Job Title: Crime Analyst
Location: International Deployment (Island-based)
About RSMS
Red Snapper Managed Services (RSMS) is a trusted provider of specialist investigative and intelligence support services to UK and international law enforcement agencies, enhancing operational capacity, impartiality, and performance.
Summary of the Role
As an experienced Crime Analyst you have a vital role in supporting international law enforcement operations, delivering high-quality tactical and strategic intelligence analysis to inform decision-making, assess threats, and mitigating risk and harm. You will support complex investigations through the provision of actionable intelligence products and insights.
This role operates on a 70/30 split: 70% is dedicated to direct operational investigative delivery, and 30% to capability building, providing mentoring, coaching, and professional development support to local investigators and agency staff.
This dual-function model is central to RSMS’s mission to build sustainable, locally-led investigative capacity alongside immediate operational impact.
What You’ll Do
- Deliver tactical and strategic intelligence analysis to support sensitive and complex investigations.
- Develop and maintain an effective analytical capability at operational, strategic, tactical, and evidential levels.
- Analyse a wide range of data, including intelligence, evidence, and open-source material, to produce actionable insights.
- Collate, interpret, and present analytical findings in appropriate formats, including visual and written reports.
- Provide recommendations and intelligence products to assist operational planning and decision-making.
- Produce strategic-level products to support senior management and operational leads.
- Attend briefings and meetings, delivering presentations and engaging with stakeholders across agencies.
- Support the development of analytical strategies and contribute to investigative planning.
- Maintain up-to-date knowledge of relevant legislation, including data protection and communications data regulations.
- Utilise advanced IT tools and software, including Excel, Analyst Notebook, and iBase.
- Work with communications data and internet intelligence in line with legal frameworks.
- Adapt to new technologies and systems as required by evolving operational needs.
Capability Building and Mentoring (30% of Role)
- Support the development of sustainable analytical capability within the local force by mentoring and coaching relevant staff (where possible/practicable) in analytical techniques, tools and standards.
- Provide structured on the job guidance to embed best practice in intelligence development, data analysis, product creation and dissemination.
- Assist in the design and delivery of training inputs, workshops and briefings tailored to the operational context and capability needs of the host agency.
- Identify gaps in analytical capability, processes and systems, providing feedback to the RSMS lead and contributing to capability assessments and improvement plans.
- Promote the adoption of intelligence led policing principles, ensuring analytical outputs are effectively integrated into investigative and operational decision making.
- Support the development of analytical processes, governance and standards to ensure consistency, quality and sustainability beyond the deployment.
Experience / Skills / Qualifications Required
- Minimum of 2 years’ analytical experience within policing, government, or a similar environment.
- Proven experience in analytical planning, strategy development, and intelligence product delivery.
- Strong understanding of the National Intelligence Model and associated analytical products.
- Completion of relevant professional training, including:
- National Intelligence Analysis Training
- IBM i2 Analyst Notebook/iBase course
- Core Skills in Communications Data course
- Demonstrated ability to produce high-quality analytical reports and strategic assessments.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with experience in negotiation and presenting.
- Advanced IT proficiency, particularly in Excel and analytical software.
- Extensive knowledge of communications data, social media, and internet intelligence.
- Strong understanding of data protection legislation and ethical handling of sensitive information.
- Willingness and ability to learn and apply new systems and technologies.
