Our Senior Analysts apply high level analytical tradecraft and research acumen to generate assessments and briefings on matters of political, strategic and economic significance to Australia. They help inform national security decision making by providing the Prime Minister and other members of the National Security Committee of Cabinet with intelligence-based advice, analysis and assessments.

Our analysts specialise in delivering insight by rigorously synthesising, distilling and analysing information to meet our customers’ needs. We draw on all sources of information available to the Australian Government including material covertly collected by other intelligence agencies, diplomatic reporting, open source intelligence, and insights we gather from talking to world-leading experts in business, academia and think-tanks.

The Roles

Director, Senior Analyst, Southeast Asia

As a member of the team you will:

• Research and assess political, economic, and strategic developments in Southeast Asia in ways that contribute to ONI’s priorities and anticipates challenges and opportunities.
• Foster a team environment that is inclusive and exemplifies cooperative and collaborative behaviours.
• Develop, edit and deliver strategic intelligence products that ensure ONI’s policy impact, through analytical rigour, effective prioritisation and sound business processes.
• Apply ONI’s tradecraft to plan, develop and deliver oral and written strategic intelligence to senior customers and external stakeholders, and provide timely input to policy processes.
• Cultivate and maintain productive working relationships with a diverse range of stakeholders across government and with external experts.
• Foster ONI’s analytical principles and standards and contribute to staff and analytical capability development.

Director, Senior Analyst, China

As a member of the team you will:

• Research and assess political, economic, and strategic developments in China in ways that contribute to ONI’s priorities and anticipates challenges and opportunities.
• Foster a team environment that is inclusive and exemplifies cooperative and collaborative behaviours.
• Develop, edit and deliver strategic intelligence products that ensure ONI’s policy impact, through analytical rigour, effective prioritisation and sound business processes.
• Apply ONI’s tradecraft to plan, develop and deliver oral and written strategic intelligence to senior customers and external stakeholders, and provide timely input to policy processes.
• Cultivate and maintain productive working relationships with a diverse range of stakeholders across government and with external experts.
• Foster ONI’s analytical principles and standards and contribute to staff and analytical capability development.

Director, Senior Analyst, Pacific

As a member of the team you will:

• Research and assess political, economic, and strategic developments in the Pacific in ways that contribute to ONI’s priorities and anticipates challenges and opportunities.
• Foster a team environment that is inclusive and exemplifies cooperative and collaborative behaviours.
• Develop, edit and deliver strategic intelligence products that ensure ONI’s policy impact, through analytical rigour, effective prioritisation and sound business processes.
• Apply ONI’s tradecraft to plan, develop and deliver oral and written strategic intelligence to senior customers and external stakeholders, and provide timely input to policy processes.
• Cultivate and maintain productive working relationships with a diverse range of stakeholders across government and with external experts.
• Foster ONI’s analytical principles and standards and contribute to staff and analytical capability development.

Director, Senior Analyst, Indo Pacific Powers

As a member of the team you will:

• Research and assess political, economic, and strategic developments in South Asia, Japan and or Korea in ways that contribute to ONI’s priorities and anticipates challenges and opportunities.
• Foster a team environment that is inclusive and exemplifies cooperative and collaborative behaviours.
• Develop, edit and deliver strategic intelligence products that ensure ONI’s policy impact, through analytical rigour, effective prioritisation and sound business processes.
• Apply ONI’s tradecraft to plan, develop and deliver oral and written strategic intelligence to senior customers and external stakeholders, and provide timely input to policy processes.
• Cultivate and maintain productive working relationships with a diverse range of stakeholders across government and with external experts.
• Foster ONI’s analytical principles and standards and contribute to staff and analytical capability development.

Director, Senior Analyst, Global

As a member of the team you will:

• Research and assess political, economic, and strategic developments in Africa in ways that contribute to ONI’s priorities and anticipates challenges and opportunities.
• Foster a team environment that is inclusive and exemplifies cooperative and collaborative behaviours.
• Develop, edit and deliver strategic intelligence products that ensure ONI’s policy impact, through analytical rigour, effective prioritisation and sound business processes.
• Apply ONI’s tradecraft to plan, develop and deliver oral and written strategic intelligence to senior customers and external stakeholders, and provide timely input to policy processes.
• Cultivate and maintain productive working relationships with a diverse range of stakeholders across government and with external experts.
• Foster ONI’s analytical principles and standards and contribute to staff and analytical capability development.

Key Attributes

To be successful in this role you will need to demonstrate:

• Exceptional subject matter knowledge with a well-developed understanding of the strategic implications of a region for Australia.
• Demonstrated experience in integrated analysis, evaluating contested information and reaching robust conclusions.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to write clearly and persuasively.
• Excellent interpersonal and representational skills, with the ability to build strong internal and external relationships.
• Proven capacity to manage a multifaceted work program, set priorities and evaluate outcomes, both internally and with other agencies.

Desirable but not essential:

• Proven ability to build and manage a team, its workflows and resources, to mentor staff, nurture talent, build capability and provide performance feedback.
• Relevant tertiary qualification/s.

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