Global Maritime Threats Senior Intelligence Analyst

The Joint Maritime Security Centre (JMSC) is the UK government’s centre of excellence for maritime security. Its mission is to increase awareness and understanding of maritime security threats and enable cross-government coordination to deliver a whole-system response to mitigate them. Utilising a staff drawn from across government, it can swiftly identify maritime security incidents and enable the effective coordination of the UK’s aerial and at-sea assets to respond – ensuring the safety and security of all those who use our seas. At the JMSC, you’ll undertake fast-paced, challenging work that’s varied and rewarding.

About the role

Are you a natural analyst and self-starter with experience leading a team? The Home Office is hiring a Global Maritime Threats Senior Intelligence Analyst to become part of the Joint Maritime Security Centre in Portsmouth. As a Senior Analyst, you will work under the direction of the Assistant Director (Assessment) to deliver Global Maritime security threat analysis and understanding or analysis and understanding relating to Russian activity to avoid sanctions, in accordance with HMT, DfT and JMSC strategic and operational priorities.

This work is at the cutting-edge of delivering cross-government maritime security threat assessments in support of delivering the JMSC Mandate. It offers an exciting opportunity to join a collaborative intelligence community and participate in developing and delivering Government-facing, consolidated maritime security threat understanding. You will be able to collate and cohere threat understanding from across the national and international intelligence communities, fusing it into authoritative assessments to inform decision-making at all levels. The primary output supports the NMSC(O) in delivering the UK’s National Strategy for Maritime Security.

Duties include but are not limited to:

• Researching, drafting and delivering high-quality, Global Maritime threat assessments and presentations to satisfy standing and ad hoc intelligence requirements.
• Maintaining and building enduring linkages with national and international intelligence counterparts, to understand threats in the Global Maritime domain.
• Building an exhaustive knowledge and understanding of all threat vectors within a designated geographic region.
• Understanding, articulating and helping drive forward JMSC Assessment priorities, and in turn, supporting wider business to deliver the JMSC Mandate.
• Providing strong support to the Assistant Director across the full range of assessment duties, including day-to-day and urgent, high-profile or sensitive issues.
• Proactively taking responsibility for engaging with stakeholders and customers, delivering outcomes and resolving issues.
• Providing high quality, succinct, timely and accurate advice and briefings.
• Maintaining an overview of issues affecting wider JMSC activity.
• Managing and directing the activities of one Higher Analyst.

About you

You must be able to demonstrate:

• Having previously applied highly proficient analytical skills independently to complex work, with minimal supervision.
• Experience of leading and managing a team.
• Exercising judgement in selecting the best approach to achieve the task while meeting existing standards and procedures and effectively negotiating priorities and deadlines.
• Understanding how your work and the work of your team can assist and inform organisational objectives and the wider understanding of potential threats.
• Being able to develop strong stakeholder relationships, both domestically and internationally, with a view to building enduring and collaborative analytical partnerships.
• Using creative and critical thinking in analysis and research to support assessments, applying structured methods to explain how verdicts have been reached.
• The ability to articulate thought processes and complex matters concisely, visually, verbally and in writing.

Benefits

We offer a range of benefits including:

• Learning and development tailored to your role
• An environment with flexible working options
• A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
• A Civil Service pensionwith an average employer contribution of 27%

How to apply

We recommend you read the full job description on our website before you apply. It will help you to understand what we require from candidates and to understand what the recruitment process looks like.

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, Permanent, Fixed term contract

Salary: £41,600.00-£44,512.00 per year

Benefits:

• Company pension
• Work from home

Work Location: In person