This is advert is for tactical intelligence analyst roles.

Being an 'Intelligence Analyst' in the NCA provides you with opportunities like no other. Whatever your background, as an experienced intelligence analyst, your skillset will be welcome to support the NCA’s unique mission. There are opportunities to work in locations all over the UK in varied roles. You will be at the forefront driving decision making, identifying enablers and actors of Serious and Organised Crime, delivering investigative support against the highest risk organised crime groups affecting the UK, utilising innovative methods and finding new targets to amplify impact against some of the greatest problems affecting UK law enforcement.

As an experienced Intelligence Analyst, you will access a range of overt and covert capabilities to inform this work, working with government, law enforcement, UK Intelligence Community and private third sector to support tactical objectives.

You will be regularly working with large, multiple data sources to interpret and inform on threats, identifying new lines of enquiry and disruption opportunities, presenting data visually in a way that is easy to comprehend. The post holder will provide accurate, clear and quality analytical products that add value to proactively inform the prioritisation of Serious Organised Crime nominals and groups, inform threat areas' understanding and decision-making processes at the highest levels of law enforcement.

This role will see the post holder working closely with the respective Intelligence, Investigation and Threat area officers; they will regularly brief on their analytical findings and provide direction and recommendations; including evidential material for judicial outcomes.

The post holder will be supported through a dedicated analytical line management structure to provide analytical feedback and guidance to enhance their skills, with access to wider team support through forums and continuous professional development events.

National Tactical Analysis Unit

Intelligence Analysis forms a key component of the Intelligence Directorate.  National Tactical Analysis Unit (NTAU) is part of both National Intelligence Hub – covering multi threat criminally – and also part of OIC Intelligence and Analysis. This has enabled closer working with Intelligence and Investigations, whilst still retaining close links to the data and technical professionals.  The NTAU are responsible for delivering high-impact tactical analysis across multi serious and organised crime threats. Operating at the centre of the Intelligence Directorate, the team provides flexible and threat agnostic analytical capability that can be dynamically aligned to operation demand. The team is responsible developing and leading on the tactical analysis across operational commands in support of multi threat delivery; working closely with RITs, NTCs, investigations and external partners.

The roles will encompass all tactical aspects of intelligence analysis, proactive threat focused analysis working alongside the National Targeting Centre (NTC) as well as the operational analysis to support Regional Intelligence Teams (RITs) and our Investigations colleagues.  You will be working to increase the Agency's impact against SOC through exploiting all source data and intelligence leading to improved targeting activity and understanding across priority threats.  Additionally, you will be responsible for the delivery of high-quality analysis to support intelligence development and tasked investigations supporting the IOLs and SIOs by informing, guiding and directing resources to reduce serious organised crime impacting on the UK.

Intelligence Analysts work across all tiers of security classification, working in collaboration with our intelligence officer colleagues to identify the highest threat risk and harm offenders and networks and driving activity alongside investigative teams to derive maximum disruptive opportunities. Intelligence Analysts will use a range of analytical techniques including innovative use of extensive data sets, and technology, to identify maximum disruption opportunities making the complex simple producing clear and concise findings.  IPP accredited (or equivalent) Analysts are required to provide high quality analysis to support intelligence development and tasked investigations to judicial outcomes; informing, guiding and directing resources to reduce serious organised crime impacting on the UK.

Reasonable Adjustments

We’re proud to be a Disability Confident Leader and an inclusive, equal opportunities employer. 

We’re committed to creating a workplace where everyone can be their authentic self. If you’re neurodiverse, have a disability, or live with a long-term health condition, we encourage you to let us know about any reasonable adjustments you may need during the recruitment process. 

If you experience accessibility issues with the advert or require reasonable adjustments, please contact our Recruitment Team at Central.Recruitment@nca.gov.uk before the advert closing date.

Please ensure you complete the ‘Equal opportunities’ and 'Reasonable Adjustments' sections in the application form to inform us on what support you may need in the recruitment process.

• The ability to work effectively with others to focus on and achieve joint outcomes, rather than individual goals.
• Can effectively manage time and workload, identifying risks and competing tasks and prioritising accordingly. Ensuring tasks are completed to agreed standards and timelines.
• Can confidently manage multiple tasks and competing priorities with poise and professionalism, ensuring consistency of service and outputs. Completes work independently, seeking and providing support where appropriate.
• Has the ability to use analytical skills, varied sources of information and different methodologies to support decision-making.
• You apply analytical techniques to present a solution. You identify efficient and effective ways to use data analysis to overcome business and organisational challenges, applying innovative techniques to make data driven decisions.
• Has the ability to effectively communicate, influence, negotiate and persuade UK legislation and policy
• Good knowledge of relevant legislation and policy within law enforcement, defence or national security (such as CPIA, ECHR) and understands its impact on the role and Agency activity.
• Good knowledge of analytical techniques in a Serious and Organised Crime environment.
• Basic understanding of the use of intelligence, data, information and evidence by law enforcement agencies.
• Good understanding of information management and data integrity issues.
• Demonstrates they can research and gather information from a wide range of sources.
• Can demonstrate they have evaluated information to determine its utility and application.
• Experience of supervising intelligence analysis within law enforcement, defence or national security.  Can demonstrate the ability to communicate results of intelligence analysis to influence decision making.

Essential

You must meet the essential criteria and evidence this within your application to be considered for the role.

Qualifications, Membership and Licences  
To be eligible to apply all candidates must have:

Formal intelligence analysis training (such as National Intelligence Analysis Training (NIAT) / Government Intelligence Analyst Training (GIAT) / Defence Intelligence Analyst Module (DIAM) / New Analyst Programme (NAP) / Intelligence Analyst (level 4) Apprenticeship/ Forensic Analytics Intelligence Analyst course)
AND at least one of the below:

IPP Intelligence Analyst certification
Equivalent experience gained from performing Intelligence Analyst functions.
In the application process you will be required to provide a copy of the original certificate(s) where applicable.

Candidates who are applying without IPP accreditation will be required to obtain IPP whilst in role. 

Individuals who do not currently hold the above essential criteria will not be eligible to apply and are encouraged to look into the NCA Officer Development Programme (ODP) as an alternative entry pathway.

Please Note: Security Vetting requirements - To be considered, you will need to successfully complete SC Enhanced clearance before commencing the role and for some roles achieve DV clearance within the first 12 months in post. Some applicants may also be required to achieve DV STRAP, depending upon the team they are allocated to. Applicants must be willing to undergo DV clearance and STRAP induction and be full UK Nationals. Dual Nationals, of whom one component is British, may be considered on a case by case basis. Any candidate who does not achieve DV or DV STRAP in post will be found a suitable alternative role at the same grade.

For some roles DV may be required on entry.