Senior Analyst
Grade: H (£47,046-£54,696)
Contract Type: Permanent
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Staffordshire Police is continually striving to deliver the best possible service for the county’s residents, businesses and visitors. It is a fast-paced organisation, adaptive to modern policing needs and open to continual improvement.
Everyone who works for the force has an important role to play in shaping the future of Staffordshire Police. The force seeks people who will champion new ways of working, be collaborative and agile and represent in a fair and ethical manner those that Staffordshire Police serves.
For more information about Staffordshire Police please click the below link:
About the Opportunity
Senior Crime Intelligence Analyst
Step into Leadership. Drive Insight. Make a Lasting Impact.
This is your opportunity to lead, influence and help shape the future of analytical excellence within Staffordshire Police. As a Senior Crime Intelligence Analyst, you’ll support a talented team, strengthen the force’s analytical capability and play a pivotal role in how data and insight drive operational and strategic decision‑making.
If you’re ready to stretch your leadership skills and make a tangible difference to policing across Staffordshire, this role offers an exciting next step in your career.
As Senior Analyst, you’ll guide and support a team of Analysts working across a wide range of intelligence, investigative and strategic products. You’ll champion high standards, embed analytical best practice and contribute to the development of force-wide analytical capability.
You’ll also have the opportunity to influence organisational priorities, shape analytical direction and help ensure that high‑quality insight underpins policing decisions.
In this role, you will:
- Provide leadership within a high‑profile, multi‑disciplinary analytical environment
- Support and mentor staff, helping grow capability and confidence across the team
- Lead on quality assurance and promote consistency in analytical outputs
- Influence the development of analytical approaches and tools at local and national level
- Contribute to staff engagement and continuous improvement activities
What you need
You’ll bring both technical expertise and a passion for developing others. You should have:
- Strong analytical and critical thinking skills
- Proven experience producing high-impact intelligence products
- Excellent stakeholder engagement and customer service abilities
- Experience in tactical, investigative and strategic work
- A proactive, flexible mindset with a passion for continuous improvement
Ready to step up?
If you’re looking to grow professionally while making a meaningful contribution, this is your moment – become our next Senior Crime Intelligence Analyst.
If successfully shortlisted, you will be invited to complete an assessment, followed by an interview.
Further details of the key tasks, responsibilities can be found within the role profile.
Closing date: Midday 8th of April
Assessment date: TBC
Interview date: TBC
In addition to your salary, you will have access to a range of benefits including:
- Pension Scheme - Employers Pension contribution 21.5% Staffordshire Pension Fund - Staffordshire Pension Fund - Home (staffspf.org.uk)
- Generous holiday entitlement, plus Bank Holidays.
- Flexible / Agile Working
- Sick pay scheme
- Fostering friendly policy
- Family friendly policies – maternity, paternity, parental leave, adoption, disability leave and carers leave
- Access to health and wellbeing support
- Eye care vouchers
- On site Gyms
- Staff associations
- Reward and Recognition
- Blue light Card
- Flexible working options
- Training and development opportunities
- Car lease scheme
- Cycle to work scheme
- Free Parking at selected sites
- Onsite catering facilities
- Access to Staff Networks
- Union support
- Financial products and services
Please note that applications are welcomed from all suitably qualified/experienced individuals. However prior consideration will be given to applications from individuals who are ‘at risk’ and employed by Staffordshire Police. If an appointment is made from that at risk group, the post may be withdrawn. In this event, a representative from the People Services team will notify any affected applicants.
Staffordshire Police is fully supportive of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and strives to employ a workforce that represents the community we serve.
Our vacancies are open to everyone and all appointments are made based on merit. We encourage and welcome applications from all underrepresented groups which include: Black, Asian, and minority ethnic backgrounds, female, people who have a disability, those who are neurodivergent and persons of the LGBTQ+ community.
We use positive action to encourage potential candidates from underrepresented groups through targeted step-In support and advice sessions. If you have the skills, experience and values, that here in Staffordshire Police we pride ourselves on, then we would welcome you to apply.
For more information on Positive Action please email the team on positive.action@staffordshire.police.uk
For any Recruitment queries please email hrrecruitment.team@staffordshire.police.uk
Residency Eligibility
Please note you will need to have been a resident in the UK for the last three years consecutively for RV Level roles and five years for MV Level roles (see below link around Vetting for more information)
Please note if you are successful at interview and commence pre-employment checks this will include vetting, please see what this involves and the process via the below link:
Police vetting process | Join The Police (joiningthepolice.co.uk)
