Intelligence Researcher - Forcewide (Grade E) Manchester, England
Job description
Number of Posts
2
Advertised
INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL APPLICANTS
Branch/Division
Various
Location
Various
Grade
Grade E
Rank
Not applicable
Leadership Level
Peer Leader
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
36.25
Hours
Full time
Advertised Salary
£25,758 - £27,690 per annum
Shift Allowances/Enhancements/ Additional Info
Enhanced Vetting Required
Advert
Greater Manchester Police is one of the UK's largest police forces and is responsible for keeping people safe across more than 1,200 sq km. The Force covers the Manchester, Salford, Bolton, Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford and Wigan areas.
GMPs officers and staff work 24 hours a day, seven days a week, to keep almost three million people safe. The Force has 10 geographical policing areas known as Divisions that ensure it provides the best possible service to people who live, work and visit Greater Manchester.
The key functions of Research and Analysis include the development of assessments of existing and emerging issues that impact on the conurbation, the provision of Research and Analytical support to operations during their intelligence and evidential phases, and assisting the force to understand the ‘big picture’ and when setting its operational priorities.
Working with a team of other Intelligence Researchers and Intelligence Analysts in the development of intelligence products, you will provide research support and guidance to management teams in all aspects of police, crime and incident investigation at tasking and coordinating meetings. Collecting, evaluating and researching data from various sources including crimes, incidents, intelligence, witness statements, forensic reports, communications data and financial records, you will help identify offenders, victims, hotspot locations, crime patterns / trends and crime series, resulting in the prioritisation and direction of police resources both at a tactical and strategic level.
You will also produce Specialist Research utilising the techniques and methodologies identified by the National Intelligence Model as a minimum standard. Along with a good knowledge of IT solutions, Database and Data Mining software and statistical solutions you will have a detailed knowledge of spread sheet and PowerPoint computer applications.
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Closing Date
24 May 2023
Recruitment Team Contact
Other Information
Please refer to the attached Job Description for further details regarding the skills required to do this role. The Job Description has been signposted to indicate at which stage of the process each criteria will be tested.
Due to the Equality Act (2010) the criteria surrounding sickness absence will not be checked until the conditional offer stage of the recruitment process, this is after the interview stage of the full recruitment process. With this in mind all candidates need to ensure that they have a good attendance record for the last 2 years for Staff and officers and for 12 months for apprentices.
The Equality Act 2010 makes it unlawful to discriminate against a disabled person in all areas of employment, including recruitment. The Police Service welcomes people with disabilities and will do its best to make reasonable adjustments to the working arrangements and/ or the working environment providing it is possible to do so.
If you have a disability and you require support with your application, please let us know so we can consider and support you with any reasonable adjustments you may require. If you need any support completing this application please contact [email protected] and the recruitment team will be happy to assist.
Should you require reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, please let us know during the selection process.
Please note, all of our communication will be sent to you via the e-mail address you provide on your application form, therefore please ensure [email protected] is in your mail safe senders / safe recipients list to prevent our e-mails going into your junk mail.
Policing values are enshrined in the Code of Ethics (a copy of which can be found at https://www.college.police.uk/What-we-do/Ethics/Ethics-home/Documents/Code_of_Ethics.pdf Every person serving with the police service needs to adhere to these standards of professional behaviour. As an applicant to Greater Manchester Police, we expect that you will hold views and attitudes in line with the Code; that if you are successful in your application you will uphold the Code of Ethics by displaying the behaviours that the Code sets out; and that you will report any conduct of others that falls short of those standards. Any failure or apparent failure to uphold the Code of Ethics will be taken seriously. It will be looked into and in cases involving serious and/or repeated failings, criminal and/or misconduct proceedings may follow. With that in mind, you are reminded that you must not share any information relating to the recruitment and assessment process. Sharing of such information could result in criminal and/or misconduct proceedings.
The portal to upload Tattoos should not be used to upload CV’s or Expressions of Interest, if you do this your application will not be included in the recruitment process.
Minimum Age for Applications
16
