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
- Transparent briefing and writing skills
- Confidentiality and integrity
- Speed and composure under pressure

📌 Core Team Member – Political Intelligence Unit (Lucknow)
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