Security Manager , Guinea

Employer: International Medical Corps
Location: Guinea
Closing date June 15, 2015
International Medical Corps, a global humanitarian non-profit organisation dedicated to saving lives and relieving suffering through health care training and relief and development programs, seeks candidates for the position of our Security Manager in Guinea.

Established in 1984 by volunteer doctors and nurses, International Medical Corps is a private,
voluntary, non-political, non-sectarian organisation. Its mission is to improve the quality of life through health interventions and related activities that build local capacity in underserved communities worldwide. By offering training and health care to local populations and medical assistance to people at highest risk, and with the flexibility to respond rapidly to emergency situations, International Medical Corps rehabilitates devastated health care systems and helps bring them back to self-reliance.

Job Summary: 

The primary function of the Security Manager is to advise the Country Director on all issues of safety and security as they relate to staff at a programme site. The Security Manager oversees daily security management of a country programme site location and manages National Security Officers as well as trains and mentors Security Focal Points. The Security Manager will monitor and assess security conditions, and makes recommendations to the Country Director as appropriate. The Director of Global Security (DGS) is the technical manager for the Security Manager

Essential Duties and Responsibilities : 

Security Management

• Develop and update the security guidelines and SOPs
• Supervise and train national counterpart and security officers
• Coordinate and monitor security activities to ensure that safety and security policies and procedures are implemented
• Ensure that all field staff are fully cognizant of prevailing security threats and fully advised on means to reduce staff vulnerability to those threats
• Design and drill warden systems, emergency radio networks, and provisioning of emergency supplies for field personnel
• Ensure internal incident tracking system is utilised properly and perform incident mapping and analysis
• Collect security related information from local and regional resources as it applies to sites and communicates with Director of Global Security (DGS) and Country Director (CD) as appropriate
• Monitor the security preparedness of country staff and work with CD to enforce staff compliance with internal security policies and SOPs
• When directed by the DGS, carry out investigations and capture lessons learned to be incorporated into future staff trainings
• Act as a key member of the Field Incident Team when required during a crisis so that safety policies and procedures are implemented
• Ensures logistics follows a servicing and maintenance schedule for vehicles
• Audit communications equipment and facilitates communications-related assistance when necessary.
• Recommend changes in country security plans to CD and DGS as needed

Compliance

• Ensure weekly security reports are completed and sent to headquarters, providing timely updates of all situational and security developments including investigation of security incidents
• Keep excellent record and logs to ensure continuity of this position

Human Resources

• Oversee the recruitment and selection of qualified national security field staff, recommend promotions, disciplinary action and termination of staff in consultation with the Country Director
• Make frequent site visits to facilities to carry out security assessments and ensure appropriate care and training are being conducted Maintain open lines of communications with all field staff

Training/ Capacity Building

• Determine training needs for the security staff
• Train senior national staff to increase their responsibilities in order to build capacity and ensure sustainability
• Work with DGS and CD to conduct any staff security training that is warranted.

Working Relationships

• Maintain excellent working relationships as a member of the country team senor management.
• Build strong professional relationships with UN agencies, local authorities and other NGO’s

Representation

• Attends security coordination meetings and updates CD on current security issues
• Contribute to the creation of a positive image and overall credibility of the organisation, notably through the application of the organisations Code of Conduct, ethics, values and stand-point with regard to internal and external actors

Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse

• Actively promote PSEA (Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse) standards within International Medical Corps and amongst beneficiaries served by International Medical Corps.at all field staff are fully cognizant of prevailing security threats and fully advised on means to reduce staff vulnerability to those threats
• Design and drill warden systems, emergency radio networks, and provisioning of emergency supplies for field personnel
• Ensure internal incident tracking system is utilised properly and perform incident mapping and analysis
• Collect security related information from local and regional resources as it applies to sites and communicate with Director of Global Security (DGS) and Country Director (CD) as appropriate
• Monitor the security preparedness of country staff and work with CD to enforce staff compliance with internal security policies and SOPs
• When directed by the DGS, carry out investigations and capture lessons learned to be incorporated into future staff trainings
• Act as a key member of the Field Incident Team when required during a crisis so that safety policies and procedures are implemented
• Ensures logistics follows a servicing and maintenance schedule for vehicles
• Audit communications equipment and facilitate communications-related assistance when necessary.
• Recommend changes in country security plans to CD and DGS as needed

Compliance

• Ensure weekly security reports are completed and sent to headquarters, providing timely updates of all situational and security developments including investigation of security incidents
• Keep excellent record and logs to ensure continuity of this position

Human Resources

• Oversee the recruitment and selection of qualified national security field staff, recommend promotions, disciplinary action and termination of staff in consultation with the Country Director
• Make frequent site visits to facilities to carry out security assessments and ensure appropriate care and training are being conducted Maintain open lines of communications with all field staff

Training/ Capacity Building

• Determine training needs for the security staff
• Train senior national staff to increase their responsibilities in order to build capacity and ensure sustainability
• Work with DGS and CD to conduct any staff security training that is warranted.

Working Relationships

• Maintain excellent working relationships as a member of the country team senior management.
• Build strong professional relationships with UN agencies, local authorities and other NGO’s

Representation

• Attend security coordination meetings and update CD on current security issues
• Contribute to the creation of a positive image and overall credibility of the organisation, notably through the application of the organisations Code of Conduct, ethics, values and stand-point with regard to internal and external actors

Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse

• Actively promote PSEA (Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse) standards within International Medical Corps and amongst beneficiaries served by International Medical Corps.

Other duties as assigned. The duties and responsibilities listed are representative of the nature and level of work assigned and are not necessarily all inclusive.

Qualifications: 

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential function with or without reasonable accommodation.

• Three to Four years of work experience in Security Management
• Must have experience in unstable and resource deprived environments
• Strong understanding of cultural, political and religious environment in the region, and be able to live and work successfully in those environments
• Experience in conducting operations safely and efficiently in areas of natural and man-made disasters
• Practical experience and knowledge of Risk, Threat and Vulnerability assessments, conflict mitigation and advanced first aid
• Strong negotiation, interpersonal an organisational skills
• French speaking skills are required.
• General, transferable skills
• Language and other relevant skills
• Willingness and ability to travel, etc.

How to apply

Please go to: Security Manager and follow the instructions for applying online.
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