Intelligence Analyst-1

This role focuses primarily on the physical security environment and centres on the detection, analysing, and reporting on adverse conditions globally and within the UK which have the potential to affect the security, safety, finances, reputation and operational continuity and resilience of ScottishPower and its employees. These conditions include but are not limited to: political instability, disorder, crime, terrorism, hostile state actors, insider threat, supply chain disruption and cyber threats.

What you’ll be doing

• Produce high quality, timeous intelligence and threat reports, including presenting and incorporating relevant data and visualisations for ScottishPower Corporate Security and heads of department to provide context and insightful analysis, enabling evidence-based decision-making.
• Develop and maintain effective, efficient and comprehensive intelligence collection models across digital platforms, OSINT research and leveraging both internal and external data to enhance the quality of reports and to identify both emerging and ongoing threats and trends.
• Engage with diverse business portfolios across the business to understand individual intelligence requirements to provide both high quality products and an accessible, taskable resource to meet business needs as they arise.
• Establish, develop and maintain relationships, protocols and communication with other intelligence functions both within ScottishPower, the wider Iberdrola group and other partners to enhance intelligence sharing and effectively combat and understand a wide range of hybrid and geopolitical threats.
• Support the work of ScottishPower Corporate Security, to provide site specific intelligence based risk assessments, investigative support, proactive reporting, analytical physical security threat and geopolitical assessments to safeguard Scottish Power objectives, strategy, assets and staff and inform security policy.
• Establish and maintain relations with external stakeholders, law enforcement and industry groups to maximise intelligence sharing, influence and sector awareness.

What you’ll bring

• Ability to plan, research, and draft a range of high-quality analytical reports delivering actionable, and periodic reports and bespoke briefings.
• Ability to write high-quality executive briefs, detailed reports, and other documents, including presenting findings to support decision-making.
• A solid understanding of domestic and global geopolitical affairs and their potential impact on sector operations including, but not limited to, hostile state actors, cyber security, terrorism, supply chain security, travel security, business continuity, disorder and crime.
• Ability to understand and interpret developments at the tactical, operational, and strategic levels, and analyse the impacts relevant to ScottishPower.
• Ability to take ownership of tasks and deliver solutions independently under own initiative, while also being able to work collaboratively with both the physical security team and partners to deliver holistic reporting across disciplines.
• Previous experience with OSINT research and analysis of internal and external data to produce intelligence products.
• Understanding of available tooling and experience of its use to enhance OSINT intelligence gathering.
• Previous experience of investigative techniques and supporting investigations through the use of intelligence.
• The ability to work under pressure while maintaining attention to detail and quality of analysis.
• Problem-solver with excellent communication skills, with an understanding of security assessments and risk management.

Minimum Criteria

• Candidates must have at least one of the following: University or college degree related to Geopolitics; Intelligence specialist qualification or equivalent experience (police military etc), OSINT research qualification.
• Candidates should hold vetting to SC level or be willing to undertake and achieve vetting to this level.

What’s in it for you

As well as a competitive salary which is reviewed annually, you can also enjoy a number of other benefits. With our pension scheme, we’ll double match your contribution up to a company contribution of 10%. At ScottishPower, we believe it’s the little things we do in life that make a big difference. From helping you look after your family’s wellbeing, save for your future and take personal steps for climate action – our benefits are designed to help you do just that - so that you have everything you need to take care of your world – today and tomorrow. That’s why our benefits include:

• 36 days annual leave.
• Holiday Purchase – perfect your work/life balance with extra annual leave.
• Share Schemes.
• Payroll Giving and Charity Matched Funding.
• Technology Vouchers – save more and spread the cost of your technology purchases.
• Electric Vehicle Schemes – to help you transition to green/clean driving.
• Cycle to Work scheme and Public Transport Season Ticket Loans.
• Healthcare benefit options including: Dental Insurance, Private Medical Insurance, Health Cash Plan and annual Health Assessments.
• Life Assurance (4x salary).
• Access to Savesmart financial wellbeing support.
• Plus shopping, leisure, restaurant and gym discounts, and unique employee deals on travel insurance and more.

Why ScottishPower

ScottishPower is part of the Iberdrola Group, one of the world’s largest integrated utility companies and a world leader in wind energy. With a commitment to generate all of our energy from renewable resources and a drive to create the energy infrastructure of the future, we’re at the forefront of the journey to Net Zero and investing over £6m every working day to make this happen. With diverse opportunities across our businesses and a commitment to invest in our own internal talent, ScottishPower can offer people real career opportunities that meet personal and professional goals, in a global organisation. Inclusion, diversity, and a social purpose are at the heart of everything we do. Together with our values, they bring us together into a stronger, more sustainable business with direct links to the communities we serve. It takes all kinds of people to build a large-scale business like ours, so whatever your background, you’ll fit right in. ScottishPower is committed to providing reasonable support or adjustments in our recruiting processes for candidates with disabilities, long term conditions, mental health conditions, or who are neurodivergent or require pregnancy-related support. If you need support, please reach out to careers@scottishpower.com.