Employer: Oxfam GB,
Location: Worldwide or homebased
Close: 01 Jun 2014
Salary: £28,560 – £34,617 p.a. net
Level: Global C1
NB: French is essential for this post.
Job Purpose: To strengthen Oxfam’s response to humanitarian emergencies by providing security management support to country and regional offices, to which the post-holder is deployed, for periods of up to six months, including building security management capacity for the future.
Reporting Lines: Postholder reports to: Humanitarian Department Security Adviser. Whilst on deployment, will report to Country Director/Programme Manager, as designated in Terms of Reference.
Dimensions:
Representation in coordination meetings and some external relationships
Often working as part of a management team within a larger programme unit.
Providing specialist advice or specific skills to the team.
Plans/objectives contribute to departmental/broader programme strategy and can involve collaboration with other departments.
Management tasks are complex and non-routine within a specialised unit/function.
Requires the ability to analyse and communicate complex information to a wide audience.
Decision-making requires significant levels of judgement based on technical and management experience, generally actively supported within the line management or the programme team.
Role is variable within well-defined targets and/or minimum standards and is both proactive and reactive.
To play active role in lobby and advocacy on issues related to programme through personal contacts and coordination of allies.
Key Responsibilities:
Operating consistently within the dimensions above, the post holder will undertake a series of assignments either homebased or based in a country or region for which specific Terms of Reference will be negotiated and agreed with relevant parties, prior to deployment and or revised in the early stages of the deployment.
Assignments will normally include the following responsibilities;
To carry out security assessments and security management reviews in locations Oxfam is working or is considering working; either providing management with recommendations for action or working directly to implement the action plan
To provide expert advice on security related matters in the context of a particular environment including: gathering information from other organisations and institutions, and representing Oxfam in security meetings with other agencies, institutions and authorities.
To assist managers in developing high quality security management systems in line with Oxfam security policy and security management approach.
To train staff on security management issues, both informally and within the context of formal training courses.
To prepare regular reports and summaries of work and recommendations to Oxfam including a short final report at the end of each assignment and to ensure that relevant information is documented and shared with country office, RC and the HD.
To act, on occasions, as a Security Officer; this may include: design and implementation of a new security management system or review and modification of an existing system; management of staff; and representation and coordination.
To recruit, train and supervise security staff when on deployment, and to build the capacity of other Oxfam staff.
To carry out security management tasks or represent Oxfam in meetings, as requested by the Security Adviser.
To ensure that all work is carried out in a way that is sensitive to gender and diversity issues.
To promote and ensure that programmes respect the NGO/Red Cross Code of Conduct, SPHERE, the People in Aid Code, Oxfam International procedures and other regulatory codes.
When not on assignment, the post holder will:
Undertake written assignments and research work to document experience and build up institutional learning on aspects of security management; assist the Security Adviser with discreet work such as development of the security tool kit and training modules; and cover for the Security Adviser as necessary.
Skills and Competence
Minimum requirements all RRT members are expected to fulfil:
Ability to deploy at short notice to areas affected by crisis and support the rapid scale up of humanitarian programmes to meet life saving needs of affected people. To demonstrate the core competencies and behaviours agreed for humanitarian personnel. Such behaviours will help RRT members “Oxfamise” new staff during rapid scale up, when a large number of new staff are often recruited, through modelling appropriate organisational culture.
Management skills; given that virtually all RRT deployments will involve managing a team of others in delivering the work, RRT members will need to demonstrate management competencies.
Behavioural skills; all RRT deployments require the individual to successfully work with others often under challenging circumstances. RRT members should demonstrate competencies around “listening and creating dialogue” and “working with others” as well as networking skills.
Considerable practical experience of security assessment, planning and implementation of procedures in the context of UN or NGO humanitarian operations.
Proven influencing and negotiating skills with internal and external audiences including in complex and stressful circumstances.
Proven experience of field based training.
Ability to advise and support field staff in a consultative manner.
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, together with the capacity to remain calm under pressure and not lose sight of strategic priorities. Must be organised and efficient.
A sound understanding of the importance of gender in humanitarian work.
Sensitivity to cultural differences and the ability to work in a wide variety of cultural contexts.
Willingness to travel at short notice, and often in difficult circumstances.
Sympathy with the aims and objectives of Oxfam.
Committed to humanitarian principles and emergency response work
Good knowledge of written and spoken English and French, plus working knowledge of one or more additional languages (especially Spanish, Portuguese) a distinct advantage.
To Apply:
For more information, or to apply online, please visit the Oxfam GB Vacancy Posting.
