Role Available: Joint Fusion Cell (JFC) Intelligence Development Officer
Rank: DC/PC/Police staff Intelligence development officer
Location: JFC North West Hub
Length of role: Secondment until 31 March 2027 with the potential to extend subject to funding and performance.
Closing Date: 30th September 2026
About the Role
The Organised Immigration Crime Taskforce (OICDT) is a national policing programme that coheres law enforcement agencies across the UK to tackle Organised Immigration Crime (OIC). Working collaboratively with police forces, Home Office, NCA and other key stakeholders the programme strengthens the response in tackling criminal networks who exploit the vulnerable, profit from organised crime and undermine UK border security.
This role provides an OICDT presence within the Joint Fusion Cell (JFC), strengthening collaboration with law enforcement partners in the development of OIC intelligence.
The Joint Fusion Cell ingests data and intelligence from multiple sources, fusing to identify new opportunities for targeting, and mitigating the risk of intelligence failure across agencies. The JFC Identify opportunities through data exploitation, and triaging intelligence leads. The JFC undertakes research and initial development compiling products to place across the SOC system for further development and disruption.
The role will suit those with an inquisitive nature, used to handling data and exploring intelligence further through all means and good interpersonal skills. Work turns over quickly so is fast paced, varied and enjoyable.
This role sees Intelligence Officers work as part of a team, led by the OICDT JFC embed Detective Chief Inspector, with other partner agencies for common goals.
- To develop enhance and monitor the flow of OIC intelligence between the JFC and respective Police Forces and ROCU’s.
- To identify suitable intelligence where policing can develop tactical and strategic intelligence through targeted research, open source searches, behavioural, analytical, focusing on organised immigration crime affecting the UK and overseas, producing informative briefings/presentations
- To have a good understanding of police intelligence flows.
- To understand the complexities of the operating environment, the role of key partners and the capabilities that each possess.
Essential Criteria
Applicants must be able to demonstrate:
- An understanding of national Organised Immigration Crime (OIC) issues
- Experience of appropriate and secure handling and dissemination of sensitive and non-sensitive material in accordance with relevant legislation, policies and procedures.
- Experience of working within an intelligence/analysis unit, comfortable operating with numerous information sources in varying formats, analysing large volumes of both data and intelligence, in order to draw out key findings and make recommendations
- Good understanding and application of information management and relevant legislation (e.g. MOPI, Data Protection, CPIA, IPA)
- An understanding of the OIC strategic intelligence requirement
- Experience of utilising Intelligence to problem solve
- Conduct systematic research and interrogation of open and closed sources to assist the decision making of law enforcement agencies.
- High standards of personal integrity and ethical behaviour.
- Proven demand management, planning and organising skills.
- Experience of working within a multi-agency team.
Desirable Qualifications: IPP Intelligence Development Officer Accreditation
How to Apply
Officers should complete the attached Expression of Interest template (maximum 400 words) against the essential criteria of the role. This must include a line manager endorsement and endorsement by SLT to confirm an out of force secondment will be supported. Applications will not be progressed without the appropriate endorsement.
If you would like an informal conversation about the role, please contact T/DCI Clare Ellis clare.ellis@dc.police.uk
Completed applications must be submitted to OICDT@dc.police.uk by 09.00 on Friday 30th September 2026.