Senior Digital Investigations Analyst

Protection Group International; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Performance related bonus

Life Assurance – 4x your annual salary

£45 monthly voucher

25 days’ annual leave

Vitality Healthcare

Annual eye care support

Cycle to Work Scheme

Subsidised gym membership

Winter flu vaccination

Job summary

Protection Group International is seeking an experienced Digital Investigations professional to support our team working with social media platforms, governments, and non-profit organisations. The role focuses on identifying disinformation campaigns, researching information operations, and attributing threat actors while mentoring junior analysts and supporting client engagements.

You will help monitor real-world harm, map novel TTPs, and deploy our in-house capabilities to produce concise

Qualifications

• Experience in online research, digital investigations, open-source intelligence (OSINT).
• Experience of mentoring, training, or managing others.
• Ability to build strong relationships with clients and key stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Identifying and tracking disinformation campaigns.
• Researching and attributing information operations.
• Investigate state and non-state threat actors.
• Monitor the coordination of real-world harm.
• Map and assess novel TTPs and behaviours.
• Deploy our in-house technical capability on investigations.
• Produce concise and contextualised threat reporting.
• Mentoring and directing Junior Analysts to aid their progression and project delivery.
• Supporting client engagement, interaction and presenting intelligence back to clients.

Skills

OSINT

Online research

Mentoring

Client relationships

Threat reporting

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.

What you'll be doing

• Identifying and tracking disinformation campaigns
• Researching and attributing information operations
• Investigate state and non-state threat actors.
• Monitor the coordination of real-world harm.
• Map and assess novel TTPs and behaviours.
• Deploy our in-house technical capability on investigations.
• Produce concise and contextualised threat reporting.
• Mentoring and directing Junior Analysts to aid their progression and project delivery.
• 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).
• Experience of mentoring, training, or managing others.
• An ability to build strong relationships with clients and key stakeholders.
• The mindset of an investigative journalist, a curious and persistent investigator.
• The ability to write clear and concise threat assessments.
• A background in political science/ journalism/ data science/ research.

Why join us?

• 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 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

As a British company which operates internationally, we draw strength from the diversity of our people. Without our diverse team, we couldn’t do the work we do. We are involved in projects across 80+ geographies, our people speak 25+ languages and come from a variety of backgrounds. By hiring and cultivating a diverse, equitable and inclusive workforce, we can uphold values that enable every member of the team to thrive, while delivering novel solutions to novel problems.

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.

Please note: We are not accepting applications or speculative profiles from any recruitment agencies. If we require additional resource, we will reach out to you.