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Peregrine Risk Management requires experienced Security Consultants for current and new projects across the Middle East and Sub-Saharan Africa.

Location
Middle East project locations, with remote planning, reporting, and client engagement as required

Contract Type
Consultancy / long-term project-based assignments

About the Role

We are seeking experienced Middle East Security Consultants to support new and ongoing projects across the region.

We require consultants with proven experience advising clients in Critical National Infrastructure and complex operating environments. We are particularly interested in consultants who can support security risk management, protective security, security intelligence, crisis management, business continuity, emergency preparedness, and specialist training delivery.

This is suited to credible consultants who can operate with senior stakeholders, produce high-quality written outputs, and support professional project delivery in demanding environments.

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

Relevant postgraduate qualifications may include:

• 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

We are looking for consultants who are credible, analytical, professionally presented, and capable of working with senior stakeholders. Candidates must combine practical experience with structured thinking, clear written output, and professional delivery.

This role is particularly suitable for consultants who have delivered security consultancy, strategic security reviews, protective security assessments, crisis management support, intelligence-led security projects, or training programmes in complex environments.

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
CV required.
References must be available.
Covering letter preferred.

Pay: From AED470,000.00 per year

Work Location: In person