Deputy Head of Intelligence Analysis in Sheffield

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join South Yorkshire Police as the Deputy Head of Intelligence Analysis, leading a high-performing function at the heart of intelligence-led policing. Reporting to the Head of Intelligence Analysis, you will provide strategic leadership across our Strategic, Tactical, and Partnership Analysis portfolios. You will directly manage three Senior Intelligence Analysts and provide second-line leadership to around 28 intelligence analysis practitioners, driving performance, professional standards, and continuous improvement. This is a pivotal leadership role, responsible for shaping analytical capability, influencing force-wide decision making, and ensuring the delivery of high-quality intelligence products that support the National Intelligence Model and organisational priorities.

We are looking for an experienced, inspiring leader with a strong background in intelligence analysis, excellent stakeholder management skills, and a passion for developing people and driving innovation in a fast-paced policing environment.

Key responsibilities:

• Provide leadership, direction, and coordination to Intelligence Analysis teams in the areas of strategic, tactical, operational, SOC and partnership support and development.
• Influencing decision making at a strategic, tactical, and operational level, to mitigate threat, harm, and risk.
• Manage the Senior Analysts, providing monitoring, coaching, guidance, and support to maximise staff development, efficiency, and morale, to deliver an effective intelligence service in line with organisational requirements.
• Prioritise and allocate resources appropriately for the analytical function and make risk-based decisions to deliver effective outcomes whilst optimising resource and skills deployment.
• Negotiate, develop, and maintain processes, analytical products, and other core intelligence functions to influence strategic organisational decision making.
• Ensure analytical products are informed and developed as a result of consultation and feedback with key stakeholders, customers, the wider organisation, and external customers.
• Prepare and deliver reports and presentations using information from a variety of sources in an appropriate format, and to a level suitable for a variety of audiences, both internal and external to the organisation.
• Drive awareness of innovation within intelligence and data analysis to ensure implementation of latest techniques and tactics, best practice, and information relevant to the role.
• Advise upon systems, software, and products within intelligence to ensure implementation of the latest techniques, best practice, and information relevant to the role.
• Be a professional advocate for analysis by providing advice, direction, and expertise across the force on all analytical matters to contribute to forces plans and the achievement of policing objectives.
• Deputise for managers within the intelligence department.
• Coordinate the continued professional development of the analytical function, including implementation of the Intelligence Professionalisation Programme (IPP) or equivalent whilst maintaining own accreditation.
• Commit to develop professional knowledge and skills in the field of intelligence analysis to ensure implementation of the latest techniques, best practice, and information relevant to the role.

Skills and experience:

• Relevant qualification at degree level or equivalent relevant work experience.
• Willing to work towards College of Policing Intelligence Professionalising Programme (IPP) or equivalent qualification (to be completed within required timeframe from appointment) and continue of IPP compliance.
• Significant experience of working in an analytical environment.
• Experience of managing and developing staff.
• Significant experience of quality assuring intelligence products to negotiate and influence senior managers based on data and analytical outcomes.

Skills and experience as documented in the role profile need to be evidenced in your application to be considered for interview.

What we offer:

• A highly competitive salary and access to a generous pension scheme.
• Generous annual leave allowance.
• A wide range of family friendly policies including enhanced maternity, paternity, and adoption leave.
• Flexible working arrangements including flexitime and hybrid working.
• A transparent and collaborative team culture underpinned by our core values of Fairness, Integrity & Trust.
• Comprehensive range of development and leadership courses to develop your career with South Yorkshire Police.
• Employee Assistant Programme (accessible 24/7) offering confidential support and advice.
• Flexible lifestyle benefits such as: Blue Light Card, Company Shop, Cycle to work scheme.
• Membership to the Sports and Social Club.
• Access to a wide range of staff support groups and networks.

Eligibility:

Applicants must meet the minimum requirement checkable history criteria, which must be taken into account for individuals applying to work with South Yorkshire Police in any capacity. A minimum checkable history of 5 years is required for this role and successfully undergoing recruitment vetting procedure is a pre-requisite of employment with South Yorkshire Police.

Appearance & Standards:

South Yorkshire Police is committed to striking a proportionate balance between self-expression and the need to maintain role sensitive professional standards in dress and appearance. Officers, staff, and volunteers of South Yorkshire Police are permitted to have tattoos visible whilst on duty provided the tattoo is not considered to be unacceptable or otherwise inappropriate. Tattoos will be reviewed as part of the recruitment and selection process.

South Yorkshire Police’s overarching aim is to deliver an excellent police service to support safer communities. The public’s assessment of our excellence is influenced by the level of trust and confidence in us, as an organisation and as individuals. In comparison to the general public, police officers and police staff are held to a higher standards of behaviour and accountability. In applying to join the police, applicants are accepting of these higher standards and understand the implications on their right to privacy.

South Yorkshire Police’s Key Values:

At South Yorkshire Police we have 3 key values which run through everything we do: Fairness, Integrity & Trust.

Smarter ways of Working:

South Yorkshire Police is committed to developing working practices which assist staff to balance their personal and professional lives, whilst meeting the needs of the organisation. This in turn enables SYP to provide an outstanding service to the community. There are 3 different categories as part of this which are: Fixed, Field and Hybrid. This role has been evaluated as a Hybrid role.

Contact details:

For further information about the role, please email Joe Tilbury at: Joe.Tilbury@southyorkshire.police.uk

Closing Date: Sunday 16 August 2026.

Closing dates are not normally extended, other than in exceptional circumstances and agreement is made between the Recruitment Manager and the Line Manager for the role.

Candidate Information:

Please note that, should you be successful at the interview stage and before appointment, the relevant pre-employment checks are required. These include references, medical clearance, vetting clearance, and sickness absence criteria check.

Diversity & Inclusion:

Applications are particularly welcome from female and ethnic minority candidates. It is really important to us that the department represents the community we serve, in order for us to provide the best service, utilising a range of backgrounds, experience and skills. We support and value all officers and staff and the unique experiences they bring to the role. We strongly encourage and welcome applications from these valuable underrepresented groups. If you are from an underrepresented group and want to find out more about the support we can offer, please contact our dedicated team on positiveaction@southyorks.pnn.police.uk

In addition, we will look to support anyone who requires Part Time/Job share working hours.