Senior Intelligence Tactical Analyst

Job summary

Being a Senior intelligence Analyst in the NCA provides you with opportunities like no other. Whatever your background, as an experienced senior intelligence analyst, your skillset will be welcome to support the NCA’s unique mission. There are opportunities to work in locations all over the UK in varied roles. You will be at the forefront driving decision making and developing your team in order to identify enablers and actors of Serious and Organised Crime, deliver investigative support against the highest risk organised crime groups affecting the UK, utilise innovative methods and find new targets to amplify impact against some of the greatest problems affecting UK law enforcement.

Job description

As a Senior Intelligence Analyst, you will be supporting your team in order to access a range of overt and covert capabilities to inform your own and their work; as well as working with government, law enforcement, UK Intelligence Community and private third sector to support tactical objectives.

You will be actively managing your own analytical case load as well as supporting and developing your intelligence analysts; enabling them to regularly work with large, multiple data sources to interpret and inform on threat, identify new lines of enquiry and disruption opportunities, present data visually in a way that is easy to comprehend. The post holder will be expected to be confident in their ability to provide accurate, clear and quality analytical products, support and develop their team to do the same and ensuring they are adding value to proactively inform the prioritisation of serious organised crime nominals and groups, inform threat areas understanding and decision-making processes at the highest levels of law enforcement.

This role will see the post holder working closely and building partnerships with the respective Intelligence, Investigation and Threat area officers; they will regularly brief and support their team to brief on their analytical findings and provide direction and recommendations; including evidential material for judicial outcomes.

The post holder will be expected to line manage both experienced and inexperienced tactical intelligence analysts, whilst also being supported themselves through a dedicated analytical line management structure. They will be expected to provide analytical feedback and guidance to enhance their skills, with access to wider team support through forums and continuous professional development events.

National Tactical Analysis Unit

Intelligence Analysis forms a key component of the Intelligence Directorate. National Tactical Analysis Unit (NTAU) is part of both National Intelligence Hub – covering multi threat criminally – and also part of OIC Intelligence & Analysis. This has enabled closer working with Intelligence and Investigations, whilst still retaining close links to the data and technical professionals.

As a Senior Intelligence Analyst, within NTAU NIH or NTAU OIC, the successful candidate will be responsible for managing Intelligence Analysts in providing support to any area of business as required, internal and external. You will be expected to work across the tiers.

The roles will encompass all tactical aspects of intelligence analysis, proactive threat focused analysis working alongside the National Targeting Centre (NTC) as well as the operational analysis to support Regional Intelligence Teams (RITs) and our Investigations colleagues. You will be expected to increase the agencies impact against SOC through exploiting all source data and intelligence leading to improved targeting activity and understanding across priority threats. Additionally, you will be responsible for the delivery of high-quality analysis to support intelligence development and tasked investigations supporting the IOLs and SIOs by informing, guiding and directing resources to reduce serious organised crime impacting on the UK.

Successful candidates will be required to utilise their experience of tactical analysis to produce, develop and oversee the production of exceptional analytical products, relying on strong criminal analysis and a range of analytical techniques - often to tight deadlines.

Excellent leadership, communication and influencing skills are essential. Successful candidates will need to engage with stakeholders and customers at all levels, developing strong working relationships to understand customer needs, analytical requirements, tools and techniques; and to communicate their findings appropriately.

NTAU NIH Multi Threat

NTAU NIH Multi Threat teams are an embedded function with the National Intelligence Hub, responsible for delivering high-impact tactical analysis across multi serious and organised crime threats, operating at the centre of the Intelligence Directorate, the team provides flexible and threat agnostic analytical capability that can be dynamically aligned to operation demand. The team is responsible developing and leading on the tactical analysis across operational commands in support of multi threat delivery; working closely with RITs, NTCs, investigations and external partners.

NTAU NIH Multi Threat also hold responsibility for the agencies ANPR function led by a G3 ANPR Manager as well as a G3 Analyst Manager post with Professionalisation as lead area.

NTAU OIC

NTAU OIC teams are responsible for the analytical strategies, operational support and thematic understanding to support and inform the NCA’s Lines of Efforts (LoEs) in this priority threat area.

Please Note: Security Vetting requirements - To be considered, you may need to hold DV clearance before commencing the role, and for some roles you can achieve DV clearance within the first 12 months in post. Some applicants may also be required to achieve DV STRAP, depending upon the team they are allocated to. Applicants must be willing to undergo DV clearance and STRAP induction and be full UK Nationals. Dual Nationals, of whom one component is British, may be considered on a case by case basis. Any candidate who does not achieve DV or DV STRAP in post will be found a suitable alternative role at the same grade. For some roles DV may be required on Entry.

Duties and Responsibilities

Quality Assurance - Provide support and guidance through the reviewing and quality assurance of analytical outputs, to ensure the work provided is of the highest possible standard, supports decision making, and makes use of appropriate sources and analytical tools.

