Counter Terrorism Unit - Higher Analyst
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Role Responsibilities:
- Responsible for the quality control and delivery of analytical products to Senior Leadership team, Intelligence Managers and Senior Investigating Officers.
- Effectively plan and allocate work, optimising assets to meet operational and strategic demands.
- Manage and develop Analysts and Researchers, including overseeing individual professional development and objectives, delivering appropriate training and coaching when required.
- Work effectively with CTU partners to achieve comprehensive NIM compliant products.
- To ensure evidential excellence with all relevant products and attend court to give expert testimony if required.
- Promote the role of the analyst, liaising with partners to develop relationships and processes that support the analytical requirements of the CTU.
- Represent the WMCTU at force and national level.
- Provide senior decision makers with comprehensive working papers, making recommendations for improvements and amendments to systems within the analytic team.
- Develop and maintain an excellent understanding of violent extremism and counter terrorism. In addition excellent understanding of NIM and MoPI and other guidelines and legislation.
- Show reliability and resilience in difficult circumstances. Lead by example, remaining calm and confident; respond logically and decisively in difficult situations.
- Understands other people's views and takes them into account. Is tactful and diplomatic when dealing with people, treating them with dignity and respect at all times. Understands and is sensitive to social, cultural and racial differences.
- Any other duties commensurate with the role and band/grade.
Essential Skills and Competencies:
- Must have experience in a similar role with proven track record of analysis.
- Experience of developing people at all levels of the organisation. Creates an environment where staff are motivated to achieve results.
- Evidence of holding a broad understanding of relevant current affairs and identifies what effect they will have on the organisation.
- Knowledge of processes that make sure stakeholders' and customers' views and needs are clearly identified and responded to.
- Evidence utilising analytical techniques to understand complex information issues. Considers a range of options and their effects. Makes recommendations to the Senior Analyst by logically analysing all the relevant factors.
- Experience of developing structured plans across a range of activities that may be complex. Monitors progress towards strategic objectives and direction given. Makes sure all activity is in line with efficient and effective policing.
- Must have effective verbal and non-verbal communication skills, being able to interact and influence at all levels.
- Ability to influence and negotiate workloads against customer needs, obtaining feedback to improve practises.
- Excellent presentation skills to present findings, ideas and situation reports to senior decision makers.
- Ability to make decisions and work under pressure, inspiring and maintaining team cohesion.
- Be willing and able to attain Intelligence Professionalisation Programme (IPP) certification in line with role.
- Ability to implement change across team to improve operational effectiveness.
Desirable Skills and Competencies:
- Knowledge and experience of Counter Terrorism policing and analysis.
- Knowledge and experience of intelligence led policing.
- IPP certificated.
- Ability to identify the need for change and propose solutions to senior managers.
- Ability to mentor Analysts.
