Description
Janes is seeking a highly motivated Military Capability Analyst to support its Military Intelligence team with responsibility for China and Taiwan.
The successful candidate will conduct open-source intelligence (OSINT) research, maintain and enhance foundational military datasets, and produce analytical assessments of military capability, force structure, doctrine, readiness, and force development trends.
Key responsibilities:
- Research, verify and maintain military Order of Battle (ORBAT) data for the armed forces of China and Taiwan.
- Update and enhance military equipment inventory datasets, including identification, classification and attribution of platforms, systems and capabilities.
- Maintain and expand military installation data, including bases, headquarters, training facilities, logistics infrastructure and operational sites.
- Produce military capability assessments covering the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) and Taiwan Armed Forces.
- Assess military capabilities across land, maritime, air, strategic support and joint force domains.
- Contribute to finished intelligence products, customer-facing research, briefings, webinars and analytical reports.
- Exploit a wide range of Chinese, Taiwanese and international open sources, including official government publications, military media, defence industry reporting, academic literature, satellite imagery and social media.
- Translate, interpret and contextualise Mandarin-language reporting and military documentation.
- Corroborate information across multiple sources and assess source reliability.
- Identify intelligence gaps and conduct targeted research to improve Janes' dataset coverage and analytical understanding.
The ideal skills and experience for this role are:
- Experience conducting OSINT research in defence, security, geopolitical or intelligence-related environments.
- Strong understanding of military organisation, force structure, military equipment and defence terminology.
- Demonstrated ability to synthesise large volumes of information into clear, evidence-based analytical assessments.
- Professional proficiency in Mandarin Chinese (reading required; speaking preferred).
- Strong written and verbal communication skills in English.
Education: A Master's degree in one of the following disciplines or a closely related field: International Relations, Strategic Studies, War Studies, Defence Studies, Security Studies, Military History, Intelligence Studies.
Benefits:
- Annual health checkup
- National Pension scheme
- Meal Card (Sodexo)
- Healthy Half (0.5 day leave every 6 months for wellbeing)
- 22 days of annual leave
- Transportation allowance
- Day care / Creche Reimbursement
- Group Medical Claim
- Access to LinkedIn Learning