Team Leader Information Integrity

• Designing, coordinating, and implementing a strategic and operational approach that transforms analytical outputs and data-driven insights into active operational and impactful responses to counter FIMI.
• Coordinating the activities of an internal analysis hub, which aims to turn data into high-quality analysis and effective responses, ensuring effective planning, reporting, and administrative coordination of the team's work.
• Contributing to strategic communication efforts and overseeing the technical implementation of a FIMI Deterrence Playbook.
• Standardizing FIMI detection and analysis and developing and implementing FIMI methodological capabilities, taxonomies and data-sharing standards (STIX), and technical tools (DataScienceLab, AI capabilities, OpenCTI databases).
• Driving the enhancement of interoperability between internal and external systems, promoting the automation of analytical and operational processes, and ensuring that FIMI threat analysis is translated into coherent, scalable, and impact-oriented operational responses.
• Preparing briefings and documentation, capacity-building activities, supporting inter-service coordination, ensuring compliance with internal procedures, monitoring the implementation of work plans and deliverables, and overseeing budget planning and contracts management.
• Coordinate the implementation and maintenance of FIMI analytical methodologies, taxonomies, data models, and interoperability standards.
• Oversee the development and integration of technical capabilities supporting FIMI detection and analysis, including OSINT methodologies, AI-enabled capabilities, and technical tools.
• Guide and lead FIMI-related threat analysis capabilities and investigations.
• Ensure FIMI data integration, information exchange, and interoperability across internal and external stakeholders.
• Coordinate the preparation of technical documentation, reporting, and briefings.
• Coordinate the data-driven implementation of the FIMI Deterrence Playbook, linking FIMI threat analysis to concrete response actions.
• Monitor the implementation of technical work plans, analytical deliverables, and response operational processes.
• Assess effectiveness through data-driven evaluation.
• Support administrative and financial management activities, including budget planning and implementation, procurement procedures, and contract management.
• Conduct capacity-building activities, presentations, and representing the Division on relevant matters.

What they ask

• Excellent ability to maintain diplomatic relations and to ensure representation, communication, and management in a complex, multicultural environment.
• Excellent capacity to create constructive working relations with national authorities, civil society, international organizations, and EU Member States.
• Strong drafting, communication, and analytical skills combined with sound judgment.
• Excellent knowledge of the EU's internal and external policies and instruments, and of the functioning of the Union and its inter-institutional framework.
• Experience and knowledge of CFSP and CSDP.
• Technical, operational, and strategic expertise on countering FIMI threats.
• Strong expertise in OSINT methodologies, evidence collection, latest tools, and AI-solutions for detecting, analyzing, investigating, and reporting FIMI threats.
• Strong knowledge and understanding of analytical frameworks and data sharing standards, such as STIX.
• Experience in assessing information environment, hybrid, and FIMI threats, to characterize threat actors’ capabilities and TTPs.
• Proven ability to design innovative initiatives in the countering FIMI field, including data-driven projects.
• Flexibility and resilience in managing high workloads and operational priorities, with the ability to perform effectively under significant pressure.
• Experience in preparing and delivering trainings and capacity-building activities on strategic communication, countering-FIMI, and hybrid threats to diverse audiences.
• A solid understanding of the organization's strategic objectives, with strong political awareness and the ability to translate technical work into actionable and policy-relevant outputs.

Wishes.

• Proven experience in leading work on countering FIMI at a global level with key partners.
• Proven experience engaging with the counter-FIMI community and relevant partners.
• Academic and professional experience in the field of communication, including academic research, journalism, and corporate communication.

• EU citizen.
• Capacity to work in the languages of CFSP and external relations (English and/or additional language).
• Completed university studies attested by a diploma (4 years or more, or 3 years with at least one year of relevant professional experience).
• At least 5 years of full-time professional experience after obtaining the diploma.

• Temporary agent contract for a maximum of 4 years, renewable once for 2 years.
• 9-month probationary period.
• Required security clearance level: SECRET UE/EU SECRET.