Intelligence

Home Office

Intelligence…

...Protecting

the UK from harm

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The Home Office Intelligence Profession works to counter emerging immigration and border threats to the UK.  

A role within Intelligence can be one of the most important and fulfilling across the Home Office. We provide a vital capability which supports a variety of high-profile work areas to protect the UK from harm.   

Within an intelligence role you could be tackling illegal migration, enabling the interception of illicit goods crossing the border, working alongside human intelligence sources, or providing analysis and assessment of current threats. We operate across the UK and overseas, providing unique opportunities to collaborate with a network of intelligence professionals across the Civil Service and Law Enforcement.  

What you could be doing

Whether you are commencing your intelligence career or are an experienced intelligence professional considering your next career step, the Home Office Intelligence Profession offers a wide range of fulfilling and challenging roles.  

All intelligence roles sit within four job families:  

• Intelligence Collection – the necessary and proportionate collection of information, data and intelligence across key threat areas. 
• Intelligence Development – the activity to recognise, obtain and evaluate information and intelligence to identify and tackle threat, risk and harm to the UK. 
• Data Exploitation – the proactive use of data to identify entities of interest across key threats. 
• Intelligence Analysis and Assessment – the detailed examination of intelligence. This provides direction to operational, policy and intelligence colleagues based on assessments of the current intelligence picture. 

Typical roles across the Home Office Intelligence Profession include: 

• Intelligence Officer – developing and evaluating intelligence, assessing the threat, risk, harm, vulnerabilities, and opportunities which exist as well as identifying potential gaps. 
• Intelligence Manager – supervising a teams of intelligence officers to gather, develop and disseminate intelligence in support of criminal investigations. 
• Higher Intelligence Analyst – provides expertise through the development and use of analytical products to assist decision making at a strategic, tactical and/or operational level. 
• Senior Intelligence Manager – Senior intelligence managers are responsible for setting the strategic direction for their teams.  

Plus, many more. 

The benefits of working in an intelligence role at the Home Office

There are many benefits to working within the Home Office Intelligence Profession.  

Working to Protect the UK from Harm  

• An opportunity to be part of a highly skilled and committed workforce who respond flexibly to tackle threat, risk and harm to the UK.  

Variety of Roles Available 

• Breadth of opportunities across 4 intelligence job families. 
• Work locations based across the UK and overseas, including with key law enforcement partners.  
• In addition to desk-based roles, Field Intelligence roles provide opportunities to work outside of the office environment.   

Commitment to Professional Development 

• The Home Office Intelligence Profession provides a comprehensive curriculum of learning and development opportunities underpinned by professional development.  
• All Intelligence staff are supported to complete The Intelligence Professionalisation Programme (IPP). This certifies occupational competence against professional standards set by the College of Policing, ensuring consistent intelligence standards and services for public protection and crime prevention. ​ 
• Intelligence staff have access to a Career Framework to support them to plan their development, reach their potential and advance within the Home Office Intelligence Profession with confidence.