Head (Senior Intelligence Analyst (PMESII) Team 2

The Head of the Senior Intelligence Analyst (PMESII) Team 2 leads and manages the team to provide medium- to long-term operational to strategic level analysis on political, military, economic, social, information and infrastructure domains. The role supports NATO's situational awareness and horizon scanning efforts in the South region, contributing to comprehensive understanding and strategic foresight to enhance NATO effectiveness and regional stability.

Responsibilities

• Contributes to providing medium- to long-term operational to strategic level PMESII knowledge to identify risks and vulnerabilities facing NATO with regards to transnational threats and to support the NSD-S Hub contribution to situational awareness and horizon scanning.
• Manages and directs the PMESII TEAM 1 research efforts and produces comprehensive and multidisciplinary reports and studies on political, military, economic, social, information and infrastructure domains to identify emerging challenges to the security and stability in the South.
• Implements systematic methodologies within the PMESII TEAM 1 to conduct effective research such as NET Assessment, alternative analysis and structured analytical techniques.
• Monitors PMESII-related developments and factors in the NSD-S to formulate recommendations to address capability gaps.
• Identifies and analyses challenges and stability factors in the region to foresee future developments and emerging challenges.
• Monitors and assesses patterns and trends, from a long-term perspective, to anticipate and respond to crises in the South.
• Gains insight and understanding of security sector supporting activities in the South delivered by NATO, nations and Non-NATO entities in the training, exercises and education domains to assess existing cooperation efforts and recommend new opportunities.
• Directs, supervises and validates timely and tailored PMESII knowledge products based on identified requirements to be submitted to the CRAS Section Head.
• Provides comprehensive and multidisciplinary knowledge on existing, emerging and future security threats, risks, potential crises and instabilities.
• Contributes to the overall comprehensive strategic “horizon scanning”, foresight analysis and situational awareness in the NSD-S with the Horizon Scanning and Foresight Analysis section by identifying patterns of behaviour and influence dynamics to enhance understanding.
• Gathers, evaluates, analyses, integrates and interprets all sources of information in support of the NSD-S Hub knowledge requirements as determined by KME Head.
• Researches and assesses the dynamics in the NSD-S area of responsibility with special focus on current threats, risks and instabilities such as political instabilities, piracy, WMD, terrorism, Cyber threats and transnational issues.
• Monitors and reports on security developments in the NSD-S to assess and anticipate existing and new security and instability trends as required.
• Supports and contributes to the NSD-S Hub Knowledge Base with ad hoc or periodic products.
• Works closely with KMC and Knowledge managers on knowledge requirement priorities and knowledge production and deliverables when requested though established reporting lines.
• Elaborates project proposals and submits them for approval through established reporting lines.
• When applicable and as directed, conducts initial research and engagement with SMEs and Organisations, in close coordination with CECS and NECS, for the elaboration of projects.
• Prepares Cost Estimate for inclusion in the annual Hub Budget Estimate.
• Responsible for the completion of Project Outline Documents (PODs) and submits them for approval through established reporting lines.
• Directs staff members to create Tasker Trackers (TTs) for the fulfilment of projects and ensures all required documents are correctly completed and uploaded to each TT.
• Directs the preparation of briefings and provides them when required by the chain of command, regardless of the area of expertise in question.
• Advises and mentors analysts on product development.
• Applies Systems Analysis methodologies to address, among others, the Political, Military, Economic, Social, Infrastructure and Information (PMESII) domains.

Requirements

• University Degree in criminology, police, public or business administration, administration of justice, criminal law, comparative general management, political theory, behavioural or social psychology or related discipline and 4 years post related experience, or Higher Secondary education and completed advanced vocational training in that discipline leading to a professional qualification or professional accreditation with 5 years post related and 2 years function related experience.
• Experience in activities that encompass planning, managing, and conduct of activities to collect, analyse, process, exploit, produce, and disseminate intelligence information, including human, identity, signal, imagery, and measurement and signature intelligence.
• Experience assessing industrial, technological, geographical, and sociological factors.
• Experience preparing intelligence assessments.
• Experience in using and managing intelligence data handling systems.
• English language proficiency at SLP 3333 (Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing).
• Previous experience in joint multi-national environment with experience in military cooperation activities and NATO or national operational intelligence.
• Educational and practical background of one of the different PMESII domains derived from a university education and working experience.
• Familiarity with SoSA and the Knowledge Development process.
• Proven ability to work academically/methodically and to contribute a scientific perspective to Knowledge.
• Background experience covering Joint staff functions, preferably in a NATO environment.
• NATO Intel Functional Area Systems training.
• International experience including working for UN, NATO, EU.
• Professional experience in the SoSA process both at NATO and national level.
• Experience in National and NATO staff operations.
• Completion of NATO courses including Open Source Intelligence, Orientation, Alternative Analysis, Asymmetric Warfare, Intelligence Warning System, Intelligence Course, Intelligence Processing, and TOPFAS SAT for User.

Skills

• Intelligence Collection
• Intelligence Analysis
• Intelligence processing
• Intelligence dissemination
• Human Intelligence
• Signal Intelligence
• Imagery Intelligence
• Measurement and Signature Intelligence
• Intelligence Assessments
• Intelligence Data Handling Systems
• PMESII Analysis
• Strategic Foresight
• Knowledge Development Process
• SoSA Process
• Joint Staff Functions
• Military Cooperation
• NATO Operational Intelligence
• Open-Source Intelligence Research
• Alternative Analysis
• Asymmetric Warfare
• Intelligence Warning System
• TOPFAS SAT
• NATO Intel Functional Area Systems

Languages

English