Deputy Director Intelligence – Three roles

Thank you for considering a career at the National Crime Agency. If you are seeking a unique, exciting and rewarding place to work where you can make a difference, then you have come to the right place. As an NCA officer, you’ll be helping to deliver the Agency’s critical mission, to protect the public from serious and organised crime. As the UK’s lead law enforcement agency tackling this threat, it is vital that we are representative of the communities we serve - a place for everyone. We are recruiting to a range of roles, requiring a host of different skills, whether that’s in strategy, communications, intelligence collection or data analysis. We need people with different backgrounds, skills and perspectives to perform these roles, and then we need everyone to work together seamlessly to deliver the mission of tackling serious and organised crime. So diversity and inclusion is not an add on for us; it is fundamental to who we are and what we do. It also makes us vibrant, flexible and resilient. It is one of our greatest strengths. At the NCA, you will find immense variety in your work. You will be joining a strong, dynamic workforce. You will have the support you need to develop and deliver, and to feel proud of what you do in helping to protect the public.

If you have the relevant skills and experience – and value a positive, inclusive working culture where flexibility is encouraged - then we look forward to hearing from you.

About the Intelligence Business Area:

At our core we are collectors, analysts, assessors and exploiters of intelligence. Our mission is to develop operations, which target and disrupt - by the most effective means - the offenders who cause the highest harm to the UK. We are also an incredibly diverse directorate with a wide variety of unique functions and specialist skillsets in our ranks, some of which we deliver as the national provider for the wider Law Enforcement system. From our niche technical and human capabilities, to our network of officers based overseas and our analysis, intelligence development and tasking teams, there are many component parts, all of which contribute to the success of the directorate and the Agency.

These are a high profile roles at the heart of the NCA’s Senior Leadership Team which provide unequalled opportunity to shape the strategic direction of the agency.

The National Intelligence Hub (NIH): is responsible for identifying the highest harm criminals from the NCA’s own sovereign collection capabilities and from intelligence gathered from partners, for the purpose of developing actionable intelligence. This generates opportunities for the NCA, and partners, to disrupt the threat from Serious Organised Crime (SOC) in the UK.

The NIH is responsible for generating the operational pipeline for the following threats; Fraud, Money Laundering, Bribery & Corruption, Combating Kleptocracy, Firearms, Drugs, Western Balkan criminality, Organised Immigration Crime, Modern Slavery and Human trafficking, Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse, Hardened Secure Communications, Borders, Immigration Disruptions and Prisoner and Lifetime Offender Management.

The NIH is responsible for providing live time intelligence capability to tasked investigations within the NCA through the national network of Regional Intelligence Teams (RITs).

The DD NIH is the Head of Profession for Intelligence Officers (IO) in the NCA responsible for training, accreditation, continuous professional development, compliance, policies, reward and recognition.

NIH HQ and Private Office: The HQ and PO are responsible for workforce and business planning for the department, Finance, Risk and Assurance, Inspections and the DD’s Private Office and a Senior Leadership Team (SLT) of 5 x G1 and 17 x G2.

The Data and Analysis Hub: is responsible for bringing together the delivery of data analysis across the agency and wider law enforcement agencies and is made up of the following teams:

National Assessment Centre (NAC): Act as the NCA's centre for assessed intelligence reporting, authoring products to inform

strategies, policies, operational teams, governance groups, other government departments, Whitehall Ministers, international partners, as well as the general public. This is delivered through the National Strategic Assessment, Annual Strategic Assessments, Intelligence Assessments, Intelligence Briefs and other bespoke products

National Data Exploitation Capability (NDEC): A multidisciplinary team including data professionals, intelligence officers and analysts transforming how the NCA and wider UK Law Enforcement community operate within His Majesty’s Government. By partnering with other agencies, combining new data sources and using advanced data analytics, NDEC exploits data to disrupt and detect serious and organised crime to protect the public. Aligned to the operational team is the multi million pound NDEC Programme which is part of a wider £150M strategic programme of investment for the agency and is a key part of delivering the NCA portfolio. The team are currently in the third year of a four year programme to deliver enhanced capabilities in the world of data analysis in Serious Organised Crime.

Tactical Intelligence Analysis Team (TIAT): Made up of Tactical Intelligence Analysts in the agency across Investigations, Regional Intelligence Teams (RITs) and in the NTC Thematic Threat areas. The TIAT provides an intelligence analyst community for tactical analysts, working proactively to direct and driving intelligence collection, highlight development opportunities, and engage with investigations from the very start to collaboratively understand issues and provide insight.

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National Tasking And Co-Ordination (NTAC): works alongside Intelligence Collection, International, National Intelligence Hub and Data & Analysis. NTAC is central to all agency activity, both operational and enabling, working especially closely with Investigations Command and Threat Leads. NTAC is comprised of all Tasking capabilities (including Central Tasking, ROCCs, Federated Tasking Team), the Control Centre, Covert Authorities Bureau and Gateway Capabilities (including the Agency Facilitations Team, PNC/PND, the Sensitive Intelligence Unit for Deconfliction, ICPC/DBS, UKNCO), the CSE Referrals Bureau and United Kingdom Protected Persons Service (UKPPS).

NTAC teams and capabilities connect extensively with policing, law enforcement partners, HMG and UKIC to co-ordinate and drive the whole system response to SOC.

Location: Teams are located across Warrington, Birmingham, Bristol and London. Some travel is required, but the location at one of these sites is to be agreed upon appointment.

In line with the wider Civil Service, you will be assessed against the behaviours below:

• Leading and Communication
• Managing a Quality Service
• Seeing the big picture
• Changing and Improving

You will also need to demonstrate the below essential criteria:

• Excellent communication and influencing skills with the credibility and interpersonal skills to command the trust and confidence of senior officials, colleagues, and staff, and feel comfortable communicating complex issues to a wide audience, including ministers and the media.

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  Experience of building effective partnerships across government, UK public and private sectors, Security partners and with international partners at a strategic level. You will be able to manage political and operational risks.

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  Inclusive leadership skills – comfortable operating in a complex operational environment, with a demonstrable commitment to lead, develop and nurture a highly performing, diverse and talented workforce. You will create a culture that motivates staff, promotes diversity and innovation, and delivers results.

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  Knowledge of the end-to-end intelligence process and relevant legislation in relation to covert intelligence with experience of working in intelligence operations and exploiting sensitive intelligence material.

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  Experience of translating strategy into operational delivery, and of doing so not just in your own organisation, but also with and through partner organisations.

Role specific essential criteria:

Please complete for each role you have identified in your preferences.

National Intelligence Hub (NIH)

• Experience of leading and developing operations in a dynamic intelligence environment.

Data & Analysis Hub (D&A Hub)

• Proven track record of delivering data analytical services and capability including data integration, analysis and exploitation with knowledge of the key legislation and challenges surrounding this.
• Experience of complex programme delivery within a data rich organization.

National Tasking and Co-ordination (NTAC):

• Experience of leading, directing and influencing the tasking and prioritisation of operational activity in a complex environment of competing threats

Please note:

• When submitting your application, you will be asked to confirm which role you wish to be considered for and to. Please note this is preference only and will be considered in the matching stages, however cannot be guaranteed.
• If you would only like to be posted in one location, please confirm one location only. If you are posted to a location that you have requested and you do not accept that location, you may not be offered another role.

• Learning and development tailored to your role
• An environment with flexible working options
• A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
• A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 27%

Job contact :

Name :
SCS Recruitment Team
Email :
scscandidate.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk

Recruitment team :

Email :
scscandidate.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk