Intelligence Analyst Community Safety

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Community SafetyIntelligence Analyst 

We are recruiting a Community SafetyIntelligence Analyst to join the Community Safety Team at Richmond and Wandsworth Councils 

The Community SafetyIntelligence Analyst will be responsible for leading on the provision of efficient and effective data analysis and insight, that informs the work of The Safer and Stronger Communities Team. This includes themes on; Serious Violence, Reducing Reoffending, Neighbourhoods and Anti-Social Behaviour, Hate Crime, Prevent, Violence Against Women and Girls, Community and Partnerships. 

About the role

The post holder will:

• Collect and analyse data across Safer and Stronger Communities using specialist software and data visualisation tools including PowerBI, infographics.
• Implement an evidence-based performance framework across the service reporting back on Key Performance Indicators.
• Manipulate and link different data sets, manage, clean, abstract and aggregate data alongside a range of analytical studies on the data. 
• Build a picture of activities in a geographical area looking at victim, offender, location, time and offence types.
• Summarise and present information and recommendations to various statutory and non-statutory agencies.
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders and work with them to understand their requirements. 
• Learn and apply various project management tools and techniques to data projects including collating and preparing monitoring reports to central agencies as required
• Identify problems in datasets, processes and offer solutions to the issue.
• Review the effectiveness of your analysis
• Update records and keep up to date with confidentiality and information sharing agreements. 

Desirable criteria is a good understanding of statistics, coding, data management, quality assurance, project management, data science techniques, mapping etc however this can be developed upon within the role.

The successful candidate will be educated to degree level in a related subject area or equivalent through previous work experience.  

You will be open and responsive to the needs of the community and flexible in how services are delivered and developed to meet the changing needs of communities affected by crime. If you think this, is you – please apply, we’re waiting to hear from you.

This is a permanent full-time role for 36 hours per week. The post holder will be expected to work flexibly across two locations (Wandsworth Town Hall and Richmond Civic Centre) as well as working from home arrangements. Occasionally you may be asked to work in the evening or weekend to attend and support the team at a community forum or evening event, notice will be provided.

Interview 

The Interviews will be in person at Wandsworth Town Hall, Wandsworth High Street, SW18 2PU. 

There will be a test as part of the interview process. 

Contact details

For a further discussion on this post please contact Zoe Lyons – Neighbourhoods and Criminal Justice Manager on 07971005994.

Agile working

At Richmond and Wandsworth Councils, we care more about how you work and what you achieve, rather than where you work on any given day. The difference you can make to our local communities is what really matters most to us, service delivery must always come first. We have carefully considered agile ways of working to provide the best experience for residents, stakeholders and our staff. Our agile working strategy actively supports and encourages a dynamic work environment and daily working experience. Agile working helps put the needs of our staff at the centre of everything we do, so if specific flexible working arrangements helps you with this, feel free to let us know.

Your wellbeing and the flexible way in which you can work is and will remain a key priority for Richmond and Wandsworth Councils. We want you to thrive and feel empowered in your work!

Benefits

We also offer a generous holiday allowance of 40 paid days (pro rata) including bank holidays and a wide range of learning and development opportunities.

In addition, we offer a comprehensive range of staff benefits such as membership of the Local Government pension scheme, childcare vouchers, new technology scheme, interest-free loans on annual travel cards, discounts with many leisure activities, restaurants, shops and other establishments.

Indicative Recruitment Timeline

• Closing Date: 11:59pm on Sunday 10^th March 2024 
• Shortlisting Date: Monday 11^th & 13^th March 2024 
• Interview Date: Tuesday 19^th March and Wednesday 20^th March 2024 

Useful Information: The closing date is given as a guide. We reserve the right to close this vacancy once a sufficient number of applications has been received. We strongly advise you to complete your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.

Equality Statement

We particularly welcome applications from sections of the community who are currently underrepresented within our teams. This campaign is anonymised.

Richmond and Wandsworth Councils are committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone. We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and developing a culture that values differences, recognising that employees from a variety of backgrounds bring important and positive contributions to the Councils and can improve the way we deliver services. We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer.

Important Information

Richmond and Wandsworth Councils are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Richmond and Wandsworth Councils