senior intelligence - Open Source Intelligence
Job Description
What are you going to do?
As a senior intelligence OSINT, you make an important contribution to safety in the Netherlands. You identify, analyze and interpret trends, networks and phenomena. With your knowledge of threat information, you provide useful information relating to potential threats (risks) towards persons, objects or services within the national domain, including national events. This input is a valuable addition to the threat assessments and analyses that are drawn up at the IKDBB and shared with the NCTV for the purpose of advice on measures. The collected information can also help personal security officers to carry out their assignment on a daily basis. You tailor your work to intelligence and investigation interests, so you are the spider in the web that is active in various networks.
What could your working day as a senior OSINT look like:
A report comes in at the front office that a minister has received a message via Instagram in which he is explicitly threatened (with death). With your expertise, creativity and knowledge of open sources, you search for the identity of the sender. Using the puzzle pieces that you find on the account or linked profiles, in combination with the information in the police systems, you know how to deduce suspects to the suspected perpetrators. In doing so, you collect the information and sketch a profile of the virtual identity. Identifying the sender helps to make an assessment of the threat/danger posed by the sender of the message. Together with your colleagues at the front office, you discuss the approach and this report is followed up appropriately within the IKDBB or one of its chain partners. For example, you draw up a report, write an information report with your findings or instruct a local police officer to conduct a stop conversation.
You will work full-time as an OSINT employee in a team and department that is in full development. As a team, you stimulate the application and development of Open Source Intelligence and support and coach colleagues in this. In addition, you are partly responsible for the setup of social media monitoring tools that search for threatening, inflammatory or hate-mongering messages on the open internet. By means of smart use of search operators, you know how to filter out as much noise as possible and retrieve relevant messages.
Where are you going to work?
As of 1 January 2024, the National Unit has been split into two independent units, each with a specific task: the National Expertise and Operations Unit (LX) and the National Investigation and Interventions Unit (LO). This function has been set up within the National Expertise and Operations Unit (LX). LX works closely with all other units and ensures that the police force as a whole can act in a coordinated manner, both nationally and internationally. In addition, LX is building a reinforced national intelligence facility. The main goal is to increase and strengthen the operational effectiveness of the police.
The IKDBB consists of the Threat Information Team (TDI) and the Threat Management Team (TDM). The work of the IKDBB focuses primarily on the national domain, such as the Royal Family and diplomats. In addition, the IKDBB is responsible for the execution of the activities resulting from the Guarding and Security system.
TDI, where you will be working, is characterized by a unique composition of open source intelligence (OSINT) experts, intelligence officers, threat assessors and analysts. It is an enthusiastic and driven team that is committed to safety in the Netherlands. In addition to police officers, TDM also consists of investigative psychologists, a psychiatrist and a social psychiatric nurse. The team is oriented towards cooperation with mental health care. The goal is to reduce or eliminate the threat posed by the PGE towards persons, objects or services in the national domain.
Working at IK DBB means that you:
- Works in a secretive environment and deals with current events that regularly make national news every day.
- Working across units, after all you work at the LX and support and advise the regional units.
- Collaborates with various internal and external executive partners,
- Currently working mainly in day shifts, but due to the rapid developments within Guarding and Security, you will eventually work in early and late shifts.
- Participates in on-call duty and takes turns in the Front Office of the IK DBB;
Who are you?
You are a curious colleague who gets energy from being creative. Experience with OSINT is not a requirement. As long as you are eager to learn, young at heart, have a feeling for the internet and social media and have the intrinsic motivation to find information, and sometimes that one needle in a haystack.
You are strong analytically. You can distil relevant information from extensive online information sources. You signal and use opportunities and are alert to patterns and developments. You can record and present facts clearly and in a structured manner. You easily distinguish between main and secondary issues. As an informative pitbull, you sink your teeth into a subject and search for relevant facts and useful information. Of course, you remain critical and work accurately. You are result and quality oriented, see where the information needs lie and know how to respond to this. You also show initiative in this and can quickly switch between current developments. You do not mind delivering your products in a constantly changing field (online).
In terms of personality, you are a team player and through your drive and enthusiasm you contribute to a positive working atmosphere. Furthermore, you stimulate, motivate and coach employees to bring their professional competence to a higher level. You also provide clear feedback on performance and behavior. In doing so, you are vulnerable and show that you are also open to feedback from others. Of course, you are motivated to contribute to the further development of OSINT within the IKDBB. You are also discreet and can deal with confidential information.
The rapidly changing criminality and the way in which it must be combated, makes the need for change within the Domain of Surveillance and Security urgent. Working at the IK DBB means working in a changing environment with many challenges. We ask for flexibility and willingness to change from our (new) colleagues.
In addition, we ask:
- mbo 4 work and thinking level*;
- affinity with the domain of monitoring and securing and interest in social developments;
- experience with, knowledge of and/or affinity with open sources and internet research and techniques is a plus, but not a requirement;
- willingness to follow training courses.
What we offer
The location is The Hague. There is room for 1 fte. This is a position for 36 hours per week.
Depending on your background, you will follow a 14-week training for specific employability (36 hours per week) at the Police Academy, possibly with an additional training program required for the position. During this training(s), you will receive all the salary agreed with you. Positive completion of the mandatory assessment is a condition for starting the training. Completing the training is a requirement to be able to perform this function. Here you will find all information regarding the selection procedure, the assessment and the training.
During the internal specific police training you will be temporarily appointed as a civil servant in training. After completing the training we will offer you a temporary appointment, with a trial period of one year. After this trial period a permanent appointment will follow as soon as possible.
Within the police, we invest in your future. We offer extensive development opportunities and an attractive package of employment conditions. Think of:
- a gross monthly salary of at least € 3,052 and a maximum of € 4,735 (scale 8 Bbp) based on a 36-hour working week;
- an Individual Choice Budget (IKB) that consists of two parts:
- A gross part of 17.86% of your salary. With this budget you can compose a part of your employment conditions yourself. For example, think of paying out your budget, buying vacation hours or development activities such as training.
- A net share of €377 per year. This budget can be used for sustainability goals, union dues and vitality.
- good pension scheme and paid parental leave ( more information about leave, schemes and options ).
The formal function within the police function structure is senior intelligence .
Interested?
Call the Frontoffice of the IK DBB (06 - 28 45 61 20) if you want more information about the function. Your name and telephone number will be noted, after which you will be called back. Also take a look at our information page where you can find all the latest information.
If you have any questions about the application procedure, please call or email our recruiter Karin Speet (06 - 29 59 28 07, karin.speet@politie.nl ).
Please apply no later than July 4, 2025 via the application button.
Acquisition in response to this vacancy is not appreciated.
What else is important
- A reliability and environmental assessment is part of the selection procedure.
- You have Dutch nationality (this may also be your second nationality).
- Good police work requires different insights. Which unique perspective will you bring to strengthen us?
* You have a diploma at MBO 4 level or you are equivalent to this via EVC. Or you have at least two years of demonstrable experience at the required work and thinking level. You must demonstrate this with your CV, supplemented with an official job description, vacancy text or other document in which the required work and thinking level is clearly stated.