Middle East Security Risk Consultants

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About the Role

Critical National Infrastructure Experience

• Candidates must have experience in one or more of the following CNI or high-risk sectors:
• Oil and gas
• Energy and utilities
• Water and wastewater
• Data centres and digital infrastructure
• Telecommunications
• Transport and aviation
• Maritime
• Ports and logistics
• Power generation and distribution
• Renewable energy infrastructure
• Government and strategic facilities
• Defence-related infrastructure
• Healthcare infrastructure
• Financial services infrastructure
• Major industrial sites

Consultant Specialisms Required

• We are seeking consultants with one or more of the following professional specialisms:
• Security risk management
• Protective security
• Crisis management
• Emergency preparedness
• Business continuity
• Operational resilience
• Security governance and assurance
• Physical security assessment
• Security strategy and operating model development
• Security intelligence
• Protective intelligence
• Training design and delivery
• Tabletop exercise design and facilitation
• Incident response and crisis exercise delivery
• Technical Security (Systems) assessment, architecture/design, and implementation

Training Consultants

• We are also seeking experienced training consultants who can design and deliver professional security, crisis management, resilience, and protective intelligence training.
• Relevant training experience may include:
• Security awareness training
• Crisis management training
• Emergency response training
• Business continuity training
• Protective security training
• Security risk assessment training
• Intelligence and analysis training
• Executive or senior leadership crisis exercising
• Scenario-based workshops and tabletop exercises
• Multi-agency or multi-stakeholder training delivery
• Training consultants must be confident in delivering to professional, corporate, government, or CNI audiences.

Key Responsibilities

• The role may include:
• Conducting security risk assessments for facilities, assets, operations, and personnel
• Advising on protective security arrangements for CNI environments
• Supporting threat, vulnerability, and risk assessment activity
• Producing professional client-facing reports, briefings, and recommendations
• Supporting stakeholder interviews, workshops, and consultation activity
• Advising on security governance, crisis management, emergency preparedness, and operational resilience
• Supporting intelligence-led security planning, including protective intelligence and open-source information review
• Designing and delivering training, exercises, and workshops
• Supporting project delivery across Middle East operating environments

Essential Requirements

• Candidates must have:
• A Master’s degree in a relevant discipline
• Significant professional experience in security consultancy, protective security, security risk management, crisis management, business continuity, emergency preparedness, training, or security intelligence
• Demonstrable experience working with CNI, strategic assets, or complex operating environments
• Strong knowledge of security risk assessment, protective security, resilience, or intelligence-led security methods
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• The ability to produce high-quality client-facing reports and training materials
• Experience working in, or advising clients operating in, the Middle East
• Professional judgement, discretion, and the ability to work with sensitive information

Relevant Master’s Degree Disciplines

• Security Risk Management

• International Security and Risk Management
• Intelligence and Security Studies
• Crisis and Disaster Management
• Risk, Crisis and Resilience Management
• Emergency Management and Resilience
• Security Engineering

• Protective Security Management

• Counter-Terrorism, Security and Policing
• International Relations and Security
• Defence, Development and Diplomacy
• Defence, Security and Strategic Studies
• Cyber Security, where relevant to CNI or protective security
• Infrastructure Security

• Critical Infrastructure Protection

• Business Continuity, Security and Emergency Management
• Disaster Management and Sustainable Development
• Resilience, Security and Risk Management

Desirable Experience

• The following would help applicants stand-out:
• Experience delivering consultancy in the GCC or wider Middle East
• Experience with oil and gas, utilities, ports, aviation, maritime, data centre, transport, or energy-sector clients
• Knowledge of ISO 31000, ISO 22301, ISO 27001, ISO 28000, ISO 18788, or equivalent standards
• Experience developing security strategies, security operating models, crisis management frameworks, or resilience plans
• Experience designing and facilitating crisis exercises, workshops, or professional training programmes
• Previous military, police, intelligence, government security, emergency management, or corporate security leadership experience
• Arabic language capability
• Existing right to work, travel, or operate in Middle East jurisdictions

Candidate Profile

How to Apply

• Please send your CV with a short covering note outlining:
• Your relevant Middle East experience
• Your Critical National Infrastructure sector experience
• Your consultancy or training specialism
• Your Master’s degree and relevant professional qualifications
• Your availability for consultancy assignments

Application Requirement