The overall, proactive executive supervision to client project managers in Mauritania. To provide strategic oversight, liaison and quality assurance of the client projects; maintain the high level of project professional standards.

- Effective line management of all client project managers

- Ensure quality of client services - Insist on high professional standards for projects

- Effective management of finances (as per client SOPs)

To strategically manage emerging client business ventures in Mauritania

- Ability to conduct basic due diligence (operational, financial) on emerging business opportunities

Provide strategic security liaison with current senior Client Management.

- Be prepared to present verbally, electronically or via audio-visual presentations

- Be prepared to offer (and if required delegate to project managers) solutions to current or potential security failings or react effectively to intelligence garnered

Gather, analyse and disseminate strategic information and intelligence to drive all security operations. Liaison with foreign embassies and business leaders in and around the Nouakchott area.

- Be prepared to develop strategic relationships and liaise with various agencies (Foreign Embassies and local HRL Security / Business Partners in NKT) in order to build up the intelligence network and picture

- Be prepared to develop strategic sources and gather HUMINT

- Conduct basic pattern and threat analysis on intelligence gathered

- Disseminate info / int in a timely fashion and to the correct level using the appropriate medium depending on sensitivity (verbal, written, electronic or secure means)

Liaison with any senior level Mauritanian military, customs or police units that may become involved in client areas of operation

- Establish a good strategic relationship with military, customs and Gendarmerie Commanders

Coordination of country-wide phased evacuation plans and response to kidnap.

- Coordinate and develop the client SOP’s for evacuation and response to kidnap

- Coordinate dissemination of these SOP’s once completed

- Ensure a bi-annual desk-top drill is carried out to exercise project managers / client Global Ops Room

Provide weekly and monthly security reports to Client and client (UK).

- Reports to be accurate, professional and concise on established client templates

- Weekly reports to be submitted every Monday, with objectives from the previous week (complete, ongoing, stalled) and the forthcoming weeks objectives

- Monthly reports within 5 days after end of month

To be aware of potential new business opportunities.

- To present all potential new business opportunities, in a timely fashion, for evaluation by client (UK)

To proactively pursue new business opportunities in Mauritania.

- Ability to identify and then follow-up on potential business development leads

- To achieve the successful security management of the Client project as defined in the main contract

- Successfully prioritise, coordinate and deliver the key responsibilities as required in this job Description

- To maintain a ‘database’ of all business contacts and send updates to client (UK)

- To proactively market the skill set and products provided by client that have application to any potential client