Job Description
East Suffolk Council, Suffolk Coastal Port Health Authority (SCPHA)
* Address: Felixstowe Port, Felixstowe, Suffolk IP11 3SY
* Salary: £44,075 - £48,226 per annum, Band 8
* Hours: 37 hours per week
* Contract: Permanent
Your Role
We are looking for an Intelligence Officer who will help protect public and animal health by tackling illegal imports, supporting enforcement activity, and developing intelligence-led ways of working across one of the UK’s busiest ports.
The successful candidate will work closely with Port Health Officers, Official Veterinarians and other partner agencies to identify risks, analyse intelligence, and support operational activity linked to illegal trade and non-compliant imports.
Key Responsibilities
* Develop and maintain threat and risk assessments linked to illegal trade and non-compliant imports.
* Identify emerging risks, smuggling methods, and trends in trade activity.
* Support intelligence-led targeting of inspections and enforcement activity.
* Work closely with operational teams and external agencies to coordinate intelligence activity.
* Maintain intelligence records, databases, and case management systems.
* Ensure intelligence is handled in line with legal and information governance requirements.
* Produce intelligence briefings and reports for operational teams and senior managers.
* Support operational planning, tasking meetings, and post-operation reviews.
* Help develop intelligence procedures, policies, and working practices.
* Promote an intelligence-led culture across Port Health.
* Support incident response and high-risk operational activity.
* Contribute to funding opportunities, business cases, and intelligence-related projects.
Requirements
Essential
* Experience working in intelligence, enforcement, investigations, compliance, border control, or a similar field.
* Experience analysing information and identifying trends or risks.
* Strong communication and report-writing skills.
* Good organisational skills and the ability to manage competing priorities.
* Experience building strong working relationships with partners and stakeholders.
* Good IT and data management skills.
* Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
* Experience handling intelligence in an operational environment.
* Knowledge of local government or border control operations.
* Experience developing intelligence-led programmes of work.
* Experience working with partner agencies.
* Budget or project management experience.
Desirable
* Experience handling intelligence in an operational environment.
* Knowledge of local government or border control operations.
* Experience developing intelligence-led programmes of work.
* Experience working with partner agencies.
* Budget or project management experience.
Benefits
* Generous leave entitlement (equivalent to 25 days a year, increasing to 31 days after 5 years’ service, plus bank holidays).
* Local government pension scheme.
* Flexible working arrangements.
* Learning and development tailored to your role.
* A wide variety of staff support networks including access to health and wellbeing initiatives and programmes.
* Discounts on mobile phones, computers, holiday and travel, fashion and clothing, health and beauty and many other products and services.
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