SECONDMENT - Criminal Intelligence Officer NDTF

The Criminal Intelligence Officer will be part of the Notices and Diffusions Task Force, supporting compliance review of police cooperation requests via INTERPOL channels. The role involves criminal, operational, and open source research and analysis, providing advice on operational and police cooperation aspects, and engaging with member countries.

Responsibilities

• Performs operational, criminal, and open sources research and analysis on assigned cases, assessing risks related to requests for publication of notices and circulation of diffusions, and deciding compliance with INTERPOL rules.
• Conducts research and supports handling complex cases and operations.
• Drafts documents and reports related to specific cases and operations.
• Monitors and analyzes crime phenomena and international police cooperation in specific areas.
• Maintains geopolitical awareness globally or on assigned geographical regions.
• Ensures communication with other relevant operational units within the General Secretariat to share knowledge, experience and best practices in specific crime areas.
• Provides operational, criminalistics and law enforcement advice on notices and diffusions.
• Provides advice on law enforcement liaison and police cooperation where necessary.
• Drafts documents and reports related to operational and police cooperation aspects.
• Drafts and exchanges communication with member countries in relation to assigned cases.
• Participates in meetings with member countries as requested by hierarchy.
• Prepares materials and contributes to the organization of meetings with member countries as requested by the hierarchy.
• Prepares materials for presentations and training related to the review and publication of notices and diffusions (powerpoint presentations, e-learning modules, etc.).
• Provides training related to the review and publication of notices and diffusions to INTERPOL officials, NCBs staff, and law-enforcement officials.
• Performs any other duties as required by the supervisor.

Requirements

• At least three years' education at a University or other specialized higher education establishment, including Police Universities/Academies, possibly with a study focus on criminal/intelligence analysis, criminology, international cooperation or social sciences
• At least three years' relevant experience.
• Fluency in English.
• Proficiency in a second official working language of the Organization or additional languages would be an additional asset.
• Strong communication skills, both in written and oral form.
• Good computer skills with standard office word-processing, spreadsheet, database and presentation software are required.
• Experience in using link- and flowcharting tools and/or statistical/GIS analysis software would be highly desirable.
• Experience with web-publishing tools and/or the ability to conceptualize and design databases according to project needs as well as the ability to exploit the Internet and other electronic sources for the collection of open source information relevant to criminal intelligence analysis would be considered an asset.
• Personal and professional maturity.
• Ability to maintain objectivity and apply logical reasoning.
• Ability to work in teams as well as individually.
• Ability to work under pressure.
• Good social skills, particularly in a multicultural environment.
• Tact and diplomacy.
• Initiative, creativity (original thinking) and curiosity.
• Ability to synthesize.
• Ability and willingness to work long hours, if required

Skills

• Criminal Intelligence
• Criminology
• International Cooperation
• Criminal Research
• Operational Analysis
• Open-Source Intelligence Research
• Police Cooperation
• Data Analysis Software
• GIS Analysis
• Web Publishing Tools
• Database Design
• Internet Research
• Report Writing
• Data Synthesis
• Logical reasoning
• Multicultural Communication
• Tact and Diplomacy
• Microsoft Office Suite
• Link analysis software
• Flowcharting

Languages

English