OSINT Force Monitoring Analyst

Janes Introduction:

Janes enables militaries, governments, and defence companies to make critical decisions. Our expert-driven tradecraft, developed over 120 years, combined with human-machine teaming, delivers assured open-source intelligence across military capabilities and order of battle, equipment, events, countries, companies, and markets.

Linking millions of assured data points, Janes data model creates a framework of interconnected open source defence intelligence. This allows our customers to integrate all relevant data and connections into a single intelligence environment to deliver a more complete and accurate answer. Using Janes, our customers can use their scarce resource more effectively, to get to better decisions with higher confidence, more quickly.

DESCRIPTION

Janes is seeking an OSINT Force Monitoring (OFM) Analyst to join its Military Intelligence Team. The Military Intelligence Team provides comprehensive and connected data on the world's military forces while the OFM Team specifically monitors Russian military forces. The OFM Team also works closely with the Military Events Team monitoring the military activity of other countries. All of these outputs are used by the wider Janes Research, Data and Analysis team and Janes customers for reference and data-driven insight.

HOW YOU WILL CONTRIBUTE AT JANES

• Support OFM by tracking Russian military activity and linking that activity to Russian military installations, units, and equipment.

• Work with OFM Team colleagues to produce reports covering Russian military activity, including monitoring of the war in Ukraine.

• Collaborate with and directly support the Military Events Team as needed to cover other actors and areas of interest

• When requested, deliver data-driven insight and analysis for Janes products and customers on deadline.

Requirements

THE IDEAL SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE FOR THIS ROLE

• Excellent English writing and communication skills.

• Bachelors or Masters degree in international affairs, defence and security studies, or similar.

• Knowledge of military assets/platforms/doctrines/procedures, with military service or defence analyst experience beneficial.

• Open-source intelligence research skills, including familiarity with social media and imagery intelligence.

• Comfortable maintaining structured data.

• Able to undertake analysis with great attention to detail and critical thinking.

• Able to work independently as well as in highly collaborative environment.

• Able to manage time, prioritize information, and work under pressure.

• Some proficiency in Russian and/or Chinese language beneficial.

• Technical skills in Python, data visualisation, and GIS beneficial.

Benefits

• Annual health checkup
• National Pension scheme
• Meal Card (Sodexo)
• Healthy Half (0.5 day leave every 6 months for wellbeing)  )
• 27 days of annual leave  
• Transportation allowance
• Day care / Creche Reimbursement
• Group Medical Claim