Senior Intelligence Analyst

New Zealand Police is working with the community to make New Zealanders be safe and feel safe. With over 13,000 staff, we provide policing services 24 hours a day, every day. We operate by land, sea and air, manage over 860,000 emergency calls a year and are always actively preventing crime and crashes.

We’re working towards specific goals and targets that highlight our intent to work collaboratively with iwi and communities, other government sectors and business partners to deliver ‘Our Business’ and achieve long-term change.

Senior Intelligence Analyst / Intelligence Analyst, it starts with you
- Waikato Prevention Team - multiple vacancies
- Based at Hamilton Central, Waikato District Intelligence Unit
- Police Employee/Police Constable
- Permanent Full Time
- Nationally Advertised Vacancy

About the role

The Waikato Police Intelligence Unit supports Waikato Police leaders and officers to prevent crime and harm through exceptional policing. Our mahi is used to inform deployment of resources, understand the criminal environment and crime problems, and facilitate evidence-based action and prevention.
We are recruiting a Senior Intelligence Analyst / Analyst who will be based in the Waikato District Intelligence Unit.
Our Intelligence Analysts (Tactical) works to support the Police Tactical Response Model (TRM).
No day will be the same in this role. You will provide Tactical Intelligence that is timely, accurate, clear, and relevant. We need people who are innovative and want to work with us to develop our Tactical Intelligence capability.
You will be providing Tactical Intelligence that primarily supports the newly formed Offender Prevention Teams, as well as Armed Offenders Squad (AOS) and other frontline operational areas. Your intelligence analysis will be used to disrupt the criminal environment, facilitate arrests, assist with surveillance operations, target offenders, and gather evidence.
You must be able to cope with the nature of the work we undertake, and the organisational challenges presented in Police Intelligence. There may be occasions where you and your team will need to deploy to another location at short notice.
The preferred applicant will have a sound knowledge of Intelligence practices and crime science, and experience in scenario generation, including scanning and exploring future states.
To succeed in this role, you need to be comfortable and confident when talking to others and willing to build your understanding of policing and Intelligence. You will need to work with people from a wide range of internal and external workgroups and agencies. Communication is key as you will be presenting analysis through written reporting and verbal briefings to a range of audiences. Time will not always be your friend.
A basic understanding of Geospatial Intelligence analysis and some radio communications experience is desirable but not essential.
This position would be ideal for individuals with analytical experience wanting the opportunity to broaden their range/experience or take the next step in their career. You may be new to New Zealand Police and would like to learn and develop under the guidance of an experienced Intelligence team.

**Key Accountabilities**:

- Use strong critical thinking skills to enable objective analysis and evaluation of issues to form judgements.
- Collaborate on projects and group analysis.
- Contribute to core Intelligence reporting and deliverables of your group.
- Develop and maintain a wide range of professional relationships.
- Take ownership of work through to the delivery of expected outcomes.
- Champion diverse worldviews, different perspectives, and the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi, identifying opportunities to reflect these in Intelligence products.

Special Requirements

Hold the New Zealand Diploma in Intelligence Analysis (NZDIA) or equivalent. If the NZDIA is not held, the applicant must demonstrate the necessary relevant experience and be able to complete and submit the NZDIA modules within 15 months of employment.

What you’ll bring

Being part of the Police whānau is about being our best to ensure our communities are safe and feel safe. Our Core Competencies provide a shared understanding of the behaviours, leadership and technical competence required for success at each level of Police. Whilst we are looking for skills, knowledge and experience relevant to the role, we also place high importance on your state of mind, the alignment of your values with ours, your ability to contribute to and build high performing teams, and the way that you lead yourself or others.

**You will also be**:

- adept at translating vision and strategic intent into Intelligence, plans, activities and outputs.
- have excellent written and verbal communication skills (accurate and concise) and be able to support and guide others in critical thinking.
- adept at communicating with and influencing decision makers, from the frontline to senior management.
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