Intelligence Support Officer at NZ Police, Wellington

New Zealand Police is working with the community to make New Zealanders be safe and feel safe. With over 13,000 staff, we provide policing services 24 hours a day, every day. We operate by land, sea and air, manage over 860,000 emergency calls a year and are always actively preventing crime and crashes.

We’re working towards specific goals and targets that highlight our intent to work collaboratively with iwi and communities, other government sectors and business partners to deliver ‘Our Business’ and achieve long-term change.

Intelligence Support Officer – Open Source Intelligence Team, it starts with you!

• Based at PNHQ
• Band E, starting from $67,873 PA
• Permanent

About the role

Open Source information collection is a powerful asset for investigations or intelligence. The OSINT Team, in the National Intelligence Centre, specialise in open source collection using a number of commercial tools to enhance their work ensuring a broad and varied range of tasks to support and inform police investigations. OSINT also provide strategic and operational support to police for major events, facilitate OSINT training and continue to assess and utilise tools to remain at the forefront of OSINT practice within Police. Your role will be to provide active support to the team by:

Key Accountabilities:

• Manage the mailbox and task flows.
• Manage cover equipment.
• Manage and develop cover accounts.
• Conduct task triage to assess likely analyst value add.
• Provide support to major events and training.
• Provide support to projects and research led by other team members.

What you’ll bring

Being part of the Police whānau is about being our best to ensure our communities are safe and feel safe. Our Core Competencies provide a shared understanding of the behaviours, leadership and technical competence required for success at each level of Police. Whilst we are looking for skills, knowledge and experience relevant to the role, we also place high importance on your state of mind, the alignment of your values with ours, your ability to contribute to and build high performing teams, and the way that you lead yourself or others.

The OSINT Team is a small unit and as such looks to all members to be proactive contributors to the day-to-day business by being:

• Confident with computer systems and learning new software.
• Methodical and providing good attention to detail.
• Willing to learn and contribute new ideas.
• Able to work on your own initiative.
• Flexible and able to adapt quickly to changes in routine.

While not a compulsory part of this position, it may also be useful to note that on occasion the OSINT team respond to major events that may require some (voluntary) weekend working or changes to work pattern to support Operations. You should also be prepared for the possibility you may on occasion be exposed to images or language that you may find offensive or distressing (OSINT are provided with access to a counselling service).

If you are an internal applicant, you must apply internally through the police system. You must provide an alternative contact email address.

This role is set at an Individual Contributor level: this means your key purpose is to deliver (or enable others to deliver) “Our Business”.

We will ask you questions based on “How we will deliver Our Business – Core Competencies” and the appropriate role level, i.e. Individual Contributor. For more information on Our Core Competencies, please copy and paste this URL:  https://www.police.govt.nz/sites/default/files/publications/core-competencies-how-we-will-deliver-our-business.pdf

These questions will be unique and specific to the role, focusing on the aspects the hiring manager believes are most important for that position at the time. For more information on Our Values, please copy and paste this URL: https://www.police.govt.nz/sites/default/files/publications/nzp-our-values.pdf

To view the position description for this role please copy and paste this link into a new browser:

External link:

https://www.police.govt.nz/sites/default/files/pd/03-2023/intelligence_support_officer_-_osint_-_2.pdf

About us

Our mission is to prevent crime and harm through exceptional policing.  Our vision is to be the safest country.  Our purpose is to ensure everybody can be safe and feel safe.

Special requirements

• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Top-Secret National Security Clearance

Working Flexibly

Your wellbeing inside and outside of work is important to us. We’re open to discussing flexible working options that work for both you and the business.

For more information on the above, please copy and paste this URL: https://www.police.govt.nz/careers

How to apply 

Please note: Applications submitted directly through the Government Jobs Website are no longer considered. Please visit our Police Careers page: https://career10.successfactors.com/career?company=nzpolice to apply for this position.

If this position sounds like you, click apply now. You will be required to submit an application form and a CV. Before confirmation of hire, pre-employment checks will be undertaken.

For further information on the application process, please copy and paste this URL: https://www.police.govt.nz/careers

If you have any questions about this vacancy, please contact elzarie.geyer@police.govt.nz

Please note: Applications close 5:00pm Tuesday 21st March 2023.