Job Description

About Sibylline

Sibylline is a leading intelligence and strategic risk consultancy in the security sector. Since 2010 we have supported businesses, governments and NGOs by providing high-quality risk analysis, due diligence and consultancy services.

The firm provides an innovative, entrepreneurial and fast-growing working environment, offering employees ever greater exposure to high-profile clients and challenges. Sibylline offers fantastic opportunities for career progression within a successful company, and we aim to help our employees build their own personal profiles as well-regarded analysts within the broader industry.

Key attributes of Sibylline employees are:

• Self-motivated, and auto-improving individuals who can couple initiative and boldness with good judgement
• Excellent written and spoken English
• Clarity of thought and analytical flair
• Strong, demonstrable interest in security and intelligence
• The ability to work under pressure, demonstrate leadership when required but also be able to collaborate effectively in teams
• Excellent attention to detail ​

Position Summary

The Associate Analyst role is part of the Threat Intelligence Unit (TIU), within Sibylline’s Global Intelligence Team (GIT). As an Associate Analyst, you will join a team of security specialists providing incident and threat monitoring, update briefs, research duties, and intelligence analysis.  

In this multifaceted role, as the Associate Analyst, you will assume a range of critical responsibilities aimed at ensuring the safety and security of the client’s personnel, operations, and assets. This includes responsibility for both incident data monitoring, tailored social media monitoring solutions, and intelligence analysis/reporting. You will also be responsible for disseminating mass communications concerning global events that hold the potential to impact the well-being of the clients' personnel, valuable assets, and business operations.   

As an Associate Analyst, you will maintain a constant awareness of geopolitical and national issues that may impact the client’s employees, locations, or reputation. They will conduct thorough horizon scanning to produce comprehensive reports highlighting emerging trends and incidents in regions where the company operates. This is delivered as comprehensive reporting and reviews for Sibylline’s clients.  

This is a full-time role in the UK requiring to primarily work night shifts, with flexibility to work weekends and public holidays as part of the shift rotation. This role may require working outside standard hours based on client needs, including up to a 24/7 schedule.

Occasional travel to the office will also be required for training, events, or administrative purposes.

Essential Functions / Responsibilities

• Maintain situational awareness, collect, and analyse information to ensure the safety and security of our clients’ people, buildings, and operations
• Detect and assess threats and incidents, and determine their impact on our clients
• Using open-source intelligence (OSINT) sources and internal databases to conduct social media, deep and dark web monitoring, and produce tactical intelligence
• Write and distribute notifications and daily and weekly products.
• Triage incidents and threats quickly and effectively
• Conduct ad-hoc client briefings on unfolding events
• Conduct research and maintain Global Intelligence Team core products, including city security briefs, event risk assessments, and Sibylline’s ASTRA platform
• Collect and maintain data sets as directed by the Lead Data, Insights, and Capability analyst.
• Display creative thinking and consulting skills to deliver a continually improving service for our clients
• Facilitate the dissemination of information to mobilise the necessary resources to ensure that regional staff can mitigate immediate risks and incidents
• Support our clients directly by providing short-term "Surge" capacity as required.
• Perform any additional duties as required by the Head of Global Analysis
• Engage and collaborate with other Sibylline teams globally to remain up to date with best practices, resources, and industry standards
• Other duties as assigned.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Impeccable communication skills, with the ability to take urgent calls from concerned stakeholders with patience and professionalism
• Ability to monitor the news, social media, and other information feeds and quickly determine the impact of security events and crises on business operations
• Excellent research skills, with the ability to rapidly digest, evaluate, and “sift” large quantities of information from a range of sources
• Ability to interpret, organise, and visualise data
• Analytical mindset, with the ability to provide thoughtful insight into complex situations
• Excellent attention to detail
• High level of competency with MS Office tools.
• Experience with mass notification systems, social media monitoring software (e.g. Dataminr, Navigator), and cross-functional experience within a global security team (e.g. threat monitoring, travel security).

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Security Studies, International Relations, War Studies, Criminal Justice, or a relevant field from an accredited college or university; or equivalent professional experience
• Demonstrated interest in security policies, best practices, and procedures, with a customer service mindset
• Lived, academic, or professional insight into at least one major region (Americas, Middle East & Africa, Asia Pacific, Europe & Eurasia)
• Requires the ability to work flexible hours including evenings, weekends, and holidays as operational needs dictate. Schedule may include rotating shifts and on-call responsibilities to ensure continuous coverage.

Additional Information

Interview Process

• Initial call with our Talent Acquisition team member
• Timed written assessment (arranged at a time that suits you) to test writing and analytical capability
• Panel interview with some of the team members and hiring managers at Sibylline

Research indicates that certain groups are less likely to apply for a position unless they meet every single requirement. If you feel you meet some of the requirements and can offer a unique perspective to this role, we strongly encourage you to apply—you might be the perfect fit we're looking for!

Sibylline is committed to the recruitment and selection of candidates without regard for sexual orientation, gender, ethnicity, age, political beliefs, culture, and lifestyle. We are committed to fostering a business culture that reflects these values and promotes equal opportunity.