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Job summary

If you’re interested in making a difference to people’s lives, the Treasury can offer you an exciting opportunity to influence decision making that affects the whole of the UK. Working at the heart of government, we collaborate across government to promote responsible public spending and drive strong and sustainable economic growth.

Our work ranges from protecting customers through the regulation of the financial sector, helping to reduce carbon emissions and creating a greener economy, to promoting British trade around the world and supporting people across the country on jobs, growth and more.

We are part of the Darlington Economic Campus, a cross-government hub bringing people together to tackle key national issues while working closer to the communities we serve.

Job description

The Threat Assessment branch plays a pivotal role in shaping OFSI and HM Government’s operational strategy for sanctions implementation. Through high-quality analysis and reporting, the team supports a more intelligence-led, proactive approach to compliance and licensing within OFSI.

Key responsibilities:

As a Higher Intelligence Analyst, you will undertake a range of tasks and responsibilities including:

• Developing core intelligence products to inform a cross-Government strategic approach by analysing and producing reports on the overall sanctions landscape, breaking down issues and risks by regime, sector, transaction type and payment route and producing specific situational reports.
• Developing processes to facilitate a dynamic threat assessment that produces regular and ad hoc intelligence reports on current and future threats to inform operational strategy utilising a variety of data.
• Reviewing and establishing systems for sharing strategic intelligence with other Government departments and enforcement partners at all security levels.
• Identifying gaps and opportunities in intelligence to inform future OFSI intelligence development and facilitate proactive prevention and enforcement of breaches.
• Link with intelligence analytical partners across Whitehall to embed best practice and ensure that financial sanctions requirements are considered in threat assessments, risk response planning, country action plans and other analytical products.

Person Specification

Essential criteria:

• Strong analytical skills, with the ability to develop and analyse information across a range of sources, think creatively and independently to arrive at supportable conclusions when sometimes data is incomplete.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to distil complex detail into clear recommendations and be able to explain and defend those recommendations in writing and verbally.
• Ability to build and maintain effective working relationships with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders, ensuring clear communication, collaboration, and the successful delivery of shared objectives.
• Ability to manage competing priorities and work effectively under pressure, delivering high-quality outputs within tight deadlines.

Desirable criteria:

• Experience/knowledge of data science is desirable but not essential.
• Previous experience in financial sanctions, counterterrorism, intelligence, or analytical roles is desirable but not essential.

Owing to the sensitive nature of this post, it is only open to UK Nationals and candidates will require Developed Vetting security clearance if not already held. Candidates are able to start in post with SC security clearance.

If you would like to speak to the hiring manager informally prior to the closing date, please contact the team at ofsi@hmtreasury.gov.uk

Person specification

Application Stage

Application Form

Applications should consist of a CV including your employment history, and a 250-word statement demonstrating evidence of each of the below shortlisting criteria. Your CV and employment history won’t be scored. It’s used to give context to your application and support discussions at interview.

The panel will review applications and invite those that best demonstrate evidence of the shortlisting criteria below for interview. Please keep this in mind when writing your application.

Please note that only applications submitted through Civil Service Jobs will be accepted.

1. Making Effective Decisions – Ability to digest large quantities of information, recognise and fill gaps in the information, and identify key points.
2. Delivering at Pace – Ability to prioritise tasks effectively and deliver high quality work in a timely manner.
3. Working Together – Ability to form effective partnerships and relationships with people both internally and externally.

The lead criterion is: Making Effective Decisions

If we receive a high volume of applications, we’ll first sift using the lead criterion only. Those meeting the minimum score will then be assessed against all remaining criteria.

Interview stage

If you are successful at the application stage, you will be invited to interview where you will be assessed against the following criteria:

• Strengths
• Behaviours:
  • Making Effective Decisions
  • Delivering at Pace
  • Working Together
• Technical Skills (Working Level):
  • Gathering, Organising and Evaluating Information & Intelligence: You plan and gather sufficient intelligence and information required to answer the customer’s question. You organise and evaluate your sources, recording them clearly, to facilitate effective audit.
  • Communication of Intelligence Assessment: You articulate complex matters clearly and concisely in a manner appropriate to the audience. You present information and articulate uncertainty in a way that aids comprehension and maximises impact, including making effective use of visualisation.

