Post Title: Senior Analyst
Contract type: Permanent
Rank/grade: E
Salary: Starting Salary £42,220 + £6,920 London Weighting
Directorate/department: Report Fraud
Vetting level required: SC/MV (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/united-kingdom-security-vetting-clearance-levels/national-security-vetting-clearance-levels)
Location: Guildhall Yard East
This role is open to all Police Staff / external candidates who meet the essential criteria of the person spec, regardless of current grade.
The City of London Corporation is currently undergoing a programme to ensure that our pay and reward practices are competitive and equitable across the whole organisation to ensure that everyone has the opportunity to thrive in the work that we do.
Who are we?
As City of London Police, we protect the people, businesses and infrastructure of the City of London, one of the most important and dynamic environments in the UK and globally. London City is the smallest borough in London, so does that make our job any less challenging? Absolutely not – because there’s so much going on.
City of London Police play a vital role in keeping the City of London diverse community safe. As a Senior Analyst will be helping to making the city safer and deliver a valued service for those that live, work and visit the City.
The City of London Police is keen to promote flexible working and will, subject to operational policing requirements, proactively consider all applications to work flexibly.
The City of London Police is committed to equality of opportunities and continuously strive for inclusivity within our Force. We welcome applications from all sections of the community, particularly from those who are disabled, have long-term health conditions, and/or are neurodivergent, those with Black, Asian and other Minority Ethnic backgrounds, female candidates, and LGBTQIA+ individuals.
About the team
Report Fraud
Report Fraud is the new national fraud and cybercrime reporting service for victims within the United Kingdom. The Report Fraud system is designed to receive and assess all reports of fraud and cybercrime as one central repository to facilitate the development of a better understanding of the UK’s threat of fraud and cybercrime. The system retains all crime and intelligence reports and has analytical capability to identify emerging threats and trends.
The Report Fraud Analysis Services – Intelligence team are responsible for the monitoring of fraud and cyber crime trends and threats reported by victims to Report Fraud. The team communicate these threats to key partners and the public through the authorship of various routine and bespoke intelligence products.
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About the role
The Senior Analysts lead on key threat areas for fraud and cyber crimes reported to Report Fraud and manage a team of analysts and researchers that monitor patterns, identify emerging trends, develop intelligence and produce key analytical assessments. The Senior Analysts ensure delivery against the vision, objectives and organisational plans that meet national intelligence and analytical standards. This involves working with key stakeholders, law enforcement agencies and City of London police internal teams and reporting into the Head of Intelligence Services.
Responsibilities
In this role, you will be:
- Supervise the collection, collation, evaluation, analysis and dissemination of information/intelligence reported into Report Fraud and a variety of internal and external sources.
- Coordinate the production of high-quality analytical products at a strategic and tactical level including the Monthly Threat Update, the national Annual Assessment for Fraud and Cyber crime and strategic assessments for thematic areas and crime types.
- Work with law enforcement agencies (LEAs) and industry partners in the UK and internationally.
- Professional development of all staff under their supervision
Requirements
Your application will be scored against the criteria listed below for shortlisting. Please ensure that you reference your ability, knowledge and experience against these points in your application.
- Supervisory or equivalent leadership experience, including providing guidance and support to team members.
- Previous experience working as an Intelligence Analyst within a law enforcement or similar, with an understanding of the National Intelligence Model and key requirements.
- Proven experience leading projects end‑to‑end and delegating tasks effectively to ensure clear ownership, balanced workloads, and successful delivery.
- Good decision-making skills and the ability to communicate decisions to stakeholder groups and effectively manage their expectations.
- Proven ability to present information in a clear and concise fashion in both an oral and written format.
This vacancy is open only to those who have the right to work in the UK. Also, due to this role requiring MV/SC level vetting, you need to have continuously resided in the UK for the last 5 years. This residency needs to be in the immediate 5 years prior to this application. If you do not meet this requirement, you are not eligible to apply for the role, due to nature of the vetting checks needed.
If you would like to discuss the role please contact: HRservices@cityoflondon.police.uk
Selection Process
As part of the initial application process, you will be asked to evidence how your experience, skills, and knowledge demonstrate your ability to meet the person specification of the role.
The application and interview will be tested under Level 2 of the College of Policing Competency and Values Framework.
Applicants who fail to address the skills/knowledge/experience of the job description will not be considered.
The closing date for applications is Monday 23rd March 2026 at 2pm.
Following shortlisting, successful candidates will be invited to attend a competency-based interview, to be held on week commencing Monday 6th March 2026. Please note, interviews may also be held on other weeks.
We strive to ensure all our information and services are accessible to and useable by everyone. If you would like to receive any information in a different way, would like us to do anything differently to help you apply for our roles, or have any other questions, please get in touch with HR via hrservices@cityoflondon.police.uk.
Benefits:
A diverse workforce improves the service we provide to our public by making us more approachable and relevant within our communities. This is why it’s vitally important that we recruit people from a wide range of communities and backgrounds with an understanding of cultural issues and a wide range of skills. We therefore particularly encourage female and people from Black, Asian and other Minority Ethnic communities to join us.
The way we work is changing. With a few exceptions most roles will be able to accommodate part time, job share and flexible working patterns. We can also offer hybrid working patterns of home and office based shift patterns. Feel free to speak to us about any flexible working requirements.
The Force has a number of Staff Support Networks that can offer you support and advice. Applicants are very welcome to contact the networks directly if they need any support or ask any question before they apply. For further information on the networks and their contact details please visit:
- LGPS Pension Scheme -Local Government Pension Scheme explained - Which?
- Access to Blue Light Card scheme -Welcome to Blue Light Card
- Discounts within the Square Mile specifically for City of London Police employees
- Free access to our Force Gym (with dedicated time for female colleagues throughout the week), Personal Training Instructors with a range of specialisms, and a large variety of fitness and wellbeing programmes
- 29 days’ annual leave bank holidays, increasing up to 34 days with continuous service
- Season Ticket Loans
