Intelligence Officer

Details
Reference number

437052

Salary

£30,064 - £31,873

Successful candidates will be offered the minimum of the pay scale and in some circumstances salary negotiations will be dependent on the demonstration of skills and experience. All our roles come with an excellent benefits' package, including the generous Civil Service Pension Scheme. Further salary increases depend entirely upon the outcome of our annual pay negotiation with central government. If you are a current Civil Servant transferring to us, your salary will be discussed in line with our pay policies.

A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%

GBP

Job grade

Executive Officer

Band C

Contract type

Permanent

Business area

CH - Intelligence and Law Enforcement Engagement

Type of role

Intelligence

Working pattern

Full-time

Number of jobs available

1

Contents

• Location
• About the job
• Benefits
• Things you need to know
• Apply and further information

Location

Belfast, Northern Ireland, BT2 8BG

About the job
Job summary

We have some exciting opportunities for individuals who have great communication skills and an eye for detail.

The role of an Intelligence Officer involves gathering, developing, evaluating and sharing information to meet operational objectives. You will need to be able to develop relationships with others to collect information and exchange intelligence.

If you enjoy working in a dynamic operational environment, then we'd love for you to join the team

Companies House offers a flexible and welcoming culture that promotes a healthy work life balance as well as a proactive approach to wellbeing that allows us to be our best at work. We recognise that people are the key to our success so offer a fantastic benefits package including flexible working with no core hours, 30 days annual leave and bank holidays as well as enrolment into the Civil Service Pension scheme with a contribution rate averaging 28%.

Job description

As an Intelligence Officer you will be expected to undertake the following tasks:

• Make effective decisions, evaluate and provide recommendations to share intelligence and drive operational activity.
• Undertake an investigative role by gathering information within ethical guidelines and best practice standards and in accordance with the relevant legislation, to meet operational objectives.
• Build and maintain a network of internal and external partners to respond to requests for information and intelligence exchange
• Develop relationships and understanding of work streams with colleagues and team members, to further operational awareness of roles and to support partnership working.
• Maintain information on the intelligence system.
• Facilitate information and intelligence sharing to relevant parties in line with confidentiality, sensitivity and duty of care policies and relevant legislation - to achieve shared objectives with our internal and external partners.

About the team

It's an exciting time to join the Intelligence team at Companies House. The team consists of a number of people with a variety of skills focussing on ensuring an accurate register and preventing companies from carrying out unlawful activities or facilitating others to do so. As our Intelligence department continues to grow and develop, we have lots of opportunities available.

To be eligible for this role you also need to meet our Nationality requirements which are outlined below. Additionally, successful candidates must meet the security requirements for Security Clearance (SC) before they can be appointed. To gain (SC) you will need to have been a UK resident for a minimum of 3 years out of the last 5 years.

Further information can be found below.

Companies House cannot offer Visa sponsorship to candidates through this campaign.

Where you will be working

You will be aligned to our Belfast office, where you will be expected to attend on a regular basis. We are currently using a hybrid approach to the way we work which provides opportunities for you to be adaptable in the way you work so that you can achieve a healthy balance between your work and home life. The degree of choice you have will depend on your role and your day-to-day work activities. Your manager will agree regular patterns of attendance with you, however you may be required to make yourself available to attend the office more frequently when required to meet business needs.

Working Hours

Due to the nature of the role and team structure, this is only a full-time position of 37 hours per week.

Person specification

We are looking for individuals with practical experience of the following:

• The ability to be adaptable and flexible in line with workloads
• Confidence in using information to make informed decisions;
• Research skills - gathering information from a wide range of sources with an excellent eye for detail;
• Excellent problem solving skills with the ability to think outside the box
• Strong writing, drafting, and presentation skills
• Experience in Microsoft Applications especially Excel and Word
• Developing relationships with stakeholders
• The ability to work alone and as part of a team

It is desirable but not essential that you have experience of working in an intelligence environment - preferably in an enforcement environment.

Behaviours

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Making Effective Decisions
• Communicating and Influencing
• Delivering at Pace
• Working Together

We only ask for evidence of these behaviours on your application form:

• Making Effective Decisions

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £30,064, Companies House contributes £8,709 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

We believe that our success is driven by the well-being and satisfaction of our team members at all levels of the organisation. At Companies House we're committed to providing a comprehensive benefits package that goes beyond the ordinary, ensuring your career journey with us is not only fulfilling, but also rewarding. We pride ourselves on offering a quality work-life balance with our employee wellbeing being central to our working practices.

Head to Our benefits - Working for us - Recruitment ) to find out more about the fantastic benefits package we have at Companies House.

We celebrate diversity...

