Intelligence Hub Manager

Ministry of Justice; Highweek; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

The Ministry of Justice is seeking a strategic Intelligence Lead to oversee strategic and tactical intelligence analysis within establishments. The post holder will provide leadership and management of the Prison Intelligence Unit, developing the intelligence picture across a range of threats affecting the establishment.

The role requires knowledge of prison operating environments and a working knowledge of intelligence practice, with line management responsibility for Intelligence Analysts and

Qualifications

• Knowledge of prison operating environments essential.
• Working knowledge of intelligence practice essential.

Responsibilities

• Oversee policy application and ensure it is followed (with Security CM).
• Ensure intelligence products are prepared by Prison Intelligence Unit and delivered in line with policy and frameworks.
• Task analysts and coordinate between the unit and other establishment functions; set appropriate terms of reference for intelligence analysis products.
• Obtain and evaluate information for intelligence analysis; apply structured analytical techniques to support decision making.
• Ensure local MDT results analysis is completed and reports provided to Head of Security and local drug strategy committee.
• Support intelligence-led tasks such as searching, drug testing, detector deployment, and operations requiring regional/national teams.
• Act as local Mercury system administrator; approve new accounts and ensure users understand SyOPs.
• Conduct monthly quality checks on Mercury reporting and processing; provide guidance and initiate performance management if standards not met.
• Manage databases of persons of interest and related nominals; update with new intelligence and communicate with decision makers to meet timescales.
• Perform quality assurance checks on requested intelligence reports for compliance with policy.
• Review and maintain effectiveness of local analysis processes.
• Ensure system for actions from IRs and intelligence products is followed up.

Skills

Intelligence analysis

Leadership

Prison environment knowledge

Tools

Mercury system

Job description

The post holder will be responsible for overseeing the provision of strategic and tactical intelligence analysis within establishments. The post holder will play a critical leadership and management role in developing the intelligence picture on a range of threats impacting on the establishment. 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 of establishment-based Intelligence Analysts and Collators.

Responsibilities, activities and duties

• Have keen oversight and management responsibilities (along with Security CM) for ensuring policy is applied and followed.
• Ensure that intelligence products are prepared by the Prison Intelligence Unit and delivered to the establishment 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 Prison Intelligence Unit and other functions across the establishment; 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 local 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.

Management of relationships

• Be responsible for the management of all staff within the Prison Intelligence Unit. This includes staff performance, development and annual appraisal through to sickness absence management.
• Maintain an excellent working relationship with Security and Operations Custodial Managers to maximise opportunities to exploit intelligence and disrupt prisoners and with the Police Intelligence Officer and/or the Police Liaison Officer.
• Ensure that positive relationships are maintained between the Prison Intelligence Unit and the Regional Intelligence Unit (RIU or LTHSE teams), to ensure effective collaboration in areas such as Organised Crime, Counter Corruption, Counter Terrorism (CT) and Covert Activities etc. Acting as first point of contact for relevant external stakeholders. In conjunction with the local counter corruption lead, liaise with the regional counter corruption lead and work closely with the police and other external partners on all local corruption related matters.
• Act as the establishment SME to link with regional SOCT teams and be the main conduit to ensure SOCT regional teams are used effectively on behalf of establishment.
• Build productive working relationships with the wider analytical community in HMPPS, with related data analysis functions and with law enforcement partners to develop quality intelligence products.

The duties/responsibilities listed above describe the post as it is at present and is not intended to be exhaustive. The job holder is expected to accept reasonable alterations and additional tasks of a similar level that may be necessary. Significant adjustments may require re-examination under the Job Evaluation Scheme and shall be discussed in the first instance with the job holder.

Job holders must complete any specific training related to their role in accordance with the HMPPS Intelligence Policy.