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Applications for this role are restricted to existing employees of the College of Policing, the Civil Service and officers or staff of a UK police force or UK policing organisation.

This role is available for 2 years as an internal secondment / fixed-term contract and is available as a temporary promotion opportunity,

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Job description

This is a senior analytical role within PATH, responsible for producing high-quality insight that shapes national understanding and decision-making on AI-enabled crime.

You will lead and contribute to strategic and operational analysis, drawing on intelligence, operational data, technical inputs and external research to assess threats, risks and opportunities associated with AI-enabled offending. Your work will directly inform senior policing leaders, national programmes and Home Office partners.

You will play a critical role in ensuring PATH is connected into the wider research, innovation, national security and government ecosystem shaping emerging AI capability in the UK and internationally. A core part of the role is to coordinate and share analysis across policing and partner organisations, ensuring AI-enabled crime threats are understood, communicated and acted upon consistently.

The post reports to the Criminal Threats Lead and works closely with colleagues across PATH and wider Police.AI functions to ensure the Hub remains at the forefront of policing’s response to AI-enabled crime.

Person specification

Some of your responsibilities will include:

• Lead and contribute to national-level strategic and operational analysis of AI-enabled crime, producing clear, evidence-based assessments of threats, risks and emerging criminal tradecraft.

Develop and maintain a coherent national picture of AI-enabled offending, drawing together intelligence, operational data, technical insight and research from across policing and partners.
Synthesise complex and fragmented information into authoritative analytical products to inform senior policing leaders, national programmes and Home Office stakeholders.
Identify capability gaps, analytical blind spots and emerging priorities to support operational planning, policy development and future investment decisions.
Build and maintain strong working relationships with analysts, operational teams, technical experts, academics and partner organisations across the UK and internationally.

Behaviours

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

Seeing the Big Picture
Communicating and Influencing
Working Together

Technical skills

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

Strategic and operational analysis
Horizon scanning and synthesis of AI-enabled threat insight
Stakeholder engagement across policing, government, technical and academic partners

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £36,520, College of Policing contributes £10,579 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).

This role offers the opportunity to contribute to a nationally significant policing capability and to shape the evidence base for policing’s response to AI-enabled crime. Benefits include:

Learning and development tailored to your role, including exposure to emerging AI, analytical and national threat work.

An environment with flexible and hybrid working options.

A culture encouraging inclusion, diversity, collaboration and evidence-led innovation.

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 and Technical skills.

Vacancy reference: 7218

Anticipated interview dates: Week commencing the 17th August

If you would like to discuss the role in more detail, please contact T/DCI Helen Pealing, helen.pealing@college.police.uk.

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

Please note this Post is NOT regulated by the Civil Service Commission.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.

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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Salary range

£36,520 per year