SpearFish
Imagine a world where uncertainty is the norm. At Spearfish Security Ltd, we turn that uncertainty into confidence, ensuring your organisation thrives in the most challenging environments. From the start, we’ve been dedicated to making high- risk areas safer for those working within them. Today, we proudly support businesses and individuals navigating complex, unpredictable situations across the globe.
Spearfish leads in dynamic risk management, proactively addressing challenges with advanced technology and our expert in-country advisors. We partner with organisations like USAID, the UK’s FCDO, the European Union, and the World Bank, delivering tailored security solutions. Our expertise in Duty of Care includes training courses and on-the-ground support, ensuring projects succeed safely.
We help small and medium-sized organisations thrive by offering proactive security, from physical assessments to real-time risk analysis. When threats arise, our 24/7 rapid response minimises the impact on our clients' assets and reputations.
Based in the UK, Spearfish is committed to excellence, innovation, and client care, ensuring peace of mind in the world’s most complex environments. Let us be the difference between uncertainty and security.
Short Phrases on About us
A security partner for companies and NGO's operating in fragile territories. Specialised in helping small and medium-sized organisations succeed in complex environments.
Services sensitive to the local context. We differ from other security providers with our deep local insight.
30+ Regional Security Advisors, who live and work across multiple regions of Africa, Asia & Ukraine. Our Management resides in the UK & we provide training courses worldwide.
About us
At Spearfish Security, our expertise in risk management is shaped by a unique blend of seasoned leadership and unparalleled local insight. Our strength lies in our in-country Regional Security Advisors—experts embedded in the very communities they serve, bringing invaluable on-the-ground knowledge. This deep understanding of the local context allows us to provide security solutions that are effective, adaptable, and culturally sensitive.
Our leadership team’s experience, combined with established strategies and robust protocols, ensures clarity and confidence in every decision we make. We’re committed to continuous improvement—training our advisors, adapting to new challenges, and innovating our approach to risk management.
What sets us apart is our local presence. Unlike other providers, we don’t just analyse risk; we live alongside it, allowing us to deliver security services that truly meet the needs of our clients, ensuring their people can operate safely and effectively in complex environments.
About us
To join our team you must be highly dedicated, flexible and an ambassador
for SpearFish. Where there is a vacancy, your application will be carefully
considered based on criteria such as education, skills, and experience. A
rigorous but fair selection process will be applied.
About us
Spearfish are seeking experienced and suitably qualified instructors to assist in delivery of our HEAT courses around the world, specifically in the Sub-Saharan Africa (Nigeria, Kenya and Ethiopia), South Asia (Pakistan and India), the United Kingdom and Ukraine.
Essential experience must include:
- Experience teaching or training security courses and workshops.
- Experience developing complex and technical training material, e.g. first aid and medical trauma, crisis management, security analysis.
- Deep conceptual understanding of security risk management and risk assessment processes.
- Experience working in high-risk areas, including disasters and fragile and conflict affected states.
- Experience working in an international NGO or development sector context.
- Experience leading diverse and geographically dispersed teams.
- Able to build networks and relationships under challenging conditions.
- Communicate clearly and effectively.
- Comfortable in challenging at all levels.
- Able to work with standard IT equipment and software suites (e.g. Office).
- Strong written and spoken English.
- Instructor or teacher certification: Evidence recent teaching and working in a complex, remote or hostile environment.
Desirable experience may include:
- Instructor or teacher certification: Level 3 Education and Training, or PTLLS
- The ability to work in an additional language, e.g. those countries mentioned above are highly desirable.
- Trauma Risk Management Practitioner (TRiM).
Requirement Medical:
If you would like to be considered for a medical instructors role, additionally we are seeking:
- Level 3 or 4 FREC (in date)
- Level 2 FPOS (1) or Level 4 FPOS (in date)
Note; if you have both sets of qualifications and would like to be considered for both types of roles, please indicate.
Contracts will be on a self-employed basis and project specific. A daily rate will be paid when deployed with travel expenses. Longer term contracts may be offered monthly rates.
Applying:
Can you please send a copy of your cv and a covering letter to rosieturner@spear-fish.com.
