Intelligence Analyst
What the work is
Collects and analyses information and data to produce intelligence for an organisation to support planning, operations and human resource functions.
Would you enjoy the work?
These are the main tasks in the official description. Mark how each one sounds to you.
- Collects, assesses and analyses data to develop intelligence information and assist in intelligence activities
- Determines organisational and client intelligence requirements
- Ascertains the accuracy of data collected and the reliability of sources
- Analyses intelligence data to identify patterns related to potential security threats or criminal activity
- Predicts future illegal activity based on the analysis of intelligence information
Try it
A simulation and a case study from this kind of work, set in the policy branch of a fictional state government transport department. They are fictional.
The kind of days you could have
Good days
- A briefing you wrote helps a decision maker choose with confidence
- A community group tells you that for once someone really listened
- A policy you worked on is finally in place and people feel the difference
Hard days
- A senior person wants an inconvenient finding left out of your paper
- Two groups you have to consult want opposite things and both feel strongly
- A deadline arrives overnight, and the evidence is still not as clear as you would like
Written by Career Calling as a general guide. Real roles vary by employer and place.
Work a mission
Step into a simulated workplace in this field, with a brief from your manager.
Description and tasks: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Occupation Standard Classification for Australia, 2024, Version 1.0 (opens another site), occupation 223331, used under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. The skill guide above is our plain English summary.