As an equal opportunity employer, we celebrate diversity, being committed to ensuring we're representative of the citizens we serve and creating an inclusive environment. Everyone in Companies House brings something different, and so will you. To fulfil our commitment to recruiting and attracting diverse talent we welcome applications from underrepresented groups. We also welcome applications from Welsh speakers.

We are proud to be a disability confident leader. Our recruitment process is fully inclusive and we can make adjustments as needed through our process. These could include having an interview buddy, extra time at interviews/assessments and receiving interview questions in advance, to name a few.

If you require any reasonable adjustments at application stage, or if you'd like to discuss any person-centred adjustments, please contact us by emailing

Read our 'Applying under the Disability Confidence Scheme (DCS)' guide to find out how to successfully complete an application under the Disability Confidence Scheme (DCS).

Things you need to know
Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles , and will assess your Behaviours, Strengths and Experience.

In your application form we'd like you to:

• Tell us about your employment history, including key responsibilities and achievements that align with the criteria listed in the Person Specification.
• Write a 1000-word personal statement where you provide examples that demonstrate the criteria listed in the Person Specification.
• We'd like you to write a 250-word example to tell us about a time you used information to make an informed decision.

We will be sifting looking through your employment history, personal statement and 250-word example for evidence of the following sift criteria:

• Confidence in using information to make informed decisions
• Research skills - gathering information from a wide range of sources with an excellent eye for detail
• Excellent problem-solving skills with the ability to think outside the box
• Strong writing, drafting, and presentation skills
• Experience in Microsoft Applications especially Excel and Word
• Developing relationships with stakeholders
• The ability to work alone and as part of a team
• The ability to be adaptable and flexible in line with workloads
• Making Effective Decisions - an example to tell us about a time you used information to make an informed decision.

We're committed to being diverse and inclusive, so please make your application anonymous by removing all identifying personal information (such as names) from your employment history and statements.

Sift Process

• We'll carry out a sift of applications. We may raise the score required at sift stage to progress to interview if we receive a high number of applications.
• Also, if we receive a high volume of applications, we will carry out a pre-sift on your demonstration of a time you used information to make an informed decision.
• At sift we may choose to take through the highest performing candidates to the next stage. If, after the final stage is completed and roles are unfilled, we will proceed to invite lower scoring candidates to interview.
• Successful candidates at sift will be invited to a virtual interview.

Interview Process

• Companies House uses a blended interview technique, allowing us to find out more about you. We use the Success Profile framework and at interview we will use Success Profiles assessing the Behaviours, experience and technical skills listed in the advert and Strengths.
• A reserve list may be held for up to 12 months from which further appointments may be made for the same or similar roles.
• If after interview you are not found appointable at the advertised grade you may be offered the lower grade role if you are considered to meet the skills, experience and behaviours for the lower level. The benchmark for appointing to the lower grade is set at the start of each campaign. All offers will be made in merit order.

Our recruitment process is underpinned by the principle of recruitment based on fair and open competition with decisions made on the basis of merit, as outlined in the Civil Service Commissioners' Recruitment Principles.

Key dates (dates are indicative only and could be subject to change)

• Closing Date: 30 November 2025 (at 23:55)
• Sift/Shortlist: w/c 01 December 2025
• Interview: w/c 08 December 2025

Artificial Intelligence (AI)

We understand that you might use AI and other resources for your application; however, please ensure all information you provide is factually accurate, truthful, and original and doesn't include ideas or work that isn't your own. This is so that your application is authentically and credibly your own. Your application may be rejected if evidence of plagiarism or reliance on AI is detected. Examples include presenting the ideas and experience of others, or generated by artificial intelligence (AI), as your own. If you are invited to interview, please be aware the use of AI tools is prohibited (including recording or note taking) and any suspected use may result in the termination of your interview and subsequent withdrawal from the campaign.

More information on the ways you should and shouldn't use AI can be found here.

Sponsorship

Companies House cannot offer Visa sponsorship to candidates through this campaign. Companies House holds a Visa sponsorship licence but this can only be used for certain roles and this campaign does not qualify. Should you apply for this role and require sponsorship, your application may be rejected, and any provisional offers of employment withdrawn.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.

Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check .

See our vetting charter .

People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements

Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles .

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.

Diversity and Inclusion

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy .

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Contact point for applicants
Job contact :

• Name : Jade Palmer
• Email :

Recruitment team

• Email :

Further information

We welcome applications from Welsh speakers. Selection for appointment to the Civil Service is on merit, on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's Recruitment Principles. In accordance with the Civil Service Commissioners' Recruitment Principles, our recruitment and selection processes are underpinned by the requirement of appointment on the basis of merit by fair and open competition. If you feel your application has not been treated in accordance with the Recruitment Principles and you wish to make a complaint, you should contact in the first instance. If you are not satisfied with the response you receive you can contact the Civil Service Commission .

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