Assistant Intelligence Analyst - CE & Missing Intelligence Team in City of London

Assistant Intelligence Analyst – CE & Missing Intelligence Team

Salary: Grade 9 £42,060-£43,680

Permanent – 36 hours per week, Hybrid – 3 office days / 2 working from home days.

Please note, we are not able to offer a sponsorship for this role.

Job Purpose

The purpose of this role is to support the response to all Ofsted inspections (including thematic), peer‑to‑peer evaluation and all other quality assurance activities. The successful candidate will work with intelligence leads from police, health, education, youth offending and the voluntary sector to gather intelligence in relation to vulnerable children and be responsible for data management and performance information gathered from the Multi‑Agency Child Exploitation (MACE) process and National Referral Mechanism (NRM). One of the key aspects of this role is to be able to identify patterns, information as well as individuals who may exploit children. The appointed candidate will manage the data and performance information gathered from MACE and manage oversight of the missing children’s process including daily, weekly and monthly missing reports. You will also focus on the development of analytics in relation to missing children, supporting the implementation of quality assurance methodologies to further develop practice.

About You

• Understanding of relevant legislation including GDPR, an awareness and understanding of the impact of equal opportunity issues with experience of handling sensitive and confidential data.
• Ability to demonstrate an understanding of the impact of child exploitation on children and families.
• Good level IT skills, particularly in using Microsoft Excel and SharePoint to analyse, manipulate and record complex datasets.
• Ability to investigate data quality issues and create solutions to improve the reliability of information.
• Tenacity and resilience in facing up to obstacles and problem solving.
• Well‑organised and flexible in approach to work and deliver results under pressure.
• Good experience of a data analysis and administrative role, preferably in a public sector.

About Us

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Croydon Council’s priorities

• Get a grip on the finances and make the council financially sustainable.
• Become a council which listens to, respects and works in partnership with Croydon’s diverse communities and businesses.
• Strengthen collaboration and joint working with partner organisations and the voluntary, community and faith sectors.
• Ensure good governance is embedded and adopt best practice.
• Develop our workforce to deliver in a manner that respects the diversity of our communities.

Key Business Plan Outcomes

• Croydon is a place of opportunity for business, earning and learning.
• Children and young people in Croydon have the chance to thrive, learn and fulfil their potential.
• Croydon is a cleaner, safer and healthier place, a borough we’re proud to call home.
• People can lead healthier and independent lives for longer.
• Croydon Council’s new ways of working.

Equal Opportunities Statement

Croydon Council is an inclusive employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. Subject to business needs, we will be pleased to consider applications from candidates seeking flexible working arrangements and support hybrid working, whereby staff attend the workplace for part of their working week and work from home, or elsewhere, remotely for the rest of the time.

As users of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the advertised role.

Croydon council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment.

The Successful candidate will be subject to a DBS check, if the role requires one.