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OSINT Analyst at Moonshot: London, United Kingdom; Hybrid; Full time; IT; Analytics. This listing is part of JobGrid's Data analyst jobs from public company career pages. JobGrid adds normalized role facts, source context, and a path to the employer application page so candidates can compare the listing before applying.
- Location and workplace: London, United Kingdom, Hybrid
- Role classification: IT, Analytics, Full time
- Source freshness: checked by JobGrid on 2026-06-09.
- Application path: candidates continue to the employer application page with non-personal referral tags.
Moonshot believes that marginalised people in society — including minority ethnic people, people from working class backgrounds, women, Disabled and LGBTQIA+ people — must be centred in the work we do. We strongly encourage applications from people with these identities or who are members of other communities who are currently underrepresented in our workforce. We know a diverse workforce will enable us to understand drivers behind violent extremism and online harms in an in-depth way and do better work to counter them.
Candidates will be expected to undertake and pass a police check and additional checks for security clearance at an SC level - typically a minimum of three years’ continuous UK residency within the past five years.
About the role:
Moonshot is currently recruiting OSINT Analysts as part of an existing programme of work. In this role, you will be focused on gathering and analysing open-source online data and carrying out aspects of delivery for a specific organised crime project. You will also be expected to work to advance our research methodologies and support the strategic understanding of our clients.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Identification, collection and analysis of information from a range of data sources, including social media and other data sources covered by our in-house tools.
- Designing quantitative and qualitative research methods to collect and analyse large datasets.
- Drafting analytical reports to a high standard, delivering valuable findings in a concise and robust manner.
- Working to demanding, high-tempo reporting schedules for clients.
- Presenting findings verbally to clients, tailoring the content to their needs to support their strategic understanding.
- Anticipating potential barriers to data collection and investigations; and identifying workable solutions; taking responsibility for improvements to processes.
- Maintaining large databases and conducting regular reviews of social media and messaging platforms for inclusion into the project.
- Researching and drafting deep dives into trends and themes identified.
- Developing and sharing subject matter expertise related to online harms across the organisation.
- Building relationships with clients, and supporting our business development by exploring and identifying opportunities for new projects of work that will be of interest to them.