M. Talal Osman
Security/Access Manager
Gaziantep
Summary
Two university degrees. A security and risk analysis professional with more than 10 years of experience. expert analyzing political, religious, and social trends. TOT International Humanitarian Law “IHL”. Mapping skills.
Overview
2025
2025
years of professional experience
9
9
years of post-secondary education
4
4
Languages
Work History
Access/Security Manager
Welt Hunger Hilfe
6 2021 - Current
- Identify and assess all the security threats in WHH area of operations
- Set out the proper mitigations for all threats in WHH area of operations
- Review the security manuals
- Prepare security Risk Assessment, security plans and SOPs
- Train national staff to increase their responsibilities in order to build capacity and ensure their competency to follow context and security related incidents effectively
- Identify and evaluate main local authorities in the activity area and liaise with them according to organization policies in coordination with the Head of Liaison Department and Heads of Project-based in Gaziantep
- Consistently communicate our strict adherence to Humanitarian principles and the Joint Operating Procedures and outline clearly the steps that will be taken if breaches occur i.e
- Program suspension, office closure
- Function as the primary point of contact between WHH and Local Councils in Northern Aleppo
- Collaborate and coordinate with the local councils, to maintain community acceptance, and facilitate the requested permissions to implement our activities
- Support program implementation teams in linking them with local authorities involved in humanitarian activities
- Assure/support/enable/facilitate coordination and communication between partners and HOPs and Liaison Department
- Share relevant information with authorities regarding planning, project implementation and monitoring
- In coordination with supervisor, support projects when they want to prepare MoUs, draft and track permission letters and other correspondence from/with local councils
- Keep abreast of the latest developments necessary for liaison implementation to prepare appropriate reports, briefing and background notes, and other documentation as required
- Accompany senior management to all project meetings with authorities in Northern Aleppo, provide translation if needed, write meeting minutes and report to related HoPs and Program Coordinator
- Keep records of the minutes of all external meetings
- Ensure the timely submission of daily/monthly/yearly reports
- Prepare, organize and implement coordination meetings with other NGOs on common advocacy agenda in coordination with the Program Coordinator
- Inform staff about possible behaviors or risks that will not comply with WHH policies
Security/Access Manager
Syria Relief & Development
04.2019 - 05.2021
- Review the security manuals
- Prepare the Security Risk Assessment
- Prepare the security plans
- Prepare the SOPs
- Recommends changes in country security plans to program coordinator as needed
- Ensure induction security briefings are conducted to all arriving staff, visitors or volunteer
- Determine training needs for the field security staff
- Train national staff to increase their responsibilities in order to build capacity and ensure their competency to follow context and security related incidents effectively
- Works with program coordinator and operations director to conduct any staff security training that is warranted
- Maintain excellent working relationships as a member of the country team senior management
- Build strong professional relationships with UN agencies, and other NGO’s
- Attends security coordination meetings and updates program coordinator on current security issues
- Contribute to the creation of a positive image and overall credibility of the organization, notably through the application of the organization's Code of Conduct, ethics, values and stand-point with regard to internal and external actors
- Ensure weekly security reports are completed and sent to headquarters, providing timely updates of all situational and security developments including investigation of security incidents
- Conducts Security Risk Assessments of programs, as required
- Conducts full Site Security Surveys of every site visited
- Conducts Trip Reports of all field deployments or using national (Local) staff
- Keep excellent records and logs to ensure continuity of this position
- Manage the access-related issues
- I am the first specialized person working as security at SRD
- Setup the Security Policy
- Setup the Security Risk Assessment
- Setup the Security Plan
- Setup SOPs related to Security
- Reviewed all the existed security-related documents
- Prepare monthly and bi-monthly security reports
Safety – Security and Community Liaison Coordinator
World Vision International
01.2018 - 04.2019
- Monitor and report safety/security risks
- Prepare SRAs and CRRs, Security plans and SOPs
- Provide contextual analysis, strategic analysis and possible scenarios for decision makers
- Member of the Incident Management Team and Crisis Management Team
- Advise decision makers about Civil- Military engagement
- Respond to donor requirements for anything related to safety and security
- Map the locations and control areas
- Liaise and coordinate with the stakeholders to ensure staff, assets, premises are well protected against threats
- Deliver routine and emergency sitreps to decision makers
- Liaising with the area managers - or their delegate - about safety related issues
- Assist decision makers to organize and deliver relevant training to Syrian staff
- Participate in meetings with internal and external stakeholders in order to provide Security manager and Area manager with sufficient information to manage the safety of the organization
