Job Details
Job Title: Intelligence Researcher x3
Work Location: Southampton, Portsmouth, Nr Fareham
Salary: Scale 5 - £30,333 - £32,613 per annum
Hours: 37 hours per week
Contract: Permanent
Closing Date: 29th January 2026 at 23:59 hours
Interview Date: TBC
Do you want to make a difference in keeping Hampshire and the Isle of Wight safe?
Our ‘Research & Analysis’ team is looking for Intelligence Researcher, The team is critical in helping Hampshire & IOW Constabulary with their purpose of making ‘You, Your Family, and Our Communities Safer’ by working together with intelligence officers to support the forces’ intelligence capability.
As a researcher, you will work in a busy team with other researchers and analysts, under the management and direction of a lead analyst.
About the role
As an Intelligence Researcher, you will support the identification of vulnerable and high risk people and groups as well as potential crime series’. Your part will be to respond to requests for research assistance from the Analysts and Intelligence officers that you work alongside, as well as other stakeholders in the wider organisation, by collating, reviewing, evaluating and then disseminating information from a variety of sources.
You will be looking for trends in daily crime, incidents and intelligence to support the district-level responses to any issues that have the potential to cause harm, and for opportunities to safeguard and protect potential victims. Once you have identified any patterns, you will then produce maps and information summaries to support local and (if needed) force wide operations.
As part of the role, you will liaise with others involved in the intelligence process, including those working across police borders, to share findings and support briefings.
Please see the r role profile for more information
What's on offer?
As members of Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary police staff you will have access to a wide benefits package*, including but not limited to:
1. Family friendly policies supporting those with caring responsibilities.
2. Generous annual leave entitlement starting at 24 days in addition to public holidays, rising to 29 after five years’ service.
3. Access to a wide range of learning and development opportunities
4. Local Government Pension Scheme
5. Retail, holiday and leisure discounts through Hampshire Police Leisure and Sports Club or Blue Light Card
6. Excellent wellbeing support and access to Employee Assistance Programme
7. Staff representation groups and inclusion network
8. Eye test vouchers
Application and interview
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Essential Qualifications
Educated to Educated to OR work experience deemed to have brought the postholder to a comparable level
Essential Experience
Experience of researching and collating data
Good verbal and written communication skills with the ability to produce accurate and timely reports
Demonstrate a basic understanding of research processes and techniques
Ability to use own initiative and possessing good time management skills
Proven experience in the use of Microsoft Office Suite
Good literacy and numeracy skills
Competencies and Personal Qualities
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