Job Description

Location: Various locations across SYP Force Area (central team based at Swan House, Sheffield)

Salary: \xc2\xa327,690 - \xc2\xa331,434

Hours: 37hrs

Contract Type: Fixed-Term (until 31.03.2025)

Role Purpose:

It is an exciting time to join the South Yorkshire Police Research & Analysis department. Recognising the key part intelligence will play in the Force\'s journey to outstanding, a significant increase in investment has been committed to our analytical function. This has created several exciting new roles, which directly support operational performance across a diverse range of crime types, in an expanding department with excellent career development opportunities.

Due to a significant investment in our Intelligence Analysis function, we are inviting applications from methodical, customer-focussed individuals to join our expanding team.

Intelligence Analysts make a direct contribution in the reduction and detection of crime through researching, analysing, and presenting data from a diverse range of sources to enable informed decision-making.

Key Responsibilities:

• Undertake analysis and present the findings of analytical work to the standards as defined within the National Intelligence Model and in accordance with SYP priorities.
• Provide expertise using recognised analytical techniques and methodology to assist decision making at a strategic, tactical, and/or operational level.
• Responsible for developing analytical products and recommendations at a district and force level, including on specialist investigations.
• You must be able to utilise IT to analyse, interpret and present data (including working knowledge of all core MS Office products). You will have the ability to communicate confidently to a range of stakeholders and prepare and present reports from complex information to support informed decision-making.
• If successful, you must be available to attend 8-week training programme; dates to be confirmed.
• In return, we are offering a full training and development programme with excellent career opportunities. We also offer generous entitlements and supportive polices to enable a better work-life balance such as generous annual leave, flexible and hybrid working, generous \'family leave\', access to a range of occupational health facilities, a generous pension scheme and a 24/7 accessible Employee Assistance Service.
• Establish and interpret requirements to ensure the needs of key stakeholders are met.
• Negotiate, discuss, and agree terms of reference and strategies for intelligence products with clients including SIOs, tasking chairs and other stakeholders.
• Develop and maintain effective working relationships internally and externally to share data, information, and analysis (where appropriate); work with partners to ensure access to a rich intelligence picture (in order to best inform assessments).

• Collect and evaluate data/information from a wide variety of sources (exploiting all appropriate systems and products, including relevant databases and analytical software tools) to support the creation of a collection plan (where applicable) and the delivery of analytical techniques and intelligence products; thus, supporting the identification and analysis of crime problems across South Yorkshire.
• Conduct analysis at a strategic, tactical and/or operational level, identifying and using appropriate analytical tools and techniques to:

• Develop and test inferences and hypotheses, to draw evidence-based conclusions.
• Deliver intelligence products in support of the relevant unit/district, both in accordance with the standard analytical techniques outlined in NIM and the relevant tasking and co-ordinating processes.
• Produce written and/or verbal briefings and presentations to stakeholders to provide a clear and concise evidence-based understanding of the subject matter, including providing advice and guidance on products. Be able to prepare, deliver and present analytical products for use in court proceedings and other hearings, as required.
• Communicate complex analytical information and recommendations to districts/departments at all levels, both in writing and orally.
• Adhere to all legal frameworks, key working principles, professional practice, policies, and guidance relevant to the role.
• Maintain awareness of innovation within intelligence to ensure local implementation of latest techniques and tactics, best practice, and information relevant to the role. Pledge to develop personal knowledge, through continuous professional development in the field of intelligence analysis.
• Commit to the nationally recognised assessment of the skills and abilities of all intelligence roles, IPP (Intelligence Professionalisation Programme), which assesses ongoing competence against the professional standards for the role. This includes annual maintenance of the IPP certification, once attained.

• Contribute to district/department performance through creating an in-depth understanding of issues.
• To provide a quality assurance role, including peer review, in relation to analytical products and evidence.
• Assist in mentoring and peer support, to help develop other Intelligence Analysts and Researchers.
• Perform such other duties as reasonably correspond to the general character of the post and are commensurate with its level of responsibility.
• May be required to work \'on call\' as part of a rota.
• Ability to travel within and outside of the Force area and to work hybrid/agile.

