Special Investigator - Subject Specialist - OSINT Operator

FEE-Collection Section, South-East Police District

About the position

The police are intensifying the fight against criminal networks and the South-East Police District is strengthening its efforts with two positions at the Intelligence Section, Acquisition Section.

In the South-East Police District, we have a vacancy for a special investigator with a function as a specialist in acquisition from open sources (OSINT operator). The position is currently located at  FEE, Intelligence Section, Acquisition Section, with ft. location at the police station in Skien, Tønsberg or Drammen, by agreement with the employer.

About the position:

We are looking for someone who has the expertise and commitment to extracting requested information from various open sources, especially from social media and the internet in general. You must have the expertise to operate securely and covertly on the internet. You must be able to acquire and apply intelligence expertise in collection and analysis work if you do not already have it. You must be curious, creative, analytical and solution-oriented. You must be interested in following trends and developments, approaches and security holes. You must enjoy method development and pioneering activities.

We also have a vacancy in a combination role as an OSINT operator and single-source analyst.

Those hired will work closely with other acquisition sensors and multi-source analysts in the section. This position will be a method developer in the district and together create a professional environment. It is an advantage to have expertise in programming. A similar position is also advertised for a police superintendent.

There are requirements for conscious handling of information resources, including sources of error and pitfalls, and that the applicant has awareness and strategies for counteracting cognitive bias. High demands will be placed on both pace, notoriety and quality of the work. The person in question must be able to deliver ongoing decision support, but also more comprehensive products in larger deliveries.  

Job duties

OSINT operator:

• Obtain information from open sources, including social media and the internet in general
  
• Verify, quality assure, process, analyze and report in, among other things, reports and intelligence registers
  
• Produce reports, presentations and visualization of timely situational pictures
  
• Participate in project work in communication with internal and external acquisition disciplines, as well as some national meeting activities
  
• Contribute to competence development within the field
  
• Contribute to a good working environment and desired culture
  
• Assist with other relevant tasks as assigned by immediate superior
  
  

Single source analysis tasks:

• The single-source analyst will have production responsibility for single-source analyses from acquisition capacities in the district. This involves managing information needs, systematizing and structuring information within and outside of cases, and following up on the needs of the multi-source analyst.

Qualifications

Required skills:

• Higher education at minimum bachelor's level, for example in intelligence, police science, journalism, digital infrastructure, cybersecurity or social sciences.
  Particularly relevant experience can replace lack of education
  
• Experience with deep mining of information from open sources
  
• Documented expertise in the use of advanced data/analysis tools and in searching/analyzing information from the internet
  
• Must be able to be cleared for Secret
  
• Good language skills, written and oral, in Norwegian and English

Desired competence:

• Good understanding of police intelligence doctrine
  
• Work experience and education/courses in the use of open sources, intelligence, digital infrastructure, cybersecurity, investigative activities, investigation or investigation
  
• Experience in intelligence production
  
• Language proficiency

You must have impeccable character and be fit for service in the police and a police certificate (exhaustive and extended) must be obtained upon possible employment, cf. the Police Act, Section 18 and the Police Register Act, Section 41. The position requires a security clearance at the SECRET level and authorization. You must be able to obtain a security clearance at the SECRET level and be authorized before joining. Read more here: https://nsm.no/

Personal characteristics

• Ability to work in a structured, objective and analytical manner
  
• Quality-oriented
  
• Good collaboration skills
  
• High professional and personal integrity  
  

Personal suitability will be given great importance.

As a police officer, you have a high ethical awareness, you are characterized by being courageous and holistic, you show respect and are close. You can read more about our ethical guidelines and employee platform here: https://www.politiet.no/om-politiet/jobb-i-politiet/medarbeiderplattform/

We offer

• A challenging and exciting workplace for those who want to help shape the police of the future
• The position is paid as a special investigator SKO 1552, starting at NOK 679,700 gross per year.
  
• Membership in the Norwegian State Pension Fund, with, among other things, good pension and insurance schemes ( www.spk.no )
• Good working conditions

The police believe that inclusion and diversity are a strength. We need employees with different skills, backgrounds, experience and perspectives to contribute to even better task performance. If possible, we will facilitate this for employees who need it.

If there are qualified applicants with disabilities, gaps in their CV or an immigrant background, we will call at least one applicant in each of these groups for an interview. In order to be considered as an applicant in these groups, that is, positively treated differently in this way, applicants must meet certain requirements.

In order to have a good basis for assessment, we ask you to register a supplementary CV in our recruitment portal and upload relevant certificates and diplomas. If you have a disability, gaps in your CV or an immigrant background, we encourage you to tick this box in our recruitment portal. The ticks form the basis for anonymized statistics that all state agencies report in their annual reports.

You can read more on the employer portal  https://arbeidsgiver.difi.no/positivsaerbehandling .  

Information about you may be published even if you have requested not to be included on the applicant list. If the request is not granted, you will be notified of this.

About the employer

The South-Eastern Police District is a miniature Norway with many small and large cities, significant mountain areas, a long coastline and tourism both in winter and summer. The police district covers the counties of Vestfold, Telemark and Buskerud, in addition to Jevnaker municipality in Akershus - a total of 42 municipalities - stretching from Kragerø in the south to Hemsedal in the north. There are just over 700,000 inhabitants in the district.

The police's tasks are complex and diverse. The central location, with many hubs for both national and international transport, makes the district a vibrant and attractive area.

The administrative seat of the South-East Police District is located in Tønsberg. Our employees work according to the principles of the police employee platform, which include being courageous, holistic, showing respect and being close.

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