Lead Analyst – Crisis Intelligence

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Australia.

📋 Description

• Deliver essential live coverage of global events.

• Guarantee the quality, promptness, and significance of alerts, content, and information.

• Mentor and assist fellow analysts while contributing to the development of the Asia-Pacific team.

• Supervise a minimum of two analysts, offering performance feedback, coaching, and setting goals.

• Recruit, onboard, and train new team members as necessary.

• Utilize experience, judgment, and playbooks to prioritize high-impact and relevant events.

• Collect, verify, and curate social media information in real-time.

• Expand the scope and depth of real-time crisis coverage.

• Contribute to shared resources that enhance content and information discovery.

• Engage in an internal working group concentrating on geopolitics, forward planning, forecasting, or climate disasters.

• Facilitate daily operations through real-time feedback, scheduling, rostering, approval of leave, and interdepartmental communication.

• Maintain the company's culture and values.

• Collaborate with analysts via audio calls during shifts to monitor incidents and provide customer context in real-time.

⛳️ Requirements

• Located in Australia.

• Relevant degree (political science, international relations, journalism, etc.) or proven experience in preparing real-time reports or analyses for crisis management or in a newsroom setting.

• Minimum of one year of management experience, including coaching and conducting performance reviews.

• Authorization to work full-time in Australia, without the need for visa sponsorship or restrictions.

• Passion for breaking news and current affairs.

• Knowledge of social media newsgathering and fact-finding techniques.

• Capability to work independently and remotely as part of a diverse, globally distributed team.

• Interest in geopolitical matters and their effects on businesses, individuals, and governments.

• Flexibility to cover shifts in support of the wider APAC team.

• Bonus: experience in corporate security or intelligence sectors.

• Bonus: experience in a newsroom or OSINT environment.

• Bonus: fluency in additional languages.

🏝️ Benefits

• Health benefits funded by the company.

• Trauma-informed practices, wellbeing tools, debriefs, and professional support.

• A supportive team, along with tools, training, and a variety of resources.

• Rostered hours organized a month in advance.

• Minimal requirement for working additional hours.

• Opportunities for career development.

• Collaboration with cross-functional teams and renowned brands.

• Full-time employment.