Real Time Intelligence Supervisor

British Transport Police (BTP) are recruiting for a Real Time Intelligence Supervisor on a full time, permanent contract. The role is paying £36,529.65 per annum and will be based in Manchester. This role offers a blended approach of home and office-working.

BTP is the national police Force for the rail network throughout Great Britain, including London Underground, across which we ensure the safety and security of nearly 3 billion passenger journeys and over 100 million tons of freight every year. The world in which we work is fast-paced, operationally and commercially demanding, and constantly changing.

As a Real Time Intelligence Supervisor you will be required to:

• Supervise and manage a team of intelligence staff and their workload, ensuring fair and balanced allocation of tasks. Supervise and drive performance, attendance and welfare issues.
• Set key performance indicators for the team and manage their performance in support of frontline real-Time Intelligence research.
• Manage and develop links with internal and external agencies in order to support information sharing and collaborative working.
• Quality assure research findings to ensure high standards and adherence to handling instructions, considering the threat, harm and risk to the Force prior to dissemination.
• Ensure new intelligence discovered during RTI research is accurately recorded within Niche in the appropriate form and disseminated as necessary.

Further information about this vacancy can be found in the attached job description. The successful Real Time Intelligence Supervisor will be required to evidence the following:

Experience

• Previous experience of supervision or management of a team.
• Previous experience working within an intelligence environment and knowledge of law enforcement techniques and practices.

Skills

• Ability to manage a team and drive performance through the use of key performance indicators.
• Ability to manage rosters to ensure service provision.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to deliver presentations.
• Able to proactively develop effective working relationships with colleagues, partners and other stakeholders. Able to negotiate with and influence other leaders.

 Knowledge

• Knowledge of relevant legislation including information handling and disclosure.
• Good knowledge and understanding of national intelligence model and its principles.

Additional Information

A flexible approach to both working hours and different environments and locations is required.  The post holder may be required to change hours at short notice and work occasional evenings and weekends.

High levels of personal integrity and discretion are required for this role and the posts are subject to a management vetting process.

If you are interested in applying to the role, then please do not delay as interviews will be held as soon possible. In return for your experience, we can offer you:

• Salary of £36,529.65 per annum per annum
• Yearly base salary increments (subject to satisfactory performance in previous PDR year)
• Working from home allowance available to purchase suitable equipment for blended & home working
• 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Family friendly policies including up to 26 weeks paid maternity and adoption leave
• Bespoke benefits platform and access to Blue Light Card
• Development opportunities including fully funded apprenticeships
• Employee assistance programme and dedicated wellbeing hub
• Excellent Pension scheme

BTP is an employer who cares about the impact we have on the environment and the wider challenges of climate change, and as such we are committed to reducing our carbon footprint and achieving Net Zero Carbon (NZC) through offsetting by 2035.

At BTP we are proud guardians of the railway and it is crucial that we represent the diverse communities we serve and protect. As ‘One BTP’ across the UK, we know that diversity, inclusion and belonging help us improve our decision making, foster creativity and drive innovation so all our people can thrive.

Our vacancies are open to everyone and all appointments are made based on merit. So that we can become more diverse we encourage applications from candidates from Black, Asian, and minority ethnic backgrounds, women, people who have a disability, those who are neurodiverse and persons who identify as LGBTQI+. We use positive action to encourage potential candidates from underrepresented groups through targeted workshops or advice sessions.  If you have the skills, experience and values that here in BTP we pride ourselves on then we would welcome you to apply.

For more information on Positive Action please click here or email the team on [email protected]

If you have any questions about the application process, please email our friendly and helpful team where we will be happy to help you:  [email protected]. If your question related to equality or diversity then you can also contact our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion team directly at: [email protected] To reassure you, anything you ask us will be in the strictest confidence and will not form part of your application.

In order to apply, you must have the permanent right to live and work in the UK and have been resident in the UK for the previous 5 years.  You will need to be able to attain MV personnel assurance level. You will be asked these and other questions to determine your eligibility to work for British Transport Police when you start your application and you must answer honestly.

BTP GPP Police Staff Pension Scheme is administered by Royal London and this is a group personal pension plan which is available to all police staff. It’s a defined contribution scheme, offering employees the flexibility to vary their pension contributions from 4.4% to 12% of their salary. For more information, visit the Royal London dedicated pension page or email us at [email protected] .Please note if you are an existing member of Police Staff in the RPS your pension will not be affected. 

Internal candidates must have completed their probation for their current substantive posting and can only apply in tenure if Head of Department approval is emailed to [email protected] prior to the vacancy closing. Internal candidates must confirm that they are not subject to formal action plans for sickness/complaints/discipline or poor performance and that all mandatory training courses have been attended and are in ticket/up to date. A minimum rating of 3 (performing) or a rating of U (no rating) must have been achieved on the last reporting year PDR.
 

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