SECONDMENT - Criminal Intelligence Analyst, Project Silver Notice
Publication Starting Date: Jun 12, 2025
Location: Lyon, France
Company: Interpol
VACANCY NOTICE 640
This vacancy announcement pertains to law enforcement and/or governmental officials within INTERPOL's member countries only.
Please read the Conditions of Secondment in force at INTERPOL including the maximum duration of secondment.
Please be aware that your home Administration/Agency/Service/Government will be responsible for all of your salary/remuneration, social insurance, pension contributions, welfare benefits, family allowances, benefits during your assignment at INTERPOL as well as travel, removal expenses related to your arrival at and departure from INTERPOL, and any other related costs depending on your circumstances. It is requested that you obtain in writing, confirmation from your home Administration/Agency/Service/Government that it agrees with these CONDITIONS OF SECONDMENT. This confirmation letter should be forwarded to us THROUGH THE NCB.
INTERPOL is the world’s largest international police organization, with 196 member states. Created in 1923, it facilitates cross-border police co-operation, and supports and assists all organizations, authorities, and services whose mission is to prevent or combat international crime. INTERPOL is now looking for a qualified candidate as a SECONDMENT - Criminal Intelligence Analyst, Project Silver Notice within the Exec. Dir. Police Services which is part of the Financial Crime & Anti-Corruption Center.
Job title: SECONDMENT - Criminal Intelligence Analyst, Project Silver Notice
Reporting To: Intelligence Coordinator
Location: Lyon
Duration (in months): 12.00
Grade: 5
Number of post: 1
Security Clearance Level: Basic
Deadline for application: 13 August 2025
INTRODUCTION OF POST
The Criminal Intelligence Analyst works under regular supervision and guidance of the hierarchy to perform intelligence analysis, both strategic and operational, on matters relating to the structure, activities and development of transnational crime. He/she works in support of INTERPOL operational activities or senior managerial decision-making processes, and in addition, contributes to the further development of criminal intelligence analysis as a vital policing capability.
PRIMARY DUTIES
The Criminal Intelligence Analyst is, according to organizational priorities and individual skill sets and experience, expected to carry out a combination of the following specialized duties under regular supervision of his/her hierarchy:
- To produce analytical assessments related to the specific crime area within the scope, nature and tendencies of crime phenomenon, criminal organizations, the effectiveness of law enforcement measures or related issues in support of strategic decision making (i.e. setting priorities) and development of policy at the General Secretariat, in Member States’ law enforcement organizations or in INTERPOL partner organizations.
- To perform environmental scanning, by applying advanced techniques in search of emerging issues or trends of a political, economic, social or technological nature, with a potential to impact on the ability of the General Secretariat, Member States or INTERPOL partner organizations to prevent transnational crime, and disseminate them to concerned parties.
- To contribute to further development and better application of criminal intelligence analysis and its methods and tools, advancing the techniques and providing best practice for analysis as a law enforcement support tool, particularly at the General Secretariat, and within Member States’ law enforcement agencies, and if prioritized, at other INTERPOL partner organizations.
- To identify major criminal threats with potential global impact inter alia through monitoring open-source information; participation in expert group meetings; review of regional meeting reports to analyze and detect trends reported by member countries and organization/participation of expert sharing programmes.
- Perform any other related duties as may be required by the hierarchy.
Requirements
All candidates will be assessed on the under mentioned requirements
Please only include professional experience for which you can provide official proof of employment (i.e. pay-slip indicating your functional title, work certificates, etc.). You could be asked to provide copies of such documents prior to interviews/tests. Any discrepancies found between the information stated in any of your application documents and the evidence of employment provided, will be considered misrepresentation and may lead to your disqualification from this selection procedure. This is especially important for your current and previous functional titles (they need to be exactly the same as the one in your contractual agreement), exact dates of employment, description of responsibilities and achievements, reason(s) for leaving and part-time work.
Training/Education required
- Three-to-four years’ education at a University or equivalent, including Police Universities/Academies, possibly with a study focus on criminal/intelligence analysis, criminology, international cooperation or social sciences. Post-graduate degree would be considered an asset.
Languages
- Fluency in English.
- Proficiency in a second official working language of the Organization (Arabic, French or Spanish) or additional languages would be an additional asset.
Experience required
- At least three years in the area in question. This could mean work as a crime/criminal intelligence analyst in a law enforcement organization, or experience as a researcher/analyst in another organization dealing with crime-related issues, intelligence analysis or contemporary international security threats;
- Ten years’ experience in the area is required if the post holder does not have the required level of education;
- Experience in combating financial crime and/or organized crime, particularly, in relation to fraud, corruption, money laundering and asset recovery.
- Experience working in an international or multicultural environment would be an asset.
Specific skills or aptitudes required
- Strong communication skills, both in written and oral form (public speaking and delivery of presentations).
- Strong computer skills are required. Proficiency in standard office word-processing, spreadsheet, database and presentation software required.
- Advanced experience in using link- and flowcharting tools and/or statistical/GIS analysis software would be highly desirable.
- Strong understanding of financial crime, fraud, asset recovery, and corruption is highly required.
- Proficiency in 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 independently;
- Ability to work persistently and under pressure, with discipline and high degree of self-motivation;
- Good social skills, particularly in a multicultural environment;
- Initiative, creativity (original thinking) and curiosity;
- Ability to develop and maintain professional networks;
- Ability to synthesize;
- Good listening skills;
- Willingness to learn.
WORKING CONDITIONS
- Remuneration for secondment: INTERPOL does not pay salary to seconded officials. For more information regarding conditions of service, please refer to our website: (https://www.interpol.int/What-you-can-do/Careers/Secondments).
- The incumbent will be occasionally required to work irregular hours or overtime based upon workload.
- This post requires occasional travel on missions, sometimes of a long duration and at a short notice.
- Within the limits of the applicable regulations in the duty station, INTERPOL supports selected candidates’ visa applications and/or special residence permits.
- In compliance with INTERPOL’s Confidentiality regime the successful candidate will have to undergo a security screening according to the clearance level attached to the function.
- INTERPOL has four working languages: Arabic, English, French and Spanish.
- INTERPOL retains the right not to make any appointment to this vacancy, to make an appointment at a lower or higher grade or to make an appointment with a modified job description or for a shorter or longer duration than indicated above.
- INTERPOL would like to inform candidates that their application might be considered for other similar positions.
- INTERPOL has a non-smoking policy.