Intelligence Researcher

Job summary

We have some exciting opportunities for individuals who have great communication skills and an eye for detail. The role of an Intelligence Researcher involves gathering, developing, evaluating and sharing information to meet operational objectives. You will need to be able to develop relationships with others to collect information and exchange intelligence.

If you enjoy working in a dynamic operational environment, then we’d love for you to join the team!

Companies House offers a flexible and welcoming culture that promotes a healthy work life balance as well as a proactive approach to wellbeing that allows us to be our best at work. We recognise that people are the key to our success so offer a fantastic benefits package including flexible working, 30 days annual leave, 8 bank holidays and 1 privilege day as well as enrolment into the Civil Service Pension scheme with a contribution rate averaging 28%.

Job description

As a Researcher within our Intelligence Directorate, you will:

• Work collaboratively with colleagues across the organisation, ensuring intelligence and information are shared in line with all relevant standards.
• Contribute to a team responsible for managing the flow and dissemination of information to support both intelligence and enforcement-related cases.
• Evaluate, assess and record information from multiple internal and external sources and conduct research.
• Accurately maintain management activity systems and operational records in accordance with legislation and guidance.
• Input data and maintain record management systems, ensuring there is an effective record management and audit trail.
• Verify and cross‑reference the validity of information to identify and communicate links between different data sources.
• Carry out system checks to support our Intelligence Analysts, Officers, and colleagues across the organisation.
• Using guidance and training material when researching and collating information to make the decision to disseminate cases.

About the team

It’s an exciting time to join the Intelligence team! The team consists of several people with a variety of skills focusing on ensuring an accurate register and preventing companies for carrying out unlawful activities or facilitating others to do so. As our Intelligence department continues to grow and develop, we have lots of opportunities available.

Where you will be working

You will be aligned to our Cardiff office, where you will be expected to attend on a regular basis. We are currently using a hybrid approach to the way we work which provides opportunities for you to be adaptable in the way you work so that you can achieve a healthy balance between your work and home life. The degree of choice you have will depend on your role and your day-to-day work activities. Your manager will agree regular patterns of attendance with you; however, you may be required to make yourself available to attend the office more frequently when required to meet business needs. Also, for the first few weeks, you may be required to attend the office full time to receive the necessary training.

Working Hours

Due to the nature of these roles and team structure, these are only full-time positions of 37 hours per week.

To be eligible for this role you also need to meet our Nationality requirements which are outlined below, and successful candidates must meet the security requirements for Security Clearance (SC) before they can be appointed. To gain (SC) you will need to have been a UK resident for a minimum of 3 years out of the last 5 years.

Further information can be found below.

Companies House also cannot offer Visa sponsorship to candidates through this campaign.

Person specification

We’re looking for individuals with practical experience of:

• Research Skill, gathering information from a wide range of sources with an eye for detail.
• The ability to consider the bigger picture and understand the importance and impact of information gathered.
• Strong written communication and drafting skills.
• Using Microsoft apps especially Excel and Word.
• Working as part of a team, as well as working independently
• The ability to make the best use of guidance and training material to make decisions when researching cases to disseminate to the correct areas.

And who also have:

• Great communication skills – in both verbal and written communication
• The ability to use information effectively to make well-informed recommendations
• Demonstrate adaptability and flexibility in response to changing workloads and show a willingness and enthusiasm to learn new skills.
• Working in a fast-paced environment.

Behaviours

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Working Together
• Delivering at Pace
• Making Effective Decisions
• Seeing the Big Picture

We only ask for evidence of these behaviours on your application form:

• Working Together
• Making Effective Decisions

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £26,452, Companies House contributes £7,663 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

We believe that our success is driven by the well-being and satisfaction of our team members at all levels of the organisation. At Companies House we’re committed to providing a comprehensive benefits package that goes beyond the ordinary, ensuring your career journey with us is not only fulfilling, but also rewarding. We pride ourselves on offering a quality work-life balance with our employee wellbeing being central to our working practices.

Head to Our benefits - Working for us - Recruitment (companieshouse.gov.uk) to find out more about the fantastic benefits package we have at Companies House.

As an equal opportunity employer, we celebrate diversity, being committed to ensuring we’re representative of the citizens we serve and creating an inclusive environment. Everyone in Companies House brings something different, and so will you. To fulfil our commitment to recruiting and attracting diverse talent we welcome applications from underrepresented groups. We also welcome applications from Welsh speakers.

