Higher Intelligence Analyst
Home Office
Apply before 11:55 pm on Monday 28th October 2024
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Job summary
The Home Office works to build a safe, fair and prosperous UK. We achieve this through our work on counter-terrorism, policing, fire, crime, drugs policy, immigration and passports.
Home Office Intelligence brings together a number of existing teams involved in the collection and analysis of border and immigration related intelligence. It delivers Intelligence Collection, Development, Analysis, Targeting (Data Analytics) and Watchlisting capabilities within the Home Office and to its partners across Government and Law Enforcement. Intelligence - Home Office Careers
Job description
This is an exciting opportunity to join our Intelligence Analysis and Assessment Command as a Higher Intelligence Analyst. In this role, you will work collaboratively across the team and its partner organisations such as National Crime Agency (NCA) and HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) in order to assess intelligence and data from a range of sources, turning information into actions at strategic, tactical and operational levels in support of Government policy at home and overseas.
Training
Successful applicants will undergo a comprehensive training and development pathway, which will include structured analytical techniques. Continuing professional development will be encouraged and well supported, providing the successful candidates with opportunities to develop their intelligence analytical career through working in different teams and potentially through structured loans to other parts of the Home Office group and elsewhere in the public sector.
Part Time Working
We encourage applications from candidates who wish to work part-time; however, part-time opportunities cannot be guaranteed and are subject to the requirements of the role and business. Candidates wishing to work part-time should notify the vacancy holder as soon as a provisional offer of employment is made, to explore whether this can be accommodated at your selected location.
Key Responsibilities
As a Higher Intelligence Analyst, you will be expected to:
- Monitor and understand the intelligence picture within your specific area of responsibility.
- Take the lead for specific strands of work, aligned to current priorities.
- Identify a range of relevant and credible information sources and recognise the need to collect new data when necessary, from internal and external sources.
- Take ownership for your own professional development.
- Ensure the use and development of analytical skills, tools and methodologies to enable sound judgments and recommendations in the provision of high quality, products that inform management decisions.
- Engage with the wider analytical community and internal/external partners at all levels, improving the flow of information and intelligence into and from your area of responsibility in order to inform product development.
- Lead by example and promote the Home Office Code of Behaviours and Values.
- Proactively work towards and maintain professional accreditation.
- Training and working with others may necessitate visits in the UK with an overnight stay.
- Candidates must start with a minimum of SC clearance (this is obtained during pre-employment checks if you are successful in the role) but may be required to undergo DV whilst in post.
Please Note:
An employee may be required to carry out other duties within the scope of the grade and within the limits of their skill, competence, and training.
There is currently no line manager responsibilities in this role but this could change in the future.
Person specification
Essential Criteria
- Strong communication skills (written and visual), with ability to articulate complex matters clearly and concisely.
- Able to use creative and critical thinking skills to ensure assessments are robust, including application of structured analytical techniques.
- Ability to plan and gather sufficient intelligence and information required to answer a customer’s question.
- Able to build effective working relationships with relevant individuals and organisations.
Desirable Criteria
- Demonstrable recent experience of working in an intelligence assessment environment as defined by Professional Head of Intelligence Assessment (PHIA) - (see attached), or have completed end point assessment in the Intelligence Analysis Apprenticeship Programme.
- Intelligence Professionalisation Programme (IPP) Intelligence Analysis.
Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
- Making Effective Decisions
- Managing a Quality Service
We only ask for evidence of these behaviours on your application form:
- Making Effective Decisions
Benefits
In addition to your salary, a career with the Home Office offers a range of benefits, including:
- A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%.
- In-year reward scheme for one-off or sustained exceptional personal or team achievements.
- 25 days annual leave on appointment, rising with service to 30 days.
- Eight days of public holidays, plus one additional privilege day.
- Where business needs allow, some roles may be suitable for a combination of office and home-based working. This is a non-contractual arrangement where all employees will be expected to spend a minimum of 60% of their working time in an office.
- See more of our benefits on our careers website.
Things you need to know
Selection process details
This gives us the best possible chance of finding the right person for the job, drives up performance and improves diversity and inclusivity.
We will endeavour to conduct the selection process in line with the dates indicated below, but cannot guarantee that these will not, where necessary, be revised.
As part of the application process, you will first be asked to confirm your eligibility by providing some basic personal information.
After submission of this first stage, you will be invited to complete the following Civil Service Verbal and Numerical tests.
1. Online Test – by 28 October 2024
If you successfully pass the Verbal and Numerical tests, you will be invited to complete the full application form. Please complete the online tests as soon as possible (within 24-48 hours is recommended). If you fail to complete the online tests or full application before the deadline, your application will be withdrawn.
