Protective Intelligence Analyst

Appalachian Regional Healthcare•Lexington, KY

About The Position

Appalachian Regional Healthcare (ARH) is seeking a Protective Intelligence Analyst to support protective security, protective intelligence, and travel risk management. The analyst identifies, assesses, and helps mitigate threats to executive leadership, designated protectees, organizational personnel, facilities, and business operations. Through intelligence collection, threat monitoring, investigative analysis, travel risk assessments, and situational awareness, the role provides actionable intelligence to support executive safety, operational continuity, and organizational resilience. The analyst works closely with Security Operations, executive leadership, Human Resources, Risk Management, Legal, Emergency Management, and external partners. The role supports protective security operations, security planning, traveler safety, and threat management initiatives while maintaining awareness of risks that could affect organizational leadership and operations. It also administers Ontic and supports investigations involving BriefCam, Milestone, and license plate recognition platforms. Participation in an on-call rotation supports after-hours monitoring and intelligence operations.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in security management, Intelligence Studies, Emergency Management, Criminal Justice, Homeland Security, Healthcare Administration, Geography, or a related field; equivalent experience may be considered.
Experience in healthcare security, intelligence analysis, emergency management, security operations, law enforcement, military intelligence, or a related field.
Strong understanding of threat assessment, workplace violence prevention, and employee safety programs.
Ability to pass a confidential-level background investigation.
Must comply with all Security Operations travel recommendations.
Knowledge of rural healthcare operations and community safety challenges.
Excellent analytical, investigative, and problem-solving skills.
Strong written and verbal communication abilities.
Understanding of HIPAA requirements and healthcare privacy regulations.
Ability to exercise sound judgment when managing employee safety incidents and critical events.

Nice To Haves

Experience with emergency notification systems, geospatial technologies, or security monitoring platforms.
Experience supporting Home Health, community healthcare, hospice, EMS, or field-based healthcare operations.
Experience monitoring lone-worker safety programs and employee accountability systems.
Knowledge of healthcare workplace violence prevention programs.
Experience supporting emergency management, critical incident response, and business continuity initiatives.

Responsibilities

Identify, assess, and case-manage threats directed at physicians, nurses, staff, facilities, leadership, and other protected organizational interests.
Support critical infrastructure protection and continuity of operations planning through subject workups, behavioral indicators, and protective analysis recommendations.
Develop threat assessments, intelligence risk matrices, and protective analysis recommendations for board meetings, public events, high-profile terminations, and other elevated-risk activities.
Support protective security personnel through intelligence-driven security planning and operational support.
Conduct advance research and location assessments for executive travel, meetings, events, and public appearances; assist with protective planning for executive events, site visits, and high-profile activities.
Develop mitigation strategies and recommendations to reduce risks to organizational leadership.
Conduct local, regional, national, and global intelligence analysis affecting executive leadership, personnel, facilities, and operations.
Monitor emerging threats, including workplace violence, extremist activity, criminal threats, civil unrest, terrorism, targeted violence, and other security concerns.
Conduct open-source intelligence (OSINT) and social media intelligence (SOCMINT) collection and analysis; monitor online activity and threat indicators that may affect leadership or operations.
Produce intelligence products, threat assessments, and security briefings; identify trends and emerging threats that may affect organizational security or executive activities.
Conduct intelligence-based due diligence reviews for executive-level hiring, board appointments, strategic partnerships, and sensitive organizational initiatives.
Investigate threats, suspicious activity, workplace violence concerns, insider threats, and executive security incidents; use intelligence platforms, OSINT tools, analytical databases, surveillance systems, and investigative technologies to support inquiries.
Document investigative findings, intelligence products, and mitigation recommendations; maintain investigative files and intelligence records in accordance with organizational requirements; handle sensitive and confidential information professionally and discreetly.
Produce travel and destination risk assessments and pre-travel briefings for leadership travel and organizational missions.
Evaluate destination-specific risks, including crime, political instability, civil unrest, terrorism, public health concerns, severe weather, transportation disruptions, and infrastructure limitations; conduct pre-travel intelligence research and itinerary reviews.
Monitor developments that may affect executive travel and provide real-time intelligence support during executive travel, special events, and emergency deployments.
Recommend protective measures, contingency plans, alternate routes, transportation considerations, and emergency response procedures.
Maintain executive travel calendars and traveler tracking systems; support traveler accountability, welfare checks, emergency communications, and crisis response activities.
Serve as the primary administrator for Ontic and support investigations using Ontic, BriefCam, Milestone, and license plate recognition platforms.
Maintain threat assessments, investigative case files, protective security intelligence records, and subjects of concern; ensure data integrity, documentation standards, and system effectiveness.
Generate intelligence reports, dashboards, metrics, and executive security summaries.
Use BriefCam analytics and investigative technologies to analyze video evidence for suspicious activity, persons of interest, vehicles, access patterns, and security incidents; develop evidence packages and coordinate investigations with internal stakeholders and law enforcement partners when appropriate.
Manage and maintain protective security and security-related vehicle watchlists; monitor LPR alerts, conduct vehicle intelligence research and analysis, and develop reporting related to vehicle-based threat activity.
Produce executive intelligence briefings on security, political, criminal, environmental, and geopolitical developments; develop threat assessments, travel advisories, intelligence summaries, and risk analysis products.
Deliver timely, actionable intelligence to executive leadership and Security Operations personnel; maintain standardized intelligence reporting templates and briefing formats; prepare written and verbal briefings and ensure products meet professional analytical standards.
Support awareness initiatives related to executive security, travel security, and personal safety; develop informational materials, promote security reporting procedures and threat management resources, and support related training and education.
Receive, assess, document, and escalate security incidents involving executive personnel, travelers, or organizational operations; coordinate responses to security concerns, travel disruptions, emergencies, and critical incidents.
Participate in an on-call rotation for after-hours monitoring and intelligence operations; maintain accurate records of notifications, incidents, and response activities.
Promote Security Operations programs, capabilities, achievements, and initiatives across the organization.
Develop internal communications, newsletters, intranet postings, presentations, and awareness campaign content highlighting Security Operations activities and success stories.
Collaborate with Corporate Communications, Marketing, and Leadership to communicate security initiatives, travel safety resources, emergency preparedness efforts, and organizational resilience programs.
Support executive-facing and employee-facing communications that increase awareness of security services, threat reporting procedures, travel security resources, and protective intelligence capabilities.
Create materials and briefings demonstrating the value and impact of Security Operations programs; help promote workplace violence prevention, emergency management, protective security, traveler safety, and security awareness initiatives.
Contribute approved content for corporate social media, public-facing communications, and professional security publications highlighting ARH's commitment to safety, preparedness, and healthcare security.
Track engagement metrics and feedback to measure the effectiveness of security awareness and communication campaigns.