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Warfare Intelligence Specialist
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Warfare Intelligence Specialist

You'll deliver fused Intelligence products and provide advice on emerging situations and deliver bespoke briefings to senior officers

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  • £18,500 - £56,000
  • No qualifications
  • Surface Fleet
  • Warfare
  • Rating level

At a glance

Intelligence is critical in supporting warfighting and getting the right information to the right people at the right time. Everything could depend on your speed, skill, accuracy and powers of concentration to keep us one step ahead of the enemy.

£23,496

The minimum you’ll earn after training

Zero

Qualifications needed

£56,383

Earn in excess of this amount as your career progresses

6 weeks

Of paid holiday every year

Free

Medical and dental care

Travel

All around the world
As a Warfare Specialist I get to operate state of the art equipment, weapons and I also get to travel the world with people I am proud to call my friends.

Barry

Warfare Specialist, Warfare Branch

Role details

What you’ll do

Being in Intelligence means that you work with all disciplines within the Royal Navy and other services to deliver Intelligence to Commanders on operations. Your training will enable you to deliver fused Intelligence products and provide advice on emerging situations and deliver bespoke briefings to senior officers. Providing your Intelligence input will aid in mission success. 

Intelligence is critical in supporting warfighting and getting the right information to the right people at the right time so that crucial decisions, that affect lives, can be made. Everything could depend on your speed, skill, accuracy and powers of concentration to keep one step ahead of the enemy. 

Your role

  • Be an essential part of each mission, using your knowledge of war-fighting techniques to deliver Intelligence to Commanders on Operation.
  • Gain a wide range of skills, from basic seamanship to manning light weaponry.
  • Be responsible for the safety of your ship and everyone on board.
  • You will be a quick thinker, accurate in your work and have good concentration skills.

Pay & benefits

  • A salary that rises to £23,496 after initial training
  • Earn in excess of £56,383 as your career progresses
  • Additional pay for every day spent at sea
  • An excellent pension scheme
  • Six weeks of paid holiday per year
  • Free medical and dental care
  • Travel around the world
 

Skills for life

Qualifications you'll gain

  • GCSEs, A-Levels, NVQs or vocational awards
  • Gain a Level 4 Apprenticeship Standard for Intelligence operations 

Skills you'll develop

  • Learn firefighting and weapon handling skills

Eligibility

  • You must be aged 16 to 39
  • No qualifications are required for this role
  • You, your surviving parents and your spouse/partner must hold sole British citizenship and you must have continually resided in the UK for a minimum of 10 years
  • Developed Vetting security clearance is required
  • A Body Mass Index (BMI) between 18 and 28 (between 17 and 27 if under 18)
  • Pass the Naval Swimming Test

Skills & Interests

  • Team players with a passion for analytics 
  • Quick thinkers who work well under pressure
  • Problem-solvers, who can work well as part of a team
  • Be able to think on your feet 
  • A high level of physical and mental fitness
     

Joining Process

From picking your role to starting on your first day, these are the steps you'll take to join as a rating.

Step 1

Submit an application

Once you’ve registered your interest and have satisfied the basic eligibility criteria, you will be sent an online application form
Apply
Step 2

Defence Aptitude Assessment (DAA)

You’ll be tested on: Verbal Reasoning, Numerical Reasoning, Work Rate, Spatial Reasoning, Electrical Comprehension and Mechanical Comprehension.
To prepare, you can practise the DAA

practise the DAA
Step 3

Interview

A formal interview to talk through your suitability for the role. This is normally conducted using your own device over the Shine video platform
Step 4

Candidate Preparation Course (CPC)

This four-day induction to life in the Royal Navy, including a Swimming Test and a fitness assessment, is a pass or fail course

CPC
Step 5

Start training

Once you’ve passed a Security Check, you’ll be offered a place at HMS Raleigh

Career Progression

From responsibilities to pay, find out where this role can take you.
Day one
Start basic training for ten weeks at HMS Raleigh.
First year
Complete phase two professional training and join your first unit at sea.
First promotion
Complete your taskbook and pass annual tests to become Able Warfare Specialist 1.

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