Employer: GIZ GmbH
Location: Nairobi , Kenya
Closing date July 13, 2015
Field of activity
The Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH is implementing a regional security and risk management system in East Africa, covering eight countries Sudan, South Sudan, Somalia, Ethiopia, Djibouti, Kenya, Uganda and Tansania. The risk management system for the governmental implementing agencies GIZ and KfW aims to reduce the risks to their employees posed by the environment. Risk management advisory services, risk analysis and risk assessment, combined with technical measures, are designed to ensure personal security for staff and support them in safely carrying out development cooperation (DC) tasks. The regional risk management office is responsible for advising DC staff members (GIZ and KfW) in the region on issues associated with security and risk management.
Your tasks
As Roving Risk Management Advisor you will be required to undertake extensive missions to various destinations within the region of East Africa in order to assess evaluate and monitor the established risk mitigation measures for DC staff and projects. Your main area of responsibility will cover Sudan, Ethiopia and Djibouti, as well as Uganda and Tanzania. You will mainly assist and advice the GIZ and KfW Country Directors on all aspects of everyday operational risk management, including emergency procedures. Your input is needed to maintain a state-of-the-art risk management system on site and implement guidelines of the GIZ and KfW County Offices.Furthermore you will support in developing further and maintaining the regional Risk Management System in East Africa. You will be asked to analyse security incidents throughout the region and collect, contextualise, and evaluate security related information. Frequent context and actor analyses as well as incident reporting and the development of emergency procedures will be the focus of your daily work. Furthermore you are expected to liaise with a wide range of actors, including your target audience, local and national authorities as well as international state and non-state actors, and military forces. You will prepare risk analysis, incident reports, weekly/ monthly security reports, district profiles, and other research documents. You will keep staff members and consultants in the region up to date on the security situation and implement directives to safeguard employees. In addition, your assistance is required in assessing static security (apartments and offices), and implementing appropriate security measures. Finally you are supposed to advise the Country Risk Management Teams of the respective countries in you are of operations during crisis situations.
Your profile
You are specialised in issues related to security risk management in the context of development organisations, crisis and conflict prevention or peacekeeping. (A first-level university degree in combination with qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.) You command an in-depth knowledge of political and socio-economic analysis. Five years experiences in security and/or risk management and a proven experience regarding work in conflict regions is required. Additionally at least two years working experience in the Eastern African region is required. Experience in
the field of development cooperation is a benefit. You possess very good analytical skills, are a communicator and mediator, perform well under pressure, while you manage multiple and overlapping tasks and identify work priorities. You hold a confident manner, and are able to put even complex messages across clearly and competently, both verbally and in writing, even if the subject matter is unfamiliar to the target audience. You are able to communicate fluently and confidently in English. German and/or Arabic is a benefit. Travels to project sites all over the area is required.
Assignment period
As soon as possible until 31.12.2016
What we offer you
We create prospects for people and with people. As GIZ has an international mandate, we offer a multicultural working environment. We are committed service providers and dedicated professionals, even under difficult circumstances. We take pride in enabling our employees to develop their professional and personal skills. There are plenty of reasons to join our motivated team – ranging from the diverse challenges you will face on a daily basis in one of our 130 partner countries, to the broad scope you will have for shaping your work.
Other information
The security management provisions in place require that you are flexible, and adapt and restrict your mobility and working methods accordingly.
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How to apply
If you are interested, please do not hesitate to apply until 13.07.2015 on https://recruiting.giz.de/www/index.php?ac=jobad&id=22903
Contact
Martin Henneberg
Tel.: ++49 – (0)6196 – 79 – 2130
Related downloads
Advisor-m_f-for-Security-Risk-Management-East-Africa-Roving_jobad22903.pdf