OSINT Specialist - Ministry of Defense
Job Description
What are you going to do?
Are you fascinated by the power of open sources and do you want to contribute to the national security of the Netherlands?
As an OSINT Specialist in the Special Services Section of the Royal Netherlands Marechaussee, you'll use your expertise to extract reliable intelligence from a tangle of online information. Your analyses and advice will help the Marechaussee, the AIVD, and the MIVD make truly important decisions at both the national and international levels.
What will you be doing?
As an OSINT Specialist, you'll work within the Special Services Section of the Intelligence Division. You'll research and analyze digital information from open sources and translate it into usable intelligence products. This allows you to play a key role in the security of the Netherlands.
Your duties include:
- Monitoring news and social media channels and developments within the OSINT field.
- Independently handling complex information requests.
- Testing information for reliability and evaluating its value.
- Enriching intelligence products with OSINT data.
- Analyze, evaluate, and report collected information.
- Prepare and participate in the weekly operational meeting.
- Maintaining substantive control over new and ongoing research within a multidisciplinary team.
- Contribute to the further development of OSINT within the Special Services Section and advise on its deployment.
Who are we looking for?
Required:
- Demonstrable experience with complex and disruptive operations within the intelligence and security domain.
- HBO working and thinking level (assessment can be part of the selection procedure).
- Experience with OSINT activities.
- Experience within the security domain.
- Ability to work independently.
Desired:
- Experience in the intelligence and security domain.
- Affinity with social media and the broader OSINT field.
- Interest in social and international security issues.
This is what you get from us
Salary level
scale 9
Minimum salary:
€3,750 gross per month
Maximum salary:
€5,400 gross per month
Contract duration
Permanent position
Number of hours per week
38
Place
House ter Heide, Utrecht
Other employment conditions
The Ministry of Defence strongly values personal growth and offers excellent study facilities, so you'll never be stagnant. You'll have every opportunity to develop and grow.
In addition to your salary, you will receive an Individual Choice Budget (IKB). The IKB consists of money (16.33% of your gross annual salary) and time. With the IKB, you make choices that suit you and can customize some of your employment conditions. For example, you can choose to have part of your monthly income paid out whenever you wish. You can also convert this budget into leave and vice versa, or spend it on tax-efficient purposes. The Dutch government strongly values personal growth and career development and offers numerous opportunities for this.
The secondary employment conditions include various study facilities, full reimbursement of your public transport travel expenses for commuting and partially paid parental leave.
The Ministry of Defence organization
The Ministry of Defence is committed to the interests, prosperity, and freedom of the Netherlands. We are active daily, both at home and abroad. Our global efforts strengthen international cooperation and ensure that people can develop freely, now and in the future.
Approximately 58,000 people work directly and indirectly on peace and security at the Ministry of Defence. The ministry comprises the Administrative Staff (the department), the Royal Netherlands Navy, the Royal Netherlands Army, the Royal Netherlands Air Force, the Royal Netherlands Marechaussee, the Defence Support Command (DOSCO), and the Materiel and IT Command (COMMIT).
The Ministry of Defence is one of the largest employers in the Netherlands and bears resemblance to a large corporation. The operational commands (naval, land, and air forces), the Royal Netherlands Marechaussee, DOSCO, and COMMIT resemble operating companies.
