About You

You are an experienced intelligence professional with a minimum of 4–5 years' experience working within intelligence, security, defence, geopolitical risk, investigative research, journalism, government, or a related analytical environment.

You have experience producing high-quality intelligence outputs and have progressed beyond purely conducting research. You may have led analytical projects, managed workstreams, supervised researchers or analysts, or held formal management responsibilities. Whatever your background, you are able to demonstrate sound analytical judgement, professionalism, and the ability to deliver intelligence that supports operational, strategic, or policy decision-making.

Your language capability enables you to identify, assess, translate, and interpret information from native-language sources, providing valuable insight into complex regional issues and strengthening the quality of intelligence products.

Essential Skills & Attributes

• A minimum of 4–5 years' professional experience within intelligence, open-source intelligence (OSINT), security, defence, government, geopolitical risk, investigative research, journalism, or a comparable analytical environment.
• Professional working proficiency in at least one of the aforementioned languages
• Excellent written English with the ability to produce clear, concise, and well-structured intelligence reporting.
• Demonstrable experience conducting structured intelligence research and producing analytical outputs.
• Strong understanding of source evaluation, validation, and analytical methodologies.
• Experience delivering intelligence products that support operational, strategic, or policy-focused decision making.
• Excellent organisational skills and the ability to manage competing priorities effectively.
• Strong analytical thinking, attention to detail, and sound professional judgement.

Desirable Skills & Experience

• Experience leading analytical projects, coordinating intelligence production, mentoring colleagues, or managing teams.
• Expertise relating to one or more geopolitical regions relevant to PCL's operational requirements.
• Experience within government, defence, military, law enforcement, security, geopolitical risk consultancies, think tanks, journalism, or commercial intelligence organisations.
• Familiarity with structured analytical techniques, geospatial products, or intelligence databases.
• Additional foreign-language capability.

Why Join PCL?

At PCL, you will become part of a collaborative and growing intelligence organisation where your research and language skills directly contribute to high impact analysis.

We are committed to continuous learning and professional development, building expertise through collaboration and shared knowledge, providing opportunities for progression within a growing organisation, and supporting our people through a positive and inclusive working environment.

Additional Information

• Candidates must have the right to work in the UK at the time of application. We are unable to sponsor visa applications for this role.
• Hybrid working arrangement with three days per week required in our Central London office.
• Staff may work remotely for 3-4 weeks during designated PCL remote working periods in the summer and Christmas periods. Working from abroad is not permitted.
• Access to internal training opportunities to support professional development.
• Clear career pathways are available, subject to business needs and role availability.
• Shortlisted candidates will be required to complete a written exercise as part of the recruitment process.

Please note that this advert is intended to identify experienced intelligence professionals for a range of current and future opportunities within PCL. We are building our intelligence capability across multiple regional portfolios and will consider applicants based on their experience, expertise, language capabilities, and alignment with our operational requirements.

Candidates will be considered for roles that best match their background and level of experience, which may include senior research, intelligence analysis, and other intelligence-focused positions.