Intelligence and Threats Desk Officer
| Posting date: | 11 September 2024 |
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| Salary: | £36,466 to £36,466 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 24 September 2024 |
| Location: | London |
| Company: | Government Recruitment Service |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 369057/1 |
Summary
Do you enjoy building relationships and have strong communication, organisational and engagement skills?
Do you have an interest in getting into intelligence and national security to protect the UK against threats from terrorism, serious organised crime and counter state threats activity?
If so, we have a great opportunity to join the Intelligence and Threats Team (ITT) as a Intelligence and Threats Desk Officer within the Department for Transport (DfT), and we would like you to apply!
ITT is the point of intersect between the UK Intelligence Community (UKIC) and the whole of the DfT. You will have responsibility for ensuring that both sides are adequately engaging with the other, and that policymakers across the DfT have the correct intelligence picture in order to understand the threat landscape.
The role sits within the Transport Security Operation Centre (TSOC) branch. TSOC leads the department’s planning for, and responses to, major incidents which impact the transport network, both domestically and internationally. As TSOC leads on the department’s emergency response mechanisms, you will be required to participate in the department’s response to a security or civil contingencies incident. This will include out- of-hours working on occasion.
TSOC is part of the Resilience, Analysis and International Sanctions (RAIS) directorate. RAIS supports national security matters, ranging from counter terrorism and cyber security to planning for and responding to natural hazards or civil contingencies. We deliver expertise to support security and resilience policy teams whilst also providing the department's 24/7 response for all security or civil contingency incidents. The directorate works with security and intelligence partners from across government to mitigate risk to the UK’s transport sector, with the Intelligence and Threats Team providing the vital links between many of these partners and the DfT.
Responsibilities include, but not limited to:
The post holder will work closely with both internal and external government colleagues, building and developing relationships to ensure DfT plays a key part in shaping key national security workstreams.
Specifically, the post holder will:
- Be responsible for the day-to-day operations of the DfT STRAP facility, which includes triaging and printing intelligence reports to support stakeholders.
- Own a thematic and transport modal area, ensuring that the relevant modal colleagues are kept up to date on the threat
- Be a subject matter expert on threat and support modal and security colleagues’ risk assessments in assessing the likelihood of security events
- Identify emerging trends which pose a threat to transport
- Support the DfT in being prepared to respond to security emergencies and to assist in the response where necessary.
- Monitor the application of STRAP security guidelines and advise on any shortcomings or issues. Produce and iteratively refine a range of products to facilitate maximum value to modal and security colleagues from both intelligence and transport security incidents.
- Maintain close liaison with the STRAP authorities and building strong professional relationships with key internal and external stakeholders across Government, to then provide advice and guidance on STRAP matters to stakeholders across the department.
- Own and cultivate relationships with intelligence partners, supplying them with DfT commissions and building links to ensure the DfT is considered a key and intelligent.
For more information, please find the role profile attached.