Investigations Manager - Hybrid- London (5 months Maternity cover)

The Investigations Manager will provide technical OSINT collection expertise with conventional media research to build a detailed picture of specific geographical and thematic areas of research within eastern Europe.,

• Working to the Head of Investigations as the central point for tracking and reporting on specific geo-political and thematic areas of interest within eastern Europe using conventional and social media analysis.


• Contribute to identifying strategic themes and areas of investigations into disinformation actors.


• Conduct daily briefings to the broader project team on daily topics of news and contribute to setting directions related to communications campaigns on social, environmental and political issues.


• Provide the wider team and partners with regular spot reports on specific major incidents, narratives, personalities and economic issues within the areas of research.


• Maintain a database of research which will include management of data collection and basic AI tools.


• Conduct in-house OSINT research into disinformation actors / channels as required.


• Using a variety of visualisation tools and media to display research in a clear and compelling way to multiple audiences.


Outputs :

• Daily news briefings / digests from geographic areas of research


• Weekly / biweekly spot reports on disinformation trends and major social, political and environmental issues.


• Investigative database management including visualisation and network analysis
  
  3 Years experience in journalism and / or OSINT research within a news organisation or NGO


• Interest or experience in eastern Europe and fluency in one of the major languages other than English. Russian highly desirable.


• Experience of country-wide research projects and innovative use of open source data.


• Management of investigative data and the legal and ethical frameworks associated with this.