RMC SECURITY ADVISOR - Afghanistan
Location: Arlington, VA
Type: ContractedMin. Experience: Experienced
RMC SECURITY ADVISORS
Site Security Advisors are responsible for advising, training and mentoring the APPF guards with all force protection responsibilities on the FOB (24 hours a day / 7 days per week).
SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE - Individuals serving as on-site training, advising, and mentoring staff to the APPF base security force shall possess:
- Skill and experience meeting international standards in security and risk assessment for organizations operating in high threat areas
- Military, police or security experience
- Skill and experience in advising and training Afghan staff to achieve self-sufficiency in challenging security situations and decision-making while under duress
- Must have sufficient knowledge of Afghan culture and tradition
KNOWLEDGE - Contracted personnel shall be versed in providing security assessment services such as:
- Assessment of the morale and welfare of Afghan forces (i.e.: receiving scheduled salary on time, any disgruntled employees, any indication of insurgent infiltration, etc.)
- Assessment of threats
- Supervision of security operations
- Supervision of quick reaction
- Supervision of evacuation planning
- Supervision of project management
- Assessment of site security and capacity of existing staff
- Supervision on development of security plans
- Assessment of force protection layout
- Supervision on development of security standard operating procedures
- Security contingency planning
- Site vulnerability assessment and mitigation planning
QUALIFICATIONS - Security Advisors shall possess the following qualifications:
- Must be fluent in conversational English and be able to read and write English
- Must have US, NATO or ISAF (not Afghan forces) military experience, and at a minimum, possess at least an “active SECRET” clearance
- Must be a citizen or expat of the U.S.
- Must have a military, police or security background (discharged under honorable conditions), or have equivalent training
- RMC personnel MUST be male due to the nature of working with Afghan males
