Acro Intelligence Researcher

**Job Details**:
**Job Title**: ACRO Intelligence Researcher

**Salary Range**: £29,109 - £31,296

**Work Location**: Near Fareham

**Hours per week**: Monday - Friday with flexible office hours

**Contact Type**: Permanent

**Closing date**: 29 December 2024

We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated individual to join us as an Intelligence Researcher, within a national policing unit.

**More about the role**:
This role will provide an intelligence and safeguarding function in support of ACRO business areas. They will co-ordinate intelligence activities undertaken at ACRO with stakeholders including both UK and overseas Law Enforcement Agencies. They will provide a wide range of support services within ACRO ensuring the timely and accurate dissemination of intelligence for the purposes of prevention and detection of crime, and to safeguard vulnerable members of society in the UK and across the world.

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**More about us**:
ACRO Criminal Records Office supports UK and international law enforcement by processing criminal records for the purposes of public protection, safeguarding and worldwide community safety.

We are growing, now employing more than 300 people to support the fight against crime as a global leader in our field.

All ACRO staff are employees of Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary, and are provided with the same benefits of working within the public sector as other members of police staff.

Our culture and work environment aim to ensure that everyone feels included and valued. We invest in our people so that they can thrive, realise their potential and enjoy coming into work.

We are located in an attractive and modern business park close to the M27 between Portsmouth and Southampton.

Please visit our website for the full range of products and services we provide to UK police forces and international agencies.

**Essential Qualifications**:
Educated to Educated to QCF Level 2 Three to five passes to include English language and Maths OR work experience deemed to have brought the postholder to a comparable level.

**Essential Experience**:
**Essential**
- Knowledge and understanding of relevant law, criminal investigations and criminal justice processes.
- Ability to interrogate and analyse a broad range of information systems in order to assess risk and create supporting documents.
- Proven experience working under pressure, handling complex, confidential and sensitive data and updating records meeting service level agreements.
- To be computer literate with MS Office programmes and be a competent keyboard user working at pace and with accuracy.

**Desirable**:

- Experience of working in a research role within an intelligence environment. Knowledge of the Police National Computer (PNC) and other police information systems.
- An understanding and appreciation of information compliance, the National Intelligence Model (NIM), the Management of Police Information (MoPI).

**Competencies and Personal Qualities**:
We are Emotionally Aware Level 1

We Take Ownership Level 1

We Analyse Critically Level 1

We are collaborative Level 1

We Deliver, Support and Inspire Level 1

Public Service

**Contact details for an informal discussion**:
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary is an inclusive employer and strives to have a workforce representative of the communities we police and serve. We recognise that we are not fully representative and are working to address this imbalance through a variety of initiatives.

The Disability Confident campaign aims to remove barriers, increase understanding and ensure that people have opportunities to fulfil their potential and realise their aspirations. We will accommodate requests for reasonable adjustments where possible throughout our recruitment and promotions processes and encourage anyone requiring reasonable adjustments to disclose this at the earliest opportunity.