Manage and support the team - Manage and coordinate the workload of analysts and other staff. Provide technical and professional advice and guidance to staff in the effective use and promotion of analysis.

Lead and co-ordinate activity - Lead, innovate and coordinate tasked activity. This may include leading on intelligence development activity; working with investigative teams to provide intelligence and/or evidential material; and the production of assessed reporting to inform and influence national and international priorities, government strategy, policy and legislation.

Network with external partners - Interact with a wide range of government, law enforcement, UK intelligence community, private and third sector partners in order to meet business objectives.

Analyse large data sources - Work with large, multiple data sources to interpret and inform on threat, identifying new lines of enquiry and disruption opportunities, presenting data visually in a way that is easy to comprehend.

Manage the communication of analytical outputs - Manage the delivery of communication relating to analytical outputs, including presentations and verbal or written briefings.

Continued professional development - Maintain an awareness of developments and good practice in analysis. Understand and demonstrate the importance of subject-matter expertise in the provision of assessed reporting.

Line management - Manage and develop staff, to ensure that they receive appropriate training. Support their continued professional development.

Encourage innovation - Encourage and support innovation in the introduction and application of analytical tools and techniques.

Improve, enhance and drive analytical functions - Help to drive, enhance and improve analytical functions by identifying and promoting good practice in analysis. You will access a range of covert and overt capabilities to inform this work.

Person specification

Skills, Knowledge & Experience

Team work - The ability to works effectively with others to focus on and achieve joint outcomes, rather than individual goals.

Time management - Can effectively manage time and workload, identifying risks and competing tasks and prioritising accordingly. Ensuring tasks are completed to agreed standards and timelines.

Deliver at pace independently or as a team - Can confidently manage multiple tasks and competing priorities with poise and professionalism, ensuring consistency of service and outputs. Completes work independently, seeking and providing support where appropriate.

Leadership - Thinks and works strategically and systematically, leading and supporting as required, respecting the drivers of culture and team values - creating the connection between work and outcomes.

Analysing data - Has the ability to use analytical skills, varied sources of information and different methodologies to support decision-making.

Gathering information - Seeks a variety and diversity of information with which to evaluate a situation and make effective decisions.

Analytical problem-solving - You apply analytical techniques to present a solution. You identify efficient and effective ways to use data analysis to overcome business and organisational challenges, applying innovative techniques to make data driven decisions.

Interpersonal - Has the ability to effectively communicate, influence, negotiate and persuade

Coaching and Mentoring - Listens and questions others effectively, to help them visualise and consider how they can best achieve their objectives, whilst acting as a role model by encouraging growth in others through sharing knowledge and experience.

UK legislation and policy - Substantial knowledge of relevant legislation and policy within law enforcement, defence or national security (e.g. CPIA, ECHR) and understands its impact on the role and Agency activity.

Analytical techniques - In-depth knowledge of analytical techniques in a Serious and Organised Crime environment.

Using intelligence - Basic understanding of the use of intelligence, data, information and evidence by law enforcement agencies.

Information management - Good understanding of information management and data integrity issues.

Influence decision making - Can demonstrate how they have communicated results of intelligence analysis to influence decision making.

Carrying out intelligence analysis - Experience of supervising intelligence analysis within law enforcement, defence or national security. Can demonstrate the ability to communicate results of intelligence analysis to influence decision making.

Legislation - Substantial knowledge of relevant legislation, data management and policy within law enforcement, defence or national security.

Qualifications

To be eligible to apply all candidates must have:

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)

AND at least one of the below:

- IPP Intelligence Analyst or IPP Senior Intelligence Analyst certification
- Equivalent IPP experience gained from performing Intelligence Analyst or Senior Intelligence Analyst functions.

Please ensure you detail how you meet the above essential criteria within your application form and CV. In the application process you will be required to provide a copy of the original certificate(s) where applicable.

Candidates will be asked to complete a CV as part of assessment in no more than 2 pages. This should detail relevant qualifications and when they were obtained, alongside how you meet the essential criteria.

Candidates must have formal intelligence analysis training. In addition to this, candidates can apply with current IPP Intelligence Analyst or IPP Senior Intelligence Analyst Certification, or with equivalent IPP Intelligence Analysis or Senior Intelligence Analyst experience.

If applying with equivalent experience, Candidates will need to demonstrate their equivalent experience within the application form and CV.

Please Note candidates applying with Formal Intelligence Analysis Training and IPP Intelligence Analyst or IPP Senior Intelligence Analyst Certificate Do not need to demonstrate equivalent experience as holding current IPP Intelligence analyst or IPP Senior Intelligence Analyst certification meets this requirement.

Candidates will need to pass this part of the application to be progressed to full sift. Candidates who are deemed ineligible will not be progressed and the remaining parts of the application will not be assessed.

Candidates who are applying without IPP accreditation will be required to obtain IPP whilst in role.

Any applications from candidates not meeting this eligibility criteria will not progress.

