Job Details
Job Title: Intelligence Researcher (Internet Child Abuse) -HC621038
Location: Netley
Salary: Scale 5, £29,109 - £31,296 per annum
Contract : Temporary for 12 months
Hours: 37 hours per week
Closing Date: Tuesday 1st July 2025 at 23:59 hours
Information for Internal Staff who wish to apply for this role as a secondment
Internal Secondment Declaration Form
If you would like to apply for this temporary post as a secondment you must have the prior approval of your current Line Manager and Head of Department. Please therefore ensure you have completed the ‘Police Staff Internal Secondment Declaration’, and forwarded it as instructed to obtain their sign-off. This step must be completed so the form is submitted as part of the application process, prior to the vacancy’s closing date. Your declaration form should be uploaded alongside your application form. Please note that completion of this declaration is required whether or not your application is supported. Lack of managerial support will not prohibit you from applying, but it may have implications on your employee status. As a result you should consider this fully. Such applications will be treated on a case-by-case basis and following consultation with the Head of HR & OD, as per the Secondment guidance.
Job Purpose
Critical in helping Hampshire Constabulary with their purpose of making
‘You, Your Family, and Our Communities Safer’. To identify, gather,
evaluate and disseminate information to support problem solving on some
of the challenges the Force faces.
This role is available due to an increase in referrals into the Internet Child Abuse Team. We require an additional Intelligence Researcher to develop intelligence to identify adult suspects or child subjects involved in on-line child abuse. This is a crucial stage of our work-flow to inform our investigation team. The successful candidate will be dealing with information pertaining to online abuse of children and play a vital role within our inclusive team in targeting online offenders and safeguarding children.
Key accountabilities include but are not limited to :
1. Collaborate with customers to identify and assist problem solving,
identify appropriate and relevant data sources for the task at hand.
2. Research, collate, evaluate and disseminate information from a wide
range of open and closed information sources in relation to problems,
patterns, trends and series to support analysis.
3. Produce, evaluate and take responsibility for creating accurate, high
quality and easy to use reports and contribute to products produced by
analysts.
4. Liaise with and work in partnership with other organisations, to gather
and research information
5. Maintain knowledge of the current products and Force priorities
6. Prepare data, charts, maps etc. to support investigations and
operations (for example, major Force events) as required.
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Essential Qualifications
Educated to Educated to QCF Level 2 (5 passes to
include English language and Maths) 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
We are Emotionally Aware - Level 1
We Take Ownership - Level 1
We are Collaborative - level 1
We Support and Inspire - level 1
We Analyse Critically - Level 1
Candidate guidance for completing an application form
Contact details for an informal discussion
Please contact the Recruitment Team at [email protected] or on 023 8045 1611
OR
Emai : [email protected] or [email protected] for more details.
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Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary is an inclusive employer and strives to have a workforce representative of the communities we police and serve. We recognise that we are not fully representative and are working to address this imbalance through a variety of initiatives.
Hampshire & Isle of Wight Constabulary is an equal opportunities employer that positively promotes flexible working, enabling officers and staff to achieve a healthy work-life balance whilst meeting operational requirements of the constabulary. We actively encourage applications to be made on a full time, part time or flexible working basis.
The Equality Act 2010 allows us to promote equality within Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary by adopting Positive Action to support people from under-represented groups. Our aim is to recruit talented people with a diverse range of skills and experience and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Our Positive Action team are available to provide support through the application and assessment process by contacting: [email protected]
The Disability Confident campaign aims to remove barriers, increase understanding and ensure that people have opportunities to fulfil their potential and realise their aspirations. We will accommodate requests for reasonable adjustments where possible throughout our recruitment and promotions processes and encourage anyone requiring reasonable adjustments to disclose this at the earliest opportunity.
