MENA Analyst, Associate – Application Deadline by August 14th

Job title:

MENA Analyst, Associate – Application Deadline by August 14th

Company

FiscalNote

Job description

About the PositionAn Associate intelligence analyst on Dragonfly’s Middle East and North Africa (MENA) desk. This is a full-time, permanent position, based in Dragonfly’s London or Fiscal Note’s Dubai office. The Associate is contracted to work 40 hours a week, though additional work may be occasionally required depending on specific projects or international travel.About theTeamThe MENA team is responsible for producing Dragonfly’s coverage of the MENA region, primarily for its Security Intelligence and Analysis Service (SIAS). This service provides anticipatory security and strategic intelligence for global businesses and international organisations. The team comprises three analysts, all based in London.About YouYou will be responsible for the consistent production and delivery of high quality SIAS work product and executing on duties, taskings and projects.You are responsible for producing market-leading intelligence products on the MENA region. An analytical mentoring role, the Associate analyst provides guidance and support for junior staff. Depending on team requirements, the analyst also provides peer review and line management.You potentially have – or have an aptitude for building – an industry profile in analysis on security, politics, geopolitics and strategic issues related to MENA region. As such you may well have regional languages and/or experience of working or studying there.What To Expect In This Position

• Prepare consistently near client ready SIAS research, analysis, written reports and verbal briefings to agreed deadlines.
• Deliver high quality project work within agreed timescales, seeking guidance when required
• Conduct open source research and data-driven analysis in support of timely and high quality security intelligence and political risk analysis and assessments.
• Develop and maintain our resources, including human intelligence sources and subcontractors, data-feeds and open source networks.
• Give clear taskings to researchers that set out appropriate deadlines, deliverables and guidance.
• Provide direction and peer review to peers and junior analysts, including providing constructive feedback
• Be proactive in dealing day to day operational tasks and ensuring team delivery demands are met. This is likely to include working on regions or topics that are outside of the individual’s expertise as well as reviewing and coordinating on TRM, TT, RFIs and other ad hoc requirements.
• Seek guidance, support and training from peers and senior colleagues when appropriate
• Provide responsive customer service.
• Develop positive working relationships with clients and prospects.
• Represent and advocate for the Dragonfly brand.
• Identify commercial opportunities arising from client contact and engage with appropriate colleagues.
• Maintain accurate records of client correspondence and interaction.

What Sets You Apart

• At least 1+ of client facing experience’ in either private or public sector
• You take an innovative approach to research.
• You are able to train and mentor junior researchers on professional grade research methods and how they present research for analytical usage.
• You effectively initiate, develop and maintain relationships with appropriate sources (particularly subject matter experts and local contacts)
• You are able to assess people’s reliability as a source, including motivations, biases and credibility, access to information.
• You are able to manage difficult conversations and transactional demands with sources and subcontractors.
• You ensure timely production and credible but protected citation of sources.
• You know who the company’s key sources, partners, suppliers and subcontractors are and seek additional information from them.
• You identify the source strengths and weaknesses in your information base and caveat your probabilistic judgements and analytical confidence statements to take account of them.
• You generate multiple scenarios to address the intelligence question. You critically evaluate and test these.
• You routinely monitor multiple scenarios by identifying any triggers to provide early warning.
• You think creatively and critically about your problem.
• You make analytical judgements, based on evidence and reason, without concerns about being proven wrong.
• You test and challenge the reasoning and analytical judgements of others, supporting your team.
• You make probabilistic judgements in accordance with our methodologies, even where intelligence gaps exist.
• You draft assessments accurately, clearly and concisely.
• You ensure all information and intelligence presented is relevant to the requirement.
• You articulate complex matters clearly and concisely. You present information in a way that aids comprehension.
• You apply best practice when creating visual communications in your assessments.
• You share open and honest insights with team members to help them build their self-awareness and understand their impact.
• You support the development of a trusting and respectful work environment that embraces and values diversity.
• You facilitate cooperation within and between units and teams, creating opportunities for sharing and learning
• You demonstrate informed, and empathic insight into the roles and typical decisions of our clients, and anticipate their future challenges, decisions and changes they may face.
• You structure conversations with clients to refine and classify questions to ensure you have fully captured and understood their requirements.
• You refine client requirements and manage expectations by identifying where and how an intelligence assessment can and cannot add value.
• You convey core messages in the time available. You adapt your verbal delivery style for different audiences and clients.
• You brief your assessments to both large audiences and in one to one settings with clients, encouraging a two way discussion.
• Company representation and commercial awareness
• You are able to present and explain in detail company intelligence services, and their features and value to clients and other relevant parties.
• You proactively seek opportunities to represent and promote the business.
• You have a full working knowledge of the relevant policies, processes and processes to fulfill with business administration aspects of your role and unit or team.

Expected salary

Location

London

Job date

Thu, 01 Aug 2024 06:47:57 GMT

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