AddressAs an experienced Operations Analyst, you will work within a geographic or thematic Headquarters-based team to enable operational outcomes, and support intelligence collection and distribution priorities to deliver impact against the Australian Intelligence Missions (AIMs). You will collaborate with a range of specialised contributors in a multi-disciplinary team to generate operational impact. These may include HUMINT collectors, linguists, technical specialists, secondees and integrees from counterpart agencies.
These are Canberra-based positions. There may be opportunities for overseas and domestic travel depending on team placement.
Key Responsibilities and Tasks:
In this role you will utilise your skills, knowledge and experience in one or more capabilities that contribute to operational outcomes.
Responsibilities and tasks could include, but are not limited to:
• work with senior officers to lead and direct multiple activities in support of operations, based on the Australian Government’s requirements;
• identifying and creating opportunities for new operational activity. This is generated through applied analytical tradecraft in line with operational requirements and organisational resources;
• performing critical analysis in support of complex operational activities and reporting output;
• maintaining subject matter expertise on operational lines of effort, customer requirements and reporting output;
• producing complex and sensitive intelligence reporting that meets ASIS doctrine and standards;
- building, maintaining and expanding productive working relationships with stakeholders;
- identifying and mitigating risk to ensure compliance with relevant legislation and regulations;
• drafting, preparing and delivering written and verbal briefs to senior executive, and on behalf of the senior executive, to Government;
• assisting other operational disciplines/specialisations with operational analysis in response to priorities;
• Mentoring, guiding and coaching junior officers;
- contributing SME to the development and delivery of training programs; and
- contributing to, and overseeing, administrative support provided to senior offices and your operational team.
This could include written and verbal briefings, visit support, and financial compliance tasks.
A Level 6Operations Analyst will:
• Engage in activities to maintain and enhance your professional knowledge and technical skills to effectively achieve required operational outcomes;
• Deliver capabilities and provide support in line with organisational priorities and capability proficiency (usually one or more of analysis, coordination, reports, requirements and/or targeting); and have or gain experience across more than one mission area of the organisation. Capability proficiency will be achieved through appropriate exposure, experience and training;
• Contribute to organisational capability development, support the development of junior officers and contribute to Operations Analyst workforce training;
• As required, temporarily act as team manager, which will include leading operational enablement team members, managing workflows and assisting with strategic planning; and
• Actively engage in supporting and building a psychologically safe team environment.
Core Skills:
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with an ability to produce clear, accurate, impactful and actionable advice that considers risk;
• Demonstrated ability to work in a high tempo environment managing a range of competing priorities;
• Experience building, maintaining and expanding productive working relationships with a wide range of stakeholders;
• Expertise in, or specialist knowledge of relevant geographic, thematic or technical subjects;
• Demonstrated experience applying critical and creative thinking to solve complex problems;
• Demonstrated ability to analyse data and information to support complex problem solving and decision making, including formulating recommended actions;
• Transferrable work background (e.g. other government agencies with an operational remit, private industry, National Intelligence Community, military, police, and other intelligence related roles); and
• Willingness to work in a high security office environment.
Education / Qualifications / Experience:
One or more of the following education, qualifications and/or experience will be highly regarded:
• Demonstrated expertise in research and analysis;
• Proficiency in techniques or technology which assist the collection, mining, manipulation, fusing, exploitation and visualisation of data;
• Demonstrated proficiency undertaking open source (internet) and social media research;
• Relevant tertiary qualifications or work/life experience;
• Demonstrated experience producing written material for Government;
• Well established networks or productive working relationships with a range of stakeholders within the National Intelligence Community; and
• Other relevant skills/expertise (e.g. foreign language expertise).
We are dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive workforce, so if you are excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly, we encourage you to apply.
