Hmp Highpoint - Newmarket, United Kingdom - Ministry of Justice

Ministry of Justice

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Newmarket, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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HMP Highpoint :
Hub Manager - Intelligence

£30,938 - £32,424

Newmarket:

Overview of the job:

This is an administrative managerial job within an establishment.

Summary:

The post holder will be responsible for overseeing the provision of strategic and tactical intelligence analysis within establishments.

The post holder will play a critical leadership and management role in developing the intelligence picture on a range of threats impacting on the establishment.

This job requires no operational experience. However, knowledge of prison operating environments and a working knowledge of intelligence practice is essential.

This post has line management responsibility of establishment based Intelligence Analysts and Collators.

Responsibilities, Activities and Duties:

The job holder will be required to carry out the following responsibilities, activities and duties:

Have keen oversight and management responsibilities (along with Security CM) for ensuring policy is applied and followed.
Ensure that intelligence products are prepared by the Prison Intelligence Unit and delivered to the establishment in line with the HMPPS Intelligence Policy, the National Security Framework (NSF) and Local Security Strategy (LSS).
Take responsibility for the tasking of analysts and act as a conduit between the Prison Intelligence Unit and other functions across the establishment; ensure that terms of reference for intelligence analysis products are appropriate and realistic.
Ensure that analysis of local MDT results is completed, providing reports to the Head of Security and the local drug strategy committee.
Ensure that good intelligence analysis is prepared and submitted for use in intelligence led tasks such as searching, nonrandom drug testing, mobile phone detector deployment, allocations of dog resources, debriefing and larger operations requiring the deployment of regional SOCT and national teams.
Act as the local system administrator for Mercury, approving new accounts and ensuring that all users have signed and understand the SyOPs.
Complete monthly quality checks on the content of local Mercury reporting, analysis, assessment and processing requirements; providing advice, guidance and potentially initiating performance management procedures when agreed standards are not met.
Manage person of interest databases including E-List prisoners, prominent and development nominals, PRAS nominals, organised crime group mapped nominals and visitors of interest etc., updating with new intelligence as received and communicating with decision makers to ensure reviews and actions are completed within agreed timescales.
Complete quality assurance checks on requested intelligence reports to ensure they are completed, sanitised and disclosed in line with HMPPS policy.
Review and maintain the effectiveness of local analysis processes.
Ensure that a system is in place for actions resulting from IRs and intelligence product to be communicated and followed up appropriately.
Act as the nominated point of contact for ViSOR, ensuring processes are in place to update intelligence for prisoners who are partnered on the system within agreed timescales.
Liaise with the Head of Security and provide advice on the range of tactics (both overt and covert) that may be available to maximise the collection of intelligence for individual problem profiles.
Investigate and ensure all prisoner complaints related to intelligence practice are responded to within agree timescales.
Ensure intelligence analysis is provided and represented at local tasking meetings, security committee meetings, IDRM, Safer Custody and any other meetings where intelligence will be relied upon for decision making purposes.
Provide assistance to the local Counter Corruption Lead, ensuring intelligence related corruption processes are in place and that intelligence analysis is allocated appropriately to specific cases. Completing quality assurance checks on any corruption related intelligence products prior to onward dissemination. Promoting a culture where corruption is not tolerated, ensuring that staff are encouraged to submit IRs on suspected inappropriate behaviours.

Management of Relationships:

Be responsible for the management of all staff within the Prison Intelligence Unit. This includes staff performance, development and annual appraisal through to sickness absence management.
Maintain an excellent working relationship with Security and Operations Custodial Managers to maximise opportunities to exploit intelligence and disrupt prisoners and with the Police Intelligence Officer and/or the Police Liaison Officer.
Ensure that positive relationships are maintained between the Prison Intelligence Unit and the Regional Intelligence Unit (RIU or LTHSE teams), to ensure effective collaboration in areas such as Organised Crime, Counter Corruption, Counter Terrorism (CT) and Covert Activities etc. Acting a