Ministry of Defence Police - ICOS Intelligence Analyst – RAF Wyton

Job summary

The Ministry of Defence Police (MDP) is a civilian police force that protects the UK's Defence community within SJC Guardian, capabilities and assets. Our Force consists of armed officers, specialist policing roles and professional civilian staff who work seamlessly with the Ministry of Defence, US Visiting Forces, and other policing and security partners. With stations across the United Kingdom, our presence extends from nuclear facilities to military sites and government buildings. Unlike territorial police forces, our jurisdiction and expertise are focused on protecting the critical infrastructure that underpins national security. Our officers and civil servants bring diverse experience and skills to the unique challenges of Defence policing.

This position is advertised at 37 hours per week.

Job description

Join a role where your analytical expertise makes a genuine difference to national security. As a Senior Analyst supporting the MDP, you will play a critical part in defending the homeland and securing critical national infrastructure for Defence. You’ll lead on assuring the quality and consistency of intelligence analysis against national standards, driving innovation and best practice across the organisation. Your insight will inform how analytical capability is prioritised and deployed, ensuring that high‑quality, evidence‑based products support decision‑making at strategic, tactical, and operational levels—directly contributing to the mitigation of threat, risk, and harm.

You will manage both your own analytical workload and oversee the delivery of your team, ensuring the production of high-quality tactical and strategic outputs in line with the National Intelligence Model. This includes enabling analysts to work effectively with large, complex data sets to identify threat patterns, vulnerabilities, and opportunities for investigation and disruption, while ensuring outputs are clear and visually effective. You will lead the development and delivery of key force products, including the Strategic Threat and Risk Assessment (STRA), Tactical Assessments, Control Strategy development, and TTCG briefings, ensuring analysis supports prioritisation of threats, locations, and individuals impacting Defence. You will also oversee the development and maintenance of the Force Intelligence Picture. In collaboration with intelligence, operational, and investigative leads, you will ensure analysis supports both immediate operational activity and long-term strategic direction.

This is also a highly collaborative and forward‑looking position. You’ll build strong partnerships with colleagues across agencies, enabling the sharing of data, insight, and approaches to support a truly integrated intelligence environment. At the same time, you’ll remain at the forefront of the profession by identifying and implementing emerging techniques, tools, and innovations in intelligence analysis. Supported by formal training pathways such as National Intelligence Analysis Training (NIAT), Government Intelligence Analyst Training (GIAT), Defence Intelligence Analyst Module (DIAM), or equivalent programmes, alongside recognised professional accreditation or substantial practitioner experience, you’ll be part of a culture that values continuous development and analytical excellence. This is an outstanding opportunity for an experienced analyst ready to lead, influence, and drive meaningful change in a dynamic and mission‑focused environment.

Key Accountabilities:

• Provide quality assurance against national standards in intelligence and analysis for analytical support across the organisation to drive innovation and best practice.
• Inform decision making around the prioritised deployment of the analytical capability to ensure effective analysis is undertaken and understood, and ensure analytical support is provided at a strategic, tactical and operational level to mitigate threat, risk and harm.
• Ensure analytical products are informed and developed as a result of consultation and feedback with key stakeholders, customers and the wider organisation.
• Enable collaboration with colleagues in partner agencies to share data and analysis to facilitate cross-sector working practices.
• Maintain awareness of innovation within intelligence to ensure implementation of latest techniques and tactics, best practice, and information relevant to the role.

Person specification

• Experience working in an intelligence, analytical, or investigative environment, with a strong understanding of how intelligence supports operational and strategic policing or defence activity.
• Experience in leading or supervising analytical teams, including tasking, quality assurance, and developing staff capability.
• Demonstrable experience producing and overseeing high-quality tactical and strategic analytical products, including threat and risk assessments.
• Experience working with large, complex, and multiple data sources, applying advanced analytical techniques to identify patterns, trends, and vulnerabilities.
• Experience of informing and influencing decision-making at a senior level, including briefing leadership and contributing to prioritisation decisions.
• Experience of working within a tasking and coordination environment (e.g. TTCG / NIM), ensuring intelligence drives operational activity and resource allocation.
• Experience developing or contributing to force-wide or organisational intelligence products, such as STRA and control strategies.
• Proven ability to build effective working relationships with operational leads, investigators, and external partners across policing, defence, or government.
• Experience maintaining oversight of a Force Intelligence Picture or equivalent, ensuring a clear understanding of current and emerging threats.
• Understanding of intelligence standards, governance, and information handling, ensuring compliance and data integrity.

The Post Holder must be qualified (or be willing to become qualified) in the following capabilities:

• Formal intelligence analysis training (Suitable examples including - National Intelligence Analysis Training (NIAT) / Government Intelligence Analyst Training (GIAT) / Defence Intelligence Analyst Module (DIAM) / New Analyst Programme (NAP) / Intelligence Analyst (level 4) Apprenticeship/ Forensic Analytics Intelligence Analyst course).
• IPP Senior Intelligence Analyst certification.

In addition to the requirement to obtain DV clearance, the successful candidate will also have to undergo additional internal checks once DV has been granted.

