Security Advisor - Consultant

Background

Turquoise Mountain is a non-profit, non-governmental organisation established in 2006 to revive traditional crafts, historic areas and to provide jobs, skills and opportunity through cultural heritage projects. By blending heritage buildings, education and enterprise, Turquoise Mountain has created sustainable heritage places and livelihoods that support the revival of artisan industries. Turquoise Mountain now works in Afghanistan, Myanmar, Saudi Arabia, and the Levant. Since 2006, Turquoise Mountain has restored over 150 historic buildings, created employment for thousands of artisans and builders, built over 50 small businesses, and supported and generated over $17 million in sales of traditional crafts to domestic and international markets.

Context

Turquoise Mountain Levant works across the region to deliver sustainable heritage-led regeneration for communities and connect hundreds of artisans to new and sustainable markets. This is an exciting time for the organisation, as we are growing our operation, and opening a new home for Turquoise Mountain in Bethlehem to collaborate with Palestinian artisans, connect them to international markets, and open up new livelihoods in the craft sector.

Job Summary

As Security Advisor you will work with Turquoise Mountain’s team to produce an updated security risk assessment for our organisation and programmes in Palestine, to help our implementing teams to better understand and adapt to the security context in which they’re operating. In addition, the consultant will review and update Turquoise Mountain’s security plan and SOPs, given the new and rapidly changing context since the start of the war on October 7th, 2023.

Deliverables

- Detailed security risk assessment, outlining key security risks, their severity, likelihood and mitigations – including an up-to-date overview of security context since the outbreak of the war;

- Review and update of Turquoise Mountain’s existing Security Plan and SOPs – if any adjustments are needed.

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Qualifications

- A minimum of 7 years’ experience in security management related to international NGOs and organisations.

- Extensive country-specific knowledge in Palestine, its security and political context, and relevance to NGO operational delivery.

- Experience in developing organisational security-related policies, directives, guidance and operational procedures, and in advising senior management in the field and at HQ.

Contract Duration:

10-day consultancy contract.

Application Pack:

To apply, please submit the following in one PDF document to [email protected]:

In your application pack please include:

- CV/resumé – maximum 4-pages;

- Financial proposal (please submit in the format of cost-per-day).

Application Deadline:

Please apply before the 23rd of March.