Protective Intelligence Analyst (12 Month Fixed Term Contract)
On-siteLondon, England, United Kingdom
Job Summary
Monitor open source, media, and social media sources for threats, incidents, and developments affecting clients, residences, or operations. Assess online exposure, suspicious activity, and hostile reconnaissance indicators to produce practical protective intelligence products such as threat updates, travel briefs, and incident summaries. Conduct threat triage, coordinate with CPOs and site teams, and support the identification and escalation of security concerns. Maintain accurate records of incidents, risks, and operational observations while assisting with planning for client movements and events. Handle sensitive information with discretion and support compliance activities including training records and documentation checks. This 12-month fixed-term contract is based in Prevail's London office with occasional travel to client sites across the UK.
Required Qualifications
- Experience in intelligence analysis, security analysis, protective security, corporate security, risk management, law enforcement, military intelligence or a comparable analytical role.
- Experience producing security, intelligence, threat assessment, protective intelligence, OSINT or risk reporting for operational security, protective security, law enforcement, military, corporate security or private client stakeholders.
- Strong written communication skills, with the ability to produce clear, accurate and concise reports for operational and senior stakeholders.
- Good understanding of threat assessment, protective security, hostile reconnaissance, surveillance awareness and incident reporting.
- Ability to monitor information sources, identify relevant developments and assess their potential impact on clients, residences, movements or operations.
- Strong attention to detail and the ability to manage sensitive information accurately and discreetly.
- Good judgement, maturity and discretion when working in sensitive private client environments.
- Ability to work effectively with operational teams, analysts, managers and external stakeholders.
- Strong organisational skills, including the ability to manage competing tasks, deadlines and information requirements.
- Confidence using Microsoft Office, online research tools and basic data management processes.
- Ability to work from a London office and travel occasionally to client sites when required.
- Legal right to work in the UK.
Desired Qualifications
- Experience supporting UHNW, private client, executive protection, residential security or sensitive corporate security operations.
- Military, police, government, intelligence, corporate security or specialist protective security background.
- Experience producing travel risk briefs, event security briefs, residential threat updates, incident reports, persons of concern summaries or protective intelligence assessments.
- Experience using open source research, social media monitoring, mapping tools, incident databases or security intelligence platforms.
- Understanding of SIA licensing, BS7858 screening, safeguarding, duty of care, GDPR and information handling requirements.
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