Child Safety Digital Investigations Analyst

About this role

Our Digital Investigations Team work with social media platforms, governments, and non-profit organisations to help them understand and navigate digital threats. Our highly skilled team work at the cutting edge of digital threat and online harm, helping clients detect and respond. We use innovative technology and have a deep understanding of everything related to social media and online infrastructure. We're not just about the platforms themselves, but also about the behaviours and intent of those who use them for adversarial outcomes, and those they target.

As an analyst working on child safety, you'll identify and investigate threats to children online. These range from grooming and exploitation to the involvement of minors in online harm networks and violent extremism. Your work will help our clients act before harm spreads and has a direct, real-world impact.

What you'll be doing

• Identifying and tracking online threats involving child sexual abuse material (CSAM), grooming and child exploitation.
• Researching the involvement of minors in sadistic online harm networks and nihilistic violent extremism (NVE), including coercion, extortion and the encouragement of self-harm.
• Map and assess the novel TTPs of bad actors, such as use of language, coded terms and methods of evasion.
• Identify emerging risks and subjects of interest ahead of our clients.
• Deploy our in-house technical capability on investigations.
• Produce concise and contextualised threat reporting.
• Supporting client engagement, interaction and presenting intelligence back to clients

On day one you will bring

• Experience in online research, digital investigations, open-source intelligence (OSINT).
• Knowledge and experience of online child safety, ideally with depth in child endangerment, sadistic online harm or youth radicalisation.
• The mindset of an investigative journalist, a curious and persistent investigator.
• The ability to write clear and concise threat assessments.
• A background in research, safeguarding or intelligence role, whether in law enforcement, journalism, NGOs or tech platforms.
• A resilient, discreet approach to sensitive work, as you will be exposed to challenging material and will need to strictly adhere to protocols.

Why join us?

• Dedicated wellbeing support, through a specialist provider, that includes regular psychological screening and specialist counselling.
• A diverse and challenging workload across multiple complex projects and investigations.
• A collaborative and supportive team at the forefront of this sphere.
• Clients who get what we do and offer us genuine innovation opportunities.
• A meritocratic environment that promotes career progression and development
• Niche training to support niche skill sets.
• Hybrid working which allows you to strike the perfect work-life balance.

Our Benefits

• When you join us, you’ll enjoy a comprehensive range of employee benefits, including:
• Performance related bonus
• Life Assurance – 4x your annual salary
• £45 Monthly cost of living voucher
• 25 days’ annual leave plus all standard UK public holidays.
• Vitality Healthcare
• Annual eye care support
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Subsidised gym membership
• Winter flu vaccination
• Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at PGI

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at PGI

As a British company which operates internationally, we draw strength from the diversity of our people. Without our diverse team, we couldn’t do the work we do. We are involved in projects across 80+ geographies, our people speak 25+ languages and come from a variety of backgrounds. By hiring and cultivating a diverse, equitable and inclusive workforce, we can uphold values that enable every member of the team to thrive, while delivering novel solutions to novel problems.

Accessibility at PGI

Every individual has different requirements, so we are committed to implementing reasonable adjustments to mitigate physical and non-physical barriers in the workplace.

We strive to make the recruitment process as accessible as possible, but if you have any questions or concerns, please get in touch.

Please note: We are not accepting applications or speculative profiles from any recruitment agencies. If we require additional resource, we will reach out to you.