Embedded Security Intelligence Analyst in London, United Kingdom

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:
1. Regional‑specific products, and
2. Contribute to global thematic reports
• Support large team projects (e.g., Olympics, Periscope) by:

1. 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:

1. Completing individual tasks
2. 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:

1. Regional‑specific products,
2. Global thematic reports,
3. Supporting RSIMs or Senior Analysts in high‑profile research projects (e.g., Olympics, Periscope).

• First drafts of routine products:

1. May require minor editing and some structural reformatting.

• For more ad hoc or periodic products:

1. 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.