Senior Military Advisers

Adam Smith International

Potential areas of responsibility

1) Strategic advisory & mentoring

• Provide advice to defence and security institutions (e.g., ministries, staff colleges, specialised units).

• Mentor senior counterparts on strategy, campaign/operational planning, force development, and civil-military coordination.

• Support development or refresh of national/sector strategies, concepts of operations, and institutional mandates.

2) Capacity development

• Design and deliver training and mentoring on priority themes, after assessing existing capacities.

• Build train-the-trainer pathways and institutionalise SOPs, curricula, and evaluation tools.

3) Policy, governance & integrity

• Advise on policy/legislative frameworks, professional standards, accountability and internal oversight.

• Strengthen procurement and asset-management processes, transparency and anti-corruption safeguards.

• Support parliamentary/independent oversight interfaces and strategic communications to improve public trust.

4) Programme management & operational planning

• Lead/participate in threat, risk and vulnerability assessments; integrate conflict sensitivity and do-no-harm.

• Contribute to business continuity and emergency response planning for field teams.

• Produce deliverables: diagnostics, terms of reference, workplans, training packages, lessons learned notes, and policy briefs.

• Work with monitoring and evaluation teams to define indicators, track progress, and adapt delivery for results and value for money.

• Co-design agile, locally owned interventions (including draw-down/surge activities) aligned to client outcomes.

5) Stakeholder engagement & coordination

• Coordinate with partner institutions, diplomatic missions, and other international actors to ensure coherence.

• Facilitate inter-agency cooperation (e.g., police military roles during public-order events; joint planning processes).

• Uphold neutrality, political economy awareness and high cultural competence.