Intelligence Support Officer (Chelmsford/North Kent)

Location of Role: Chelmsford / North Kent

Advert Closing Date: 24/10/2024

Starting Salary: £24,921.00 (pro-rata for part-time vacancies)

Part/Full Time: Full Time and Part Time Hours Available

Contract Type: Permanent

Working Pattern: Other (see advert text)

Weekend/Evening Working: Yes

Applications are invited for the position of SCD Intelligence Support Officer within the Intelligence Bureau at Chelmsford Police Station, Essex or North Kent.

This is a multi-skilled role with a strong emphasis on identifying threat, harm, risk from Intelligence and on identifying opportunities for positive policing action.

The work carried out by the Intelligence Bureau can either be dynamic in response to an on-going incident or more in-depth, supporting Officers with Intelligence scopes and the quality assurance, linking researching of reports on Athena.

With your application please provide evidence and skills of:

Your ability to make informed decisions, ensuring tasks are completed to high standards and service delivery is maintained.
Openness and positivity to changing ideas, perceptions, and ways of working. Reflects on own way of working and seeks feedback to improve performance.
Personal motivation and drive, excellent interpersonal skills, as well as the ability to form strong working relationships with colleagues.
Understanding of the importance for data quality and takes a pro-active approach to recording and maintaining accurate records.

Good IT Skills are desirable, as the role requires the use of various IT applications.

The full-time post holder will be required to work a shift pattern Monday to Friday between 0730-1800 and some weekends on a 1 in 7 rota basis.

For further details please contact Maria Johnson on internal number 489202.

Smarter Working for Kent:

The role will offer flexibility in terms of place of work, including the potential to work from home for those who would like to. In the event that home working is agreed for the successful candidate, there will be a requirement to regularly attend a designated ‘Team Zone’ location on average one or two days a week, as agreed with the line manager. Currently the designated Team Zone for this role is located at North Kent.

Agile Working for Essex: Home based Agile Worker - Works predominately (80% or more) at home only working in the office when required to do so. The role will offer flexibility in terms of place of work, including some home working. The extent of flexibility will be agreed through individual assessment with the line manager to assess operational requirements and individual’s suitability for home working. In the event that home working is agreed for the successful candidate, there will be a requirement to regularly attend the contractual workplace.

Essex Police offer incremental increases within this salary band, therefore the salary for this position will rise to a maximum of £29,874.00.

For the Essex full job description please click here.

For the Kent full job description please click here.

Kent Police and Essex Police have separate salary grading systems therefore the salary for this position will be dependent on which home office force you are appointed to. This will be discussed with the successful applicant before a final offer is made.

Your application is shortlisted on the content provided within the 'reason for application' section, which is limited to 9000 characters. Within your answer please refer to the criteria stated in this job advert and include any experience, skills and abilities you feel you have that will make you suitable for the role. Please ensure you provide as much detail as possible as insufficient information may mean that you do not meet the shortlisting criteria.

All of our posts require a level of vetting and security clearance. During the recruitment process you will be sent vetting information forms to complete.

Kent Police and Essex Police welcomes applications regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sexual orientation, sex, or employment status.

Please let us know if you require extra support at any stage of the application process, or for further information regarding this position, please email us at recruitment.business.services@ecis.police.uk stating ‘Application Support and Adjustments’ in the title of your email. Alternatively, you can call us on 01245 452833.

Where appropriate we will make adjustments to the selection process, working arrangements and/or the working environment provided it is reasonable in all the circumstances to do so.

This post is open to:

British Citizens
Members of a European Economic Area (EEA) state who hold settled or pre-settled status under the EU Settlement Scheme.
Commonwealth citizens or foreign nationals (who are not British citizens or European Economic Area (EEA) state members) who have leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom for an indefinite period that is free from restrictions.

All applicants (except those who have been serving abroad with the British Armed Forces) must have lived in the UK continuously for the past three years.

Essex Police and Kent Police are an equal opportunities employer. Communications may be recorded for monitoring purposes.