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Intelligence Analyst

Hybrid in Manchester·Added today (last checked 10 Nov)

The Insolvency Service

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Our summary

Salary
£31,200 - £32,357 a year

About £2,170 - £2,230 a month after tax.

Work mode
Hybrid, Manchester
Closing date
Apply by Monday 23 November
Holiday
25 days holiday
Pension
28.97% employer pension
Commute
Cycle to work scheme

Skills

Nice to have

Requirements

What we're looking for

We're looking for someone who can:

  • conduct Intelligence analysis and assessment, understanding the process to refine questions
  • provide assessments that present judgements or information that are useful or relevant to customers
  • plan assessment projects including information requirements, relevant milestones, checkpoints and reviews
  • show logical and coherent reasoning to justify analytical judgements.
  • understand and draw upon basic quantitative and qualitative data sets, identifying and correcting basic errors in data
  • liaise with internal and external peers
  • create and retain a robust audit trail to evidence analytical arguments for each assessment created
  • support HEOs with their products and being involved in the peer review process

Upon appointment, the candidate will be expected to complete the New Analyst Programme run by the Professional Head of Intelligence Assessment. This will be 3 days a week for 6 weeks. There is also an expectation that the successful candidate will attend HMRC courses.

The candidate will need to keep up to date with their CPD requirements and evidence their skills once in role through the 'Professional Development Framework' at 'awareness level' working towards 'working' level.

Nice to have

Working knowledge or willingness to learn how to utilise Microsoft Excel.

Experience in an intelligence or data driven environment

Awareness of data handling conditions.

Pay & benefits

What you'll get

£31,200

£31,200 to £32,357 (National) - £34,650 to £35,280 (London - available only for Internal candidates)

Candidates are advised to address any questions on rates of pay prior to applying for the post

A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%

Alongside your salary of £31,200, Insolvency Service contributes £9,038 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides (opens in a new window).

We want you to have a good work-life balance and want to support you in all that you do, so we offer a great benefits package including:

  • flexible working arrangements and flexi-time
  • full time new entrants to the Civil Service and those Civil Servants on modernised terms and conditions will be entitled to 25 days leave increasing on a sliding scale to 30 days after 5 years' service
  • in addition to this you are entitled to 8 public/bank holidays plus an additional day of privilege leave
  • competitive maternity, paternity and parental leave
  • 5 days paid leave for learning and development
  • 5 days paid for volunteering
  • a Cycle to work scheme
  • staff have access to an employee assistance programme, Workplace Wellness, for confidential, independent support and advice during difficult times in either their professional or personal life

Your pension is a valuable part of your total reward package where the employer makes a significant contribution to the cost of your pension. Your contributions come out of your salary before any tax is taken. This means, if you pay tax, your take-home pay will not be reduced by the full amount of your contribution; and your pension will continue to provide valuable benefits for you and your family if you are too ill to continue to work or die before you retire. For more information, visit www.civilservicepensionscheme.org.uk

Visa & relocation

To sponsor a candidate under the Skilled Worker visa, a sponsorship licence is required. The Insolvency Service does not currently hold this licence and therefore, cannot legally sponsor Skilled Worker visa applicants.

The role

You will support the production of intelligence analysis and assessments that help identify, understand and disrupt economic crime and corporate misconduct. Your work will inform operational decision-making and contribute to the agency's five-year enforcement strategy by combatting criminal activity.

This is a role for someone who has an inquisitive mind and would like to take ownership of the outcomes that matter.

Reporting to the head of Intelligence analysis and assessment, you will join the analytical team within the intelligence department which supports in the delivery of strategic and/or operational analysis that underpins the Insolvency Service's mission and enforcement strategy.

You will work with colleagues to produce high-quality intelligence products, from rapid updates to long term assessments. You will be able to interrogate diverse data sources to assess threats, identify risks, support investigations, and brief colleagues.

What you'll do

You'll use your expertise and judgement to:

  • monitor key threats to the Insolvency Service, supporting the production of high-quality strategy and/or tactical intelligence assessments that inform operational activity and support decision-making priorities
  • organise intelligence and information in a format that can be shared with and understood by others, including the ability to handle sensitive intelligence in accordance with legal handling requirements
  • maintain a coherent logical up-to-date log of information and intelligence which can be easily understood and accessed by others
  • build and maintain effective working relationships both internally and externally to support intelligence development and enhance operational outcomes
  • provide proactive analytical support, identifying trends, opportunities and innovative approaches to improve the organisations response to priority risks

How you'll work

Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time

Birmingham, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Exeter, Ipswich, Leeds, Manchester, and Nottingham. (Croydon, Stratford and Newcastle will only be available to existing employees of the Insolvency Service).

