Child Safety Digital Investigations Analyst

Protection Group International; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Wellbeing support

Hybrid working

Performance related bonus

Life Assurance – 4x annual salary

£45 Monthly cost of living voucher

25 days annual leave

Vitality Healthcare

Annual eye care support

Cycle to Work Scheme

Subsidised gym membership

Winter flu vaccination

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at PGI

Job summary

Protection Group International's Digital Investigations Team seeks an analyst to identify and investigate online threats to children. You'll work with CSAM, grooming, and online harm, contributing to client safety.

The role emphasizes OSINT, investigative reporting, and collaboration with clients, with hybrid working in the UK. You'll handle sensitive material within strict protocols and play a key part in preventing harm.

Qualifications

• Experience in OSINT and online research.
• Knowledge of online child safety and safeguarding.
• Curious, persistent investigative mindset.
• Ability to write clear threat assessments.
• Background in research, safeguarding or intelligence roles.
• Discreet handling of sensitive material with strict protocols.

Responsibilities

• Identify and track online threats involving CSAM, grooming and child exploitation.
• Research involvement of minors in online harm networks and violent extremism.
• Map novel TTPs of bad actors and evasion methods.
• Identify emerging risks ahead of clients.
• Deploy in-house technical capability on investigations.
• Produce concise threat reports contextualised for clients.
• Support client engagement and present intelligence to clients.

Skills

OSINT

Digital investigations

Online research

Threat assessment writing

Safeguarding/intelligence background

Discretion/sensitive material handling

Job description

Our Digital Investigations Team work with social media platforms, governments, and non-profit organisations to help them understand and navigate digital threats. Our highly skilled team work at the cutting edge of digital threat and online harm, helping clients detect and respond. We use innovative technology and have a deep understanding of everything related to social media and online infrastructure. We're not just about the platforms themselves, but also about the behaviours and intent of those who use them for adversarial outcomes, and those they target.

As an analyst working on child safety, you'll identify and investigate threats to children online. These range from grooming and exploitation to the involvement of minors in online harm networks and violent extremism. Your work will help our clients act before harm spreads and has a direct, real-world impact.

What you'll be doing

• Identifying and tracking online threats involving child sexual abuse material (CSAM), grooming and child exploitation.
• Researching the involvement of minors in sadistic online harm networks and nihilistic violent extremism (NVE), including coercion, extortion and the encouragement of self-harm.
• Map and assess the novel TTPs of bad actors, such as use of language, coded terms and methods of evasion.
• Identify emerging risks and subjects of interest ahead of our clients.
• Deploy our in-house technical capability on investigations.
• Produce concise and contextualised threat reporting.
• Supporting client engagement, interaction and presenting intelligence back to clients

On day one you will bring

• Experience in online research, digital investigations, open-source intelligence (OSINT).
• Knowledge and experience of online child safety, ideally with depth in child endangerment, sadistic online harm or youth radicalisation.
• The mindset of an investigative journalist, a curious and persistent investigator.
• The ability to write clear and concise threat assessments.
• A background in research, safeguarding or intelligence role, whether in law enforcement, journalism, NGOs or tech platforms.
• A resilient, discreet approach to sensitive work, as you will be exposed to challenging material and will need to strictly adhere to protocols.

Why join us?

• Dedicated wellbeing support, through a specialist provider, that includes regular psychological screening and specialist counselling.
• A diverse and challenging workload across multiple complex projects and investigations.
• A collaborative and supportive team at the forefront of this sphere.
• Clients who get what we do and offer us genuine innovation opportunities.
• A meritocratic environment that promotes career progression and development
• Niche training to support niche skill sets.
• Hybrid working which allows you to strike the perfect work-life balance.

Our Benefits

• When you join us, you’ll enjoy a comprehensive range of employee benefits, including:
• Performance related bonus
• Life Assurance – 4x your annual salary
• £45 Monthly cost of living voucher
• 25 days’ annual leave plus all standard UK public holidays.
• Vitality Healthcare
• Annual eye care support
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Subsidised gym membership
• Winter flu vaccination
• Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at PGI
• Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at PGI
• Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at PGI

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at PGI

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at PGI

Accessibility at PGI

Every individual has different requirements, so we are committed to implementing reasonable adjustments to mitigate physical and non-physical barriers in the workplace.

We strive to make the recruitment process as accessible as possible, but if you have any questions or concerns, please get in touch.