Location: Afghanistan
Closing date: 05 Nov 2017
We are now seeking a qualified and experienced individual to join our team as Safety Advisor for the Northeastern region, based in our regional field office in Kunduz City.
Major Responsibilities:
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 regional NGO community security roundtables.
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 supervision national staff and oversight of local logistics and administration.
Effectively represent, promote and protect Organization's mandate of independence, impartiality and neutrality.
Mandatory Requirements:
Fluency in English, both written and spoken.
Proven writing, editing, and analytical skills and the keenest eye for detail
Significant experience in insecure/conflict-affected environments.
Personal and professional resilience in a fast moving, high output, quality-driven programme
Experience in the humanitarian, and/or risk management and/or humanitarian access sectors
Independent drive, motivation, and excellence, and ability to operate and sustainably manage staff and teams under strict systems and deadlines
Well-developed personal, personnel, organisational and team management skills and standards in a diverse multi-cultural setting
Demonstrable understanding of humanitarian safety practices and principles
Commitment to humanitarian principles and values.
Graduate level education in a relevant field or equivalent work experience
Preferred Characteristics:
Recent professional experience in Afghanistan – ideally in the humanitarian sector
Prior experience in an inter-agency role
Local language skills
Experience with NGO security and/or project management
Existing information networks and/or local language skills
Key Personal Competencies
A good listener
An effective communicator
Excellent analyst
Team player
Excellent interpersonal skills
A people manager
Outgoing and proactive personality
Terms & Conditions: 12-month contract with expected start date of 03 January 2018, €4550 per month salary, 4 days annual leave per month and 7 days of R&R every three months, global medical coverage, USD $200,000 AD&D coverage
We are now seeking a qualified and experienced individual to join our team as Safety Advisor for the Northeastern region, based in our regional field office in Kunduz City.
Major Responsibilities:
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 regional NGO community security roundtables.
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 supervision national staff and oversight of local logistics and administration.
Effectively represent, promote and protect Organization's mandate of independence, impartiality and neutrality.
Mandatory Requirements:
Fluency in English, both written and spoken.
Proven writing, editing, and analytical skills and the keenest eye for detail
Significant experience in insecure/conflict-affected environments.
Personal and professional resilience in a fast moving, high output, quality-driven programme
Experience in the humanitarian, and/or risk management and/or humanitarian access sectors
Independent drive, motivation, and excellence, and ability to operate and sustainably manage staff and teams under strict systems and deadlines
Well-developed personal, personnel, organisational and team management skills and standards in a diverse multi-cultural setting
Demonstrable understanding of humanitarian safety practices and principles
Commitment to humanitarian principles and values.
Graduate level education in a relevant field or equivalent work experience
Preferred Characteristics:
Recent professional experience in Afghanistan – ideally in the humanitarian sector
Prior experience in an inter-agency role
Local language skills
Experience with NGO security and/or project management
Existing information networks and/or local language skills
Key Personal Competencies
A good listener
An effective communicator
Excellent analyst
Team player
Excellent interpersonal skills
A people manager
Outgoing and proactive personality
HOW TO APPLY:
Email CV & Cover Letter to email: xxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxx.com
Email CV & Cover Letter to email: xxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxx.com
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