Employer: INSO
Location: Afghanistan
Closing date June 30, 2015
INSO is seeking to recruit two new Safety Advisors, one based in INSO Jalalabad office, with responsibility for INSO services in Eastern Afghanistan, the other travelling frequently between field offices in a mobile capacity.
Location: Afghanistan
Closing date June 30, 2015
INSO is seeking to recruit two new Safety Advisors, one based in INSO Jalalabad office, with responsibility for INSO services in Eastern Afghanistan, the other travelling frequently between field offices in a mobile capacity.
These are highly rewarding roles, offering a unique opportunity to
work in a close knit team giving security analysis and advice that is
not only some of the best of its kind, but that is also vital to the
efforts of the NGO community to deliver aid and assistance to the
thousands of people who need it. Successful candidates will be outgoing
and resilient, with the ability to analyse complex security issues and
contexts, give sound practical safety and security advice, communicate
to an excellent standard of English both verbally and in writing, and
above all else share INSO’s commitment to humanitarian principles.
Safety Advisor positions are offered on a 1-year renewable term.
For further information please visit INSO website http://www.ngosafety.org/#!saafg2/cte6
Safety Advisor positions are offered on a 1-year renewable term.
Key Areas of Responsibility:
- Establish and maintain an active information network, which includes NGOs, the UN, military forces, and other national and international security actors to obtain credible and relevant safety information.
- Provide NGOs with timely and credible security information and contextual analysis of the local security situation through: daily FLASH alerts, weekly incident lists and bi-weekly analytical reports.
- Facilitate and lead regular NGO community security roundtables in region of responsibility, presenting trends and facilitating discussions.
- Assist NGOs in developing their own security management capacities by reviewing policy documents, conducting site-security surveys, and assisting in crisis evacuation planning.
- Manage a small office team including supervising national staff and oversight of local logistics and administration.
- Effectively represent, promote and protect INSO’s mandate of independence, impartiality and neutrality.
Mandatory Requirements:
- Fluent in English (written and spoken).
- Graduate level education or equivalent work experience.
- Experience in insecure/conflict-affected environments.
- Proven writing and analytical abilities (sample requested).
- Demonstrable understanding of humanitarian safety practices & principles and their application.
Preferred Characteristics:
- Minimum 1 recent year experience in Afghanistan – ideally in an NGO safety role or equivalent – and demonstrable understanding of the security dynamics.
- Employment history that reflects experience in both security and civilian fields.
- Experience with NGO security and/or project management.
- Existing information networks
- Local language skills.
- Experience in staff capacity development and training.
How to Apply:
Interested persons are requested to send the following to jobs@ngosafety.org no later than 17:00GMT on the 30 June 2015 and ensure to reference ‘INSO Safety Advisor – Afghanistan’ in the subject line of your email. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted after the closing date.- Cover Letter specifying how you meet the mandatory requirements, your motivation in applying and what you hope to bring to INSO (1 page maximum).
- Up to date CV (5 page maximum).
- One relevant and substantive writing sample in English that demonstrates your analytical and reporting ability (10 page maximum).
For further information please visit INSO website http://www.ngosafety.org/#!saafg2/cte6
