Intelligence Debriefing Officers
| Posting date: | 22 May 2025 |
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| Salary: | £30,000 to £31,500 per year |
| Additional salary information: | Plus AHW rate is circa 40% but is subject to regular review and change. |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 03 June 2025 |
| Location: | Folkestone |
| Company: | Government Recruitment Service |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 406191/1 |
Summary
The role of the Joint Debriefing Team (JDT) is to gather intelligence and evidence for the purpose of identifying offenders and their methods to support the prosecution and/or disruption of those who perpetrate organised immigration crime. Intelligence is gathered through the detailed debriefing of individuals engaged in people smuggling and human trafficking into and across the EU as well as within the UK. Information gathered is also used to assist operational and strategic planning across multiple law enforcement teams in the UK and the EU. Information gathered is also used to assist operational and strategic planning across the Home Office and other law enforcement partners.
The team has the capability to “hot task” high priority debriefings to take place within 24 hours of an event which may result in occasions where shifts change at short notice. Therefore, applicants will need to be flexible.
JDT operations reach across the UK and into Northern Europe. The roles advertised are based at our Folkestone office (Martello House), in Kent. Successful candidates need to be flexible and dedicated in their approach to the role, where you are required to be out of the office within a large region on operational duties for most of your days as well as working shifts across some weekends, public holidays and unsociable hours. Officers are required to work shifts, including bank holidays, nights and weekends.
Responsibilities will include but are not limited to:
- Responding to significant events on a regional and national level – including joint operations and urgent deployments (as directed by senior managers).
- Conducting in-depth and confidential interviews – completing witness statements where necessary
- Undertaking research as necessary, accurately recording the information obtained, converting it to intelligence and disseminating it to appropriate law enforcement agencies
- Gathering intelligence as directed by the team leader to deliver again Home Office priorities relating to Organised Immigration Crime.
- Identifying individuals causing harm to our communities who commit organised immigration crime as well as other types of criminality
- Be aware of safeguarding, the identifiers which are used to recognise potential victims of trafficking and how the National Referral Mechanism works
- Recognise offences, offenders and refer as appropriate
- Managing and improving performance including through the creation and maintenance of accurate and up to date performance and activity records
- Participating in relevant Intelligence Meetings
- Ensuring debriefs are completed in a timely manner
- Prioritise workload in line with current tasks and identified intelligence gaps
- Maintaining an awareness of current intelligence requirements, use initiative and sound judgement to identify opportunities and self-task to fulfil generic or specific intelligence gaps
- Ensuring internal (including operational, casework and policy) and external partner engagement is effective, taking every opportunity to develop both new and existing relationships to improve the quality of referrals
- Ensuring that intelligence gaps and emerging trends are quickly and accurately reported to the Intelligence Manager to inform strategic and operational threat assessments Supporting the Intelligence Manager at operational planning and other meetings
- Keeping the Intelligence Manager informed of operational activity and performance
- Drafting reports and summaries to the required standard
- Establishing, developing and managing partner relationships to develop intelligence gathering opportunities
- Provide daily/weekly updates as required / directed
- Act on tasks from line management
- Input intelligence reports on relevant systems in an agreed time frame
- Support and work alongside regional intelligence teams, the Police, NCA and Criminal and Financial Investigations when required
- Have the ability to work alone and use initiative.
Officers are expected to achieve their Intelligence Professionalism Programme (IPP) accreditation within the first 12 months in this role.
The role comes with an AHW (see Benefits section).
Working Pattern
Due to the business requirements of this role, it is only available on a full-time basis. However, job-share and compressed hours are available.
Training
This is a non uniformed role, however, the officers are required to complete mandatory Personal Safety Training Level 2
You will receive full training and support to do the job. Training takes place initially in the classroom and then continues on the job with a mentor who supports you until you are fully confident in the role. Even then you are never alone; you work as part of a team where there is always someone around for advice and support. Further information on what the training involves can be found on our website.
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