HEO Operational Intelligence Analyst

Details
Reference number

433361

Salary

£33,947 - £48,056

National: £33,947 to £43,985

London: £37,346 - £48,056

A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%

GBP

Job grade

Higher Executive Officer

Contract type

Permanent

Business area

Insolvency - Investigation and Enforcement Services

Type of role

Analytical

Working pattern

Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time

Number of jobs available

2

Contents

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

Location

Birmingham, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Exeter, Ipswich, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle and Nottingham. (Croydon and Stratford will only be available to existing employees of the Insolvency Service).

About the job
Job summary

The Insolvency Service is a leading Government agency which plays a crucial role in providing essential services to the public and to business. The work we do is important to the proper functioning of markets, the economy in general and support for thousands of people each year who are in financial difficulty.

Inclusive and diverse teams are important to us. We welcome and encourage applications from everyone, including groups underrepresented in our workforce. The Insolvency Service strives to ensure that the agency is a safe, inclusive, and welcoming place for everybody to bring their true self to work and to help the agency to achieve its diversity objectives. We have 10 active employee network groups available to join or become an ally, these include, Carers Network, Disability & Health, FACES Network Group, Grass Roots, LGBT+, Mind Matters, No Limits, Part Time Workers, The Shed, and Women's Network Group.

We offer full-time, part-time, job share and flexible ways of working. We value capability, technical skills and experience and we place great emphasis on lifetime development to support our people. We encourage our employees to become more involved in areas they feel strongly about, whether it be for the benefit of the agency, though our Engagement network or in their own local communities via volunteering opportunities.

The Insolvency Service is a great place to work, learn and grow your career

Investigation and Enforcement Services (IES) directorate aims to deliver and promote a range of investigation and enforcement activities, both civil and criminal in nature, to support fair and open markets. We do this by effectively enforcing the statutory company and insolvency regimes, maintaining public confidence in those regimes, and reducing the harm caused to victims of fraudulent activity and to the business community

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Insolvency Service as an experienced operational intelligence analyst to help deliver our aim to tackle financial wrongdoing. There are opportunities to work in locations across England, Wales, and Scotland, delivering investigative support to assist in meeting our three core objectives to: tackle economic crime facilitated through companies, enforce the UK's insolvency framework and enforce the Companies Acts and associated legislation.

The post will sit within the analytical cadre of the intelligence team, part of the Investigation and Enforcement Directorate of the Insolvency Service.

Job description

As an experienced Intelligence Analyst, your role will be to conduct complex and wide-ranging analysis in support of the Insolvency Service's mission and Investigation and enforcement strategy.

You will be working with often large, multiple data sources to interpret and inform on threat and identify risk, presenting data visually in a way that is easy to comprehend. The post holder will provide accurate, clear, and quality tactical and strategic analytical products that add value. The role will see the post holder working closely with the respective intelligence and investigation teams; regularly briefing on their analytical findings and providing direction and recommendations.

A core function of the role is to produce analysis to an evidential standard for use at Court. Attendance at Court to act as a witness to provide evidence is a requirement of the post.

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 appropriate training.

Responsibilities

As a HEO Operational Intelligence analyst you will:

• Evaluate and assess intelligence from multiple sources, understanding the availability and suitability of each source.
• Conduct analysis to support law enforcement objectives using appropriate tools, techniques, and systems.
• Identify intelligence gaps, patterns, relationships, trends, threats, and opportunities, making inferences and developing recommendations.
• Produce and present analytical products for intelligence purposes to inform operational decision making.
• Produce and present evidential analytical products at court.
• Deliver briefings and presentations, making recommendations to support the decision making and risk management process.
• Ensure your Continuous Professional Development and capability.
• Assist with ad hoc tactical and strategic taskings and support the wider analytical team where required. This may require more proactive work; using innovative methods and identifying trends to amplify impact against some of the greatest problems affecting the Insolvency Service.
• Intelligence analysts are responsible for generating strategic, tactical, operational and investigative products to a high standard and you will work to the competency frameworks and standards set by both College of Policing and Professional Head of Intelligence Assessment (PHIA).

Person specification

The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate the following skills, knowledge, and abilities:

Conducting intelligence analysis: conduct intelligence analysis and assessment, demonstrating the ability to communicate results of intelligence analysis to influence decision making. You understand the customer's requirements, the decisions that customer needs to make, and why the assessment is required in order to ensure the end product can assist and inform the decision-making process.