Interview Task / Presentation

Prior to your interview, we will be provided with an exercise. During the interview you will be asked to present your findings and respond to follow up questions to evaluate your strengths against these technical skills.

The Professional Development Framework for all-source intelligence assessment - GOV.UK

Behaviours

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

• Making Effective Decisions
• Delivering at Pace
• Working Together

Technical skills

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

• Gathering, Organising and Evaluating Information & Intelligence (Awareness Level)
• Communication of Intelligence Assessment (Awareness Level)

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £34,820, HM Treasury contributes £10,087 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).

• Generous Annual Leave - 25 days (rising to 30 after 5 years), plus public holidays and the King’s birthday.
• Outstanding Pension Scheme - Defined Benefit pension with employer contributions of 28.97%
• Parental Leave Packages - Including 6 months’ occupational pay for maternity/adoption, shared parental leave options.
• Flexible & Hybrid Working - Options include part-time, job-share, compressed hours, flexitime, and hybrid working (where business needs allow).
• Advance Schemes & Discounts - Rental deposit, cycle-to-work, SmartTech, season ticket loans, and access to HM Treasury’s benefits portal for a wide range of discount codes.

You can review HM Treasury’s full offer here.

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, Experience and Technical skills.

For this role, experience is not assessed at any stage. We will ask for some CV details in your application form, but this is for reference only and will not be scored.

Candidate Guidance

Please review the candidate guidance for an overview of the Success Profiles and STAR approach, along with top tips for applications and interviews.

Recruitment Timeline

• Closing date: Monday 10th August 2026
• Shortlisting: w/c 21st August 2026
• Interviews: w/c 14th September 2026

This timeline is indicative and may be subject to change. We will inform you if there is a substantial change to the recruitment timeline.

If your contact details change at any time during the selection process, please ensure you update your Civil Service Jobs Profile.

Reserve Lists

You will be placed on a reserve list if your application is successful, but we cannot offer you a role immediately. Where more than one location has been advertised, candidates will be posted in merit order by location. You will be asked to provide your location preference on your application form. Please note that a place on the reserve list does not guarantee an offer.

If you are offered a role in your first preferred location and you decline the offer or are unable to take up the post within a reasonable timeframe, you will be removed from the reserve list, other than in exceptional circumstances.

Those on the reserve list may also be approached for similar roles at a lower grade. If you are offered a role at a lower grade and choose to decline, you can remain on the reserve list.

Internal Fraud Database Check

Candidates cannot apply to roles in the Civil Service if the application is made within a 5-year period following a dismissal for carrying out internal fraud against government.

Successful candidates will be subject to a check on the Internal Fraud Database. This check will provide information about employees who have been dismissed for fraud or dishonesty offences. This also applies to those who resign or otherwise leave before being dismissed for fraud or dishonesty offences had their employment continued. Any applicant’s details held on the database will be refused employment.

National Security Vetting

Everyone working with government assets must complete Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) checks. Additionally, successful candidates will be subject to National Security Vetting. The level of security vetting required for this role is Developed Vetting (DV).

To allow for meaningful checks to be carried out, applicants typically need to have lived in the UK for the past 10 years. You will be asked to provide residency information within your application form, and eligibility for national security vetting will be checked once the advert closing date has passed. In certain circumstances, for example if you have been working abroad on a government posting, a lack of residency would not be a bar to security clearance however the Department will need to consider eligibility on a case-by-case basis once the advert closing date has passed.

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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This vacancy is part of the Great Place to Work for Veterans (opens in a new window) initiative.The Civil Service welcomes applications from people who have recently left prison or have an unspent conviction. Read more about prison leaver recruitment (opens in new window).Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.

Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

• Name : Charlotte Saunders
• Email : charlotte.saunders@hmtreasury.gov.uk

Recruitment team

• Email : hrrecruitment@hmtreasury.gov.uk

Further information

Complaints Process: Our recruitment process is underpinned by the principle of appointment based on fair and open competition and appointment on merit, as outlined in the Civil Service Commissioners’ Recruitment Principles. If you feel your application has not been treated in accordance with these principles and you wish to make a complaint, you should in the first instance contact HMT by email at: hrrecruitment@hmtreasury.gov.uk. If you are not satisfied with the response you receive, you can contact the Civil Service Commission, which regulates all Civil Service recruitment.

Attachments

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