Investment Security / Screening Expert – MENA Region
🔍 United Kingdom
Investment Security / Screening expert - MENA Region
Tetra Tech is seeking an Investment Security / Screening Expert to lead on a piece of work facilitating a knowledge exchange between the UK and government officials from a partner country in MENA.
October 2026 - February 2027
- Remote with potential travel to the MENA Region
About us
Tetra Tech is a leading, global provider of high-end consulting and engineering services, with more than 25,000 employees dedicated to solving water, environment, sustainable infrastructure, renewable energy, and international development challenges for our clients and communities.
Tetra Tech International Development Europe is Tetra Tech’s European business unit focused on international development project management, technical advisory, and monitoring and evaluation services. With a 40 year history of successfully delivering projects on behalf of donors, our teams work with local partners to support sustainable economic growth, stability, governance, and environmental and climate practices. You can find out more about our international development work with UK and European clients here.
The Programme
Tetra Tech is delivering a programme in the MENA region aiming to advance sustainable and inclusive economic growth and prosperity. The programme is currently exploring a new Secure Investment workstream focused on knowledge exchange around the UK’s investment screening regime, including the National Security and Investment Act (NSIA).
The Role
The expert will be responsible for designing, developing and delivering the Secure Investment workstream, with an initial timeline of October 2026 to February 2027.
The expert will be expected to:
The Person
Provide technical advice on the UK’s investment screening tools, procedures and wider screening regime, with a focus on how the system operates in practice (e.g. UK’s National Security and Investment Act). This should include an explanation of how screening is structured, governed and implemented across HMG, and how it interacts with wider economic and investment objectives.
Advise on the behaviours, processes and institutional arrangements that underpin an effective screening regime, including cross-government coordination, decision-making pathways, internal workflows, roles and responsibilities, and the operational arrangements required to embed a screening function within government ways of working.
Advise on how the UK approach engages with the private sector and communicates screening in a way that supports transparency, predictability and a positive investment environment.
Support preparation for, participation in, and follow-up to planned workshops in country and identify and develop options for possible follow-on technical assistance.
Lead on the drafting, coordination, and refinement of outputs.
Essential:
Knowledge of how investment screening regimes are developed and embedded in government
Experience and strong knowledge of UK investment screening tools and procedures, ideally including the UK National Security and Investment Act
Strong drafting skills and ability to produce concise, policy-relevant written outputs.
Experience supporting policy design, capacity building or technical assistance for governments.
Desirable
Arabic language skills are an advantage but not essential
How to Apply
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Please note applications are reviewed on a rolling basis.
For further enquiries please contact us at TTIDE.People@tetratech.com and quote the reference number.
Applications close: 31 August 2026
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