Gathering, organising, and evaluating information and intelligence: identify a range of intelligence sources to allow you to answer the customer's questions and identify intelligence gaps where further collection is required. Using varied sources of information and different methodologies to support decision-making. A good understanding of the use of intelligence, data, information and evidence by law enforcement agencies and the ability to evaluate it to determine its reliability and relevance.

Analysis, Tradecraft and Assessment: use creative and critical thinking skills to ensure assessments are robust, applying appropriate structured methods, techniques and approaches that are relevant to the intelligence requirement.

Communication of Intelligence Assessment: effectively communicate complex matters clearly and concisely in a manner appropriate to the audience, including through making use of effective visualisation. Has the ability to influence, negotiate and persuade.

Co-operation, Co-ordination and Challenge: build a range of effective working relationships with the most relevant individuals and organisations, both inside and outside of government. Enable and encourage effective challenge from across the community, to ensure the production of the best assessments.

Deliver at a pace independently or as a team: confidently manage multiple tasks and competing priorities, ensuring consistency of service and outputs. Completes work independently, seeking and providing support where appropriate, ensuring tasks are completed to agreed standards and timelines.

Team player: willingness to develop and support the continual improvement of the team and analytical function.

Information management: good understanding of information management and data integrity issues.

Continual Professional Development: willingness to keep up with CPD requirements.

Essential criteria

Have completed one of the following intelligence analysis courses:

• NAP – PHIA New Analyst Programme
• NIAT - National Intelligence Analysis Training
• GIAT - Government Intelligence Analyst Training
• DIAM - Defence Intelligence Analyst Module
• Intelligence analyst (level 4) apprenticeship

Or a relevant Government/Military or Law Enforcement equivalent qualification. You will need to be able to evidence that the relevant government/military or law enforcement equivalent qualification covered similar material to one of the above courses.

And

Proven experience of conducting intelligence analysis and assessment at an operational level either within the last 5 years, or currently.

Desirable criteria

• Experience of conducting financial analysis
• An understanding of financial crime and money laundering
• Court room training
• The ability to produce and present evidential analytical products at court.

Behaviours

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

• Seeing the Big Picture
• Making Effective Decisions
• Delivering at Pace

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

• Seeing the Big Picture
• Making Effective Decisions

Technical skills

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

• Experience of conducting intelligence analysis within law enforcement, defence and/or national security and the ability to communicate results of intelligence analysis to influence decision making

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £33,947, Insolvency Service contributes £9,834 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

We want you to have a good work-life balance and want to support you in all that you do, so we offer a great benefits package including:

• flexible working arrangements and flexi-time
• full time new entrants to the Civil Service and those Civil Servants on modernised terms and conditions will be entitled to 25 days leave increasing on a sliding scale to 30 days after 5 years' service
• in addition to this you are entitled to 8 public/bank holidays plus an additional day of privilege leave
• competitive maternity, paternity and parental leave
• 5 days paid leave for learning and development
• 5 days paid for volunteering
• a Cycle to work scheme
• staff have access to an employee assistance programme, Workplace Wellness, for confidential, independent support and advice during difficult times in either their professional or personal life

Your pension is a valuable part of your total reward package where the employer makes a significant contribution to the cost of your pension. Your contributions come out of your salary before any tax is taken. This means, if you pay tax, your take-home pay will not be reduced by the full amount of your contribution; and your pension will continue to provide valuable benefits for you and your family if you are too ill to continue to work or die before you retire. For more information, visit

Things you need to know
Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles , and will assess your Behaviours, Ability, Experience and Technical skills.

As part of the sift process, you will be asked to complete:

Online Tests

CV

Personal Statement

Behaviours

• Behaviour 1 – Seeing the Big Picture
• Behaviour 2 - Making Effective Decisions

Technical Skills

Before submission of your application you will be invited to complete a Civil Service Verbal Test and Civil Service Numerical Test.

Please complete the online tests as soon as possible (within 24-48 hours is recommended), the closing date for the tests is 23:55 on 03/11/2025. If you fail to complete the online tests before the deadline your application will be withdrawn. Guidance for the tests will be available when you are invited to take the tests. The tests are administered online and accessed via the CS Jobs website.

CV Guidance

Your CV should provide a clear overview of your employment history, key responsibilities and relevant qualifications.

Note: Your CV will be scored as part of the assessment process and will be assessed against the criteria outlined in the job advert.

