West Midlands Police are currently recruiting for Intelligence Officers to work within the Intelligence department. This is an exciting opportunity to join an ever-growing Intelligence Department within West Midlands Police, who are seeking talented people from diverse backgrounds to fulfil the role of an Intelligence Officer.

The Role
Intelligence is an important tool for policing. It is used to understand crime and disorder issues, to investigate criminal incidents and to support the development of knowledge in increasingly diverse specialist areas.  Within the intelligence teams you can be working on a variety of subject matters from some of the UK’s most serious and organised crime networks, to the criminals and networks that are causing day-to-day policing challenges in terms of acquisitive crime and low level disorder. 

An Intelligence Officer receives develops and evaluates intelligence, making an assessment of the threat, risk, harm, vulnerabilities and opportunities and gaps which may exist.

The intelligence officer will manage the dissemination of intelligence or intelligence products and support reactive, proactive and/or crimes in action and provide advice on appropriate tactical options to support policing priorities.

Key responsibilities

• Evaluate information to determine its intelligence potential.
• Interrogate appropriate Force and National databases and systems to develop intelligence and conduct open source research in accordance with NCPP guidelines.
• Receive and develop intelligence working with the relevant supervisor to initiate action appropriate to the threat and risk presented.
• Identify intelligence gaps and make recommendations for directed intelligence gathering activities.  
• To assess the necessity and proportionality of targeting Intelligence collection through Covert assets.
• Develop and research information and intelligence reporting findings in order to support investigations.
• Contribute to the preparation of Strategic and Tactical Assessments and identifying key crime and vulnerability threats which will inform assessment and drive Force Executive Strategy and Policy decisions.
• Identity, develop and escalate threat in real-time to support critical incident management.
• Proactively and reactively identify hotspots and crime series.
• Prepare Intelligence products including those contributing to intelligence summaries and subject packages in support of investigations.
• Prepare and inform the Firearms risk assessment process through the production of appropriate Intelligence products.
• Provide critical incident intelligence support as directed by the Intelligence Supervisor.
• Provide intelligence cell support to overt/covert critical / major incidents.
• Provide intelligence submission to DMM as directed by the Intelligence Supervisor.
• To track and review the use of Covert Intelligence Tactics in support of Investigative strategy.
• Live time monitoring of incidents making fast time decisions on prioritisation of logs for further Intelligence development based on Threat, Risk, Harm and Force Priorities.
   

Knowledge skills and experience 
Essential 

• A minimum of 2 years’ experience in an Intelligence environment or from a recognised research background (e.g. Academia)
• Experience of identifying intelligence gaps with demonstrable ability to prioritise, evidencing research skills with the ability to problem solve.
• Knowledge of Overt and Covert police tactics
• Knowledge of CPIA (Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996)
• Potential to undertake sensitive enquiries and therefore exhibit high standards of integrity, confidentiality and professionalism. This includes digesting complex operational plans and managing highly sensitive information within the Government Security Classification (GSC) and Security Policy Framework (SPF).
• Knowledge of the National Intelligence Model (NIM) and the College of Policing APP Guidance on the Management of Police Information (MOPI) and Intelligence Management.
•  Ability to be able to undertake sensitive enquiries with limited supervision.
• Demonstrate ability to prioritise and manage competing demands.
• Effective interpersonal communication skills: including verbal and written. The post holder will be articulate, methodical, conscientious and concise.
• Ability to conduct research across multiple datasets.
• Practical application of open source and internet research methodologies.
• Evidence of preparing and delivering presentations.
• Ability to build positive relationships with colleagues, internal and external partners.
• Experience of and ability to work as part of a team and on own initiative, effectively planning and organising activities and resources to meet objectives.
• Ability to work under pressure, prioritise workloads and produce accurate work within tight deadlines.
• Cultural competence across all communities and the protected characteristics within the Equality Act.

Desirable: 

• Knowledge of investigation techniques.
• Evidence of preparing and delivering presentations
• Practical knowledge of police intelligence systems. 

Hours of work
Some roles may require the need to work on a shift pattern which could encompass early mornings, late evening shifts and weekends. There is a requirement to work flexibly at all times with due regard to prevailing workloads and priorities.  There may be a requirement at times to travel to other locations within the region and nationally. Due to the nature of this role it is essential that intelligence officers are flexible in terms of their working location and are prepared to work temporarily at other locations. The ability to locate within the force area at short notice.

Vetting 
Successful applicants will be required to pass MV and SC vetting scrutiny prior to commencing their role, this will include a full background& financial disclosure as part of the vetting process.