Home Office Intelligence

**Details**:
**Reference number**:

- 304207**Salary**:

- £25,750 - £27,650- AHW of up to 34% is applicable on this role (see further information for more details).**Job grade**:

- Executive Officer**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Business area**:

- HO - Immigration Enforcement - HO Intel - Immigration Enforcement**Type of role**:

- Intelligence**Working pattern**:

- Full-time, Part-time, Shift Working**Number of jobs available**:

- 2Contents

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About the job

**Benefits**:
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Location
- Haslar - Gosport, Link House - NewcastleAbout the job

**Job summary**:

- Home Office Intelligence brings together a number of existing teams involved in the collection and analysis of border and immigration related intelligence. It delivers Intelligence Collection, Development, Analysis, Targeting (Data Analytics) and Watchlisting capabilities within the Home Office and to its partners across Government and Law Enforcement. Learn more on the HO Intelligence careers page.**Job description**:
The role of the Joint Debriefing Team (JDT) is to gather intelligence and evidence for the purpose of identifying offenders and their methods to support the prosecution and/or disruption of those who perpetrate organised immigration crime. The focus is aimed at those engaged in people smuggling and human trafficking into and across the EU as well as within the UK. Information gathered is also used to assist operational and strategic planning across multiple law enforcement teams in the UK and the EU. Information gathered is also used to assist operational and strategic planning across the Home Office and other law enforcement partners.

**Responsibilities**
- Responding to significant events on a regional and national level - including joint operations and urgent deployments (as directed by senior managers).
- Conducting in-depth research and confidential interviews - completing witness statements where necessary.
- Gathering intelligence as directed by the team leader to deliver again Home Office priorities relating to Organised Immigration Crime.
- Being aware of safeguarding, the identifiers which are used to recognise potential victims of trafficking and how the National Referral Mechanism works.
- Managing and improving performance including through the creation and maintenance of accurate and up to date performance and activity records.
- Participating in relevant Intelligence Meetings.
- Prioritising workload in line with current tasks and identified intelligence gaps.
- Ensuring internal (including operational, casework and policy) and external partner engagement is effective, taking every opportunity to develop both new and existing relationships to improve the quality of referrals.
- Keeping the Intelligence Manager informed of operational activity and performance.
- Establishing, developing and managing partner relationships to develop intelligence gathering opportunities.
- Supporting and work alongside regional intelligence teams, the Police, National Crime Agency (NCA) and Criminal and Financial Investigations when required.
- Having the ability to work alone and use initiative.

**Person specification**:
**Essential criteria**
- Experience of working in a law enforcement environment, (or intelligence gathering and other occupations), where in-depth interviewing was conducted to establish facts or obtain information.
- Experience of gathering information for research or analysis.
- Ability to develop and maintain good stakeholder relationships.
- Good organisational skills and the ability to prioritise workload.
- Due to the critical nature of this role, it is a prerequisite for the post holder to already possess a valid, current travel document which will enable them to enter any EU country for work without restrictions.

**Desirable criteria**
- Experience of immigration IT systems or Police IT Systems.
- Experience of working on high performing teams.

**Licences**:

- Full UK valid (manual) driving licence is required which allows you to drive official vehicles in the UK.**Behaviours**:
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

- Communicating and Influencing
- Delivering at Pace
- Making Effective Decisions
- Seeing the Big Picture
- Communicating and Influencing

**Benefits**:

- Learning and development tailored to your role
- An environment with flexible working options
- A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
- A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 27%

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**Selection process details**:

- This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Strengths and Experience.This gives us the best possible chance of finding the right person for the job, drives up performance and improves diversity and inclusivity.
- A CV detailing job history
- A statement of suitability (personal statement) (maximum 750 words)
- Provide evidence of the lead behaviour Comm