Associate

About Teneo

Teneo advises private and public sector leaders, enabling them to achieve
goals faster and at lower cost by earning trust, navigating disruption, and
removing barriers. We are built to help drive success in a world no longer
defined by boundaries and disciplines. Working with the world 's leading
companies and organizations, Teneo provides strategic counsel across their
full range of key objectives and issues, with a focus on five main services
offerings, including Risk Advisory, Strategy and Communications; Management
Consulting; Financial Advisory; and People Advisory.

Teneo employs more than ‎1,600 people around the world, offering global reach
from a light infrastructure, built out of regional hubs. Our culture is
critical to our success. We have a flat management structure with an open and
supportive office atmosphere. To support progression and learning, we foster a
supportive environment with a focus on mental health and wellbeing as well as
adopting an inclusive environment that allows all employees to flourish. We
recognise that diversity is essential for our business and encourage
applicants from all backgrounds.

Risk Advisory
Associate, Corporate Resilience & Intelligence
Teneo Risk is looking for a talented and driven Associate with a passion for
security, risk, resilience and intelligence to join our Risk Advisory team in
the Middle East. Teneo's Risk Advisory, led by former New York City Police
Commissioner William Bratton, is comprised of a world-class team of
practitioners, investigators, analysts, technical advisors, and strategic
partners with a broad array of operational and advisory backgrounds from the
world's most respected corporate, military, intelligence, consulting,
technology, public health, and public-safety organizations. Our team's vast
experience and backgrounds equip us to address the myriad internal and
external threats that CEOs must navigate daily.

Teneo Risk Advisory helps organizations protect their most valuable assets:
people, information, and infrastructure. Our tenet is prevention, problem-
solving, and partnership with our clients. We provide comprehensive strategic
guidance to build risk awareness, resiliency, and mitigation and bring an
added dimension to our clients' risk-management capabilities. Our core
offerings are Risk Intelligence, Corporate Resilience, Cyber Security, and
Public Safety.

An Associate within Teneo Risk Advisory is a core member of the team, with ‎3-‎5
years ' experience and will be reporting to a Vice President or Managing
Director, leveraging project management, analytical and consulting experience
in support of the business operations of the division and in development of
critical client deliverables. As an Associate, you are responsible to work
with the Risk Advisory team on the creation of internal division management
deliverables, project plans, project tracking mechanisms, threat monitoring &
reporting and other key client facing deliverables as part of our security
risk mandates.
Your primary role will be to work with the team in the monitoring and analysis
of the geopolitical environment, critical digital and social media platforms,
including monitoring deep and dark web applications for insights into
potential threats facing our clients. As part of this effort, you will attend
key team and client meetings to gain a better, first-hand understanding of the
client's business operations and threat landscape, which will then enable you
to refine, configure, analyse and optimize the tools for effective risk
monitoring and reporting. From a client facing standpoint, you will also have
an opportunity to work on client teams in delivery of client work, which can
include threat assessments, threat intelligence briefings, security risk
management recommendations or other deliverables related to project execution.
In this capacity, you will help create reports which will enable Risk Advisory
to run regional intelligence briefings for client work. This is a unique
opportunity to learn first-hand, critical intelligence agency methodologies,
including how to write concise and executive-level briefings on business risk.
The ideal candidate is someone with experience supporting a corporate
resilience or security program at a Fortune ‎500 firm or major security
consultancy. We're interested in meeting candidates with wide-ranging
perspectives, that are intellectually curious, creative, collaborative, and
eager to learn. The Associate will report directly to the Managing Director of
Risk Advisory in the region and will work closely with Teneo's global and
regional teams to manage client engagements and deliver best-in-class service.
Given we work directly with the executive leadership of major global and
regional corporations, including a large percentage of Fortune ‎100 firms, and
on some of the highest profile, strategic engagements, we hold our people and
our work to the highest standard.

Working at Teneo in the Middle East
Teneo works with some of the world 's biggest public sector and corporate
entities across a wide range of sectors and issues, including energy, tech,
FMCG, financial services and government offices. Our clients include a
significant number of the FTSE ‎100 and Fortune ‎100, as well as other global
public and private corporations and government entities. We're an ambitious,
global consultancy which allows candidates unmatched opportunities to develop
and work with inspiring, motivated people.