Behaviours

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

• Communicating and Influencing
• Leadership

Technical skills

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

• Experience of leading on a tactical intelligence analysis function or product; resulting in the delivery of tactical products and recommendations within a dynamic environment
• Experience of collaborating and developing working relationships with internal and external stakeholders; with the ability to influence, negotiate, and persuade.
• Experience of reviewing tactical intelligence analysis products and providing constructive feedback for the development of tactical products.

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £49,392, National Crime Agency contributes £14,308 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

New entrants to the NCA receive 26 days annual leave, rising to 31 on completion of 5 years continuous service, plus 8 bank holidays.

If qualifying criteria is met new joiners from UK Police Forces or the UK Intelligence Community (UKIC) will have service with those employers taken into account for continuous service purposes for annual leave entitlement only, this will be up to a maximum of 31 days leave (including 1 privilege day).

Other benefits include:

• Flexible working, including flexi-time, compressed hours and job sharing (in line with business requirements)
• Family friendly policies, notably above the statutory minimum
• Learning and Development opportunities
• Interest free loans and advances, including season tickets, childcare and rental deposits
• Housing schemes - Key Worker status
• Discounts and Savings with a wide variety of services including Cycle to Work, Smart Tech schemes, dental insurance, gym discounts and savings on everyday spending, available through the Reward Gateway , Edenred and Blue Light Card schemes.
• Staff support groups/networks
• Sports and social activities, including membership to the Civil Service Sports Council (CSSC)

Further information is available on the NCA Website.

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, Experience and Technical skills.

How we will assess you

Your application will be assessed against the following:Technical - this will be assessed by 500 word examples on:

• Experience of leading on a tactical intelligence analysis function or product; resulting in the delivery of tactical products and recommendations within a dynamic environment

Experience - This will be assessed:

CV

Please include your full career history, training, qualifications, key responsibilities, and achievements. Explain any employment gaps in the last two years. Ensure all accreditation dates are accurate.

Details of what is expected within your CV are as follows: Please upload a CV of no more than two pages, using a minimum font size of 11. Within your CV, clearly demonstrate how you meet the skills, knowledge, and experience outlined in the person specification.

Your CV must include details of your qualifications and accreditations that align with the essential criteria, including the dates they were obtained. You should also explain how you meet these essential requirements. Candidates are required to have formal intelligence analysis training. In addition, applications are welcome from those who either hold a current IPP Intelligence Analyst Certification or can evidence equivalent IPP Intelligence Analysis experience. If applying on the basis of equivalent experience, this must be clearly demonstrated within your CV.

To progress to the full sift stage, you must successfully meet the CV requirements. Please note that only the first two pages of your CV will be reviewed; any additional pages will not be considered.

A panel will assess how well your application demonstrates the requirements outlined above.

You will receive an acknowledgement once your application is submitted.

We aim to have sift completed and scores released within 10 working days of the closing date of the advert. For high volume campaigns this timeframe may be extended.

Scores will be provided but further feedback will not be available at this stage.

For guidance on the application process, visit:
NCA Applying and Onboarding

Assessment 1

The format of this assessment will be Interview which will be tested on the criteria listed in the Success Profiles at Assessment section.

Success Profiles at Assessment

Behaviours

• Communicating and Influencing

• Leadership

Technical

• Experience of leading on a tactical intelligence analysis function or product; resulting in the delivery of tactical products and recommendations within a dynamic environment

• Experience of collaborating and developing working relationships with internal and external stakeholders; with the ability to influence, negotiate, and persuade.

• Experience of reviewing tactical intelligence analysis products and providing constructive feedback for the development of tactical products.

Assessment OutcomeOutcomes will be communicated via the NCA recruitment portal.
If successful but no role is immediately available, you may be placed on a reserve list for 12 months.
Reserve lists can be used to fill similar role types across the Agency where the assessment criteria is considered a match by the recruitment team and the business area.

In the event of a tie at the assessment stage, available roles will be offered in merit order using the following order:

1. Lead criteria (behaviours/technical/experience)
2. If still tied, desirable criteria will be assessed (if advertised)
3. If still tied, application sift scores will be used

Feedback is provided only to those who attend an assessment.You will be subject to vetting and pre-employment checks before appointment.Once the vacancy closes, the advert will no longer be accessible. Please save a copy for your records. We encourage all candidates to visit the NCA Careers Page for more information.Full advert details for this vacancy can found on the advert on the NCA Recruitment Portal. Please follow the link to apply at advertisers' site.

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

Security

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 : central.recruitment@nca.gov.uk
• Email : central.recruitment@nca.gov.uk
• Telephone : central.recruitment@nca.gov.uk

Recruitment team

• Email : central.recruitment@nca.gov.uk

Further information

If you believe your application has not been treated fairly, email: Central.Recruitment@nca.gov.uk (quoting the vacancy reference).
If unresolved, you may escalate your complaint to the Civil Service Commission.