About this Geopolitical Intelligence Analyst - Europe & Eurasia role at Janes
About Janes:
Janes equips defence, government, and industry leaders with objective, accurate, and shareable data and analysis. Our experts combine advanced technology with proven tradecraft to deliver validated and contextual intelligence to assess threats, accelerate decisions, and anticipate change with confidence. We deliver our intelligence with the flexibility to fuse it with multiple sources in any system, enrich AI solutions, or access it through our portal.
Job purpose:
The Associate Analyst will be responsible for the collection and classification of global security related events such as terrorism, crime, geopolitics, and unrest. The analyst will conduct extensive open-source research in the field of risk and national security to gather open-source intelligence in a structured format.
How you will contribute at Janes:
- You will conduct extensive open-source research in the field of risk and national security to gather open source intelligence in a structured format.
- Tracking and monitoring approved news sites and other open sources.
- Collaborate with subject matter experts within various teams of Janes for consistency and currency of the events captured.
- You will be summarising each event and capture necessary attributes to create structured datasets.
- Conduct in-depth quality check of events gathered via automation for duplication and correct classification of various attributes including geocoding.
The ideal skills and experience for this role are:
- Comprehensive understanding of geopolitical dynamics, particularly in Europe and Eurasia Region. Strong OSINT collection skills to identify key indicators in complex geopolitical situations.
- Proficiency in collecting and synthesizing data from open sources.
- Experience in conducting risk assessments and identifying potential risk.
- Excellent communication skills to effectively articulate geopolitical indicators to immediate stakeholders.
- Ability to execute a project within tight time constraints.
- Proven research abilities using open source skills and techniques in different languages with at least one year of experience in the domain required.
- A sound understanding of terrorism, geopolitics, serious and organised crime
- Ability to sift through large amount of data and parse information.
- Proven record of undertaking project orientated work to strict deadlines.
- A strong data analysis-oriented mindset. Computer competency that includes a thorough working knowledge of Microsoft Excel, Word and PowerPoint applications as well as an ability to conduct online and electronic research.
- English language skills are essential.
- Proficiency in a foreign language like Spanish or Russian will be an added advantage.
Benefits
- Annual health check up
- National Pension scheme
- Meal Card (Sodexo)
- Healthy Half (0.5 day leave every 6 months for wellbeing) )
- 22 days of annual leave
- Transportation allowance
- Day care / Creche Reimbursement
- Group Medical Claim
- Access to LinkedIn Learning
Life at Janes
We believe Janes is truly a great place to work. Our values and leadership code drive everything we do, and we understand that the right behaviours and culture will always result in the best outcomes for our customers, our colleagues, our shareholders, and our business. We provide a supportive, stretching, and dynamic environment with the ability for you to grow rapidly, both personally and professionally.
Janes is an inclusive and equal opportunities employer and encourages applications regardless of age, race, disability, religion / belief, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy/maternity, or gender.
Although this role is advertised as full time, Janes believed that flexibility at work can provide many significant benefits both to our colleagues and the business. We already work in a hybrid style across all offices and regions and can support different ways of working and offer different flexible working arrangements. So, if you are interested and have any requirements or needs in the way you would like to work, please apply, and speak to us about this. We will always consider part time or flexible applications
