Intelligence Officer: Analyst/-in Russland & Ukraine — Confederazione Svizzera

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• As part of a team, research, analyze and synthesize independently in an interdisciplinary, dynamic and networked working environment.
• intensively monitor foreign, domestic and security policy developments as well as their actors and relations over several years. Judge the ongoing war against Ukraine from a political perspective. From this, possible scenarios and perspectives can be derived, including their impact on Switzerland.
• Manage the acquisition of information by open and hidden means and combine the content of the acquired partial information.
• Give policymakers an information advantage and thus improve their decision-making basis. To this end, provide new and exclusive insights and anticipate and assess future developments in Switzerland’s security policy environment. Classify complex phenomena and developments and explain them in an understandable way.
• University degree at least at master level, preferably in political sciences, international relations, security policy, Slavic studies, Eastern European studies or equivalent education. Regional expertise and/or professional experience on Russia and Ukraine are beneficial.
• Very good analytical and editorial skills, networked and critical thinking, highly developed judgment to separate the important from the unimportant and deal appropriately with high complexity. Very good skills for customer-friendly preparation and oral presentation of information and insights. Very good social skills, sense of responsibility, team spirit and stress resistance.
• Office applications, online research and database maintenance. They are familiar with the opportunities and risks of the modern information society and are able to incorporate these aspects into their daily work. You are curious and open to expand your IT skills and use new tools.
• Active knowledge in two official languages, passive knowledge in the third official language and very good knowledge of English. Good knowledge of Russian and/or Ukrainian is an advantage.
• Swiss citizen with impeccable reputation