This position is aligned to the College of Policing Senior Intelligence Analyst role profile Policing professional profile: Senior Intelligence Analyst , College Learn.

Behaviours

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

• Seeing the Big Picture
• Making Effective Decisions

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £46,040, Ministry of Defence contributes £13,337 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides (opens in a new window).

• 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%

Where business needs allow, some roles may be suitable for a combination of office and working from home as part of a non-contractual hybrid working arrangement. All office-based employees will be expected to spend a minimum of 60% of their working time in office, subject to site capacity and any required workplace adjustments. Requirements to attend other locations for official business, or work in another MOD workplace, will also count towards this level of office attendance. Applicants can request further information regarding how this and other flexible working arrangements may work in their team from the Vacancy Holder (see advert for contact details). Defence Business Services cannot respond to any questions about working arrangements.

The post does not offer relocation expenses.

External recruits who join the MOD who are new to the Civil Service will be subject to a six-month probation period.

Please Note: Expenses incurred for travel to interviews will not be reimbursed.

Please be advised that the Department is conducting a review of all pay related allowances which could impact on those allowances that the post currently being advertised attracts.

Any move to MOD from another employer will mean you can no longer access childcare vouchers. This includes moves between government departments. You may however be eligible for other government schemes, including Tax-Free Childcare. Determine your eligibility at https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk/.

The Ministry of Defence is committed to providing a safe and healthy working environment for its staff which includes educating them on the benefits of not smoking, protecting them from the harmful effects of second-hand smoke and supporting those who want to give up smoking. Under the Smoke-Free Working Environment policy, Smoking and the use of all tobacco products (including combustible and chewing tobacco products) will not be permitted anywhere in the Defence working environment however some exemptions are in place, please refer to local guidance. The policy is Whole Force and includes all Defence personnel, contractors, visitors and other non-MOD personnel. All applicants seeking, considering, or accepting employment with the Ministry of Defence should be aware of this policy and that it is already in place at a number of Defence Establishments.

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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.

Candidates will be required to provide CV details to include job history; qualification details and previous skills and experience.

Candidates will be required to provide a Personal Statement. (750 words)

At sift stage you will be assessed against the following:

Experience:

• CV
• Personal Statement

Sifting will commence on WC 13/07/2026, please note this is subject to change depending on number of applications.

At interview you will be assessed against the following:

Behaviours:

• Seeing the Big Picture
• Making Effective Decisions

You will also be asked two strength based questions at interview.

Interviews are due to take place at RAF Wyton on WC 03/08/2026, subject to change and notification will be provided.

Further Information:

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.

There may be occasions where it is not practicable or appropriate to interview all DCS candidates that meet the minimum criteria for the job. For example, in certain recruitment situations such as a high volume of applications, seasonal demand, or peak periods, the employer may wish to limit the overall number of interviews offered to both DCS and non-DCS applicants.

As a result of the changes to the UK immigration rules which came into effect on 1 January 2021, the Ministry of Defence will only offer sponsorship for a skilled worker visa under the points-based system, where a role has been deemed to be business critical. This role does not meet that category, and we will not sponsor a visa. It is therefore NOT open to applications from those who will require sponsorship under the points-based system.
Should you apply for this role and be found to require sponsorship, your application will be rejected and any provisional offer of employment withdrawn.

The Ministry of Defence requires all candidates who are successful at interview to declare any outside interests. These declarations will be discussed with successful candidates following the interview process and before a formal offer of employment is made, as some outside interests may not be compatible with MOD civilian roles. This will not, in the majority of cases, prevent employment in MOD, but it is a measure that must be taken to ensure that appropriate mitigations can be put in place to manage any potential, perceived or actual conflicts of interest from the first day of employment.

The Ministry of Defence adopts a zero-tolerance approach to unacceptable behaviours, which includes bullying, harassment, sexual harassment, discrimination, and victimisation. You will not be eligible and will not be considered for this post if you have been dismissed from a role for such unacceptable behaviours within the last five years. This will also apply if you resign or otherwise leave a role but, because of an adverse decision, would have been dismissed for gross misconduct had you continued in that employment. Pre-employment checks will be carried out.

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 developed vetting (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

Open to UK nationals only.

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 : simon.crilley100@mod.gov.uk
• Email : simon.crilley100@mod.gov.uk

Recruitment team

• Email : DBSCivPers-ResourcingTeam3@mod.gov.uk

Further information

Please ensure you read the attached candidate information document prior to completing your application. If you are dissatisfied with the service you have received from DBS, or believe that DBS has failed to follow the recruitment process in line with the Civil Service Commission principles of selection for appointment on merit on the basis of Fair and Open competition, you can raise a formal complaint by writing to DBS at the following address: Defence Business Services, Scanning Hub, Room 6124, Tomlinson House, Norcross Lane, Blackpool, FY5 3WP. If after raising your complaint with DBS you remain dissatisfied you can complain directly to the Civil Service Commission at the following address: Civil Service commission, Room G/8, 1 Horse Guards Road, London, SW1A 2HQ Or by email: info@csc.gov.uk.

Attachments

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