Guidance for the Civil Service tests, will be available when you are invited to take the tests. The tests are administered online and accessed via the Civil Service Jobs website.
You cannot complete the tests on a mobile phone or tablet.
Following successful completion of your tests, you will then be asked to complete the full application form.
2. Application – by 28 October 2024
As part of the application process, you will be asked to complete:
- Personal Statement (maximum 750 words).
- Evidence of the Behaviour Making Effective Decisions (maximum of 250 words per Behaviour).
The Personal Statement should be aligned to and demonstrate how you meet the skills and experience set out in the essential criteria, detailed in the job description.
For guidance and information on how to construct your application (Personal Statement and Behaviours), you are encouraged to visit Civil Service Careers website.
3. Sift – week commencing 4 November 2024
The sift will be held on the Personal Statement and Behaviour Making Effective Decisions.
The Personal Statement will be scored for all candidates. Those candidates who achieve the minimum pass score for the Personal Statement will progress to a further sift where the Behaviour Making Effective Decisions will be scored. These candidates will receive a sift score for both elements. Candidates who fail to meet the minimum pass score for the Personal Statement will not have their behaviour scored and will only receive a sift score for the Personal Statement.
Should a high volume of applications be received, the sift will be conducted only on the Personal Statement.
4. Interview – week commencing 25 November 2024
If you are successful at sift stage, you will be invited to an interview that will be:
- Behaviours (as listed in the job advert) and Strength based questions.
The interview will take place on Teams.
If successful at the initial interview stage, you will be invited to attend an assessment centre where testing of your analytical aptitude will be carried out. Further details of what the assessment session involves will be provided prior to your session.
The assessment centres will take place in Gatwick w/c 13th January 2025 and Manchester w/c 20th January 2025 and your session will last for approximately 4 hours.
Please note that dates are provisional at this stage.
Initial interview & Assessment slots will be allocated on a first come first served basis. It is important that once a slot has been booked by you for either the assessment centre or interview that you make every effort to attend or notify the recruitment team at the earliest possibly opportunity if you are unable to attend, so that your time slot can be re-allocated. Travel to the assessment centre and interview is at the candidates own expense and costs cannot be reimbursed.
For guidance and information on what to expect and how to prepare for an interview, you are encouraged to visit Civil Service Careers.
Problems during the application process
If you experience problems accessing this advert, or you think you’ve made a mistake on an initial application, please contact hocandidates.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk, including the vacancy reference, at least two working days before the vacancy closes. Further information can be found on our website.
Location Preferences
You can select up to three locations in order of preference. Please ensure that these are locations you are prepared to travel to. If you are offered a role at one of your preferred location(s) and you decline, your application will be withdrawn.
Reserve List
A reserve list may be held for a period of up to 12 months from which further appointments may be made. There is no guarantee that being held on a reserve list will lead to a job offer. Further information can be found on our website.
Reserve lists will be held for each location and profession. Candidates will be appointed in merit order by location and profession.
Candidates judged to be a near miss at interview may be offered a post at the grade below the one advertised without the need to go through a further selection process, providing the role has the same Success Profiles elements and essential skills. There is no guarantee that further such vacancies will arise.
Security Checks
Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is SC.
Additional Security Checks
As well as successfully obtaining UK Security Vetting clearance, you will also be subject to additional Border Force-specific security checks as part of the pre-employment process, to determine your suitability to work for the organisation. For further information on what this involves, please visit our website.
Further information
For further information on National Security Vetting please visit the following page https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/demystifying-vetting
If you are invited to an interview, you will be required to bring documentation for the purposes of establishing your identity.
You will need to meet the nationality requirements for this role and obtain the necessary security clearance to take it up. For meaningful security checks to be carried out, individuals need to have lived in the UK for a sufficient period of time. Learn more on our website. Security Checks - Home Office Careers
Visa sponsorship
We do not sponsor individuals via Skilled Worker Sponsorship / Tier 2 (General) work visas.
Reasonable Adjustments
If a person with disabilities is at a substantial disadvantage compared to a non-disabled person, we have a duty to make reasonable changes to our processes.
If you need a change to be made so that you can make your application, you should:
- Contact Government Recruitment Service via HOrecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk as soon as possible before the closing date to discuss your needs
- Complete the “Assistance Required” section in the “Additional Requirements” page of your application form to tell us what changes or help you might need further on in the recruitment process. For instance, you may need wheelchair access at interview, or if you're deaf, a language service professional
If you are experiencing accessibility problems with any attachments on this advert, please contact the email address in the ‘Contact point for applicants’ section.
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Job contact :
- Name : Home Office Resourcing Centre
- Email : HORCCampaignTeamHOIntel@homeoffice.gov.uk
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- Email : HOrecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk
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