Intelligence Researcher

Division / Department - Specialist Crime Grade - Grade 8 Status - Full Time Contract Type - Permanent Salary Grade Range - £24,552 - £26,232 Working Hours - 37.0 Hours per Week Politically Restricted - No The starting salary for this role will usually be at the bottom of the salary range and will be pro-rata if the working hours are less than full time.

The Role

This role is for an Intelligence Researcher working within the East Sussex team based at Hammonds Drive in Eastbourne.

The threats facing Surrey and Sussex are constantly evolving, and offenders continually find new ways of committing crime. The information needed to confront these risks is not always evident. That’s why we need Intelligence Researchers to help identify and understand what’s going on and direct our response to some of the most complex and high profile cases in our counties; these include Firearms Incidents, Drugs related harm, Violent Offences including Murder, Rape, GBH and aggravated burglaries, amongst our policing priorities.

Intelligence Researchers form a key part of the intelligence function, providing initial intelligence development supporting evolving investigations. You’ll identify, interrogate, and assess information from a range of covert and overt information sources. As a specialist IT user you will routinely access data from a variety of police systems and databases. You will be able to quickly and accurately take in information and ask insightful questions to get to the heart of a problem. You will search multiple databases and data sources to rapidly find, identify, and then summarise relevant information. You will assist in collating evolving intelligence and evidence on crimes and criminals. You will often be required to think outside of the box developing answers that will assist in tackling crime.

You will be working on a variety of critical, strategic, and high risk incidents. You will often be under pressure to work at speed to build a bigger picture from small pieces of intelligence and threads of data. You will be flexible and creative, and able to communicate your findings to front-line staff and chief officers. Your attention to detail will be crucial in making people safe and locking up criminals.

Key Responsibilities

Intelligence Researchers provide assistance with some of the most serious offences. You will develop and provide real time intelligence, alongside products that support officers and staff in effective decision making around critical incidents and complex problems. You will be relied upon to provide concise and accurate Information to assist with developing knowledge surrounding the circumstances and establishing Threat, harm and risk for attending/investigating officers. Offences range from volume to organised crime, counter-terrorism, homicide and other serious crime and strategic issues. Alongside this, we also assist other forces and third party agencies with intelligence requests.

Please note that due to the nature of this job, there will be times you may be exposed to investigations of a distressing nature.

Skills & Experience

**ESSENTIAL SKILLS**
- A levels or equivalent qualification, or with proven and well evidenced experience of crime/intelligence research in a relevant field;
- Excellent IT and computer skills including the ability to learn bespoke systems, a good knowledge of social media, and the confidence to use these to search for and identify relevant data records;
- Previous experience of researching, assimilating and making sense of relevant information from a range of open and closed information sources. This includes the ability to identify potential risks, make links between information, and identify similarities and discrepancies within information;
- Well-developed communication skills both written and verbal, with the ability to discuss on-going requirements and developments with senior officers/staff, and the ability to present appropriately to groups or individuals;
- The ability to effectively multi-task and use the National decision making model to understand and assess workload priority. You will demonstrate the ability to plan ahead, to manage and prioritise your workload unsupervised and respond flexibly to rapidly changing demands; with the ability to work calmly and effectively, especially under pressure.

**DESIRABLE SKILLS**
- General policing knowledge, including crime classifications and an understanding of developing investigations.
- General understanding of PNC, Niche, iCad/Storm, ANPR/NAS and PND.
- Once signed off as competent, be comfortable to assist with training others.

Further Information

This role is for an Intelligence Researcher working within the East Sussex team based at Hammonds Drive in Eastbourne. The role is within a unit where Surrey Police and Sussex Police work in collaboration, whilst continuing to be two separate legal entities/employers with different terms and conditions. Both Surrey Police staff and Sussex