Intelligence

Knowledge Management Departments

Records and Liaison - responsible for developing and sustaining effective stewardship of SOCA’s corporate record in support of our capability as a knowledge led organisation. Coordinates SOCA's disclosure policy and practice. Manages the day to day relationships with SOCA's key stakeholders to exchange information, develop and maintain collaborative working practices, and promote SOCA services.

Knowledge - responsible for analysing and assessing new intelligence, developing expertise in the nature and scale of the threats to the UK from serious organised crime and knowledge of those most responsible; disseminating information and assessments to customers inside and outside government; securing feedback from operational activities and assessing the impact of work already undertaken.

Tasking and Co-ordination - responsible for ensuring that knowledge and understanding of serious organised crime and criminals is translated into action; assessing internally generated proposals and constructing multi-agency programmes of activity to address those priorities; supporting performance monitoring of operational activity and endorsing extensions or deviations to operational plans as appropriate.

Technical Collection Departments

Technical Collection - responsible for exploiting technical means to collect intelligence covertly. Work is highly sensitive and includes the lawful interception of communications and other forms of technical attack.

HUMINT- responsible for managing SOCA’s Covert Human Intelligence Sources (CHIS), targeting, recruiting and running human sources to produce intelligence and evidence in the UK and overseas; including undercover operations and witness protection.

Science and Technology - responsible for monitoring developments in sciences, technology and engineering to identify products and techniques that could enhance SOCA’s capability, engaging with R&D establishments and academia to evaluate, sponsor, adapt and/or procure sensitive equipment, systems and techniques for SOCA’s use. Responsible for Forensic Services, providing forensic support and advice to SOCA operations and, where appropriate, criminal proceedings.

Headquarters - provides support to the Director in co-ordinating and developing the work of the Directorate. The HQ Department also manages a number of teams of full time surveillance officers.

There are no current vacancies in Intelligence.