Personal Statement Guidance

Your personal statement should be no more than 500 words and should explain how you consider your personal skills, qualities and experience provide evidence of your suitability for the role, in reference to the essential criteria and values in the person specification.

Should a large number of applications be received, an initial sift may be conducted using the Technical skills. Candidates who pass the initial sift may be progressed to a full sift or progressed straight to interview.

If successful at the sift stage, at interview, you will be assessed on the following:

Behavioural Competencies - assessed through:

• Behaviour 1 - Seeing the Big Picture
• Behaviour 2 - Making Effective Decisions
• Behaviour 3 - Delivering at Pace

Technical Skills

Expected timeline (subject to change)

Sift – w/c 03/11 2025

Interview – w/c 01/12/2025

Location - MS Teams

Your interview will be conducted by video. You will be notified of this if you are selected for interview. Candidates are asked to note the above timetable, exercising flexibility through the recruitment and selection process.

Use of AI

Artificial Intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.

Visa Applicants

To sponsor a candidate under the Skilled Worker visa, a sponsorship licence is required. The Insolvency Service does not currently hold this licence and therefore, cannot legally sponsor Skilled Worker visa applicants.

Further Information

A reserve list may be held for a period of 12 months from which further appointments can be made.

Any move to Insolvency Service from another employer will mean you can no longer access childcare vouchers. This includes moves between government departments. You may however be eligible for other government schemes, including Tax Free Childcare; for further information visit the Childcare Choices website.

Reasonable Adjustment

If a person with disabilities is put at a substantial disadvantage compared to a non-disabled person, we have a duty to make reasonable changes to our processes.

If you need a change to be made so that you can make your application, you should:

Contact Government Recruitment Service via as soon as possible before the closing date to discuss your needs.

Complete the 'Assistance required' section in the 'Additional requirements' page of your application form to tell us what changes or help you might need further on in the recruitment process. For instance, you may need wheelchair access at interview, or if you're deaf, a Language Service Professional.

If successful and transferring from another Government Department a criminal record check may be carried out.

In order to process applications without delay, we will be sending a Criminal Record Check to Disclosure and Barring Service/Disclosure Scotland on your behalf.

However, we recognise in exceptional circumstances some candidates will want to send their completed forms direct. If you will be doing this, please advise Government Recruitment Service of your intention by emailing Pre- stating the job reference number in the subject heading.

For further information on the Disclosure Scotland confidential checking service telephone: the Disclosure Scotland Helpline on and ask to speak to the operations manager in confidence, or email

For further information on National Security Vetting please visit the Demystifying Vetting website.

New entrants are expected to join on the minimum of the pay band.

If you are experiencing accessibility problems with any attachments on this advert, please contact the email address in the 'Contact point for applicants' section.

Hybrid Working

Insolvency Service operates a hybrid working policy subject to business need, giving people the flexibility to choose when and where they work and collaborate with others.

Individuals are expected to work from one of the office locations stated in the advert to connect with their colleagues, as required by their role and business team needs. There is flexibility to split the working week, spending a minimum of 60% in the workplace, which includes the office, site visits, court etc.

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 .

Apply and further information

This vacancy is part of the Great Place to Work for Veterans initiative.

The Civil Service welcomes applications from people who have recently left prison or have an unspent conviction. Read more about prison leaver recruitment (opens in new window).

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Contact point for applicants
Job contact :

• Name : Josie Haward
• Email :

Recruitment team

• Email :

Further information

A candidate can raise a complaint to the Insolvency Service if they think that:

They have been discriminated against under the Equality Act 2010.

There have been procedural irregularities at any stage of the recruitment process.

If you feel that your application has not been treated in accordance with the recruitment principles, and wish to make a complaint, then you should contact in the first instance: If you are not satisfied with the response that you receive you can then contact the Civil Service Commission.

All complaints must be received by the contact point for applicants within 24 hours from the date the applicant is advised of their non-success at sift, assessment or interview. Complaints will be considered by an independent third-party outside of the recruitment campaign. The decision will be conveyed to the applicant, in writing, within 5 working days of receipt of the complaint. The recruitment process will usually be put on hold until the complaint has been resolved.

Complaints may also be made to the Civil Service Commission at any time if the individual believes their application has not been treated in accordance with the recruitment principles (appointment on merit through fair and open competition). However, complaints must first have been raised with Government Recruitment Service.

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