We offer full-time, part-time, job share, and flexible working. We invest in your development and give our people the space to grow, take ownership and make decisions.

The successful candidate may be required to occasionally travel and stay overnight as the team are based nationwide.

The Insolvency Service's hybrid working policy offers flexibility over when and where you work and collaborate, subject to business needs.

You are expected to work from an office listed in this advert to connect with colleagues, as your role and team require. You can split your working week, but must spend at least 60% in the workplace, including offices, site visits, court and other work locations

Apply before

Apply before 11:55 pm on Monday 23rd November 2026

Reference number

488587

Job grade

Executive Officer

Contract type

Permanent

Number of jobs available

1

In their own words

"One of the things I enjoy about the role is that you never quite know what challenge you'll be faced with. I recently received a criminal case referral involving systems and data that were completely new to me. I spent time exploring the data and speaking regularly with the case team to understand the problem and what we could achieve. By applying my analytical training, creativity and a different perspective, I developed two products that helped progress the case. It also gave me ideas for improving how we approach this type of work in the future." - Stephen, Intelligence Analyst.

Behaviours

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

  • Making Effective Decisions

Technical skills

We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

  • The ability to review information carefully, identifying errors, inconsistencies or potential problems. This includes correcting localised issues, promptly informing the appropriate person if further action, authority or specialist input is needed.
  • The ability to build effective working relationships within and outside the immediate team, listen to and consider different perspectives, share knowledge and information, and adapt ways of working to improve cooperation and achieve shared results.
  • The ability to recognise where you need to improve your knowledge or skills, take responsibility for your own learning and apply what you learn to improve your work.

We only ask for evidence of these technical skills on your application form:

CV Guidance

Your CV should provide a clear overview of your employment history, key responsibilities, relevant qualifications, and the skills and experience you've gained throughout your career including any notable achievements.

Note: Your CV will be scored as part of the assessment process and will be assessed against the criteria outlined in the job advert.

Personal Statement Guidance

Your personal statement should be no more than 500 words and must demonstrate how your personal skills, qualities, and experience align with the requirements of the role. Please ensure your statement references the essential criteria outlined in the person specification, as well as any desirable criteria. This will help provide a clearer basis for scoring and will be particularly useful in the event of tied scores.

Job contact

  • Name : IES Workforce Planning
  • Email : IES_WorkForcePlanning@insolvency.gov.uk

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Hiring process

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Ability, Experience and Technical skills.

As part of the sift process, you will be asked to complete

  • Online Tests
  • CV
  • Personal Statement
  • Technical Skills
    • Technical Skill 1 - The ability to review information carefully, identifying errors, inconsistencies or potential problems

Further details around what this will entail are listed on the application form.

After submission of the first stage of your application you will be invited to complete a Civil Service Work Strengths Test. If you successfully pass the test, you will be invited to complete the final stage of the application.

Please complete the online tests as soon as possible (within 24-48 hours is recommended), the closing date for the tests is 23:55 on 23/11/2026. If you fail to complete the online test before the deadline your application will be withdrawn. Guidance for the test will be available when you are invited to take the test. The tests are administered online and accessed via the CS Jobs website.

You will be directed to the Talogy - True Talent - Scheduled Maintenance Window Webpage for online tests during an outage.

Our online test supplier will be performing scheduled maintenance between midnight on Saturday 14 November and 6am on Monday 16 November. You will be unable to access tests during this period.

If you are in the middle of a test when the maintenance begins, your progress will be paused. You will be able to resume your test from where you left off via your application centre once the downtime has ended. Please note that you will not be able to launch any new tests while the system is offline.

Should a large number of applications be received, an initial sift may be conducted using the Technical Skill 1, assessing candidates against the essential criteria. Only those who meet the essential criteria at this stage will proceed to a full assessment of their application. If a candidate does not meet the minimum requirements during the initial sift, the remainder of their application will not be reviewed. Candidates who pass the initial sift may be progressed to a full sift or progressed straight to interview.

Where high volumes of strong applications are expected or received, we may raise the 'benchmark' minimum score required at the sift stage. If a high volume of candidates meet the benchmark score, we may further raise the score required for interview selection. Scores will be applied fairly and consistently. Applicants eligible under a recruitment scheme may, where appropriate, continue to be considered against the agreed 'benchmark' score, to support the purpose of the scheme.

