LTHSE – Organised Crime - Analyst

This Security Group analyst post sits in HMPPS's Long Term and High Security Intelligence Unit, which covers the 13 establishments in the Long Term and High Security Estate. The analyst produces quality-assured strategic and tactical intelligence on counter terrorism, corruption, organised crime and prisoner networks. The role is non-operational with no line management, some remote working and travel between sites. Candidates need SC clearance with STRAP accreditation, or the ability to achieve it.

• Produce quality-assured strategic and tactical intelligence products on high-priority offenders, offending groups and operational security vulnerabilities
• Analyse trends, hot spots and profiles to identify potential areas of concern
• Produce a monthly intelligence report on key threat priorities, intelligence gaps and requirements
• Produce a weekly briefing on notable incidents, gang activity, mobile phone finds and population statistics
• Act as point of contact for all prisons on counter terrorism and intelligence matters
• Maintain subject profiles on LTHSE nominals
• Support the tactical management and transfer of known nominals, liaising with prisons, SOCT and police
• Support prisons in using Pathfinder to manage terrorist or suspected extremist prisoners
• Support the Category A team with intelligence on high risk and exceptional risk prisoners
• Support population management decisions on moves for potentially difficult prisoners
• Produce and present key findings on non-counter terrorism intelligence to the directorate
• Build working relationships with HMPPS analysts, data functions and law enforcement partners, acting on feedback from intelligence consumers

• Experience of intelligence and data analytical techniques, research and information handling
• Experience of anticipating intelligence requirements from a range of partners

• Strong communication skills to engage partners at all levels, including law enforcement, the National Crime Agency and the Security Services

• Security clearance (SC) with STRAP accreditation, or the ability to achieve it
• DBS standard check
• Counter Terrorism Check
• Eligible under Civil Service nationality rules
• Declaration of any membership of a group HMPPS considers racist

• Highest levels of personal and professional integrity

• 9 days (66 hours 36 minutes) for bank, public and privilege holidays, with annual leave pro-rated
• Choice of two Civil Service pension schemes
• Hybrid working where business need allows, within the UK
• Flexible, part-time and job-share working considered
• Season ticket advance after two months' service
• Training and promotion programmes, with security and diversity training and induction