieve the discipline required. 6. Excellent interpersonal skills with the confidence and ability to network, negotiate and persuade groups or individuals (including senior managers, the PCC, external suppliers and partner agencies), through written and verbal communication in order to influence decision-making. 7. Exemplary time management and organisational skills, managing competing demands, solving problems, setting priorities and the ability to effectively manage relationships between different parts of the organisation., Working hours will be Full-Time (36 hours per week) with typical working hours 0800-1600 Monday to Friday. There is a requirement for the post-holder to be flexible with working hours to ensure resilience within the team and meet the requirements of the role. On occasions this may be to support fast time response to critical incidents, major events and serious crime or disorder. The post-holder must have a high level of personal integrity and successfully attain and maintain security vetting and appropriate clearance to work in the post-holder's intelligence environment. You will also be willing and able to attain Intelligence Professionalisation Programme (IPP) certification in line with the role. This role involves travel to meetings and locations within and beyond the counties of Surrey and Sussex for which public transport may not be suitable. Therefore the post-holder must have the ability to travel. Where the post-holder uses their own means of transport they must be insured for business use. Where the transport involves the driving of police vehicles, you must have a full driving licence and the ability to attain a Force Police Driving Permit. We recognise that our people are balancing demanding careers with commitments and interests outside of work. We welcome applications and discussion with candidates who want to work full-time or part-time/flexible hours.

The starting salary for this role will usually be at the bottom of the salary range and will be pro-rata if the working hours are less than full time.Chief Constables' Message We really welcome your interest in joining our Police Force. It is a privilege to lead the teams in Surrey Police and Sussex Police who continuously work selflessly and tirelessly in order to keep people in our counties safe. We are looking for talented and inspirational people who put the needs of the public at the heart of everything that they do and who want to make a difference. If you feel you are that person then we want to hear from you. We wish you all the very best with your application. Chief Constable Tim De Meyer & Chief Constable Jo Shiner, We take pride in looking after our people and offer a variety of benefits;
• career progression
• contributory pension scheme (LGPS)
• generous annual leave allowance
• discounts for everyday spend
• on-site gyms and a range of sports clubs
• generous and supportive parental leave
• financial and mental wellbeing guidance and support
• discounted contributory healthcare scheme, Following submission of your application you will receive a confirmation email with a copy of your application attached. Occasionally emails from this address can fall into spam/junk folders so please ensure this is checked regularly. You may wish to consider adding noreply@surreysussexpolice.as.recruitmail.com to your address/contact list to ensure you receive all communications.
This post is being advertised in parallel with Force redeployment processes. Any redeployees who are identified will be given preference. This may result in the post being withdrawn at any point during the recruitment process. Please note that not all jobs are available for internal candidates across both Forces, the current agreed recruitment principles are;
• vacancies in collaborated units are available to all officers and staff across both Forces
• vacancies in non-collaborated units are only available to officers and staff within the Force with the vacancy unless it is advertised externally
• if the vacancy is advertised externally and an officer or member of staff from the other Force is successful it will result in a transfer of employment