Employer: United Nations
Location: Addis Ababa , Ethiopia
Closing: 19 July 2015
Under the overall command of the Chief of Safety and Security Service, the Security Inspector is required to report directly to the Deputy Chief and Assistant Chief of Safety and Security Service.
Responsibilities
• Manage the security responsibilities under his/her command; issue assignment orders, including redeployments, in accordance with operational requirements;
• Instruct and direct subordinate supervisory staff in their duties and responsibilities;
• Recommend and advise on matters concerning the organization and management of the activities of his/her assigned responsibilities;
• Supervise supervisory personnel and all other staff under command;
• Ensure that all posts are properly and effectively supervised;
• Assure the availability of all relevant resources to carry out duties and responsibilities;
• Supervise preparation of all incident and administrative reports, confirming their accuracy and ensuring their prompt dispatch through the chain of command;
• Review security arrangements and staffing resources on a continuous basis and make recommendations to the Security Inspector for improvements in the procedures or more effective deployment of staff;
• Assume command of emergency or heightened security situations until properly relieved. Perform all other related duties as required.
• Ensure that first-line supervisors make frequent patrols to all static and mobile posts to observe work performance and to further brief officers on duty;
• Carry out patrols to monitor performance of officers under command and to inspect uniforms, equipment and general appearance of subordinates;
• Receive reports of complaints, accidents and unusual incidents occurring in the area of command and personally conduct investigations of all serious accidents, crimes and property losses in the area of operations; report all pertinent data for complete investigation by the Special Services Unit and/or Office of the Chief of Service;
• Perform other related tasks as assigned.
Education
Completion of Secondary Education with supplemental training in Police/Military Academy or College is required. Must have passed the United Nations Security Officer Test (SOT).
Work Experience
Ten years of progressively responsible experience in all areas of security management is required. The areas include investigation, physical security, personal protection, strategic and operational planning, fire prevention and suppression, emergency medical hazardous material response, video imaging badge systems and methods of instruction and related areas.
Languages
English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat. For the post advertised, fluency in one of the working languages of the UN Secretariat, English or French, (both oral and written) is required; knowledge of the other is desirable. Knowledge of another UN official language is an advantage.
Assessment Method
Evaluation of qualified candidates includes an assessment exercise which may be followed by competency-based interview.
Location: Addis Ababa , Ethiopia
Closing: 19 July 2015
Under the overall command of the Chief of Safety and Security Service, the Security Inspector is required to report directly to the Deputy Chief and Assistant Chief of Safety and Security Service.
Responsibilities
• Manage the security responsibilities under his/her command; issue assignment orders, including redeployments, in accordance with operational requirements;
• Instruct and direct subordinate supervisory staff in their duties and responsibilities;
• Recommend and advise on matters concerning the organization and management of the activities of his/her assigned responsibilities;
• Supervise supervisory personnel and all other staff under command;
• Ensure that all posts are properly and effectively supervised;
• Assure the availability of all relevant resources to carry out duties and responsibilities;
• Supervise preparation of all incident and administrative reports, confirming their accuracy and ensuring their prompt dispatch through the chain of command;
• Review security arrangements and staffing resources on a continuous basis and make recommendations to the Security Inspector for improvements in the procedures or more effective deployment of staff;
• Assume command of emergency or heightened security situations until properly relieved. Perform all other related duties as required.
• Ensure that first-line supervisors make frequent patrols to all static and mobile posts to observe work performance and to further brief officers on duty;
• Carry out patrols to monitor performance of officers under command and to inspect uniforms, equipment and general appearance of subordinates;
• Receive reports of complaints, accidents and unusual incidents occurring in the area of command and personally conduct investigations of all serious accidents, crimes and property losses in the area of operations; report all pertinent data for complete investigation by the Special Services Unit and/or Office of the Chief of Service;
• Perform other related tasks as assigned.
Education
Completion of Secondary Education with supplemental training in Police/Military Academy or College is required. Must have passed the United Nations Security Officer Test (SOT).
Work Experience
Ten years of progressively responsible experience in all areas of security management is required. The areas include investigation, physical security, personal protection, strategic and operational planning, fire prevention and suppression, emergency medical hazardous material response, video imaging badge systems and methods of instruction and related areas.
Languages
English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat. For the post advertised, fluency in one of the working languages of the UN Secretariat, English or French, (both oral and written) is required; knowledge of the other is desirable. Knowledge of another UN official language is an advantage.
Assessment Method
Evaluation of qualified candidates includes an assessment exercise which may be followed by competency-based interview.
