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At Wiltshire Police, we are dedicated to making our community a safer place for everyone. Our team is committed to upholding the highest standards of integrity, professionalism, and service. We believe in creating a supportive and inclusive environment where every member can thrive and make a meaningful impact. Whether you're just starting your career or looking to advance, Wiltshire Police offers a range of opportunities to grow and develop. Join us, and be part of a team that values courage, compassion, and dedication to public service. Help us to keep Wiltshire safe.
Wiltshire has lots of layers - prehistoric stones, wartime bunkers, secret trails and hidden churches. But behind all of that, keeping our community safe across the years are generations of quiet police work. Some of it heroic, some of it worrying, but all of it real.
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About The Role
We are looking for an eager and passionate individual to join the Wiltshire Intelligence Development Unit as a Criminal Intelligence Researcher. This is an opportunity for civilians to become involved in tactical and strategic policing and contribute toward keeping people safe and bringing justice to criminals across the county of Wiltshire, making a difference, having a positive impact and helping protect the most vulnerable members of our community.
What You Will Be Doing
The intelligence team help build the picture around criminality and community issues of all types, giving you the chance to personally develop jobs and take an active role in investigation work.
In The Role, You Will
* Actively scan and review, collect and collate intelligence, developing it through additional research to support your Analyst colleagues in identifying patterns and trends and developing hypotheses and inferences to explain them, to enable recommendations to be made to tackle the issues.
* Be key in identifying intelligence gaps, which, when filled, will enable better resource allocation to mitigate threat, harm, risk concerns and you will be responsible for producing accurate and easy to read reports to disseminate information to decision makers in a timely way.
* Also be responsible for handling confidential information, often working under pressurised time constraints, processing large amounts of data and information quickly. Excellent organisational, problem solving, communication and time-management skills are therefore essential elements of this role.
About You And Your Experience
No prior experience within policing is required, but you should have experience in the following areas:
* Conducting research. The research role will offer the chance to establish a complex and highly desirable skillset, transferable to a variety of roles, creating opportunities for further advancement within the police and world of criminal justice. This diverse skillset will be continually developed through skill enhancement, training opportunities and on-job experience.
* Experience of gathering, checking and evaluating information from a variety of sources
In order to meet the fluctuating demands of our service you may be required to work in any capacity and at any location, within reasonable commuting distance. Due to the demands of the service, there may be occasions when you are required to work outside of normal working hours. The role is advertised as permanent and full-time and has been categorised as one which is 'Agile' (home working permitted) albeit office working is also expected given this role involves considerable team work
What We Offer
* Excellent career development opportunities
* 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, rising to 30 days
* Hybrid working
* Flexi hours scheme
* Free On-Site Gym membership
* Physical and mental well-being support
* Generous Pension scheme
Please note, all roles will be subject to a vetting procedure, some roles due to the nature of their work, will require additional security clearance.
Depending on the number of applications received, we reserve the right to close this role early.
We are proud of being a truly inclusive organisation who provides fair and equal consideration to all of our applicants. We encourage and welcome applications from people of all ages, genders, ethnicities, nationalities, disabilities, sexual orientation, religions or beliefs and of neuro divergence.