HEAT & Security Training Expert

Lead the design and delivery of a HEAT programme in Syria, focusing on security training for professionals in challenging environments.

• Lead the overall preparation, technical design, and delivery of the HEAT programme.
• Review and adapt the training curriculum, agenda, presentations, exercises, and participant materials to the operational context.
• Deliver classroom and practical sessions on hostile-environment awareness and personal security.
• Facilitate training sessions related to:
• security risk identification and assessment;
• situational awareness;
• personal security and safety;
• travel and movement security;
• preparation for field missions;
• incident prevention and response;
• checkpoints and road movement;
• detention and arrest awareness;
• kidnapping and abduction awareness;
• civil unrest and challenging security environments;
• communications and incident reporting;
• stress and decision-making under pressure.
• Lead practical field exercises, simulations, role plays, and scenario-based learning activities.
• Coordinate the roles of the co-trainer and other personnel involved in practical exercises.
• Ensure that all practical scenarios are conducted in a controlled and safe manner.
• Brief participants on safety procedures before practical exercises.
• Monitor participant performance and provide constructive feedback during exercises and debriefing sessions.
• Facilitate structured debriefings following practical simulations.
• Contribute to pre- and post-training assessments and evaluation of participant learning.
• Ensure consistency and quality across all training sessions.
• Coordinate with SRD Center regarding training logistics, equipment, field arrangements, and participant requirements.
• Support preparation of training completion records, participant evaluations, and training reports.
• Contribute to the provision of internationally recognized or accredited HEAT certification, where applicable under the proposed certification arrangement.

• University degree or professional qualification in security management, risk management, crisis management, humanitarian operations, military/police studies, emergency management, or another relevant discipline.
• Recognized HEAT, hostile-environment, security-management, or related professional training certification.
• Strong demonstrated professional experience in security, humanitarian safety, risk management, crisis management, or hostile-environment operations.
• Demonstrated experience delivering HEAT or comparable personal security and hostile-environment training.
• Previous experience leading practical and scenario-based security training.
• Strong practical understanding of security risks faced by humanitarian, development, research, and field personnel.
• Experience working or operating in fragile, conflict-affected, post-conflict, or high-risk environments.
• Ability to design and safely manage field exercises and realistic training scenarios.
• Strong facilitation, communication, coaching, and participant-management skills.
• Ability to work effectively as Team Lead and coordinate other trainers and support staff.
• Experience delivering internationally recognized or accredited security training is highly desirable.
• Previous professional experience in Middle East is an advantage.
• Excellent command of English is required.
• Ability to deliver training or facilitate discussions in Arabic and/or Kurdish is a strong advantage.
• Availability to travel and participate fully in classroom and field-training activities.