Intelligence Analyst

Great Minds. One Goal. Canada's Success.

Help bring research to life and drive your career forward with the National Research Council of Canada (NRC), Canada's largest research and technology organization.

Working for the Intelligence and Analytics (I&A) team in NRC’s Library and Information Management Services (NRC-LIMS), the incumbent of this position supports LIMS’s role as the National Science Library and as a provider of knowledge and information to the NRC and the Canadian innovation community. The team provides clients with information that is essential for evidence-based decision-making, opportunity identification, and world class research and technology development.

The Intelligence Analyst produces strategic intelligence, Research and Development landscapes, environmental scans, and other relevant insights that are aligned with organizational and business objectives. This work informs the assessment of business opportunities, Foresight initiatives and strategic planning at the NRC.

As an Intelligence Analyst, you will contribute to client success through the following activities:

- Perform R&D trend analysis using advanced data and text analytics tools and methodologies;
- Expose research fronts and model the business and technical environments through deep-dive analyses of patents, grants and scientific publications, within the context of industry and market activity; and

The intelligence analyst is responsible for the delivery of scientific, technical and industry analysis projects based on scientometrics and bibliometrics. This includes:

- assessing client requirements;
- planning and leading projects;
- coordinating contributions from various collaborators;
- gathering, analying and synthsizing competitive and technical intelligence; and
- packaging and presenting deliverable insights.

**About Library and Information Management Services**:
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**About the National Science Library**:
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**Screening Criteria**:
**Education**:
An American Library Association accredited Master of Library Science, or Master of Library and Information Studies degree, preferably preceded by a degree in business, data analytics, science or engineering.

For information on certificates and diplomas issued abroad, please see Degree equivalency

**Experience**:

- Recent* experience in a professional or advisory role having a demonstrated impact on organizational decision processes, preferably in a business or industry environment;
- Extensive experience in the provision and promotion of scientific, technical and business information services to senior management, executives and business advisors or R&D program leads;
- Experience with cutting edge information analysis tools and methodologies applied to patent, scientific, technical and business information;
- Significant experience in research, analysis and synthesis of S&T, business, industry information and in generating insights and recommendations;
- Experience in managing projects and teams, and coordinating service delivery in a project-oriented, matrix environment;
- Experience working in Data Analytics, Information and Communications Technologies, Engineering or Defense industry sectors, would be considered an asset.
- Acquired in the past four (4) years

**Condition of Employment**:
Reliability Status

**Language Requirements**:
English

Information on language requirements and self-assessment tests

**Assessment Criteria**:
**Technical Competencies**:

- Strong needs assessment and negotiation skills to define and prioritize information needs, and respond creatively.
- Ability to derive insights, conclusions and recommendations by combining primary and secondary intelligence.
- Ability to collect, extract, synthesize, develop conclusions and present findings clearly and concisely verbally and in writing.
- Solid knowledge of enhanced information retrieval, analysis tools and visualization software.
- Significant knowledge of patent information and patent analysis for the purposes of competitive intelligence and business decision making.
- Knowledge of statistics, data analytics, and bibliometric or scientometric methods would be **an asset.**

**Behavioural Competencies**:

- Management services - Communication (Level 3)
- Management services - Conceptual and analytical ability (Level 3)
- Management services - Teamwork (Level 3)
- Management services - Client focus (Level 3)
- Management services - Initiative (Level 2)
- Supervisor - Business unde