Although this role is to primarily support our corporate risk advisory
clients, we actively encourage our people to grow and develop their advisory
skills across all our disciplines, including financial and M&A, digital,
creative campaigning and corporate communications, change and employee
engagement, leadership coaching, sustainability, strategy and research, and
restructuring and management consultancy, to solve complex business issues for
our clients.

Key Responsibilities
As an Associate with the Risk Advisory team at Teneo, your role will include:

Threat Intelligence Monitoring and Reporting** - conduct research into
emerging threats, trends in the security industry, and advances in technology
or risk management methodology in support of our client work and our client
operations. Research and analyze content from open sources, including social
media and digital platforms, to produce concise, high-quality written analyses
for a range of conditions.

Project Coordinator** - support the team in meeting deadlines and timelines
in collaboration with the project manager to facilitate workstream activity,
create project deliverables and ensure the team can meet critical deadlines.
Maintains an entrepreneurial spirit and is innovative by nature - in ideas,
approaches, products, etc. and approaches complex issues with intellectual
rigor and good judgement.

Analytical Skills** - demonstrate proven ability to break information down,
search and review data, problem-solving skills, and the ability to identify,
analyze and resolve problems, driving solutions through to resolution.

Stakeholder Relationships** - build strong client and team relationships,
fostering long-term partnerships and seeking growth opportunities through new
business proposal development.

Communication Skills** - create advisory notes, updates, briefings and reports
for client leadership, addressing and monitoring OSINT narratives,
geopolitical risks, resilience and reputational issues. Understand when
appropriate to escalate client issues / risks through right chain at client
and / or within the internal Teneo management framework.

Furthermore, you will be expected to:
* Have a knowledge or understanding of technological trends and developments in physical, technical and information security and risk management;
* Provide support and insight to the Risk Advisory team, proactively highlighting opportunities, and potential areas of concern;
* Proactively seek formal and informal learning and development opportunities to support your professional growth and contribute to the sharing of learnings across the wider team; and
* Drive and exemplify Teneo's culture both internally and externally while working with our clients.

Skills and Experience
* A minimum of three years of progressive experience working in a corporate security or security consulting role is required.
* Graduate education in the areas such as political science, international relations, emergency management, cybersecurity, or resilience preferred but not required.
* Fluency in Arabic and English preferred.
* Prior experience as a consultant or security professional in either private or public sector also desirable
* Good written and verbal communications and presentation skills.
* Strong international awareness and regional experience.
* Ability and comfort interacting with senior executives, high net worths, or well-known public officials.
* This position requires critical thinking, effective time management, professional writing and communication skills, and ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment with multiple competing priorities and deliverables.
* Proficiency with Microsoft Office products - PowerPoint, Word and Advanced Excel experience (pivot tables; charts; functions; etc.).

Characteristics and Attributes
* Strategic and critical thinker.
* Collaborative and a team player.
* Problem solver with a positive attitude.
* Flexible and growth mindset.
* Detail oriented and committed to high quality deliverables.
* Intellectual curiosity and entrepreneurial spirit.
* Humble, honest and respectful.
* Resilient and performs well under pressure.
* Readiness for travel and time at clients ' offices.

What we can offer
New joiners are supported by an induction programme, and continuous
development is a key focus of life at Teneo - learning and knowledge sharing
are at the heart of this. We have an environment and culture that is focused
on supporting your development and career progression. We support this with a
dedicated Learning Team who provide a range of learning opportunities and
personal development support.

Given our client base you 'll be working on career-defining work that is
exciting, rewarding, and one where you can make a real impact to high profile
projects.

Teneo works with clients on complex issues and challenges that often require a
multidisciplinary approach that leverage our main business segments - Strategy
& Communications, Management Consulting, Financial Advisory, People Advisory,
and Risks Advisory. You will have opportunities to work alongside our experts
in these disciplines to develop and deliver an integrated solution.

Company Benefits
As well as this we offer a whole host of benefits and reward including:
* Competitive salary.
* ‎25 days holiday.
* Discretionary annual bonus.
* Annual salary review.
* End-of-service benefits.
* Enhanced maternity and paternity leave (depending on length of service).
* Private medical insurance (individual and immediate family members).
* Life insurance.
* Regular social, cultural and charitable activities.
* Flexible and remote working with office laptop provided.