Janes empowers military, government, and defence leaders to act with confidence in an increasingly complex world. Our trusted defence, security, and geopolitical information delivered through seamless digital platforms and system integrations—turns overwhelming data into clear, actionable intelligence and insight. By filling critical information gaps, Janes helps customers analyse threats, accelerate decisions, and stay ahead of emerging challenges. Job purpose Our Janes Strategic Services (JSS) team is looking for Research Analysts to play a crucial role in conducting research and analysis in support of consulting projects for defence industry, national security and government customers globally. JSS specialise in providing guidance and advisory support in two fundamental business areas: market strategy and procurement program optimisation. Broadly, these services are designed to help Aerospace & Defence industry firms and government agencies diversify their portfolio and adjust to dynamic budgets in the booming international defence market. Our focused assessments of market opportunities support entry or expansion across emerging export markets or adjacent commercial and security markets. Janes services can help create economies of scale and find opportunities to internationalise a defence program.Our support is capability / platform / system / technology agnostic; we have experts to support nearly any type of capability or geographic market assessment. Our team’s approach leverages skills and expertise from across the whole of the Janes organisation. JSS Research Analysts support our team of Consultants by combining internal expertise, the knowledge and experience from a network of external experts, and rigorous open-source collection and analysis methodologies to help our defence, security, intelligence and commercial customers anticipate and respond to strategic challenges and make critical decisions. How you will contribute at Janes Framing research requirements and authoring project proposals Participating in data collection and analysis efforts Supporting delivery of final reports and briefings to our customers. The support will include providing client-ready deliverables and participating in business development activities and project delivery. Project execution, mainly research and analysis to support delivery. This position will require working as a team with our strategic account managers, sales representatives, analysts, and senior level project and line managers to ensure client needs are met and the highest quality deliverables are provided. Requirements 2 years of experience in working in the defence industry and/or international security analysis and/or having a postgraduate degree in an applicable field (IR/Strategic Studies/Security Studies/War or Peace Studies. A background in the area of defence equipment, defence industry and/or defence technology. Proficiency in Microsoft Office products, visual software and interface (e.g. Tableau) A personal interest in defence trends, technology, equipment, and wider geopolitical issues would be highly advantageous, as well as any hands-on experience in these fields. Foreign language skills are not required but are of keen interest. Ability to travel - international and domestic travel may be required based on project and business requirements. Up to 25% of travel on average should be expected. Experience in market and opportunity assessments, strategy support, capture support, requirements and technology roadmaps, geopolitical and threat assessment, and various types of skill building expertise such as competitive intelligence, defence offsets, price-to-win and/or cost-benefit analysis will be an advantage. Experience in data modelling and creating product interfaces is also desirable. Benefits 27 days of annual leave Healthy half (0.5 day leave every 6 months for wellbeing) Leave- study/ volunteer/ reserve forces Pension plan (6% employer contribution) Private medical insurance – Vitality Maternity (100% of basic salary for the first 26 weeks followed by Statutory Maternity Pay) Paternity (100% of basic salary for 6 weeks) Life cover Access to LinkedIn Learning Access to an on-site gym Life at Janes We believe Janes is truly a great place to work. Our values and leadership code drive everything we do, and we understand that the right behaviours and culture will always result in the best outcomes for our customers, our colleagues, our shareholders, and our business. We provide a supportive, stretching, and dynamic environment with the ability for you to grow rapidly, both personally and professionally. Janes is an inclusive and equal opportunities employer and encourages applications regardless of age, race, disability, religion / belief, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy/maternity, or gender. Although this role is advertised as full time, Janes believed that flexibility at work can provide many significant benefits both to our colleagues and the business. We already work in a hybrid style across all offices and regions and can support different ways of working and offer different flexible working arrangements. So, if you are interested and have any requirements or needs in the way you would like to work, please apply, and speak to us about this. We will always consider part time or flexible applications Job Applicants - Privacy Policy Know your rights document