Skills and experience:

• Educated to degree level, or equivalent proven analytical experience.
• College of Policing Intelligence Professionalisation Programme (IPP) certification, or willingness to complete within agreed timescales (

2 years). * Skilled in the use of IT packages, systems and/or databases involved in analysing interpreting, storing, and presenting data; demonstrate high level aptitude using Microsoft Excel.

• Experience in intelligence/information collection and analysis.
• Demonstrate the ability to prepare and present reports from a range of complex data sources to a wide range of stakeholders.
• Demonstrate an ability to communicate confidently at all levels, including an ability to negotiate and influence.

Benefits:

We offer generous entitlements and supportive policies to enable a better work-life balance, some of which are listed below:

• Generous annual leave allowance
• Flexible and hybrid working
• Generous \'family\' leave
• Voluntary CPD Events for all staff to allow continuous development
• Mentoring & Coaching Scheme
• Access to a range of occupational health facilities
• Generous pension scheme
• Employee assistance service (accessible 24/7)
• Additional benefits for Westfield Health members
• Cycle to work scheme
• Sports and Social Club

Eligibility:

Applicants must meet the minimum requirement checkable history criteria, which must be taken into account for individuals applying to work with South Yorkshire Police in any capacity. A minimum checkable history of 5 years is required for this role and successfully undergoing recruitment vetting procedure is a pre-requisite of employment with South Yorkshire Police.

Appearance & Standards:

SYP is committed to striking a proportionate balance between self-expression and the need to maintain role sensitive professional standards in dress and appearance. Officers, staff, and volunteers of South Yorkshire Police are permitted to have tattoos visible whilst on duty provided the tattoo is not considered to be unacceptable or otherwise inappropriate. Tattoos will be reviewed as part of the recruitment and selection process.

South Yorkshire Police\'s Key Values:

Please find attached information sheet on South Yorkshire Police\'s Key Values. The force has a particular focus on three areas, Fairness, Integrity and Trust. Under each of these three headings there are key behaviours we expect all employees to adhere to.

Smarter ways of Working:

South Yorkshire Police is committed to developing working practices which assist staff to balance their personal and professional lives, whilst meeting the needs of the organisation. This in turn enables SYP to provide an outstanding service to the community.

There are 3 different categories as part of this which are: Fixed, Field and Hybrid.

This role has been evaluated as a Hybrid role.

Fixed: This is a traditional arrangement, applicable when the work is mostly required to be undertaken at a fixed single place of work (on police premises) for most of the time. The work can only or is more effectively delivered from a police premises or other agreed organisational/partner premises.

Field: This applies to roles that do have a base, however, due to the nature of their duties is required to travel to other locations. Due to the nature of these roles, they cannot accommodate flexible working from home on a permanent basis.

Hybrid: Applicable when the work can be undertaken at any location, whether that be a SYP building or from home.

Closing Date:

Sunday 6 August 2023 at 23:55

Closing dates are not normally extended, other than in exceptional circumstances and agreement is made between the Talent Acquisition Manager and the Line Manager for the role.

Contact point for applicants:

For further information about the role, please email the Analyst management Team via . POC is Deputy Head of Intelligence Analysis Rachel ELLISON.

Diversity & Inclusion:

Expressions of interest are particularly welcome from female and ethnic minority candidates.

It\'s really important to us that the department represents the community we serve, in order for us to provide the best service, utilising a range of backgrounds, experience and skills. We support and value all officers and staff and the unique experiences they bring to the role. We strongly encourage and welcome expressions of interest from these valuable underrepresented groups.

If you are from an underrepresented group and want to find out more about the support we can offer, please contact our dedicated team on

In addition, we will look to support anyone who requires Part Time/Job share working hours.

Note to candidates:

Please note that, should you be successful at the interview stage, the relevant internal or external pre-employment checks are required. These include vetting clearance or review, prior to being appointed to the new role and start date being agreed.

Apply for the role:

To apply for the role, please click the \'Apply\' button.

Internal Candidates:

To apply for this post as a secondment, you must have the support of your current Line Manager. This should be sent via email to the Hiring Line Manager. Please ensure that the role title and the closing date are stated in the subject of your email. If support is not given and you wish to apply as a on a Fixed Term Contact basis then you must contact a member of the Talent Acquisition Team before submitting your application form.

Without support, your application will not be considered any further.

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