Community Risk and Intelligence Analyst

About the role:

What are the biggest factors driving risk from fire in Berkshire?
How should we target our efforts to prevent fires?
What types of fire appliances do we need and where should they be?
How can we continue to protect our communities from risk whilst meeting the challenges of a changing world?

Can you help us answer these questions?

We are looking for a Community Risk and Intelligence Analyst to support strategic decision making and help drive data and evidence-based policy and practice in Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service (RBFRS).

RBFRS has a reputation for excellence and investment in our employees, offering a diverse and inclusive environment and flexible working hours.

About you:

This is an ideal opportunity for a candidate with experience in analysing data to assess risk, incorporating spatial, temporal, environmental and person specific factors.
You will have a passion for using evidence to improve public service delivery and be able to apply your specialist technical skills to a range of challenging questions in a fast-paced environment.

Specifically, we are seeking individuals who have proven experience in producing scenario and predictive models to understand risk and assess planned mitigations.

The key focus of this role (Key Responsibilities and Deliverables) is:

Collate, maintain and analyse data using appropriate software systems, to inform strategic decision-making. Including demographic, incident and vulnerability information and internal, external and national datasets.
Produce scenario and predictive models, risk maps, thematic reports and analytical products, using established tools, templates and processes.
Contribute to the development of risk assessment methodologies, using statistical techniques and programming languages to exploit available data where appropriate. Work with the Community Risk and Intelligence Manager to build models of risk and mitigation.
Provide analytical support to projects, evaluations or workstreams related to corporate planning, community risk, prevention, protection, or operational response deployment.

Key role requirements (knowledge, skills and experience):

Ability to assess requests for analysis, extract, analyse and interpret data in a structured and logical manner.

Proven experience within a data, statistical, or analytical environment, including developing analytical solutions for planning or resource allocation.
Experience of working effectively as part of a team and with internal and external partners, including senior stakeholders.
Experience of processing data using Geographical Information Systems (GIS).

It is anticipated that the assessment/interview process will run week commencing 6 July 2026

The interview will consist of a competency and behavioural based interview
and a role-based desktop task.

Anticipated start date: July/August 2026

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