Lead Intelligence Specialist
(Head of Profession) (Final 080612)
Reports to:
Location:
Salary
Director - Regulatory Operations
Birmingham
£45K to £60K dependent upon skills and
experience
The Gambling Commission operates a matrix management style approach to organising its work,
with our managers fulfilling one or both of two roles: workstream leader (to manage the work) and
development manager (to manage the people). We have moved away from a directorate-based
approach, and in support of that we have also moved away from directorate focussed job
descriptions. It is important that the successful candidate is an active supporter of this way of
working, and can comfortably and credibly work across the organisation to achieve success.
So what you will find accompanying this document is a generic job description for a senior manager
within the Gambling Commission. Of course, sometimes, we need people to fulfil specific roles with
specific professional expertise, and what we are looking for now is someone to lead our HR function,
within the role described.
Role purpose and scope
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Deliver high quality intelligence and analytical products and provide support to the Gambling
Commission’s workstreams to ensure our regulatory risk strategy is delivered with a coordinated
focus upon the strategic and operational priorities.
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Lead a group of intelligence specialists, and organising their deployment to workstreams
requiring intelligence input. Develop the Commission’s intelligence capabilities, through
effective management and development of intelligence staff.
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Work closely with Commission’s senior management and workstream leads to provide robust
advice on Commission risks and potential priorities on the basis of developed intelligence.
Developing Commission staff to value information and intelligence and its use in decision making
is a continual priority.
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Deliver effective collaborations with stakeholders and partners. In particular, the post holder will
be expected to develop and sustain effective relationships with police, agencies, gambling
industry and sports bodies in the UK and abroad, so that others have confidence in the
professionalism of the Commission’s intelligence capability and that the information and
intelligence gathering and exchange mechanisms are secure and accord with law and best
practice.
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In addition to supporting workstream leaders in delivery of their objectives, the post holder will
also have responsibility for leading assigned workstreams.
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As a senior manager in the Commission, the post holder will contribute to the wider
development of the Commission’s goals and its delivery capability through a flexible, teambased approach. The successful post holder will be expected to be effective leading in such an
environment and be able to secure the benefits of doing so.
Key Responsibilities
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Using the principles of the National Intelligence Model (or equivalent), develop the
Commission’s intelligence team’s professional competencies to enable delivery of timely and
accurate strategic, tactical and operational intelligence products upon which the Commission
can have confidence and from which the Commission’s priority intelligence requirements are
identified.
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Provide analytical expertise (both own and by deploying others) to support the development of
the Commission wide intelligence and knowledge base to enhance understanding of the industry
we regulate.
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Leading the development of an organisational culture across the Commission that values and
makes maximum use of the information available, protects its information, understands the
intelligence process and contributes to the capability of being evidence led.
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Ensure that the Commission’s internal and external intelligence and information collection and
exchange procedures are professional, lawfully efficient and secure, generating commitment
and confidence of our staff, partners and other providers.
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To act as the Commission’s Information Asset Owner for intelligence systems and all technology
interfaces thus ensuring that our information, intelligence systems and tools are effective in
collecting, collating, storing, analysing and disseminating intelligence to support workstream
delivery.
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To ensure effective application of the Commission’s Anti Money Laundering (AML) approach,
development of our capabilities and engagement with AML partners. In particular ensuring that
as Supervisory Authority, the Commission is abreast of all developments and is effective is
promoting the effective delivery of operators risk management responsibilities and engaged
with industry.
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Ensure the Commission’s Sports Betting Intelligence Unit operates effectively and efficiently as
gateway for the receipt and dissemination of intelligence, supports operational activity by the
Commission or others and secures the support and collaboration of stakeholders and partners.
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To lead (work with the Commissions SRO) for all matters relating to the effective operational use
and compliance with the provisions of the Regulation of Investigative Powers Act (RIPA), acting
as control for all covert human intelligence sources (CHIS) and contact with IOCCO.
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As a leader within the Commission, contribute to the development of improved strategies,
policies and procedures and embedding these into the culture and ways of working of the
organisation.
Recruitment Schedule
Closing Date – 25th June 2012
Hays interview – w/c 18th June 2012
Competency based interview – w/c 5th July 2012
Interview with Gambling Commission – w/c 23rd July 2012