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Job Description (JD)
Band 9
Directorate: AED
Job Description: AED Strategic Intelligence
Partnership & Capability Lead
Document Ref.
HQ JES 3205 AED Strategic Intelligence Partnership
& Capability Lead v1.0
Document Type
Management
Version
1.0
Classification
Official
Date of Issue
25 April 2025
Status
Baselined
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JD Evidence
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Job Description
Job Title
Strategic Intelligence Capability & Partnership Lead
Directorate
AED
Band
9
Overview of the
The Area Model brings the Probation regions and Prison groups
job
together under geographical areas in England and Wales. These
operational structures provide the organisation to deliver Prison
and Probation services focusing on supporting and adding value
to partnership working at local, regional and sub-regional levels.
The job holder is responsible for strategic partnership and
capability oversight within the Area Executive Director (AED) for
Intelligence and information sharing. The AED model increases
‘join up’ between Prisons and Probation by bringing responsibility
for both together at the area level, not just at HQ, with shared
processes and governance in support of a more seamless
journey for people with convictions.
The purpose is to help Prisons, Probation and Approved
Premises stay safe and secure. We want to support people
through custody into the community to give them the best
possible chance of turning their lives around.
The job holder will regularly liaise and provide specialist
professional advice to Prison Group Directors, Regional
Probation Directors and the Area Executive Director, as well as
other internal and external stakeholders, with the aim to ensure
that threats and risks are managed appropriately.
The job holder is line managed by the Head of AED Office, who
in turn is managed by the AED.
This is an operational role with line management responsibilities.
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Summary
The job holder will provide strategic management and oversight
of the following areas for Prisons and Probation within AED area:
Counter Terrorism
Corruption Prevention
Serious and Organised Crime
Intelligence
Physical Security
Procedural Security
The job holder will be responsible for work conducted by the
AED area, ensuring that it contributes to the safe and secure
operational environment, whilst maintaining decency and
compliance with performance measures and targets.
The job holder will represent the AED at national level
intelligence forums with law enforcement partners. The job
holder will be the primary interface for AED office with HQ.
The job holder will be required to provide briefing upwards and
ensuring these high-risk and high-profile areas are managed
accordingly.
Regular travel to local bases, Prison group and Probation
regional offices as well as law enforcement partner offices will be
required.
Responsibilities,
The job holder will be required to carry out the following
Activities and
responsibilities, activities and duties:
Duties
• Provide strategic leadership and delivery of business
objectives in partnership across the AED area in relation to
Intelligence and information sharing. Building and maintaining
productive working relationships with senior internal and
external stakeholders.
• Provide assurance to the PGD, RPD and AED that risks are
being appropriately managed and within policy guidelines.
• Deliver a new capability to assist the National Probation
Service with intelligence development and the appropriate use
of intelligence as part of the risk assessment process to
support risk management decisions.
• Analyse products from Director of Security to consider
whether a sustained, tactical response to the identified threats
is required. These products include for example Area Threats
Assessment, Weekly Security and Order briefings.
• Engage with the Probation Service CT lead/s by liaising and
supporting through the gate information flows and offender
release management within and across estate.
• Represent AED and engage with Multi Agency Response to
Serious Organised Crime (MARSOC), the Regional
Organised Crime Unit (ROCU) and Multi Agency Pathfinder
Governance Meeting.
• Oversee the operational delivery of intelligence systems and
provide advice and support to the operational line in the
strategic delivery of intelligence.
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• Engage at a senior and strategic level with the Operational
and System Assurance group (OSAG) to ensure risk
management approaches are appropriate and adhered to.
• Provide strategic oversight for Corruption Prevention Strategy
within the AED area and have oversight of PREVENT across
the area.
• Provide strategic oversight of the Prison/Probation Intelligence
Hubs for AED area supporting prison groups when
coordinating the tactical management and transfer of
terrorist/Serious Organised Crime (SOC) nominals within and
between regions, liaising with prisons, Joint Extremism Unit
(JExU), Security, Order and Counter Terrorism (SOCT) and
Police to best manage the risks posed.
• Provide out of hours cover for the AED office, providing
advice, responding to urgent requests (i.e., press releases)
and escalate as appropriate as required 24 hours a day 365
days a year.
The duties/responsibilities listed above describe the post as it is
at present and is not intended to be exhaustive. The job holder is
expected to accept reasonable alterations and additional tasks of
a similar level that may be necessary. Significant adjustments
may require re-examination under the Job Evaluation Scheme
and shall be discussed in the first instance with the job holder.
An ability to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence
through the medium of English or (where specified in Wales)
Welsh.
Civil Service Success Profile Criteria
Behaviours
• Seeing the Big Picture
• Changing and Improving
• Making Effective Decisions
• Leadership
• Communicating and Influencing
• Working Together
Strengths
Note: we recommend you choose 4 to 8 strengths locally - select
from the list of Civil Service strength definitions on the intranet.
Experience
• Knowledge of intelligence structures, working practices and
operating environment of HMPPS and law enforcement
partners.
• Ability and skills to represent HMPPS to stakeholders at senior
management level and clearly demonstrated understanding of
the role of HMPPS related to stakeholders.
Technical
• Must be successfully accredited by passing the Head of
Requirements
Function Assessment Centre (HFAC), or prior to 2016 be
accredited as an Operational Manager (or in post as a G5 prior
to 1999).
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• Where HFAC accreditation was gained from 2018, the Incident
Management Silver Command (IMSC) assessment must also
be passed to be eligible for operational Head of Function roles.
• Successful completion of the workbook
• When transferring to a Young Persons establishment the job
holder will be required to successfully undertake an
assessment to demonstrate suitability to work with Young
People
• Must have or be vetted to SC level
Ability
Minimum
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Eligibility
• All candidates are subject to security and identity checks prior to
taking up post.
• All external candidates are subject to 6 months’
probation. Internal candidates are subject to probation if they
have not already served a probationary period within HMPPS.
• All staff are required to declare whether they are a member of a
group or organisation which HMPPS consider to be racist.
Hours of Work
37 hour working week.
(Unsocial Hours)
Allowances
RHA - to be confirmed by Recruiting Manager
This role requires working regular unsocial hours and a payment
at the current approved organisation rate will be made in addition
to your basic pay to recognise this. Unsocial hours are those
hours outside 0700 - 1900hrs Monday to Friday and include
working evenings, nights, weekends and Bank/Public Holidays.
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