Embedded Security Intelligence Analyst
Control Risks · London
Control Risks are hiring an Embedded Security Intelligence Analyst to join our team supporting a major tech client, to help collect, curate, and disseminate current and forecasted risk intelligence in a timely manner to partners and stakeholders. Analysts provide strategic foresight and analysis on security and operational concerns that may pose a safety risk to the client, its employees, or community.
Role Purpose
Analysts are core producers in SRA’s intelligence function.
- Quickly exhibit a good understanding of the client processes.
- Display confidence to act in line with existing processes and operating procedures.
- In the absence of clear pathways, act with integrity and prioritize “doing the right thing” with the information available.
- Analysts own day‑to‑day monitoring and first‑line analysis for defined markets/themes/events and are the primary authors of routine regional products in their portfolio.
Scope
- Continue to develop regional or thematic subject matter expertise.
- Are expected to provide nuanced analysis with some oversight.
- Own:
- Regional‑specific products, and
- Contribute to global thematic reports
- Support large team projects (e.g., Olympics, Periscope) by:
- Completing individual tasks,
- Sometimes supporting scope development, assignments, and editing.
- May be tasked with unique or ad hoc individual projects, and at times larger projects as part of professional development.
Regional expertise scope
- Owns day‑to‑day monitoring and first‑line analysis for assigned countries/cities in their region.
- Is the primary author of routine regional products (alerts, short assessments, situation updates) for those markets.
- Contributes to larger regional/thematic products led by Senior Analysts or RSIMs.
Regional expertise expectation
Analysts have operational regional subject‑matter expertise.
- Maintain up‑to‑date knowledge of political, security, crime, protest, and environmental developments in their assigned countries/cities
- Understand how these developments can practically affect client offices, employees, events, and major markets in their patch
- Can explain what is happening and immediate implications for the client and produce nuanced analysis with some oversight
- Typically focus on a smaller set of markets or issues, with depth in those areas.
Core Responsibilities
Subject‑Matter Expertise & Analysis
- Maintain a detailed, current understanding of security and political conditions in assigned markets and translate them into operationally relevant products.
- Flag when developments in their markets may have wider regional implications, escalating to Senior Analyst or RSIM.
Research & Projects
- Conduct research and complete defined projects with some oversight and guidance.
- Support large team projects by:
- Completing individual tasks
- Helping with scope, assignments, and editing when asked.
- May lead unique or ad hoc individual projects, and at times larger projects as development opportunities.
Product Work
- Product responsibilities include:
- Regional‑specific products,
- Global thematic reports,
- Supporting RSIMs or Senior Analysts in high‑profile research projects (e.g., Olympics, Periscope).
- First drafts of routine products:
- May require minor editing and some structural reformatting.
- For more ad hoc or periodic products:
- Greater leeway is expected, but Analysts must demonstrate continued improvement in analytical and written output.
Crisis & Incident Role
- Core analyst (streams of info, situation updates, basic implications).
Execution, Prioritization & Peer Support
- Analysts are accountable for completing tasks on time, as defined by RSIM.
- Expected to provide peer‑level support so others may complete tasks on time.
- Understanding production demands requires proactive intervention and will not always be directed by RSIM.
Problem‑Solving & Process
- Use existing procedures to solve standard problems.
- Exhibit problem‑solving skills in straightforward situations.
- Where process improvement and problem resolution are needed, be solutions‑oriented and comfortable making suggestions.
- Assess concerns in more complex challenges, collaborating on solutions.
Requirements
Experience
- A bachelor’s degree in history, political science, international relations, intelligence analysis, or a related discipline.
- 3–4 years of experience or demonstrated skills commensurate with that experience analysis function.
- Experience in collection and analytical methodologies.
- Keen understanding of social media monitoring techniques.
- Proficiency in client workspace product suite; the ability to present information in a graphic format and concise reports.
- Excellent research, analytical, writing, and verbal presentation skills.
- Ability to quickly adapt to the external environment and organisation.
- Ability to be a positive and effective team member.
- Ability to effectively manage multiple projects simultaneously and prioritize.