Role type
Police Staff
Contract duration
Permanent
Contract type
Full Time, Part Time
Department
Intelligence
Location
Kettering, Northern Accommodation Building - NN14 1UE, Northampton, Force Headquarters - NN4 0JQ
Grade/scale
Staff - Scale 3
Salary
£24,222 - salary will be pro rata for part time contracts.
Hours per week
37
Closing date*

21/09/2025, 23:55

• The hiring manager reserves the right to close the advert prior to the closing date, depending on the level of applications

Job description

JOB DESCRIPTION

JOB TITLE: Intelligence Support Officer
SCALE: Scale 3
SUPERVISION AND CONTROL: Senior Criminal Intelligence Analyst

NOTE:

The job description reflects the major tasks to be carried out by the post holder and identifies a
level of responsibility at which the post holder will be required to work. In the interests of
effective working any major tasks may be reviewed from time to time to reflect changing needs and
circumstances. Such reviews and other consequential changes will be carried out in consultation
with the post holder. The post holder will be also required to carry out such other duties as may
be determined from time to time to be within the general scope of the post.

PURPOSE OF THE JOB:

To provide information/data management and broad administrative and research support within the
Proactive Crime and Intelligence department (primarily to the Intelligence Officer, Assistant
Criminal Intelligence Analyst and Intelligence Management Team roles).

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Responsibility for Intelligence Duty workstreams, tasks and inboxes, undertaking a range of
   administrative and research workstreams, to assist Proactive Crime and Intelligence in meeting its
   objectives. This includes supporting the daily briefing process, completing information
   requests/data returns, running data queries and consequent data updates/cleansing, updating
   NICHE and disseminating information from internal and external information requests.
2. Administrative support for the Disruption Moderation process in Force and the APMIS system,
   exporting/cleansing information and conducting associated research to appropriately grade the
   disruption level. Support Proactive Crime and Intelligence Department with the cleansing and
   maintenance of Criminal Organisation data within NICHE, maintaining a high level of data integrity.
3. To receive and assess information and to maintain Police Crime and Intelligence record
   management systems (NICHE), ensuring that there is an effective record management. Receive queries
   as first point of contact, maintaining confidentiality to ensure queries and requests are dealt
   with efficiently and effectively.
4. Undertake system checks and searches, across a range of platforms, including to verify and
   cross-reference validity of information to identify and communicate links between different pieces
   of information, where required, to support colleagues in the intelligence (FIB/IMT) and criminal
   intelligence analytical functions.
5. Develop/create/maintain briefings which have a clear purpose of either imparting information or
   generating operational activity to support and ongoing operations and aid
   with achievement of Force policing objectives/priorities.
6. Disseminate intelligence/ information, where required, in line with Force and National
   standards, to support ongoing operations and aid with achievement of Force policing
   objectives/priorities.
7. Identify threat, harm, risk and opportunity for interventions, and to escalate to the
   appropriate person promptly for further action to support operations and live-time operational
   activities.
8. Develop relationships with colleagues and team members to further operational awareness of roles
   and to support partnership working.
9. Adhere to all legal frameworks, key working principles, policies and guidance relevant to the
   role. This should include MOPI and data Review, Retention and Disposal.
10. Ability to obtain Intelligence Professionalisation Programme Accreditation within 18 months of
    appointment.