Intelligence Analyst

£37,749 - £45,353

Per Annum, Pro Rata

A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%

Alongside your salary of £37,749, UK Health Security Agency contributes £10,935 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).

• A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%

If you are successful at interview, and are moving from another government department, NHS, or Local Authority, the relevant starting salary principles for level transfers or promotions will apply. Otherwise, roles are offered at the pay scale minimum for the grade, but in exceptional circumstances there may be flexibility if you are able to demonstrate you are already in receipt of an existing, higher salary. Pay increases are through the relevant annual pay award for the role and terms.

Higher Executive Officer (HEO)

• £37,749- £45,353 (Inner London)
• Learning and development tailored to your role
• An environment with flexible working options
• A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity

We are recruiting all-source intelligence analysts at the Higher Executive Officer (HEO) grade to work in the new National Security Intelligence Assessment (NSIA) unit in UKHSA's Analysis and Intelligence Assessment (AIA) Directorate. We expertly fuse all sources of qualitative and quantitative information on UK and global health security threats and their drivers.

We provide insight and foresight to support Ministers, Chief Medical Officers (CMO), and policy and decision makers across Health and HMG; making impact every day.

This is an exciting time to join a growing UKHSA all-source assessment cadre, where you will join a fast-paced environment working across a variety of topic areas and continual opportunities for collaboration and improvement.

• In NSIA we deliver expert evidence synthesis, analysis and assessment of medical, epidemiological, environmental, bio-scientific and other information related to human health from all sources - open, technical and closed.
• We employ critical thinking and structured analytical techniques, including futures projection, to draw out 'so-what' implications. We draw on world-leading talent across a range of disciplines, including intelligence assessment, epidemiology, data science, statistical modelling and social research, to maximise impact through collaboration.
• We deliver assessments that provide insight and foresight to policy and decision-makers in UKHSA, DHSC, and across UK Government, supporting them to understand, prepare for, and mitigate health risks to the UK and its global interests.
• As an analyst in this area, you will produce and support the production of all source intelligence assessment on a wide variety of UK and global health security topics, including international outbreaks and major events; health systems; health mis- and disinformation; chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN); medical supply resilience; and health technology. If not already, you will complete extensive training to join the Professional Head of Intelligence Assessment (PHIA) profession.
• The post offers superb development opportunities and the chance to gain exposure across a broad range of policy areas, achieving real-world impact with the most senior officials at the heart of decision making in government.
• We want to know what you can bring to the mission. In turn we will help you to broaden and deepen your expertise while in post, with a tailored learning and development offering within a supportive and positive working environment.

As a National Security Intelligence Analyst you will:

• Conduct intelligence analysis using structured analytic techniques to contribute to high-quality assessment products that provide UK decision-makers and policymakers with insight into a broad range of health security issues and their implications for the UK.
• Support the development of analytical products by researching, collating, evaluating and interpreting information from a wide range of sources, including complex and potentially conflicting information.
• Work closely with colleagues across AIA, UKHSA and wider government to support collaborative analytical projects and contribute to building effective working relationships with internal and external partners.
• Maintain an awareness of emerging health security and national security developments within the UK and internationally, identifying issues of potential relevance to UK interests.
• Communicate analytical findings clearly and concisely, both in writing and verbally, tailoring outputs appropriately for different audiences and clearly articulating levels of confidence and uncertainty.
• Manage your workload effectively, delivering multiple tasks to agreed deadlines and escalating risks or challenges where appropriate.
• Contribute to a positive team culture, supporting colleagues, sharing knowledge and continuously developing your analytical skills and subject matter expertise.

Please Note, this list is not exhaustive.

Permanent
Loan
Secondment

This is a Permanent Vacancy

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

London Canary Wharf

This role is being offered as hybrid working based at our core HQ in London Canary Wharf.

We offer great flexible working opportunities at UKHSA and operate using a hybrid working model where business needs allow. This provides us with greater flexibility about how and where we work, to get the best from our workforce. As a hybrid worker, you will be expected to spend a minimum of 60% of your contractual working hours (approximately 3 days a week pro rata, averaged over a month) working at our office. Our core HQ offices are modern and newly refurbished with excellent city centre transport links and benefit from co-location with other government departments such as the Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC).

UKHSA is investing in a new state-of-the-art National Biosecurity Centre in Harlow, Essex, which will eventually bring together teams currently based at Canary Wharf, Colindale and Porton Down. For more details, please see: Huge biosecurity centre investment to boost pandemic protection - GOV.UK. The new facilities will start becoming operational in the mid-2030s, with full completion by 2038. Staff will move in phases as facilities become available. If you're appointed to a role currently based at Canary Wharf, Colindale or Porton Down, please note that we'll continue investing in these sites for the next decade. As we get closer to the transition, we'll provide full information about relocation support available to staff.

Apply before 11:55 pm on Friday 13th November 2026

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Higher Executive Officer

Intelligence

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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.

Successful candidates must pass a basic disclosure and barring security check before they can be appointed. Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is Developed Vetting. For meaningful National Security Vetting checks to be carried out individuals need to have lived in the UK for a sufficient period of time. You should normally have been resident in the United Kingdom for the last 10 years as the role requires Security Developed Vetting (DV) clearance. UK residency less than the outlined periods may not necessarily bar you from gaining national security vetting and applicants should contact the Vacancy Holder/Recruiting Manager listed in the advert for further advice.

This vacancy is open to all external applicants (anyone) from outside the Civil Service as well as internal applicants.

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 developed vetting (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.

If this role is fixed term and you are not currently a Civil Servant, you will take up the post on a Fixed Term appointment; you may be able to take this role up as a Secondment. If you are an existing Civil Servant, based outside of UKHSA, you will take up the post as a loan which you will need your department to agree. Loans are normally agreed for a period of two years. However, this may be extended where required, subject to agreement between UKHSA and your home department. You cannot take the post up as a fixed term. If you are an existing UKHSA member of staff, you will take up the post as either a level transfer or a temporary promotion as per the UKHSA's Pay policy. If this role is permanent, it may also be available as a loan (for existing Civil Servants only) or secondment arrangement, subject to business need and agreement from the hiring manager and, where applicable, the employee's home organisation.

If more than the required number of suitable candidates pass the interview criteria, you may be kept on a reserve list for 12 months subject to your agreement. You may be contacted, in merit-order, if similar roles with closely matching essential criteria become available and the department choose to appoint from a reserve list. The panel will assess if candidates meet the requirement of the role first, using a specific benchmark system. If you are interviewed for the post and do not meet the required threshold for the specified grade, your application may be assessed against a similar, lower grade role and you may be offered the post should one be available.

From time to time, the role holder may be required to support UKHSA's incident response activity by contributing their appropriate expertise within an Incident Cell; during such periods, supported by the line manager, this work will take priority over normal day-to-day responsibilities, commensurate with their grade, skills and experience.

If you have spent more than 6 months abroad over the last 3 years you may need an International Police Check. This would not necessarily have to be in a single block, and it could be time accrued over that period.

If successful for this role as one aspect of pre-employment screening, applicant's personal details - name, national insurance number and date of birth - will be checked against the Cabinet Office Internal Fraud Hub, and anyone included on the database will be refused employment unless they can show exceptional circumstances. Currently this is only for external candidates to the Civil Service.

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

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)

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