Job Description

About Us

Counter Terrorism Policing South East (CTPSE) - Working to keep people safe from the threat of terrorism. Working for CTP SE is a job like no other. The successful candidate will be working with teams, which cover the expanse of the South East region, stretching over five police forces and across the wider National CTP network tackling the most serious crime.

Who are we?

The Research and Analysis Team are vital to the business of the CTPSE. We produce high quality research and analytical products to support all areas of CTPSE business. This role is aligned to the CT Borders Policing Team (CTBP). CTBP work in partnership with other border law enforcement and intelligence agencies in protecting national security from the threats posed by Terrorism and Serious & Organised Crime. The role is intrinsic to the UK Counter Terrorism Strategy and supporting the British Intelligence Services in mitigating the threat to UK interests at home and abroad.

About the Role

The Border Intelligence Analyst role is a varied one, offering the successful candidate the opportunity to advise and assist in all aspects of CT Border Policing. In this role you will provide high quality strategic and tactical analysis of travel intelligence to support the management of known and unknown threats posed by individuals and groups seeking to travel across borders in furtherance of terrorism and serious organised crime.

You will identify travel patterns, routes of interest trends and vulnerable travellers to prevent or disrupt travellers of CT interest or otherwise reduce threat, harm and risk at the border. You will carry out detailed analysis using CT travel intelligence, travel route, manifest data and other border related information. Your analysis will assist in prioritisation, focusing intelligence gathering and guide investigative, enforcement and prevention activities. This will include making recommendations to drive business activity at both a tactical and strategic level.

You will use analytical techniques to create products to inform relevant strategic and tactical planning to the standard defined within the National Intelligence Model (NIM) and Authorised Professional Practice (APP).

Through the application of structured analytical techniques (SATs), and the use of analytical vocabulary, you will provide assessments of activities of individuals / groups / themes to establish the dimensions of the threat posed.

About you

You will have substantive current role-related experience as an Analyst in a police environment/partnership agency with excellent understanding of the National Intelligence Model (NIM). You will have a relevant professional qualification and completion of the National Intelligence Analyst training.

The successful applicant will have excellent communication/interpersonal, problem solving, time management and effective IT skills.

Due to the nature of the role, the successful candidate will require a full UK driving licence. This post requires occasional travel across the South East region and the UK.

Following training and once established within the role, there is the potential to be part of an on-call cadre on a voluntary basis.

Please note that this role is part of a national, regional and local network and as a result you may be required to travel for business purposes mainly across the south east region and occasionally throughout the UK. Therefore, the successful candidate will require a full UK driving licence.

Due to the nature of our work, security is of paramount importance to us and therefore it will be necessary to pass and maintain vetting level DV. In order to achieve this, you must be a British National and have resided in the UK for the past ten years. Exemptions apply for overseas or other diplomatic service (with HM Government), and studying abroad.

You can find more information about security vetting .

How to Apply

Click on the \xe2\x80\x9cApply\xe2\x80\x9d button before the closing date of Sunday 1st October 2023 at 23:55 where you will be asked to attach your CV to the application form. Please ensure that your CV reflects the requirements of the role.

To ensure the recruitment process is fair and equal, please do not include any personal details on your CV, other than your name.

At CTPSE and SEROCU we are committed to reflecting the communities we serve, and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds. We welcome applications from those interested in part time and flexible working, and encourage applications from our under represented communities.

Our people say that benefits include a good work/life balance, a supportive and welcoming place to work and excellent terms including a generous pension scheme and annual leave entitlement.

If you have any questions about the role, please contact quoting the Job Reference number 20737. If you have applied for this role in the last six months, we respectfully ask that you do not reapply at this current time.

IMPORTANT: If you are already a Thames Valley Police (TVP) member of staff and you have been in your post for less than twelve months, your application must be supported by your line manager. We will require written confirmation from your line manager in order to proceed.

Shift allowance, on-call or other job related allowances from your previous role will not be protected unless they are attached to the new role.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy if we receive a high volume of applications. Should you wish to apply for this post, we advise you to complete and submit your application form as soon as possible.

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Thames Valley Police