Intelligence Analyst II

Job summary

Major responsibilities

• Provide intelligence analysis on complex or priority files to support the assigned unit's mandate.
• Produce analytical intelligence products on current and emerging issues with a nexus to Canada in response to operational and external-client tasking.
• Contribute to production-prioritization discussions and proactively recommend topics of interest or concern in the assigned area.
• Participate independently or on project teams in briefings for decision-makers, foreign officers, and government clients.
• Collaborate with key partners and contribute advice and content to research, analysis, and information-sharing forums.
• Present areas of expertise to Service management and external stakeholders.
• Guide and mentor new analysts, participate in peer review, and review draft reports with recommendations for enhancement or correction.
• Develop and maintain specialized expertise and monitor relevant threats, geopolitical conditions, and significant operational events.

Education and experience

• Undergraduate degree and five years of relevant experience; a higher degree in a related field may be recognized as experience.
• Experience researching, integrating, evaluating, and analyzing specialized information and data to create intelligence or national-security analytical products, including intelligence such as HUMINT, SIGINT, or OSINT.
• Experience authoring complex analytical products on current and emerging national-security and intelligence topics relevant to an area of specialization.
• Experience preparing and delivering presentations and verbal briefings to internal and external decision-makers, including senior executive level.

Competencies

• Analytical skills, verbal and written communication, relationship building, behavioral flexibility, judgment, and strategic thinking.

Assets

• Mentoring or coaching junior employees is an asset.
• Experience with national security investigations is an asset.
• Knowledge of CSIS- and ITAC-related subject matter is an asset.
• Partnership development within the Canadian security and intelligence community is an asset.

Language requirement

• Various language requirements apply; the stated official-language proficiency category is bilingual imperative.

Work arrangements

• The posting says most organizational roles require in-office presence, while alternative arrangements may be available for certain positions depending on their requirements.