Job Details
Role Title: Lead Intelligence Analyst – HC621897
Location: Southampton Central Police Station
Contract: Full time and Permanent
Starting salary: £42, # plus market supplement of £1000.00 per annum
Closing Date: Sunday 5th October 2025 at 23:59pm
Do you want to make a difference in keeping Hampshire and the Isle of Wight safe?
Our operational and analytical response unit is looking for a lead analyst to join their busy and important team. These teams are critical in helping Hampshire & IOW Constabulary with their purpose of making ‘You, Your Family, and Our Communities Safer’.
About the role
In this role, you will manage a team of both analysts and researchers to develop analytical products in line with force priorities, support the Force with meeting a wide range of complex operational and organisational challenges.
Responsibilities will be but not limited to:
-Responsible for the line management of Analysts, Researchers and Higher Analysts. This includes matrix-managed responsibilities across interoperable teams.
-Prioritise deployment of analytical capability; provide direction, motivation and leadership; support wellbeing and related health issues; lead on recruitment, training and continual professional development of analysts and researchers; manage workload and performance management/disciplinary procedures.
-Build and maintain relationships with customers and Strategic Leads to identify, influence and assist problem solving and decision making ensuring that analysis is focused on highlighting key issues and answering the right questions in the most efficient and appropriate way.
-Provide quality assurance against national standards in analysis for analytical support across the organisation to drive innovation and best practice.
-Take responsibility for specific thematic or operational areas of work, supervise task and support staff to conduct analysis.
-Be a subject matter expert in analytical tools and techniques, use professional expertise and evidence to guide and influence others across the force through formal and informal engagement
For further details about this role, please click here for the full role profile.
Essential Qualifications
Essential: 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
-Supervisory experience showing resourcefulness and interpersonal skills
-Experience in prioritising, planning and managing the workload of a team
-Experience of planning analytical work (for example by writing terms of reference), and conducting analysis of complex information, which meets the needs of the customer
-Experience of innovative and creative approaches to problem solving
-Highly effective report writing and presentation skills, with experience in delivering to all levels of an organisation and ability to debate complex issues
-Ability to use own initiative and possessing good time management skills
Competencies
Please follow the online application link . You will be required to enter personal details, complete our pre-screening questions, and provide examples of when you have displayed the below competencies. Your answers to these competencies will be used to shortlist applications and reading the below links will assist you in completing your application.
Candidate guidance to completing application form
We are emotionally aware Level 2
We collaborate Level 2
We support and inspire Level 2
We analyse critically Level 2
We are innovative and open minded Level 2
You should also be aware of the values of Courage, Respect and Empathy, and Public Service.
If you are successful at shortlisting, you will be invited to attend an interview where any of the competencies listed on the role profile will also be assessed.
Contact details for an informal discussion
For further information about this role, or if you have any queries, the Police Recruitment Team on police.recruitmenthampshire.police.uk or on 02380 451611.
As an employer, Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary also offers a wide range of benefits which include:
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-An attractive contributory pension scheme
-Childcare Voucher and Cycle to Work schemes
-Access to Hampshire Police Leisure and Sport (providing a range of family and sporting activities)
-Gym facilities at a number of our buildings
-Access to retail and hospitality benefits via the Blue Light Card (Welcome to Blue Light Card)
Please note that the email address you supply when submitting an application will be used for contact throughout the full lifecycle of that vacancy. You will not be able to amend your contact details. You should therefore ensure that you choose an appropriately accessible email address, being mindful that the process may take several months for some roles.
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: positive.actionhampshire.pnn.police.uk
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.
