A vacancy has arisen in the substantive rank of either Corporal, Sergeant or Flight Sergeant (Any) Profession to serve as a Specialist Intelligence Operator at Chicksands on Part Time Volunteer Reserve (PTVR) Service Terms and Conditions of Service (TCoS) with a proposed start date of 03 November 2025, or earlier dependant on successful candidate circumstances. This is an exciting opportunity to fill a new role within the newly established Defence Intelligence (DI) Reserve Sub-Unit based at UKStratCom, Chicksands, on PTVR TCoS. The DI Reserve Sub-Unit provides a mechanism to retain SQEP of Specialist Intelligence Operators who leave their respective Service, thus adding resilience to DI. Successful candidates require recent specialist intelligence experience, emotional intelligence, empathy, and people skills to undertake this highly rewarding role. The role will, as the Sub-Unit grows, form the basis of the three proposed DI Specialist Intelligence Teams. These Teams will be tasked with providing much needed resource to the DI Special Intelligence operational sub-units to deliver specialist intelligence output to Defence as well as having the ability to operate as independent specialist intelligence teams when conditions require Defence to operate at scale. Qualifying applicants will be eligible for Recruitment and Retention Payments (Special Intelligence). Responsibilities The role includes, although is not limited to, the following: Support to DI Specialist Intelligence activities across the parent-unit’s operational sub-units and wider departments. Support to planning and execution of intelligence gathering operations in accordance with policy and legal frameworks. Management of assets and research work in support of operations and DI Specialist Intelligence activity. Support to DI Specialist Intelligence operational sub-unit’s readiness for short notice deployments and training tasks in support of UK Defence Policy. Timely debriefing, production of intelligence reporting, and dissemination of intelligence gained. Support to any other tasks as directed. Accountability: DI specialist Intelligence Operators will be accountable to the Permanent Staff Administration Officer (PSAO), DI Specialist Intelligence Reserve Sub-Unit.