Australian Office of National Intelligence – Canberra ACT
ONI's Mission Management Division (MMD) coordinates, integrates and evaluates the National Intelligence Community's (NIC) activities across the Indo-Pacific, including the Pacific, Southeast Asia and East Asia regions.
ONI's Intelligence Mission Analysts perform a unique role within the all-source analyst career stream.
As part of ONI's all-source analyst cadre, Mission Analysts contribute to and benefit from ONI's world-class assessment capability, including assembling evidence, key judgment development, contestability and tradecraft.
In addition, our Intelligence Mission Analysts leverage their geographic and thematic expertise and knowledge of the strategic context to inform and shape broader intelligence functions within the National Intelligence Community.
In doing so, our analysts bring geographic and thematic subject matter expertise to bear on particular intelligence challenges and opportunities, and provide a bridge between all-source assessment capabilities and intelligence practitioners across the NIC.
Mission Analysts also support our foreign partnerships, collaborating with our international counterparts on key intelligence challenges.
The Role The typical duties of an ONI Intelligence Mission Analyst include:
Planning, developing and delivering strategic intelligence products that ensure ONI's impact, through analytical rigour, effective prioritisation and sound business processes. Providing high-quality briefings to senior customers and timely input to policy processes. Supporting and shaping intelligence diplomacy and capability building efforts with partner governments. Contributing to ONI leadership of the NIC including by leading analytic projects that guide and enrich the delivery of intelligence outcomes. Cultivating and maintaining productive working relationships with a diverse range of stakeholders across NIC, government and with foreign partners. Fostering ONI's analytical principles and standards, and contributing to staff and analytical capability development. Key attributes To be successful in this role you will need to demonstrate:
Advanced subject matter expertise with a well-developed ability to link this to Australia's strategic interests. Several years experience working in the NIC with demonstrated experience in complex analysis, evaluating contested information and reaching robust conclusions. Advanced written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to write and brief diverse audiences persuasively and accurately. Well-developed interpersonal and representational skills, with the ability to build and maintain strong internal and external relationships. Proven capacity to manage, coordinate and contribute to collaborative projects, promote and build habits of cooperation, help set priorities and evaluate outcomes, both internally and with other agencies. Demonstrated integrity and sound judgement when engaging with risk. Desirable but not essential: Ability to mentor staff and commitment to fostering development of a positive, supportive and high-performing team culture. Relevant tertiary qualifications, in international relations, criminology, policy studies, international security, law, cyber security, security and counter terrorism or a related discipline. Skills and qualifications We recruit staff with a wide range of backgrounds, skill levels, disciplines and working styles. Your experience and knowledge may have been developed while working for the Australian government in diplomatic, policy or intelligence roles.
You will have broad subject matter expertise, ability to exercise astute decision making and an aptitude to help coordinate and collaborate with other NIC agencies.
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