Job description
Salary: Band 8 – £30,621 - £34,833 (Increasing to £30,876 – £35,124 from September 2023 following a transitional pay award period)
Based at: Etal Lane (with some home working)
Fixed term until March 2025
Role:
An exciting opportunity has arisen for the right person to join the team of analysts and researchers within Northumbria Police, Intelligence Analytical Department. You will be part of a team involved in producing force wide specialist and analytical reports and evidential case exhibits linked to tactical, strategic and operational requirements.
You will be required to provide and drive specialist analytical products and guidance to senior management to aid in the prevention, targeting, disruption and detection of crime. Support operational and organisational business needs, creating innovative solutions to achieve strategic priorities and tactical planning.
Provide an efficient and effective service to support operational and investigative decision making and make recommendations to drive business activity and assess threat harm and risk.
The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate the following skills:
- The ability to plan and prioritise own workload, prioritise and complete multiple responsibilities and projects simultaneously
- Able to use own initiative to solve problems and overcome obstacles
- Able to think critically, consistently looking beyond the obvious and exploring alternatives
- Ability to build strong working relationships, demonstrating a high level of professional credibility at all levels
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Excellent communicator
- Ability to work as part of a team, effectively influencing peers
- Advanced user of Microsoft Excel
- Evidence of analytical thinking
- Have a strong focus on customer service ethos
- Self-motivation, initiative and drive and the ability to demonstrate professional resilience
The following are some of the key responsibilities you would be required to undertake:
- Analyse a wide range of data from a variety of sources to assist sensitive and complex business needs in respect of incidents, crime, organised crime, high risk issues, victims and major incidents.
- Develop hypotheses concerning the nature and scope of Crime and Disorder, in order to support operational decision making, identify improvements and force effectiveness and efficiency.
- Engage with internal and external leaders, stakeholder’s subject experts and the workforce to understand the assessment of analytical products and future capability requirements to shape and develop effective solutions.
- Analyse the activities of individuals, groups, organisations, crime and disorder patterns through the application of recognised techniques, specialist software and methodology.
- Present findings, both in written form and at meetings. Provide clear and objective recommendations in order to inform force resourcing to drive force priorities and business needs.
- Complete data requests and provide analytical products for external clients including home office returns and ad hoc enquiries in order to comply with national requirements.
- Become a subject matter expert in analysing force and partnership data with the ability to become a super user of complex analytical IT programmes.
For further information please see the role profile: Analyst (Intelligence)
Benefits:
- 26 days’ leave, excluding bank holidays, increasing to 30 days for 5 years+ service
- Enhanced Maternity, Shared Parental and Adoption leave
- Flexi Time Scheme – to support your individual needs, when possible
- Agile working – working from Bedlington when required and the option to work from home and spaces across the force
- Fantastic market leading public sector pension scheme with a 16% employer contribution
- Our faith rooms give you a private space to reflect and observe religious practice
- Corporate Travel schemes – local rail, bus services and metro
- Access to Private Healthcare and Eye Test Vouchers
- Discounts on shopping and eating out thanks to the Blue Light Card and Blue Light Tickets
- Also, to take care of your physical and mental well-being, we’ve invested in extensive paid sick leave, trained mental health first aiders on-site, an employee advice service and access to gyms in some stations
- Sports & Social Club – join our thriving sports scene at Team NP and also enjoy further exclusive discounts on days out and travel
- Cycle to work scheme
Vetting level: Management Vetting (MV)
Applicants must be a resident of the UK for a minimum period of 5 years to ensure vetting checks can be successfully performed. A job offer will be dependent upon vetting clearance, medical information and references.
Please note this is a newly published pay banding subject to consultation at Northumbria Police.
If you have any queries with regard to the application process, please contact the Talent Acquisition Team by email at [email protected]
If you are successful in your application, you will have a 6-month probation period with us and you will be unable to apply for any other post advertised internally or externally until completion of this fixed-term.
To discuss the position in more detail please contact Rachel Jackson, Principal Analyst via [email protected]