Senior Defence Intelligence Analyst (China & Taiwan)

Janes equips defence, government, and industry leaders with objective, accurate, and shareable data and analysis. Our experts combine advanced technology with proven tradecraft to deliver validated and contextual intelligence to assess threats, accelerate decisions, and anticipate change with confidence. We deliver our intelligence with the flexibility to fuse it with multiple sources in any system, enrich AI solutions, or access it through our portal. 

Janes is seeking a highly motivated Military Capability Analyst to support its Military Intelligence team with responsibility for China and Taiwan. The successful candidate will conduct open-source intelligence (OSINT) research, maintain and enhance foundational military datasets, and produce analytical assessments of military capability, force structure, doctrine, readiness, and force development trends.

This role sits at the intersection of data development and intelligence analysis. The analyst will be responsible for developing and maintaining authoritative military data relating to force structures (ORBAT), equipment inventories, and military installations while leveraging that data to produce military capability assessments and analytical products for Janes customers.

A Master's degree in one of the following disciplines or a closely related field:

• International Relations
• Strategic Studies
• War Studies
• Defence Studies
• Security Studies
• Military History
• Intelligence Studies

• Experience analysing Chinese or Taiwanese military forces.
• Familiarity with military doctrine, operational concepts and force employment.
• Experience using geospatial, imagery or satellite-based research techniques.
• Prior experience in defence intelligence, military research, think tanks, academia or defence industry environments.

• Exceptional research and analytical skills.
• Strong attention to detail and data accuracy.
• Critical thinking and structured analytical reasoning.
• Ability to work independently on complex research tasks.
• Capability to manage multiple priorities while maintaining analytical rigour.

We believe Janes is truly a great place to work. Our values and leadership code drive everything we do, and we understand that the right behaviours and culture will always result in the best outcomes for our customers, our colleagues, our shareholders, and our business. We provide a supportive, stretching, and dynamic environment with the ability for you to grow rapidly, both personally and professionally.

Janes is an inclusive and equal opportunities employer and encourages applications regardless of age, race, disability, religion / belief, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy/maternity, or gender.

Although this role is advertised as full time, Janes believed that flexibility at work can provide many significant benefits both to our colleagues and the business. We already work in a hybrid style across all offices and regions and can support different ways of working and offer different flexible working arrangements. So, if you are interested and have any requirements or needs in the way you would like to work, please apply, and speak to us about this.  We will always consider part time or flexible applications

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