Assistant Director, Intelligence and Market Surveillance

Applications must be made by attaching a completed application form via the Conscia website which can be downloaded below.

Download Application Form - Assistant Director, Intelligence & Market Surveillance.docx

Download Candidate Booklet - Assistant Director, Intelligence and Market Surveillance .pdf

Vacancy

The GRAI is seeking to appoint an Assistant Director, Intelligence and Market Surveillance (Assistant Principal Officer - Standard Scale). Successful applicants will be placed on a panel for a period of up to 18 months, from which GRAI may fill future vacancies for Assistant Director, Intelligence and Market Surveillance (Assistant Principal Officer - Standard Scale).

About the Role

You will lead the Authority’s data-driven enforcement strategy, ensuring evidence from OSINT, market monitoring, and protected disclosures is gathered and analysed to support risk-based regulatory decisions.

Key Responsibilities include:

• Establish & Lead: Build the Intelligence & Market Surveillance Unit from the ground up, defining business requirements for secure ICT systems and digital evidence management.
• Intelligence Oversight: Oversee the triage and analysis of intelligence from multiple sources, including partner agencies like An Garda Síochána and international counterpart organisations.
• Market Monitoring: Monitor gambling markets and digital platforms to identify emerging risks, trends, and indicators of criminal activity or regulatory breaches.
• Strategic Output: Produce high-quality intelligence products and briefings to inform enforcement strategy and operational decision-making.
• Standards & Governance: Establish protocols for intelligence handling, classification, and retention in accordance with legal, evidential, and data protection requirements.
• Team Development: Lead and mentor a high-performing team of investigators and enforcement staff, promoting best practices in information governance.
• Collaboration: Maintain effective relationships with external stakeholders, including domestic regulators and law enforcement, to support cross-agency intelligence sharing.

Essential Criteria:

To be eligible to apply for this role you must have/demonstrate in your application form that you meet the following essential criteria:

• A third-level degree (minimum Level 8 on the NFQ) in a relevant discipline such as law, data analytics, policing, forensic computing or a related field.
• A minimum of 5 years’ experience in one or more of the following fields: intelligence analysis, market surveillance, regulatory enforcement, law-enforcement, including at least 3 years at a managerial level.
• Proven expertise in intelligence lifecycle management, including ingestion, triage, analysis, dissemination and review.
• Experience working with OSINT tools and digital-platform monitoring.
• Experience in data analysis, risk assessment and production of intelligence products that support decision making.
• Demonstrable experience in leading online investigations, including open source and covert investigations.
• Demonstrable experience in digital evidence management.

A comprehensive candidate booklet containing the full job specification, essential and desirable criteria, and more, is available for download below.

Download Candidate Booklet - Assistant Director, Intelligence and Market Surveillance .pdf

Download Application Form - Assistant Director, Intelligence & Market Surveillance.docx

How to Apply:

Conscia will be managing all aspects of the recruitment process on behalf of the Gambling Regulatory Authority of Ireland.

Applications must be made by attaching a completed application form via the Conscia website.

Only applications fully submitted online will be accepted into the campaign.

Applications will not be accepted after the closing date of Monday 1st June at 3pm.