Group Intelligence Hub Manager

Ministry of Justice; Ovingdean; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A governmental agency in the United Kingdom is seeking a strategic intelligence manager responsible for overseeing intelligence analysis within its group. The ideal candidate will lead a team of Intelligence Analysts, ensuring compliance with policies and delivering high-quality intelligence products. Strong leadership skills and a solid understanding of prison operating environments are essential. This role involves critical responsibilities, including managing operations and conducting quality assurance checks on intelligence activities.

Qualifications

• No operational experience required, but essential to have knowledge of prison operating environments.
• Strong leadership and management skills are critical for directing a team of Intelligence Analysts.
• Ability to apply structured analytical techniques for intelligence analysis products.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the application of policy and ensure compliance within the group.
• Prepare and deliver intelligence products as per the set policies.
• Manage the tasking of analysts and oversee intelligence operations.
• Conduct quality assurance checks on intelligence reports and products.
• Act as the point of contact for ViSOR and manage intelligence updates.

Skills

Knowledge of prison operating environments

Working knowledge of intelligence practice

Leadership and management skills

Analytical skills

Job description

Overview

Overview of the job: This is an administrative managerial job within a group.

Summary

The post holder will be responsible for overseeing the provision of strategic and tactical intelligence analysis within establishments in its group. The post holder will play a critical leadership and management role in developing the intelligence picture on a range of threats impacting on the group. This job requires no operational experience. However, knowledge of prison operating environments and a working knowledge of intelligence practice is essential. This post has line management responsibility for a team of Intelligence Analysts.

Responsibilities, Activities and Duties

• Have keen oversight and management responsibilities for ensuring policy is applied and followed.
• Ensure that intelligence products are prepared by Intelligence Units and delivered to establishments in line with the HMPPS Intelligence Policy, the National Security Framework (NSF) and Local Security Strategy (LSS).
• Take responsibility for the tasking of analysts and act as a conduit between the Intelligence Unit and establishments across the group; ensure that terms of reference for intelligence analysis products are appropriate and realistic.
• Obtain and evaluate information for intelligence analysis for non-routine or sensitive subject or problem profiles; applying structured analytical techniques to create intelligence analysis products to support decision making.
• Ensure that analysis of local MDT results is completed, providing reports to the Head of Security and the local drug strategy committee.
• Ensure that good intelligence analysis is prepared and submitted for use in intelligence led tasks such as searching, non-random drug testing, mobile phone detector deployment, allocations of dog resources, debriefing and larger operations requiring the deployment of regional SOCT and national teams.
• Act as the group system administrator for Mercury, approving new accounts and ensuring that all users have signed and understand the SyOPs.
• Complete monthly quality checks on the content of local Mercury reporting, analysis, assessment and processing requirements; providing advice, guidance and potentially initiating performance management procedures when agreed standards are not met.
• Manage person of interest databases including E-List prisoners, prominent and development nominals, PRAS nominals, organised crime group mapped nominals and visitors of interest etc., updating with new intelligence as received and communicating with decision makers to ensure reviews and actions are completed within agreed timescales.
• Complete quality assurance checks on requested intelligence reports to ensure they are completed, sanitised and disclosed in line with HMPPS policy.
• Review and maintain the effectiveness of local analysis processes.
• Ensure that a system is in place for actions resulting from IRs and intelligence product to be communicated and followed up appropriately.
• Manage access to the PIN phone system, approving new accounts and ensuring back-ups are completed and product is retained in line with specified timescales. Ensure any applications for and monitoring of communications including mail, PIN phones and CCTV is done in strict adherence to HMPPS policy and legislation.
• Act as the nominated point of contact for ViSOR, ensuring processes are in place to update intelligence for prisoners who are partnered on the system within agreed timescales.
• Liaise with Heads of Security and provide advice on the range of tactics (both overt and covert) that may be available to maximise the collection of intelligence for individual problem profiles.
• Ensure intelligence analysis is provided and represented at local tasking meetings, security committee meetings, IDRM, Safer Custody and any other meetings where intelligence will be relied upon for decision making purposes.
• Provide assistance to the local Counter Corruption Lead, ensuring intelligence related corruption processes are in place and that intelligence analysis is allocated appropriately to specific cases. Completing quality assurance checks on any corruption related intelligence products prior to onward dissemination. Promoting a culture where corruption is not tolerated, ensuring that staff are encouraged to submit IRs on suspected inappropriate behaviours.
• Be the group intelligence subject matter expert. Work closely with regional CT teams to support the pathfinder process and ensure all aspects of the current policy are adhered to. Work with group SMT and external stakeholders to ensure that local analytical products meet the required needs – seeking and acting on feedback.