HEAT and Personal Safety Trainer

RECS was established to help Afghan organizations improve performance, compliance, operational effectiveness, and competitiveness through internationally recognized management systems and practical capacity building. Its work spans healthcare, construction, telecommunications, manufacturing, logistics, education, information technology, government, and NGO-related environments.

Relevant service areas include:

·        Training design, facilitation, and organizational capacity development.

·        Development of policies, procedures, manuals, checklists, and operational frameworks.

·        Risk management, compliance support, internal audit, and continuous improvement.

·        Quality, occupational health and safety, environmental, food-safety, and information-security management-system consultancy.

·        Coordination with external technical and certification partners where required.

RECS will present its registration certificate and verified evidence of relevant assignments as appendices. Only documented, verifiable assignments and references will be included. ISO consultancy and general training experience will be described accurately and will not be presented as a substitute for specialist First Aid or HEAT qualifications.

Position Summary

RECS is seeking a qualified and experienced Hostile Environment Awareness Training (HEAT) and Personal Safety Trainer to deliver practical and theoretical training to personnel working in challenging, high-risk, and humanitarian environments.

The successful candidate will equip participants with the knowledge and practical skills necessary to identify security threats, assess risks, maintain personal safety, and respond appropriately to security incidents and emergencies in Afghanistan or similar operating contexts.

Key Responsibilities

• Deliver HEAT and Personal Safety training in accordance with recognized training standards and project requirements.
• Train participants in personal security awareness, situational awareness, threat identification, and risk assessment.
• Explain security procedures for travel, road movements, accommodation, and field operations in high-risk environments.
• Conduct practical exercises and scenario-based simulations covering emergency response, incident management, and crisis situations.
• Provide guidance on communication procedures, emergency planning, evacuation awareness, and incident reporting.
• Train participants on appropriate responses to checkpoints, civil unrest, security threats, and other hostile-environment situations.
• Facilitate group discussions, practical exercises, and lessons-learned sessions.
• Assess participants’ knowledge and practical competencies.
• Prepare training materials, attendance records, assessment results, and a final training report.
• Ensure that all training activities are conducted safely and in accordance with applicable security protocols.

Required Qualifications and Experience

• Must possess appropriate qualifications in security management, hostile-environment training, emergency management, or a related field.
• Must have a minimum of five (5) years of relevant professional experience in security, personal safety, emergency management, or hostile-environment training.
• Must have relevant field experience in Afghanistan or comparable high-risk, conflict-affected, or humanitarian operating contexts.
• Must demonstrate proven experience delivering HEAT, personal safety, security awareness, or related training.
• Must have practical knowledge of security risk assessment, incident response, emergency planning, and personal safety procedures.
• Must possess strong facilitation, communication, presentation, and scenario-management skills.
• Must be capable of conducting practical exercises and simulations appropriate to the participants’ working environment.
• Experience working with UN agencies, international NGOs, humanitarian organizations, or other international organizations is highly desirable.
• Proficiency in English is preferred; knowledge of Dari and/or Pashto is an advantage.

Required Documents

Interested candidates should submit the following documents:

1. Updated CV/Resume.
2. Copies of relevant security, HEAT, hostile-environment, or emergency management qualifications.
3. Evidence of at least five years of relevant professional experience.
4. Details of previous HEAT, security, or personal safety training assignments.
5. Contact details of at least two professional references, if available.