This role is available as a designated homeworking role with occasional national travel.

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.

About us:

We’re the professional body for the police service in England and Wales. We work with everyone in policing to set standards, to share knowledge and good practice and to support the development of police officers and staff. Our mission is to drive a consistent approach across policing where the public and the service expect it, to boost professionalism and to improve leadership at every level.

Although we're a small organisation, our work has a big reach. We are uniquely placed to work both with national policing organisations and local forces to support frontline officers, staff and volunteers in their day-to-day roles.

We offer a supportive and inclusive environment for people to thrive. Our extensive flexible-working policy, employee wellbeing support, family friendly policies, employers’ network for equality and inclusion membership (ENEI silver award winners), and status as a disability confident leader means everyone can bring their whole self to work.

Our vetting

If you are successful at interview you will be required to undertake pre-employment security checks. You will be sent a security questionnaire which must be accessed within 24 hours.

Please note, these checks can take up to 10 weeks. You will only be offered a start date after the checks have been completed. If the outcome of these checks is not satisfactory, your recommendation for employment will be withdrawn.

We look forward to reading your application for the role of Strategic Intelligence Analyst

The selected candidate will work as part of the analytical team supporting the new National Centre for VAWG and Public Protection (NCVPP), co-hosted by the College of Policing. Specifically, they will:

Collect, organise and analyse data and information to make assessments in relation to known and emerging threats. Support senior leaders with their decision making in relation to how policing should respond to and prevent known and emerging threats. This role is specifically in relation to Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) and Public Protection, producing analysis to ensure that the national policing lead for the NCVPP has the insights and evidence base to inform and optimise policing’s activities and strategy for tackling VAWG and public protection threats. 

Some of your responsibilities will include:

• Analyse, identify, review, and interpret crime data and other information sources, applying analytical techniques such as the use of structured analytical techniques (SATs), to identify key findings, opportunities for further analysis and to make recommendations to stakeholders.
• Support the delivery of insight and analytics for the NCVPP, presenting findings of analysis to multiple audiences (internal and external) to share knowledge and influence activities across policing and the partnership landscape. Work with colleagues to continuously improve analytical outputs, including scoping of new and emerging datasets, research and information pertinent to VAWG and Public Protection.
• Conduct qualitative and quantitative analysis, identify trends, intelligence gaps, identify and investigate data anomalies. Provide relevant recommendations for best cause of action, where necessary. Enhancing insights by merging crime data with additional data and information sources.

To be successful in this role you’ll need:

• Training in Intelligence Analysis such as completion of IAT, or Intelligence Professionalisation Programme for Intelligence Analysts or equivalent proven experience in analysis.
• Proven experience of working in an analytical capability, producing high quality analytical reports.
• Experience in sharing clear insights with internal and external stakeholders, using Power Point presentations, or other mediums.

Please see the attached job description which contains full details of the role.

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

• Delivering at Pace
• Working Together

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

• Experience in working with complex and large datasets, ability to merge large datasets to maximise insight.
• Proven experience of working in an analytical capability, producing high quality analytical reports.
• Experience in sharing clear insights with internal and external stakeholders, using Power Point presentations, or other mediums.
• Able to identify and use additional sources of data, including insights to address intelligence gaps and strengthen the evidence base.