We are proud to be a disability confident leader. Our recruitment process is fully inclusive and we can make adjustments as needed through our process. These could include having an interview buddy, extra time at interviews/assessments and receiving interview questions in advance, to name a few.

If you require any reasonable adjustments at application stage, or if you'd like to discuss any person-centred adjustments, please contact us by emailing recruitmentCH@companieshouse.gov.uk.

Read our 'Applying under the Disability Confidence Scheme (DCS)' guide to find out how to successfully complete an application under the Disability Confidence Scheme (DCS).

Things you need to know

Artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance (opens in a new window) for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Strengths and Experience.

In your application form we’d like you to:

1. Tell us about your employment history, including key responsibilities and achievements.
2. Write a personal statement of 750 words with examples to demonstrate:
   - Research Skill, gathering information from a wide range of sources with an eye for detail.
   - Strong written communication and drafting skills.
   - Using Microsoft apps especially Excel and Word.
3. Provide a 250-word example to demonstrate the behaviour: ‘Working Together’.
4. Provide a 250-word example to demonstrate the behaviour: ‘Making Effective Decisions’.

We will be sifting looking through your employment history, personal statement and behaviour examples for evidence of the following sift criteria:

• Research Skill, gathering information from a wide range of sources with an eye for detail.
• Strong written communication and drafting skills.
• Using Microsoft apps especially Excel and Word.
• Working Together behaviour.
• Making Effective Decisions behaviour.

We’re committed to being diverse and inclusive, so please make your application anonymous by removing all identifying personal information (such as names) from your employment history and statements.

Sift Process

• We’ll carry out a sift of applications. We may raise the score required at sift stage to progress to interview if we receive a high number of applications.
• Also, if we receive a high volume of applications, we will carry out a pre-sift on your demonstration of: Making Effective Decisions
• At sift we may choose to take through the highest performing candidates to the next stage. If, after the final stage is completed and roles are unfilled, we will proceed to invite lower scoring candidates to interview.
• Successful candidates at sift will be invited to a virtual interview.

Interview Process

• Companies House uses a blended interview technique, allowing us to find out more about you. We use the Success Profile framework and at interview we will use Success Profiles assessing the Behaviours, experience and technical skills listed in the advert and Strengths.
• A reserve list may be held for up to 12 months from which further appointments may be made for the same or similar roles.

Our recruitment process is underpinned by the principle of recruitment based on fair and open competition with decisions made based on merit, as outlined in the Civil Service Commissioners’ Recruitment Principles.

Key dates (dates are indicative only and could be subject to change)

• Closing Date: 04 March 2026 (at 23:55)
• Sift/Shortlist: From 05 March 2026
• Interview: 18 - 27 March 2026

Artificial Intelligence (AI)

We understand that you might use AI and other resources for your application; however, please ensure all information you provide is factually accurate, truthful, and original and doesn’t include ideas or work that isn’t your own. This is so that your application is authentically and credibly your own. Your application may be rejected if evidence of plagiarism or reliance on AI is detected. Examples include presenting the ideas and experience of others, or generated by artificial intelligence (AI), as your own. If you are invited to interview, please be aware the use of AI tools is prohibited (including recording or note taking) and any suspected use may result in the termination of your interview and subsequent withdrawal from the campaign.

More information on the ways you should and shouldn’t use AI can be found here.

Sponsorship

Companies House cannot offer Visa sponsorship to candidates through this campaign. Companies House holds a Visa sponsorship licence but this can only be used for certain roles and this campaign does not qualify. Should you apply for this role and require sponsorship, your application may be rejected, and any provisional offers of employment withdrawn.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

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 security check (opens in a new window).

See our vetting charter (opens in a new window).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.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.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.

Diversity and Inclusion

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see theCivil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).

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Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

• Name : Jade Palmer
• Email : jpalmer1@companieshouse.gov.uk

Recruitment team

• Email : RecruitmentCH@companieshouse.gov.uk

Further information

We welcome applications from Welsh speakers. Selection for appointment to the Civil Service is on merit, on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission’s Recruitment Principles. In accordance with the Civil Service Commissioners’ Recruitment Principles, our recruitment and selection processes are underpinned by the requirement of appointment on the basis of merit by fair and open competition. If you feel your application has not been treated in accordance with the Recruitment Principles and you wish to make a complaint, you should contact infopoint@companieshouse.gov.uk in the first instance. If you are not satisfied with the response you receive you can contact the Civil Service Commission . info@csc.gov.uk