Location: Worldwide or homebased
Close: 01 Jun 2014
Salary: £28,560 – £34,617 p.a. net
Level: Global C1
NB: French is essential for this post.
Job Purpose: To strengthen Oxfam’s response to humanitarian emergencies by providing security management support to country and regional offices, to which the post-holder is deployed, for periods of up to six months, including building security management capacity for the future.
Reporting Lines: Postholder reports to: Humanitarian Department Security Adviser. Whilst on deployment, will report to Country Director/Programme Manager, as designated in Terms of Reference.
Dimensions:
Representation in coordination meetings and some external relationships
Often working as part of a management team within a larger programme unit.
Providing specialist advice or specific skills to the team.
Plans/objectives contribute to departmental/broader programme strategy and can involve collaboration with other departments.
Management tasks are complex and non-routine within a specialised unit/function.
Requires the ability to analyse and communicate complex information to a wide audience.
Decision-making requires significant levels of judgement based on technical and management experience, generally actively supported within the line management or the programme team.
Role is variable within well-defined targets and/or minimum standards and is both proactive and reactive.
To play active role in lobby and advocacy on issues related to programme through personal contacts and coordination of allies.
Key Responsibilities:
Operating consistently within the dimensions above, the post holder will undertake a series of assignments either homebased or based in a country or region for which specific Terms of Reference will be negotiated and agreed with relevant parties, prior to deployment and or revised in the early stages of the deployment.
Assignments will normally include the following responsibilities;
To carry out security assessments and security management reviews in locations Oxfam is working or is considering working; either providing management with recommendations for action or working directly to implement the action plan
To provide expert advice on security related matters in the context of a particular environment including: gathering information from other organisations and institutions, and representing Oxfam in security meetings with other agencies, institutions and authorities.
To assist managers in developing high quality security management systems in line with Oxfam security policy and security management approach.
To train staff on security management issues, both informally and within the context of formal training courses.
To prepare regular reports and summaries of work and recommendations to Oxfam including a short final report at the end of each assignment and to ensure that relevant information is documented and shared with country office, RC and the HD.
To act, on occasions, as a Security Officer; this may include: design and implementation of a new security management system or review and modification of an existing system; management of staff; and representation and coordination.
To recruit, train and supervise security staff when on deployment, and to build the capacity of other Oxfam staff.
To carry out security management tasks or represent Oxfam in meetings, as requested by the Security Adviser.
To ensure that all work is carried out in a way that is sensitive to gender and diversity issues.
To promote and ensure that programmes respect the NGO/Red Cross Code of Conduct, SPHERE, the People in Aid Code, Oxfam International procedures and other regulatory codes.
When not on assignment, the post holder will:
Undertake written assignments and research work to document experience and build up institutional learning on aspects of security management; assist the Security Adviser with discreet work such as development of the security tool kit and training modules; and cover for the Security Adviser as necessary.
Skills and Competence
Minimum requirements all RRT members are expected to fulfil:
Ability to deploy at short notice to areas affected by crisis and support the rapid scale up of humanitarian programmes to meet life saving needs of affected people. To demonstrate the core competencies and behaviours agreed for humanitarian personnel. Such behaviours will help RRT members “Oxfamise” new staff during rapid scale up, when a large number of new staff are often recruited, through modelling appropriate organisational culture.
Management skills; given that virtually all RRT deployments will involve managing a team of others in delivering the work, RRT members will need to demonstrate management competencies.
Behavioural skills; all RRT deployments require the individual to successfully work with others often under challenging circumstances. RRT members should demonstrate competencies around “listening and creating dialogue” and “working with others” as well as networking skills.
Considerable practical experience of security assessment, planning and implementation of procedures in the context of UN or NGO humanitarian operations.
Proven influencing and negotiating skills with internal and external audiences including in complex and stressful circumstances.
Proven experience of field based training.
Ability to advise and support field staff in a consultative manner.
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, together with the capacity to remain calm under pressure and not lose sight of strategic priorities. Must be organised and efficient.
A sound understanding of the importance of gender in humanitarian work.
Sensitivity to cultural differences and the ability to work in a wide variety of cultural contexts.
Willingness to travel at short notice, and often in difficult circumstances.
Sympathy with the aims and objectives of Oxfam.
Committed to humanitarian principles and emergency response work
Good knowledge of written and spoken English and French, plus working knowledge of one or more additional languages (especially Spanish, Portuguese) a distinct advantage.
To Apply:
For more information, or to apply online, please visit the Oxfam GB Vacancy Posting.