ERSOU - ROCU - Police Staff Scale 6 - Intelligence Researcher (ROCTA)

An exciting opportunity has opened within the Eastern Region Special Operations Unit (ERSOU) for an Intelligence Researcher to join our Regional Organised Threat Assessment Unit.

The successful applicant will:

Interrogate a range of databases and systems to identify intelligence of value to departments or individuals.

Conduct daily scanning or data input activities as required to assist in understanding and identification of threat, risk and vulnerability.

Liaise with customers to define research requirements, asking key questions to clarify understanding and providing advice on opportunities and limitations that exist.

Collect and collate intelligence in line with customer requirements, recording results in a suitable format and ensuring reference and provenance details are provided.

Work in collaboration with key stakeholders, conducting research into specific places or individuals, and highlighting known intelligence and gaps in reporting.

Add value to collated data by theming intelligence according to the terms of the project and drawing key links between individuals and groups.

Support analysts and other intelligence professionals in their assessment of threat by establishing and maintaining effective horizon scanning processes that highlight relevant intelligence, adding context and clarity where necessary.

Provide findings in a suitable format for the project, whether written, visual or verbal.

Produce briefings and visual products for internal and external customers to increase their knowledge of threat, risk and vulnerability.

Disseminate intelligence in an appropriate manner, to relevant departments and individuals, ensuring this is managed in line with handling instructions and Government Security Classifications.

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