TRACER plays a vital role in supporting the National Crime Agency’s mission to protect the public from serious and organised crime. TRACER exists because digital investigation has become increasingly core across all mission areas - from national security and counter terrorism through serious organised crime, major and volume crime, as well as safeguarding the most vulnerable in society.

This is an exciting opportunity to join TRACER’s Opportunity & Threat Assessment Capability (OTAC) team. OTAC produce strategic assessments to ensure that critical law enforcement capabilities are fit for current and future needs across the whole of the operational community. OTAC works collaboratively with a range of people across Law Enforcement Agencies (LEA), the UK Intelligence Community (UKIC), Academia and Industry, conducting wide ranging analysis of the information available to produce, present and disseminate appropriate and relevant analytical outputs. Our work underpins strategic decision making across government, as well as supporting operational outcomes, and informing wider innovation work.

This role aligns with the Government Intelligence Analysis Professional Development Framework

• Conduct research - Conduct research and gather intelligence, data and information from multiple sources. Evaluate and assess the reliability and suitability of each source.
• Conduct analysis - Carry out analysis in support of law enforcement objectives, using appropriate tools, techniques and systems.
• Using evidence based practice to make recommendations - Identify intelligence gaps, patterns, relationships, trends, threats and opportunities to make inferences, deduce new meaning and develop recommendations.
• Produce and present analytical outputs - Produce, present and disseminate appropriate and relevant analytical outputs e.g. short insight reports, or more in-depth strategic assessments to inform tactical or strategic decision-making.
• Deliver briefings and presentations - Deliver briefings and presentations, making recommendations to support the decision making and risk management process.
• Appropriately handling and disseminating material securely - Ensure appropriate and secure handling and dissemination of material in accordance with relevant legislation, Government Security Classification, policies and procedures
• Continued professional development - Maintain an awareness of developments and good practice in analysis.

• Teamwork - The ability to work effectively with others to focus on and achieve joint outcomes, rather than individual goals.
• Time management - Can effectively manage time and workload, identify risks and competing tasks and prioritising accordingly. Ensuring tasks are completed to agreed standards and timelines.
• Deliver at pace independently or as a team - Can confidently manage multiple tasks and competing priorities with professionalism, ensuring consistency of service and outputs. Completes work independently, seeking and providing support where appropriate.
• Analysing data - Has the ability to use analytical skills, varied sources of information and different methodologies to support decision-making.
• Gathering information - Seeks a variety and diversity of information with which to evaluate a situation and make effective decisions.
• Analytical problem solving - Applies analytical techniques to present a solution. You identify efficient and effective ways to use analysis to overcome challenges, applying innovative techniques to make data driven decisions.
• Interpersonal - Has the ability to effectively communicate, influence, negotiate and persuade.
• Researching and gathering information - Can research and gather information from a wide range of sources.
• Evaluating information - Can evaluate information to determine its utility and application.