Intelligence Officer - Counter Corruption Unit

Prospective officers and staff must be held to a higher standard of behaviour and accountability than members of the public, and that therefore their right to privacy can be fettered in certain circumstances. This is to ensure that members of the police are fully aware and accountable for the unique powers entrusted to them and the standards of professional behaviour they swear to uphold.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an officer to join the Counter Corruption Unit (CCU), working from a location near Birmingham. The successful applicants will be skilled in phased and proportionate intelligence investigation and will be able to identify opportunities. Candidates will score well if they can demonstrate a keen eye for identifying risk, suggesting options to manage and mitigate accordingly. The ability to turn intelligence into evidence is also a valuable asset within this post. Strong candidates will be adept in using computer systems and be able to utilise extensive data sets to draw inferences and corroborate - or negate - corruption concerns. Applicants should have expertise in producing reports, including rationalised decision making and recommendations. Equally, interested staff should also be able to demonstrate that they are team players and self-motivated. As part of a dynamic team, flexibility is required when completing enquiries. The successful candidate will contribute to the wider departmental aims of ensuring our processes are pragmatic, transparent, fair and sensitive to the needs of our communities.

Core responsibilities

• Receive, assess and handle intelligence and information appropriately
• Develop information using all available tools and techniques - with ownership of initial intelligence through to investigation
• Management of notifiable association referrals - ensuring objective assessment of risk
• Skilled report writing to brief management around organisational threat and risk
• Extensive system access and data exploration, including information gleaned through criminal legislation (eg IPA, RIPA) and employee management (eg tools used under Lawful Business Monitoring)

Other Key responsibilities

• Use of NDM to identify risk and ways to mitigate it
• Suggest innovative ways to proactively identify corruption using all available datasets.
• Handling of covertly obtained material in accordance with identified policy and process.
• Preparation of RIPA, IPA and Lawful Business Monitoring applications.
• Provide intelligence support to covert investigation

It is expected that successful candidates will hold IPP qualification or be willing to achieve this in the role.

Essential

• Experienced in receiving, handling and managing intelligence - Minimum of 2 years experience
• Highly skilled in using NDM to process intelligence referrals, develop them and identify ways to manage risk
• Must possess integrity and professionalism of the highest standard.
• Skilled in developing intelligence by utilising extensive data sources
• Ability to speedily identify salient points in large volumes of data i.e. evaluating intelligence from varied sources eg. Connect, Insight, open source
• Familiarity with Regulation Investigatory Powers Act 2000/Investigatory Powers Act 2016 applications
• Understanding of open source and the wider internet and how it can enhance the intelligence picture in support of CCU investigations
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, both verbal and written.

Desirable

• Open source trained

Additional Requirements

• Taking account of individual circumstances, the role requires a willingness and flexibility to be available when required for call out at short notice.

Vetting

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

Medical

Appointment to this role will be dependent upon successfully medical checks, which may include a drugs test.

If you have any queries regarding the post, please contact CCU Intelligence Manager Peter Baghurst at peter.baghurst@westmidlands.police.uk

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