Senior Trainer – Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT), Digital Investigations & Analytical Tradecraft

**Our Opportunity**

We are seeking an experienced Senior Trainer – Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT), Digital Investigations & Analytical Tradecraft to design, develop, and deliver advanced training programmes for governmental, public-sector, security, investigative, and analytical professionals.

The successful candidate will strengthen participants’ capabilities in information collection, verification, analysis, reporting, and decision-making through practical, scenario-based training. The role may also include advisory and institutional capacity-development support aimed at strengthening analytical practices, workflows, and organizational capabilities.

**You will**

**Training Design & Delivery**

- Design and deliver advanced training programmes, workshops, simulations, and practical exercises.
- Develop curricula, lesson plans, participant manuals, facilitator guides, presentations, and assessment tools.
- Adapt content to different levels of participant expertise and institutional requirements.
- Evaluate participant performance and learning outcomes.

**Technical Areas of Expertise**

The trainer must be capable of delivering training covering:

- Intelligence fundamentals, intelligence cycle, analytical workflows, and collection planning.
- OSINT methodologies, source evaluation, verification, corroboration, and structured analytical techniques.
- Online investigations, attribution methodologies, social media intelligence (SOCMINT), geolocation, chronolocation, and digital content verification.
- Detection and analysis of misinformation, disinformation, influence operations, AI-generated content, and manipulated media.
- Satellite imagery interpretation, GIS applications, aviation and maritime tracking, link analysis, network mapping, data visualization, and analytical reporting.
- Intelligence reporting, briefing techniques, operational security (OPSEC), digital security, and ethical, legal, privacy, and human-rights considerations.
- Integration of artificial intelligence tools into analytical and investigative workflows.

**Institutional Capacity Development**

- Conduct training needs assessments and competency-gap analyses.
- Support the development of analytical workflows, methodologies, SOPs, standards, and guidance documents.
- Provide recommendations for sustainable capability development and knowledge-transfer mechanisms.
- Deliver mentor, coach, and post-training advisory support where required.

**To Be Successful in The Role You Will Need**

- 10+ years of professional experience in OSINT, intelligence analysis, investigations, law enforcement, military intelligence, national security, digital investigations, or related fields.
- Proven experience designing and delivering training programmes for governmental, public-sector, security-sector, law-enforcement, military, intelligence, or investigative audiences.
- Native or near-native proficiency in Arabic and professional proficiency in English.
- Demonstrated expertise in intelligence analysis, digital investigations, verification methodologies, geolocation, and SOCMINT.
- Practical experience using GIS platforms, satellite imagery tools, link-analysis software, investigative technologies, and AI-enabled analytical tools.
- Experience conducting training needs assessments and translating findings into training curricula and learning objectives.
- Experience developing training materials, participant manuals, facilitator guides, SOPs, analytical guidance documents, or institutional capacity-development products.
- Strong facilitation, presentation, curriculum-development, mentoring, and adult-learning skills.
- Demonstrated understanding of legal, ethical, privacy, and human-rights considerations relevant to OSINT and digital investigations.

**Preferred Qualifications**

- Experience working with international law-enforcement, intelligence, security, investigative, or multilateral organizations.
- Previous experience with INTERPOL, Europol, UNODC, NATO, police academies, military academies, or similar institutions.
- Experience delivering training in the MENA region.
- Familiarity with Arabic-, English-, and French-language information environments.
- Experience supporting investigations related to terrorism, violent extremism, organized crime, trafficking networks, illicit finance, cybercrime, sanctions evasion, border security, or conflict-related investigations.
- Experience supporting the establishment, strengthening, or modernization of analytical, investigative, intelligence, or OSINT units.
- Experience developing institutional policies, SOPs, analytical standards, knowledge-management systems, monitoring and evaluation frameworks, or organizational capability reviews.
- Training-of-Trainers (ToT) certification or demonstrated ToT experience.
- Relevant certifications in intelligence analysis, OSINT, GIS, investigations, cybersecurity, digital forensics, or related disciplines.
- Security clearance or eligibility to obtain one, w