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Joint Intelligence Organisation - Higher Publishing Officer (2 roles)

Posting date:	05 February 2025
Salary:	£39,684 to £43,834 per year
Hours:	Full time
Closing date:	23 February 2025
Location:	SW1A 2AS
Company:	Government Recruitment Service
Job type:	Permanent
Job reference:	388612/1

Summary

The Joint Intelligence Organisation (JIO) is looking for a high-calibre candidate to join our Publishing Team. The role requires an individual who is highly organised and proactive, has an eye for detail, and is able to work independently as well as part of a wider team. They will need to be able to work to a consistently high standard, managing competing demands on their time and working well under pressure.

About the JIO

The Joint Intelligence Organisation (JIO) primarily supports the Joint Intelligence Committee (JIC) and the Foreign Policy and Security Council, the Prime Minister and other key decision-makers by providing authoritative, robust all-source intelligence assessment on a vast range of national security and foreign policy priorities.

Our work covers, and goes beyond, ‘traditional’ national security topics such as geopolitical issues and threats to British interests. We apply a national security lens to issues such as emerging technology, economic and health security, climate change and horizon scanning (for example, identifying and monitoring countries at risk of instability).

You can read more about working for the JIO in the information pack attached at the bottom of this advert.

The Role

The candidate will fulfil a critical role within the JIO’s Publishing Team, preparing and disseminating JIO products to its customers, and producing versions of products for wider UK readerships. You will be required to work with partners throughout the national security community in the UK.

You should have strong drafting skills as well as strong communication skills, both written and oral, to fulfil this role.

Responsibilities

If your application is successful, you will:

• Prepare and issue JIO and JIC assessments to a high level of quality and security assurance, ensuring products reach customers (both via electronic means and hard-copy) in a timely, secure and impactful manner.
• Fulfil a planning function within the team and wider organisation, managing workflows and liaising with assessment staff and Private Office to ensure products meet customer requirements and achieve their intended impact with Whitehall’s most senior customers.
• Provide quality and security assurance as a part of the assessment-production process, securing necessary approvals from equity owners.
• Support the Head of Publishing to ensure JIO maintains an up-to-date understanding of key Whitehall customers and senior readers.
• Play an integral role in ensuring the successful delivery of JIO assessment to Whitehall’s most senior readers.
• Have the opportunity for line management responsibilities.
• The role is office-based and candidates should expect to be working in the office five days a week, with very little scope to work from home

Candidates should note that this role requires on-call and shift working; a shift disturbance allowance is payable. The role is office-based and candidates should expect to be working in the office five days a week, with very little scope to work from home.

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