- When primary duties are complete to the required standard, the position is to be prepared to assist the Area manager with essential project tasks
- Mitigate threats to the team, assets, and premises
- Manage crises and incidents, E.g: Coordinating communications that lead to evacuating six staff members from ISIS held territories in 2014
- Report the sitreps / contextual analyses, possible scenarios and strategic analyses for the decision makers
- Map locations / territorials / routes
- Prepare SRAs, CRRs, evacuation, relocation plans, SOPs and contingency plans
- Deliver relevant training to the staff
- Liaise with the stockholders regarding safety and security
- Monitor developments of the conflict in Syria in general and in the area of operation in particular
- Manage the Civil-Military engagement
- Represent WV in the relevant meetings with other INGOs or UN agencies
- Gaining local community acceptance for WV’s brand
Safety – Security and Community Liaison Officer
World Vision International
04.2014 - 12.2017
- Monitor and report safety/security risks
- Prepare SRAs and CRRs and SOPs
- Respond to donor requirements for anything related to safety and security
- Mapped locations and control areas
- Liaised and coordinated with the stakeholders to ensure staff, assets, premises are well protected against threats
- Provide contextual analysis, strategic analysis and possible scenarios for decision makers
- Provide Security briefing for staff and visitors
- Liaise with the team in the field regarding safety and security
- Liaise with the stockholders regarding safety and security
- Monitor developments of the conflict in Syria in general and in the area of operation in particular
- Provide a security briefing for staff and visitors
- Manage Civil-Military engagement
- Represented WV in the relevant meetings with other INGOs or UN agencies
- Promoted by WV management team to Security and Community Liaison Coordinator
Peacebuilding Manager
NAMA Cultural Center
01.2013 - 02.2014
- Promote the preventive dialogue within the Syria community
- Promote the acceptance of the differences within the Syrian community
- Raise awareness of diversity importance
- Issued peacebuilding booklets
- Lectured in the importance of peacebuilding
- Issued a newspaper
Trainer of the International Humanitarian Law
Syrian Legal Development Program
01.2013 - 12.2013
- Lecturing IHL principles
- Trained the activists about IHL
- Promoted respecting of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights
- Produced some video clips about International Humanitarian Law principles and broadcasting these clips in the local media
- Held workshops for the Syrians about International Humanitarian Law
- Promote IHL principles within the community
Education
Bachelor - Arabic Literature
University of Aleppo
01.2006 - 01.2011
Bachelor - Theology And Philosophy
Al-Azhar University
01.2001 - 01.2005
Skills
Microsoft Office
Excel
Power BI
Mapping skills
Actor Mapping
Reporting
Analysis
Residence
Turkey
Personal Information
Nationality: Syrian
Qualification highlights
- Experienced in Monitoring and reporting Access/ safety/security risks.
- Experienced in preparing key security documents including Security Risk Assessments “SRAs” and Context Risk Rating “CRR”, Security plans, SOPs, Core Security Requirements “CSRs”, Building Security Assessment, Evacuation, Relocation, Suspension, and Contingency plans.
- Excellent stakeholder engagement skills.
- Expert Access Negotiator.
- Experienced in Managing the Civil-Military engagement.
- Trainer of the International Humanitarian Law “IHL”.
- Peacebuilding.
- HEAT & SRMT Trained.
- ToF frontline negotiations.
Training
- VENRO “Joint Risk Management”, 2023
- ToF frontline negotiations, CCHN, 2022
- Conflict sensitivity, IRC, 2020
- Conflict Analyses, INSO, 2019
- Peace Building and Linkages with Security and Stabilization, 2018
- Security Incident Information Management, SIIM, 2018
- Core Humanitarian Information Management, IMMAP, 2017
- Thematic Humanitarian Information Management, IMMAP, 2017
- Anticipate Project Risk, 2017
- Project Management for Development Professionals PMD, 2017
- IT Security Awareness Fundamentals, 2017
- UN-CMCoord, Working in Complex Emergencies, 2016
- UN-CMCoord, Working in Natural Disasters, 2016
- Conflict Analyses, United States, Institution of Peace, 2016
- Prevent Corruption in Humanitarian Aid, 2016
- UNMAS, Landmines and Explosive Remnants of War Safety Training, 2016
- UNMAS Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Awareness Test, 2016
- IT Security Awareness, 2016
- SAVE THE CHILDREN Security online training, 2016
- HEAT (Hostile Environment Awareness Training), 2015
- SRMT (Security Risk Management Training), 2015
- BBR (Building Better Response) course, 2015
- First Aid Training, World Vision, 2015
- Advanced security in the field, United Nation Department of safety and security, 2014
- Security management and personal security, World Vision International, 2014
- Been training on “Humanitarian Principles and engagement with armed non-state actors” from OCHA, 2014
- Training of Trainers (ToT) Program on International Humanitarian Law (IHL)”, from Geneva Call, 2013
- Attended training course on PMP (Project Management Professional), Canadian 2 World, 2012
Timeline
Security/Access Manager
Syria Relief & Development
04.2019 - 05.2021
Safety – Security and Community Liaison Coordinator
World Vision International
01.2018 - 04.2019
Safety – Security and Community Liaison Officer
World Vision International
04.2014 - 12.2017
Peacebuilding Manager
NAMA Cultural Center
01.2013 - 02.2014
Trainer of the International Humanitarian Law
Syrian Legal Development Program
01.2013 - 12.2013
Bachelor - Arabic Literature
University of Aleppo
01.2006 - 01.2011
Bachelor - Theology And Philosophy
Al-Azhar University
01.2001 - 01.2005
Access/Security Manager
Welt Hunger Hilfe
6 2021 - Current