As 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 to generate operational impact. These may include HUMINT collectors, linguists, technical specialists, secondees and integrees from counterpart agencies and external agency customers.

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 support and 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 and customers;
• 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 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 officers and your operational team. This could include written and verbal briefings, visit support, and financial compliance tasks.

A Level 6 Operations Analyst will:

• Engage in activities to maintain and enhance your professional knowledge and technical skills to effectively achieve required 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 including leading 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;
• 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.