Intelligence Analysis

at  Food Standards Agency

JOB SUMMARY

The Food Standards Agency (FSA) is looking for an Intelligence Analyst to join the National Food Crime Unit (NFCU). This team carries out vital work to disrupt and take action against those committing food crimes across England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
The FSA is a non-ministerial department of over 1600 people. We play a critical role in protecting public health and consumers’ wider interests in food across England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Our vision is an important one - to drive change, delivering “food we can trust” and working towards a healthier and more sustainable food system.

JOB DESCRIPTION

Our Intelligence Analyst will support our efforts to identify, disrupt and deter by conducting strategic and tactical analysis of the highest level. Producing detailed reports and presenting findings to colleagues, you’ll be adept at supporting your conclusions with evidence-led reasoning. With your work subject to use as evidence in criminal prosecutions, you’ll play a key role in our efforts to stop food crimes and bring perpetrators to justice.
Your experience will be invaluable to supporting the team’s efforts, using a background in analysis within intelligence or law enforcement environments to offer insight to colleagues and stakeholders across the FSA. You’ll have a keen attention to detail and will offer up key information in accessible and relevant reports.
The NFCU has a distinct and vital role within the FSA, and you will act as its representative in numerous settings, from conferences and meetings to court cases. A talent for effective communication will enable you to help others get the information they need to disrupt food crimes in any setting necessary.
If you are adept at working in team environments and can deliver a quality service at pace to ensure that we can better protect food in the UK, apply today for this important and exciting position in the FSA.

PERSON SPECIFICATION

Please read the attached Candidate Pack to discover further details about the role, our organisation, who we are looking for and the criteria we will assess against during the selection process.
We look forward to receiving your application and wish you every success.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

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

• Technical Criteria: Essential • Already hold, or willing to attain, College of Policing Intelligence Professionalisation Programme certification.

Benefits
Alongside your salary of £32,505, Food Standards Agency contributes £9,416 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.
Our candidate pack details the benefits that the FSA has to offer. Please also refer to the attached Terms and Conditions statement.
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EXPERIENCE

• Lead criteria: Experience as an intelligence analyst in an intelligence or law enforcement environment delivering intelligence products, and using crime analysis tools, critical thinking techniques, methodologies and specialist software in the assessment of large or complex datasets. Including provision of evidential packages for court.
• Experience of reviewing and interpreting large or complex data to determine trends and key findings.
• Experienced in writing reports or compiling assessments which interpret and communicate analytical findings in verbal, graphical or written form, ensuring these meet user needs.
• Experience of managing substantial personal workload with minimum supervision, prioritising and meeting tight deadlines.

EXPERIENCE

• Experience of reviewing and interpreting large or complex data to determine trends and key findings.
  Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI)
  You must ensure that any evidence submitted as part of your application or used during interview, including your CV and any statements or examples, are truthful and factually accurate. Please note that plagiarism can include presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own.

UNITED KINGDOM SECURITY VETTING (UKSV) REQUIREMENTS (SC)

Appointment will be subject to the candidate having, or being able to achieve, National Security Vetting at Security Check (SC) level.
All security clearances require you to provide evidence of your UK footprint where you have been physically present in the UK.
The requirement for SC clearance is to have been present in the UK for at least 3 of the last 5 years (although there are some exceptions e.g. if you have been serving abroad with HM Armed Forces).
Failure to meet the residency requirements will result in your security clearance application being rejected.

Checks will be made against:

• a departmental/company records check which will include, for example personal files, staff reports, sick leave returns and security records
• a check of both spent and unspent criminal records
• a check of credit and financial history with a credit reference agency
• a check of Security Service (MI5) records
• exceptionally, if there are any unresolved security concerns about the individual, or if recommended by the Security Service, the individual may also be interviewed
• in the event of any unresolved financial concerns, the individual may also be required to complete a separate financial questionnaire so that a full review of personal finances can be carried out
• checks may extend to third parties included on the security questionnaire.

Additional questions: You will be asked to confirm that you meet the residency requirements for United Kingdom Security Vetting screening and that you understand, and can meet, the travel requirements of the role.

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) (opens in a new window)
• 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 (opens in a new window)

Please refer the Job description for details