Investigations Manager

I ntroducing Zinc Network

Zinc Network is an ISO certified business dedicated to meaningful, measurable change. Zinc conceptualizes and creates programs, interventions, and strategic communications campaigns around some of the world’s most complex problems – from disinformation to extremism, media capture to authoritarianism.

We are headquartered in London with offices in Washington, D.C., Tbilisi, and Warsaw with 80+ team members from diverse professional and cultural backgrounds. Zinc works with a broad range of governmental, NGO, and private sector clients, including the UK Home Office (HO); the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO); the United States Agency for International Development (USAID); the U.S. Department of State (DOS); UN agencies and missions; and foundations.

Outline of the job

The Investigations Manager will provide technical OSINT collection expertise with conventional media research to build a detailed picture of specific geographical and thematic areas of research within eastern Europe. Key responsibilities will include:

- Working to the Head of Investigations as the central point for tracking and reporting on specific geo-political and thematic areas of interest within eastern Europe using conventional and social media analysis.

- Contribute to identifying strategic themes and areas of investigations into disinformation actors.

- Conduct daily briefings to the broader project team on daily topics of news and contribute to setting directions related to communications campaigns on social, environmental and political issues.

- Provide the wider team and partners with regular spot reports on specific major incidents, narratives, personalities and economic issues within the areas of research.

- Maintain a database of research which will include management of data collection and basic AI tools.

- Conduct in-house OSINT research into disinformation actors/channels as required.

- Using a variety of visualisation tools and media to display research in a clear and compelling way to multiple audiences.

Outputs:

- Daily news briefings/digests from geographic areas of research

- Weekly/biweekly spot reports on disinformation trends and major social, political and environmental issues.

- Investigative database management including visualisation and network analysis

Requirements

- 3 Years experience in journalism and/or OSINT research within a news organisation or NGO

- Interest or experience in eastern Europe and fluency in one of the major languages other than English. Russian highly desirable.

- Experience of country-wide research projects and innovative use of open source data.

- Management of investigative data and the legal and ethical frameworks associated with this.

Conditions of Employment

Candidates who receive a job offer will be required to:

- Disclose any previous disciplinary action against them resulting from a substantiated safeguarding (including any breaches involving trafficking- related activities) or workplace investigation.

- Undergo background checks including employment verification

Area of Selection

We’re committed to hiring a diverse workforce from different professional and cultural backgrounds, and to that end we encourage a variety of people to apply to join our company to represent the diverse range of subjects associated with our projects.

How to apply

Please include a cover letter stating how you meet each of the requirements.

If you require an accommodation to be made at any point throughout the recruitment process, please advise us when contacted.