Risk consultancy & operational support
VALENS provides remote planning and on-site safety support for organisations whose people travel or work in complex environments.
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01 / Our expertise
Whether you are sending people overseas, working in a remote location or preparing for a changing security situation, the arrangements need to reflect the activity and the environment.
Support can begin with a needs assessment or a specific planning task, and extend to an embedded consultant working alongside your team during delivery.
Advice and documentation to help you understand the risks, agree suitable precautions and prepare for delivery, from an initial needs assessment through to detailed operational plans.
A consultant working alongside your team to support day-to-day decisions, monitor changing conditions and put the agreed safety arrangements into practice.
Discreet support for people, movements and visits, combining advance planning, journey management and close protection where required. The arrangements are shaped around the individual, the activity and the security context.
Where additional personnel or equipment are needed, VALENS can also help define the requirement and source specialist support.
Travel & security
Political instability, civil unrest and changes in local authority can affect how people travel and work, even when the task itself remains the same.
We help you consider what those conditions could mean for movement, communications and access to support, and build that understanding into travel plans, contingency arrangements and team briefings.
02 / Our approach
The work begins with a discussion about your project and the decisions you need to make. This helps establish a useful scope, whether you need advice on a specific issue or support through several stages of an operation.
We consider your objectives, existing arrangements and practical constraints before agreeing what the work should cover and what you will receive.
The agreed output may be an assessment, journey plan, medical emergency response plan or an on-site consultancy assignment, with responsibilities and timescales established at the outset.
Where ongoing support is agreed, we review the arrangements as the project develops and help you respond to changes in the activity or environment.
The operating environment
Location, access, communications and the availability of local support can all affect how a project is delivered and how an incident is managed.
We consider these factors alongside the activity itself, so that risk assessments and contingency plans reflect the circumstances your team will be working in.
International experience
The experience behind VALENS combines over a decade in emergency services with operational work in fragile, hostile and disaster-affected environments. It includes support to government and public-sector teams, NGOs, media organisations and private clients across different regions of the world.
03 / Let’s talk
If you are planning an activity or reviewing your current arrangements, get in touch to discuss the scope, timescale and support you need.
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