Are you interested in joining an organization with a global reach? In a world of shifting threats, Concentric is your trusted ally. Powered by elite professionals from military, government, and intelligence backgrounds. If you are passionate about intelligence, risk analysis, threat management, executive protection, security operations, or business resiliency, Concentric may be the organization you’ve been searching for!
Concentric is a risk consultancy specializing in delivering strategic security and intelligence services. We provide holistic, intelligent security solutions for private clients and corporations globally. Concentric offers strategic advisory services, risk assessments, physical protection, threat intelligence, open-source monitoring, program audits, secure embedded staffing, and training for security teams and intelligence analysts.
Our ultimate goal is to be recognized as the most innovative, capable, and trusted Risk Management partner in the world, and we do this by following these core values:
Integrity – Collaboration - Relationships – Excellence – Creativity - Results
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We are currently looking to hire a Temporary Junior Protective Intelligence Analyst to join our team embedded with our client in Menlo Park, CA! This position allows for remote work arrangements within the United States.

• This is a full-time, temporary contracted position up to 6 months.

JOB DESCRIPTION

The Protective Intelligence Analyst will be responsible for monitoring all source information to proactively identify and assess risks and threats to the client, while also mentoring analysts in intelligence collection and analysis. This position requires excellent communication skills and the capacity to assimilate intelligence content from numerous sources into products that effectively communicate risk and opportunity. This position also expects strong communication skills in order to help support and guide analysts on the team. The analyst will also conduct open source investigations, which include ongoing, persistent monitoring for threats, person of interest (POI) investigations, and social media sentiment analysis.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Minimum 2 years of related experience providing intelligence or risk analysis
• Proven ability to be an outstanding colleague in a collaborative setting with a strong initiative to improve processes and procedures
• Comfortable with changing requirements and priorities; ability to adapt quickly
• Experience working with the identification and analysis of POI threats
• Experience using open-source and/or social media tools
• Experience leveraging technological resources for research and analysis
• Excellent writing and oral communication skills
• Experience working with highly confidential information
• Experience working with diverse partners
• This position requires up to 10% travel

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s Degree in political science, international affairs, economics, business, or related field or equivalent experience
• Regional expertise
• Language skills
• Data analysis
• Experience conducting due diligence investigations
• Familiarity with crisis threat management and/or law enforcement operations

• Utilizes experience in intelligence collection and analysis to guide others and prioritize collection requirements for threats that could potentially impact the company’s executives and business operations
• Ability to assess information quickly and accurately for credibility, relevance, and importance while also identifying information gaps and adjusting collection platform
• Proficient in utilizing current intelligence-related applications, tools, and databases to support analytical efforts and product development
• Use proactive leadership in the evaluation, improvement, and implementation of open-source collection methods and case management
• Provide technical guidance and training to analysts
• Communicate effectively with security staff and lead efforts to identify, investigate, analyze, and manage online threats to executive staff and employees, including inappropriate fixations or threats made by POIs, while coordinating findings with appropriate client offices/divisions
• Display superior research methodology in open-source intelligence, civil/criminal information databases, and social media platforms for potential threats impacting executive staff, employees, facilities, or events, and deliver findings in a clear, concise, and professional manner
• Conduct research on international locations where clients and their employees may visit. This information may include crime and safety risks, political stability, and travel safety with regards to hotels and event venues, local customs and courtesies, and transportation best practices
• Proactively identify and assist others in assessments related to international security risks and challenges, such as political movements, terrorism, espionage, customs/immigration, public health, information security, weather, government corruption, or poor infrastructure
• Use regional expertise (when applicable) to spearhead intelligence research projects within the context of location-specific cultural norms
• Lead information collection efforts on emerging threats/crisis situations and communicate information clearly and effectively to stakeholders
• Assess stakeholder audience and display flexibility when creating products while also anticipating follow-on needs and requirements; produce timely, useful, and custom-tailored intelligence reports and threat assessments
• Conduct and/or lead special projects and perform related duties as assigned
• Model best practices and adherence to company procedures and processes as they relate to industry standards and handling of confidential information
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with other business partners to effectively support their needs with tailored products
• Flexible work schedule as part of a 24/7 team: able to work assigned shifts on days, evenings, weekends, and holidays
• Communicate with co-workers, management, clients, and others in a courteous and professional manner
• Conform with and abide by all regulations, policies, work procedures, and instructions