If successful at the sift stage, at interview, you will be assessed on the following:

  • Behaviours - assessed through:
    • Behaviour 1 - Making Effective Decisions
  • Technical Skills
    • Technical Skill 2 - The ability to build effective working relationships within and outside the immediate team
    • Technical Skill 3 - The ability to recognise where you need to improve your knowledge or skills

Technical Skills will be assessed at interview through questions. You will be asked one question for each Technical Skill.

Sift - from 26/11/2026

Interview - w/c 11/01/2027

Location - MS Teams

Your interview will either be conducted face to face or by video. You will be notified of this if you are selected for interview. Candidates are asked to note the above timetable, exercising flexibility through the recruitment process.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

About The Insolvency Service

Industry
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In their own words

About the company & team

Insolvency - Investigation and Enforcement Services

Analytical
Intelligence
Operational Delivery

About Us

We help the UK move forward, faster.

For nearly 150 years, we've protected the UK economy with deep expertise and rigour, building the confidence that helps businesses access lending, investment and opportunity.

We help people deal with personal insolvency. We make statutory redundancy payments when insolvent employers can't. We investigate director conduct and take action where it's needed.

And right now, we're changing how we do all of this, becoming faster, more digitally driven, and more focused on stopping problems before they escalate.

More than 2,000 of us work in offices across England, Scotland and Wales. It might be time for you to join us.

The Role

  • Email : InsolvencyRecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk

Additional information

The successful candidates will be required to meet nationality and residency requirements so that National Security Vetting (NSV) checks can be conducted. If you want to learn more, visit United Kingdom Security Vetting: Applicant - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Please note: This vacancy is advertised across 11 locations; however, Stratford and Croydon are only available to current Insolvency Service Staff. The advertised salary includes London weighting, which is only applicable to internal candidates.

Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance (opens in a new window) for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.

A reserve list may be held for a period of 12 months from which further appointments can be made.

If successful and transferring from another Government Department a criminal record check may be carried out.

In order to process applications without delay, we will be sending a Criminal Record Check to Disclosure and Barring Service/Disclosure Scotland on your behalf.

However, we recognise in exceptional circumstances some candidates will want to send their completed forms direct. If you will be doing this, please advise Government Recruitment Service of your intention by emailing Pre-EmploymentChecks.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk stating the job reference number in the subject heading.

For further information on the Disclosure Scotland confidential checking service telephone: the Disclosure Scotland Helpline on 0870 609 6006 and ask to speak to the operations manager in confidence, or email Info@disclosurescotland.co.uk

New entrants are expected to join on the minimum of the pay band.

We must make reasonable adjustments if our recruitment process puts a disabled applicant at a substantial disadvantage. These are changes or support that help remove or reduce that disadvantage.

If you need an adjustment to apply, contact Government Recruitment Service at insolvencyrecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk as soon as possible before the closing date.

For adjustments later in the recruitment process, complete 'Assistance required' on the 'Additional requirements' page of your application form. Examples include wheelchair access at interview or communication support if you are deaf or hard of hearing.

For further information on National Security Vetting please visit the Demystifying Vetting website.

When contacting us or the Government Recruitment Service (GRS) using the contact details at the bottom of this advert, please include the 6-digit Vacancy ID, job title, your full name and, where applicable, your 8-digit Applicant ID in the email subject line. This will help us process your enquiry more efficiently.

Successful candidates must undergo a basic (or equivalent) criminal record check.

Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check (opens in a new window).

See our vetting charter (opens in a new window).

People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

  • UK nationals
  • nationals of the Republic of Ireland
  • nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
  • nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
  • nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
  • individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
  • Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).

This vacancy is part of the Great Place to Work for Veterans (opens in a new window) initiative.

The Civil Service welcomes applications from people who have recently left prison or have an unspent conviction. Read more about prison leaver recruitment (opens in new window).

Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.

You can complain to the Insolvency Service if you believe you have experienced discrimination under the Equality Act 2010, procedural errors at any recruitment stage, or a breach of the Recruitment Principles (appointment on merit through fair and open competition).
First, email Government Recruitment Service at insolvencyrecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk. Your complaint must reach the contact point for applicants within 24 hours of being told you were unsuccessful at sift, assessment or interview.
An independent third party outside the recruitment campaign will consider your complaint. You will receive a written decision within 5 working days of receipt. Recruitment will usually be paused until your complaint is resolved.
If you are dissatisfied with the response, you can contact the Civil Service Commission about a suspected breach of the Recruitment Principles. You can complain to the Commission at any time, but must first raise your complaint with Government Recruitment Service.

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