Head of Analysis

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Job Description

Are you looking for a rewarding but challenging job as a senior member of police staff within West Midlands Police? Could you help shape the future analytical direction of West Midlands Police?

As Head of Intelligence Analysis you will hold a senior position heading up the analytical function within West Midlands police with responsibility for managing and developing intelligence analysis within the organisation, to inform decision-making and mitigate threat, risk and harm. This role leads the provision of a number of key intelligence functions whilst providing technical support across Intelligence, Local Policing and the Major Crime arena.

Key Responsibilities:

• Direct, shape, develop and co-ordinate the provision of the organisation's analytical function, in order to provide a clear and consistent set of products that inform decision-making at strategic, tactical and operational level.
• Develop and co-ordinate strategies for intelligence analysis, designing and shaping analytical processes, contributing to the strategic direction of the organisation and ensuring that the analytical function is operating in line with force priorities.
• Lead, line manage and inspire a hierarchy of analytical professionals and researchers to improve performance, providing direction and tactical advice on professional development in order to ensure that an efficient service is provided which complies with the Intelligence Professionalisation Programme (IPP) and National Intelligence Model (NIM).
• Lead the department to develop innovative tactics for acquiring, developing and evidencing intelligence, to support both proactive and reactive investigations.
• Ensure that the intelligence training needs of analysts are met through leading and coordinating the design and development of analytical and research techniques to ensure development of skills to effectively build capability and capacity across intelligence.
• Ensure the analytical function has the appropriate resources, knowledge, skills and behaviours to identify and assess, make recommendations to mitigate emerging or potential threat, risk and harm.
• Drive Force Tasking processes at a Tactical and Strategic level.
• Work in partnership with other agencies, forces, and other relevant regional or national organisations to deliver effective collaboration arrangements that will improve the force's capacity to protect the public.
• Develop and implement frameworks, policy, and systems, including for the exchange of sensitive data and analytical products, so that information is managed in accordance with all relevant legislation and policy.
• Negotiate terms of reference with force leads and wider partners.
• Levering multi-disciplined resource support to ensure project quality and delivery to deadlines.
• Influence and contribute to national consultations to develop analytical standards and ensure they are embedded into an organisational strategy.
• Provide advice, direction, and technical expertise across the force in relation to strategy, policy and performance on all analytical matters in order to contribute to force plans and the achievement of policing objectives.
• To ensure the implementation and drive of the evolution of an overarching analytical strategy that includes staff recruitment, training, tasking, professionalisation, career pathways, Information Technology solutions, staff configuration and any other relevant issues for all analytical staff in the force.

Essential Criteria:

• Required to have achieved a Level 7 qualification (master's degree) in Policing or relevant discipline and/or extensive professional analytical experience within a similar environment.
• Highly developed knowledge of research, analysis and evaluation.
• Skilled in using specialised analytical software to extract, analyse and report on data.
• Significant experience in management of leading diverse teams.
• Ability to deliver within the strategic, tactical and operational context.
• Demonstrable experience of maintaining the highest levels of integrity, discretion and confidentiality.
• High level communication skills to engage, influence, motivate, and negotiate internally and externally, representing the organisation to a variety of audiences.
• Significant experience of successfully managing workloads and projects.
• Skilled in setting team and individual performance objectives, monitoring performance across the analytical field, assessing progress and quality.
• Experience of creating and quality assuring evidential products.
• Experience and working knowledge of MORILE.

Desirable Criteria:

• College of Policing Intelligence Professionalisation Programme (IPP) Qualification (to complete within 12 months of appointment), and continued IPP compliance.
• Knowledge of covert policing tactics.
• Working knowledge of OCGM and APMIS.

Location:

Central Birmingham

Vetting:

Successful applicants will be required to pass Management Vetting scrutiny prior to commencing their role, this will include a full background & financial disclosure as part of the vetting process.

Medical:

Appointment to this role will be dependent upon successful medical checks which may include a drugs test.

Hours of work:

The core hours of this role will be office hours Monday to Friday (36.5 hours per week) although there could be some evening/weekend working depending on role. There may also be a requirement at times to travel to other locations within the Force area. Due to the nature of this role it is essential that you're flexible in terms of your working location and are prepared to work temporarily at other locations.

Applications:

Following the application paper sift process, successful applicants will be invited to attend a competency and skills based interview and be required to deliver a 15 minute presentation.

Contact:

For further information regarding the role please contact the WMP Intelligence Academy:

IN_Intelligence_Academy@westmidlands.police.uk

By choosing to join West Midlands Police you will receive an enhanced benefits package including:

• Fair remuneration with progression opportunities and access to a very competitive pension scheme.
• Enhanced annual leave in addition to public holiday entitlements.
• Discounts across travel, parking, daily costs of living and leisure activities.
• A comprehensive wellbeing package including 24/7 support, free eye tests and flu jabs.

Prospective officers and staff must be held to a higher standard of behaviour and accountability than members of the public, and that therefore their right to privacy can be fettered in certain circumstances. This is to ensure that members of the police are fully aware and accountable for the unique powers entrusted to them and the standards of professional behaviour they swear to uphold.

West Midlands Police is a Disability Confident Leader - the highest level an organisation can achieve under the scheme run by the Department of Work and Pensions. As part of our commitment we operate a 'Disability Confident Interview Scheme' - all candidates who declare a disability and meet the essential criteria for the role will be offered an interview.

It is important to note that there may be occasions where it is not practicable or appropriate to interview all disabled people who meet the essential criteria for the job. For example: in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. In these circumstances, the employer could select the candidates who best meet the essential criteria for the job, as they would do for non-disabled applicants.

"Diversity and Inclusion Vision: Maximise the potential of people from all backgrounds through a culture of fairness and inclusion to deliver the best service for our communities"

About Us

West Midlands Police is the second largest police force in the country, covering an area of 348 square miles and serving a population of almost 2.8 million.

The region sits at the very heart of the country and covers the three major centres of Birmingham, Coventry and Wolverhampton. It also includes the busy and thriving districts of Sandwell, Walsall, Solihull and Dudley. Leisure, retail and conference amenities, together with Premiership and Championship football teams, attract millions of visitors annually.

The West Midlands is an area rich in diversity, with 18 per cent of its population from ethnic minority backgrounds.

An average of 170,000 motorists travel through the region daily, making its motorways some of the busiest in Europe.

Against this backdrop, the force deals with more than 2,000 emergency calls for help every day, as well as patrolling the streets and responding to incidents 24-hours-a-day, seven days a week.