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Job Description
This is a rare opportunity to join a dynamic operational team covering some of Control Risks’ most exciting issues. Confidential Crisis Response supports Control Risks’ clients who encounter situations of kidnapping-for-ransom, threat extortion, and other crises. The successful candidate will join the Special Risks Analysis team within Confidential Crisis Response, supporting our clients through research and analysis.
Responsibilities
Database
- Maintain our database of kidnap-for-ransom incidents, believed to be the most comprehensive database of such crimes in the world.
- Assist with updating database records of past cases to improve the capability for future operations.
Research and analysis
- Conduct comprehensive research in English to identify kidnap-for-ransom and extortion incidents to load on the database.
- Identify information of relevance to share with the Senior Analysts, Response Management team, or Consultants.
- Write analysis for our flagship subscription platform, CORE, in the form of writing updates and refreshing background content.
- Carry out research to support Control Risks’ advice to clients during live kidnap and extortion cases
- Support the regional Senior Analysts with research for clients on consulting tasks
- Identify relevant websites or platforms for improving data capture
- Contribute to the improvement of research techniques
Qualification
- Previous experience with research and data/information handling
- An interest in international affairs, particularly security and the business environment
- Excellent verbal and written English
- Ability to carry out research in Spanish
- Developed research skills
- Developed word processing and Excel skills
- Excellent attention to detail and a high level of accuracy
- Ability to understand and summarise large amounts of information
- Ability to work with a team and on own initiative
Location: Remote.
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