Closing date: 6th April 2026, 11:59pm
Salary: £32,613 - £37,020
Grade: 5
The Counter Terrorism Policing West Midlands (CTPWM) Intelligence Department is at the forefront of helping to protect the UK from terrorist attacks. In this role you will research and analyse intelligence within a local, regional, national and international context.
We are looking for a forward thinking Police Staff member to take on this role based at our modern offices near to Birmingham International Airport. You’ll work Monday to Friday across a 36.5 hour working week, but an element of flexibility is necessary to meet business needs. You can expect a range of benefits plus excellent training and the chance to develop.
The role
You’ll obtain and evaluate information from a diverse array of overt, discrete and covert information sources to aid intelligence assessment, documenting your research findings and developing intelligence products, reports and charts for tactical and strategic use. You’ll be involved in the acquisition and evaluation of secret intelligence to support our priorities.
Your communication skills will be utilised, working effectively as part of a team and with colleagues from across the network, plus partners and local policing units, and provide excellent intelligence response based on a high level of customer focused service.
We’ll provide you with opportunities for continuous professional development in an excellent working environment, working with national agencies and supporting the Counter Terrorism (CT) network when demand increases in response to incidents.
You will need to complete and pass formalised training and/or other relevant qualifications including being willing and able to attain National Intelligence Professionalisation Program accreditation in line with the role.
Responsibilities
- Using National Intelligence Model (NIM) compliant intelligence products to research and identify high risk individuals in a time sensitive manner.
- Discovering, confirming and collating sources of information and intelligence in order to exploit and develop the intelligence picture for CT threats.
- Supporting the Analysts, Internet Intelligence Investigators (III’s) and Intelligence Officers by gathering, collating and evaluating information to facilitate the development of intelligence products.
- Working in line with Departmental, Force and National guidelines to establish and maintain verifiable audit trails for all information/intelligence requests and requirements.
- Liaising with stakeholders and partners in the authorised collection and dissemination of information, attending meetings and operational briefings at various levels, to discuss research requirements/results.
- Distributing intelligence products onto relevant parties, providing reassurance and validity checks to assist with critical operational decisions.
Skills and competencies
Essential
- Use of Computers to conduct systems research and trace work, including previous usage of windows based software, databases and any other formalised records system.
- Strong communication skills with evidence of effectively participating in meetings.
- Ability to identify patterns, trends, series, similarities and discrepancies with information.
- Demonstrated ability to martial, collate and confirm information in order to create a formal product for stakeholders (i.e. report or assessment).
- Experience of working with stakeholders and partner agencies.
- Experience of working both within a team, and on own initiative – particularly when managing and prioritising allotted duties.
Desirable
- Experience of working in an intelligence environment.
- Experience of presenting data in graphical and numerical format.
- Knowledge of current police intelligence systems.
- Knowledge of relevant legislation, guidelines, processes and procedures (i.e. Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act, Directed Surveillance Authority, Open Source Centre guidelines).
Security Clearance
This post requires British nationality (some dual nationalities may be ineligible) and a Developed Vetting clearance.
You will need to undergo additional security clearance checks, with the offer of employment being conditional on obtaining all of the necessary security clearances.
There are limitations on travelling to a small number of countries once in post.
Diversity & Inclusion
We maximise the potential of people from all backgrounds through a culture of fairness and inclusion to deliver the best service for our communities, whilst protecting them from harm.
Counter Terrorism Policing is always working to build upon our diverse workforce to reflect the country we serve. An inclusive culture enables us to do things differently, working in ways that meet individuals’ needs, flexing working patterns to ensure work-life balance is healthy so that we deliver the best for the organisation.
We are a Disability Confident Leader - the highest level an organisation can achieve under the scheme run by the Department of Work and Pensions. As part of our commitment we operate a Disability Confident Interview Scheme - all candidates who declare a disability and meet the essential criteria for the role will be offered an interview.
It is important to note that there may be occasions where it is not practicable or appropriate to interview all disabled people who meet the essential criteria for the job. For example, in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. In these circumstances, the employer could select the candidates who best meet the essential criteria for the job, as they would do for non-disabled applicants.
Advertisement Closing Date
We reserve the right to close this advertisement early if the maximum volume of applications has been reached. Candidates with unsubmitted applications will not be informed prior to the advert closing.
Please do not attach a CV/covering letter as these will not be used during the application process.
