Core Team Member – Political Intelligence Unit

Job Description

Core Team Member – Political Intelligence Unit

Location

Employment Type

Compensation

Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh

Contractual

Up to ₹2,00,000 per month (based on experience and expertise)

Experience

Required

About the Role

5+ years in the political domain, with a media background

We are building a Political Intelligence Unit as part of the Core Team to gather, verify and analyse

political and media information, and turn it into timely insights for leadership. We are looking for a

senior professional with deep political understanding and a media background, who can read the

political landscape, anticipate developments and inform strategy and communication decisions.

Key Responsibilities

Intelligence Gathering, Monitoring & Reporting

• Lead the collection and analysis of political, electoral and public-domain information across

regions, issues and stakeholders.

• Conduct secondary research and prepare detailed Assembly-level reports.

• Monitor print, TV, digital and social media to track narratives, sentiment, emerging issues and

opposition messaging.

• Monitor day-to-day political activities, tracking developments and escalations across ground and

digital platforms, analysing their impact and recommending appropriate strategic actions.

• Prepare daily, weekly and monthly intelligence briefs, situation reports and early-warning alerts for

leadership, highlighting key developments, political shifts, emerging challenges and actionable

recommendations.

• Verify information from multiple sources and flag misinformation, rumours and reputational risks.

• Use media contacts and networks to understand developments and bring ground-level insights into

the unit.

Political Analysis & Strategy

• Analyse political trends, alliances, public opinion and constituency-level dynamics to support

strategy.

• Prepare tailored political strategies for each Assembly constituency.

• Prepare candidate sheets, including a list of five potential candidates from each political party, and

analyse possible candidate combinations based on political equations (Samikaran).

• Track political narratives and provide strategic advice on narrative management and ground-level

positioning.

• Convert intelligence inputs into actionable recommendations, constituency-specific interventions,

and short-term and long-term political action plans.

• Provide rapid input during crises, major events and breaking developments.

Unit Building & Coordination

• Work with the core communication, research, digital and field teams to turn insights into action.

• Build and guide the unit's sources, tools, workflows and reporting systems.

• Maintain strict confidentiality and secure handling of sensitive information.

Key Skills

• Political Landscape Mapping: Mapping key political stakeholders, influential leaders, local

organisations and emerging power centres in each Assembly constituency.

• Competitor Analysis: Monitoring the activities, strategies, public statements, and organisational

strengths and weaknesses of major political parties and their leaders.

• Leadership Assessment: Evaluating the public image, political influence, organisational reach

and grassroots connect of key political leaders.

• Booth-Level Assessment: Analysing booth-wise political trends, past election results, voter

turnout and organisational performance.

• Issue Identification: Identifying major local, regional and constituency-level issues through field

research and secondary sources.

• Political Sentiment Analysis: Assessing public opinion and emerging political trends through

interviews, field inputs, media reports and publicly available information.

• Social Media and Digital Monitoring: Tracking political conversations, trending issues, public

reactions and digital campaigns across social media platforms.

• Event and Rally Impact Assessment: Analysing the political impact of rallies, public meetings,

roadshows, protests and other political events.

• Crisis and Risk Assessment: Identifying potential political controversies, emerging challenges

and reputational risks, along with timely inputs for response planning.

• Intelligence Reporting: Preparing structured daily, weekly and monthly reports with clear,

actionable recommendations.

• Early Warning and Alert System: Providing timely alerts on significant political developments,

internal conflicts, leadership changes and unexpected ground-level developments.

• Organisational Assessment: Evaluating the strength, coordination and effectiveness of party

organisations at district, Assembly, Mandal and booth levels.

• Election Trend Analysis: Studying previous election results, voting patterns, margins, turnout

and changing political equations to identify constituency-level trends.

• Strategic Recommendations and Action Plans: Converting intelligence inputs into

constituency-specific interventions and short-term and long-term political action plans.

Required Qualifications and Experience

• Minimum 5 years of experience in the political domain (campaign management, political

consulting, research, party or legislative work, or similar).

• Proven background in media: journalism, political reporting, media monitoring, PR or political

communication.

• Strong understanding of Uttar Pradesh politics, regional dynamics and the local media ecosystem.

• Strong analytical, verification and report-writing skills, with the ability to summarise complex

information clearly.

• Excellent written and verbal communication in Hindi and English.

• Strong network among media professionals, political stakeholders and opinion leaders.

• Bachelor's degree required; a degree in Journalism, Mass Communication, Political Science or a

related field is preferred.

Preferred Skills

• Experience with media monitoring, social listening and sentiment analysis tools.

• Experience in election or campaign research and strategy.

• Working knowledge of data analysis and visualisation tools.

• Willingness to travel within the state as needed.

Key Competencies

• Political and strategic judgement

• Analytical and critical thinking

• Media savvy and a strong network

• Clear briefing and writing skills

• Confidentiality and integrity

• Speed and composure under pressure