Jan 10, 2011

Safety Officer - Haiti

Key Duties are:
• To be the focal point for Safety and Security issues with GOAL in Haiti.
• To be familiar with GOAL’s Safety and Security procedures and policies and support the respective Country Director and Area Coordinators in ensuring that these are adhered to at all times.
• To keep continually under review all safety and security procedures and policies, ensuring that they are kept relevant to the evolving safety and security context of each location.
• Undertake regular risk assessments on all of GOALs activites.
• Ensure that all preparedness measures as laid out in the security guidelines are in place, in particular evacuation plans and security trees.
• Regularly conduct field visits to assess the field sites compliance with safety and security procedure.
• Provide recommendations to the Country Director and Programme Managers on any aspect of a field sites safety or security management which requires improvement. Included in the recommendations should be guidance on how to implement the recommended improvements.
• Implement and advise on in-country training for GOAL staff in relation to safety and security. Develop an individualized training programme for all senior staff and as required source external training to meet identified training needs.
• Ensure vehicle and personnel tracking systems are appropriate, fully resourced and operational
• Attend meetings, read security updates and obtain accurate information based on multiple sources.
• Liaise with UNDSS, MINUSTAH, UNJOTC as well as the NGO community (Joint Security Forum) and any other parties with respect to security issues.
• Initiate, review and collate security incident reports for each location.
• Provide security briefings as part of induction for new staff and visitors.
• Prepare daily updates and a weekly security situation report for the Country Director.

Requirements: (educational, language, etc.)
• At least 3 years experience with responsibility for security
• Experience working overseas in a 'conflict' situation
• Sound judgment, diplomatic tact, and mature common sense;
• Experience in liaising with various agencies in relation to security
• Experience in working with a team
• Experience in designing and providing security training
• French language preferable, Haiti experience desirable

Reporting to: Country Director (Direct) Global Safety and Security Advisor (in-direct)
Contract Length: 12 months
Start Date Required: Immediate

This Job Description only serves as a guide for the position available. GOAL reserves the right to change this document. This is an unaccompanied position. Interviews will be held in Dublin or London. Unfortunately GOAL cannot contribute to financial costs incurred when attending interview.

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