As an 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 these roles you will utilise your operations support experience and develop further operations enablement capabilities. Responsibilities and tasks could include, but are not limited to:

• Coordinating multiple activities in support of operations, based on the Australian Government’s priorities and 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 operational activities and reporting output;
• Developing and maintaining subject matter expertise on operational lines of effort, customer requirements and reporting output;
• Producing intelligence reporting that meets ASIS doctrine and standards;
• Maintaining productive working relationships with stakeholders and customers;
• Identifying and contributing to the management and mitigation of risk, and ensuring compliance with relevant legislation and regulations; and
• Providing administrative support to operational teams and senior officers. This could include written and verbal briefings, visit support, and financial compliance tasks.

A Level 5 Operations Analyst will:

• Engage in foundational and specialised training to develop and maintain skills to deliver impact against operational requirements;
• Gain exposure and experience across a range of capabilities, and provide support in line with organisational priorities and capability proficiency (usually one or more of analysis, coordination, reports, requirements and/or targeting). Capability proficiency will be achieved through appropriate exposure, experience and training;
• Contribute to organisational capability development; and
• Actively engage in supporting and building a psychologically safe team environment.

Core Skills:

• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with an ability to produce clear, accurate, impactful and actionable advice;
• Demonstrated ability to work in a high tempo operational environment;
• Experience building and maintaining productive working relationships with a wide range of stakeholders;
• Demonstrated aptitude for critical and creative thinking;
• Demonstrated ability to analyse data in support of solving complex problems; and
• A willingness and ability 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:

• Aptitude in techniques or technology that assist the collection, mining, manipulation, fusing, exploitation and visualisation of data;
• Aptitude and experience conducting open source (internet) and social media research;
• Specialist knowledge of relevant geographic, thematic or technical subjects;
• Demonstrated proficiency in research and analysis;
• Relevant tertiary qualifications or work/life experience;
• 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
• 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.