Senior OSINT Analyst (Tech Against Terrorism)

Role: Senior OSINT Analyst (Tech Against Terrorism)

Location: London (hybrid, 2 days per week)

Reporting to: OSINT Lead

Role Type: Permanent

Salary: £45,000 - £52,000 per annum, depending on experience

Tech Against Terrorism aims to save lives and prevent harm by disrupting terrorist activity online and upholding human rights. We use open-source intelligence investigation, sophisticated technical tooling, and an established capacity-building apparatus for tech platforms to tackle terrorist activity online and counter the exploitation of digital spaces by terrorist and violent extremist (TVE) actors. We work closely with the United Nations, tech platforms, democratic governments, and civil society. We are seeking to scale our efforts to monitor and disrupt TVE exploitation of online spaces by expanding our established team of OSINT Analysts in hiring a Senior OSINT Analyst in the UK.

Our flagship technical product is the Terrorist Content Analytics Platform (TCAP), an alerting system to report and record terrorist or violent extremist content found online. To date, the TCAP has alerted more than 130 tech platforms to over 30,000 pieces of terrorist material on their servers. As of 2024, the TCAP also operates an archive of terrorist content to permit researchers to access terrorist material in a secure and safe location, and provide a hash-sharing capability to assist platforms in content moderation.

Please note we are unable to provide visa sponsorship for this position. Applicants must have full right to work in the UK in order to be considered. Candidates will be expected to undertake and pass a police check and additional checks for security clearance at an SC level, which typically requires a minimum of 5 years' continuous UK residency immediately prior to application.

We are particularly interested in hearing from you if you have a professional background in:

• Developing and implementing OSINT tooling and technical solutions to problems relating to online harms
• Product management and development
• Data analysis, from collection to visualisation in order to extract actionable insights

The role

Senior OSINT Analysts are TAT's investigative experts. They lead the complex investigations and projects that shape how partners understand the terrorist threat, set the standard for analytical rigour, and develop the next generation of analysts.

You’ll work with a high degree of autonomy, setting the direction of your own work and identifying where the team's effort is best focused, and you’ll represent TAT with governments and tech platforms, and at external events and conferences.

Key responsibilities

• Investigations: carry out advanced OSINT and SOCMINT investigations hands-on, design collection plans, and lead complex and sensitive investigations and intelligence requests, through to predictive assessments that inform stakeholder decisions.
• Collection priorities: direct collection priorities for other analysts, including across TCAP, and keep our datasets enriched and current.
• Reporting and quality: produce high-quality reporting for government and tech platform stakeholders, and provide senior quality control on others' reporting.
• Incident response: respond in real time to terrorist incidents with an online component, alerting platforms and relevant authorities, including as part of our on-call rota.
• Projects and procedures: lead funded projects end to end, triage priorities for yourself and others, contribute to proposals for new work, and develop workflows and SOPs.
• Tooling and safe practice: lead the testing and adoption of new tools and techniques, working with QuantSpark's technical teams, and advise colleagues on operational security and ethics.
• Representation: represent TAT with stakeholders and at conferences and external events, and contribute to strategic planning across the organisation.
• Developing the team: act as the team's expert in one or more threat areas or regions, supervise and guide analysts informally, design and deliver OSINT training, and identify where the team's skills need to develop.

What you'll bring

Essential

• Typically 3 to 6 years' experience in open-source intelligence (OSINT) work in the public or private sector, including leading investigations or projects
• Thorough knowledge of OSINT tools, investigative techniques, and other related methodologies
• Professional experience in dealing with graphic, violent, or upsetting content
• Excellent intelligence writing skills and proven experience in analysing complex findings
• Demonstrable use of intelligence and analytical techniques such as the Probability Yardstick, BLUF methodology, Risk Matrices, and Analysis of Competing Hypothesis (ACH)
• Demonstrated knowledge around TVE use of technology and the internet, and/or digital exploitation by hostile actors, including other online harms
• Experience guiding, reviewing or training others' work, formally or informally
• Polished, confident communication with senior and external audiences
• Passion for and commitment to Tech Against Terrorism's mission to save lives by disrupting TVE use of the internet and upholding human rights
• Right to work in the UK and ability to work from our office in central London 2 days a week
• Willingness to travel occasionally, including internationally
• Willingness to work flexibly as part of an international team based in the UK and as part of an on-call rota, including at weekends and public holidays

Desirable

• Experience in working with incident response protocols
• Project and/or product management experience, including leading funded projects or proposals
• Knowledge of broader OSINT landscape, including platforms and products
• Specialist knowledge of a threat area or region
• Experience delivering training or capacity building
• Undergraduate or master's degree

Personal qualities

• Problem solving and adaptability: You are solution oriented and innovative in how you approach challenges. You have a flexible attitude and a high degree of personal accountability
• Organisation, time management, and attention to detail: You are well organised and can work on multiple projects simultaneously to a very high quality, prioritising effectively
• Strong team player: You thrive on working as part of a close-knit team. You proactively seek solutions to problems in a constructive and collaborative manner and apply your skills and expertise where and when needed.
• Ownership and proactiveness: You proactively take ownership of projects and work-streams, resolve blockers proactively and successfully drive projects through to completionAnalytical and innovative mindset: you identify gaps in existing processes and suggest improvements by regularly bringing new ideas
• Communication: you have excellent written and verbal communication skills, and you communicate effectively and diplomatically with both colleagues and external stakeholders.
• Sound judgement and diligence: You can make decisions with sound judgement, especially in stressful situations and under pressure, remaining calm and collected.
• Resilience: You are aware of your own wellbeing in the context of work and can respond to challenges with appropriate mitigation strategies

What we offer

A friendly, supportive culture with all the benefits of working with public and private sector stakeholders while advancing the goals of an NGO.

• A £6,000 annual training budget to build your skills and career
• A clear OSINT career framework, so you can see what progression looks like
• One month a year working from abroad
• Top-tier private healthcare with Vitality, and fully funded therapy sessions
• 25 days' holiday plus UK bank holidays, with an extra 5 days a year for joining the on-call rota
• Perks and discounts with our travel, fitness and wellbeing partners
• Regular team events, in person and virtual, and a cycle to work scheme

Good to know

This role involves regular exposure to graphic, violent or otherwise distressing content. Tech Against Terrorism has Operational Security and Duty of Care policies in place and provides professional, trauma-specific support and training to its staff.

Three requirements are essential, and applications that don't evidence them will not be taken further:

• Right to work in the UK
• Willingness to join the on-call rota, including weekends and public holidays
• Previous professional experience with graphic content

Tech Against Terrorism actively fosters an inclusive and diverse work environment where all individuals are valued and empowered to contribute their unique perspectives and talents. We strongly encourage candidates from all backgrounds, including those from underrepresented groups, to apply for this position. We acknowledge that some applicants might not meet every requirement set out in this role description. If you believe you are the right person for the job to make a meaningful impact as a senior OSINT analyst with us, we encourage you to apply anyway.

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