Employer: WFP
Locastion: Kabul Afghanistan
ABOUT WFP
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is the world's largest humanitarian agency, fighting hunger worldwide. We are seeking to fill a position of Consultant – Security Information Analyst, based in our Country Office Kabul, Afghanistan for an initial period of six (6) months.
JOB PURPOSE
To independently analyse and contextualize complex security information that identifies potential impact on WFP personnel, assets and operations, formulating well-based judgements enabling WFP’s security to acquire, process and effectively communicate security threat information supporting decision-making and ensuring operational success. Secondly in support of the operations team and as
required, to support the management of security operations to enable effective crisis response and more generally enable effective delivery of programmes that meet food assistance needs and maintain the security and safety of WFP personnel, activities and facilities
KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive)
Within the primary function to perform security analysis:
1. Manage information relevant to security including acquisition, examination, collation, analysis, and dissemination, ensuring good understanding of business requirements and contributing to planning and decision-making at the operational and strategic levels.
2. Monitor security incidents, daily situation reports, local media and other open sources to enable security information analysis ensuring that it is based on a wide range of reliable sources.
3. Conduct in-depth research on security threats and risks, identify appropriate sources and validate acquired information ensuring relevance, reliability and accuracy that informs complex security information analysis.
4. Independently identify and address security information requirements by applying agreed approaches and methodologies in security information analysis consistent with WFP and wider UN security information management policies, guidelines and procedures.
5. Conduct research on specific threat factors to support activities of the Crisis Management Team ensuring effective response to specific security incidents.
6. Prepare accurate and timely security updates, security analysis reports, statistics and trends analysis, strategic warnings and assessments contributing to other security reports with important inputs.
7. Contribute to the development of security information management guidelines and security operating procedures, consistent security advisories and recommendations to improve security information analysis and reporting.
8. Provide conflict analysis assessing security implications on WFP personnel, assets and operations to support WFP’s access strategy, improve conflict-sensitive and gender-sensitive programming and protection-related efforts.
9. Provide technical inputs to inform the quality, consistency and standardization of security reporting and analysis.
Secondly in support of the operations team, as and when required.
10. Provide technical advice, guidance and support e.g. advice, security assessments and plans to COs to strengthen the capacity within security management and crisis response and preparedness, contributing to the development of emergency response and planning.
11. Build and maintain productive relationships with local partners to align activities and optimise the best protection for staff, activities and facilities.
12. Support the monitoring and evaluation of WFP activities, providing technical analysis and information as required to support the assessment of activity impact.
13. Act in an assigned emergency response capacity as required to meet emergency response and food assistance needs.
14. Other as required.
QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE
Education:
Advanced University degree in Security Management, International Relations, Political Science, Social or
Military Science, Conflict Analysis, Criminology, or Law or other relevant field, or First University degree with additional years of related work experience and/or training/courses.
Experience:
• A minimum of six (6) years of experience in the provision of technical security analysis to strengthen the security management function of an organization;
• Experience in providing technical security analysis and information to support the assessment of activity impact;
• International experience in working and living in difficult security and hardship environments.
Language:
• Fluency (proficiency/level C) in oral and written English is mandatory.
4Ps CORE ORGANISATIONAL CAPABILITIES
Purpose
Understand and communicate the Strategic Objectives: Utilizes understanding of WFP’s Strategic Objectives to communicate linkages to team objectives and work.
Be a force for positive change: Proactively identifies and develops new methods or improvements for self and immediate team to address work challenges within own work area.
Make the mission inspiring to our team: Identifies opportunities to further align individual contributions with WFP’s mission of making an impact on local communities.
Make our mission visible in everyday actions: Helps colleagues to see the link between their individual tasks and the contributions of their unit’s goals to the broader context of WFP’s mission.
People
Look for ways to strengthen people's skills: Is able to identify, support and encourage focused on-the-job learning opportunities to address gaps between current skillsets and needed future skillsets for WFP.
Create an inclusive culture: Recognizes the contributions of teammates, and encourages contributions from culturally different team mates to recognise the value of diversity above and beyond just including it in programming for beneficiaries.
Be a coach & provide constructive feedback: Provides and solicits ongoing constructive feedback on strengths and development opportunities to help develop individual skills, whilst also helping others identify areas for improvement.
Create an “I will”/”We will” spirit: Sets clear targets for self and others to focus team efforts in ambiguous situations (e.g., unprecedented issues and/or scenarios).
Performance
Encourage innovation & creative solutions: Thinks beyond team’s conventional approaches to formulate creative methods for delivering food aid and assistance to beneficiaries.
Focus on getting results: Maintains focus on achieving individual results in the face of obstacles such as volatile or fragile environments and/or organizational roadblocks.
Make commitments and make good on commitments: Takes personal accountability for upholding and delivering upon team’s commitments and provides assurance to stakeholders.
Be Decisive: Demonstrates ability to adjust to team’s plans and priorities to optimize outcomes in light of evolving directives, while also responding quickly in high-pressure environments, such as in emergency settings.
Partnership
Connect and share across WFP units: Demonstrates an understanding of when and how to tactfully engage other units in conversations on impact, timing, or planning.
Build strong external partnerships: Networks regularly with key external partners using formal and informal opportunities to understand each partner’s unique value proposition, and to build and strengthen relationships.
Be politically agile & adaptable: Demonstrates ability to adapt engagement approach in the context of evolving partner circumstances and expectations.
Be clear about the value WFP brings to partnerships: Demonstrates ability to articulate to internal and external audiences the value that individual contributions and immediate teams bring to partnerships.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
• Type of Contract: International Consultancy
• Duration: Initial period of six (6) months
• Competitive monthly honorarium, subsistence allowance, medical coverage, Rest & Recuperation every six weeks (7 days), and Danger Pay allowance.
DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: 10 December 2019
APPLY ONLINE
Locastion: Kabul Afghanistan
ABOUT WFP
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is the world's largest humanitarian agency, fighting hunger worldwide. We are seeking to fill a position of Consultant – Security Information Analyst, based in our Country Office Kabul, Afghanistan for an initial period of six (6) months.
JOB PURPOSE
To independently analyse and contextualize complex security information that identifies potential impact on WFP personnel, assets and operations, formulating well-based judgements enabling WFP’s security to acquire, process and effectively communicate security threat information supporting decision-making and ensuring operational success. Secondly in support of the operations team and as
required, to support the management of security operations to enable effective crisis response and more generally enable effective delivery of programmes that meet food assistance needs and maintain the security and safety of WFP personnel, activities and facilities
KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive)
Within the primary function to perform security analysis:
1. Manage information relevant to security including acquisition, examination, collation, analysis, and dissemination, ensuring good understanding of business requirements and contributing to planning and decision-making at the operational and strategic levels.
2. Monitor security incidents, daily situation reports, local media and other open sources to enable security information analysis ensuring that it is based on a wide range of reliable sources.
3. Conduct in-depth research on security threats and risks, identify appropriate sources and validate acquired information ensuring relevance, reliability and accuracy that informs complex security information analysis.
4. Independently identify and address security information requirements by applying agreed approaches and methodologies in security information analysis consistent with WFP and wider UN security information management policies, guidelines and procedures.
5. Conduct research on specific threat factors to support activities of the Crisis Management Team ensuring effective response to specific security incidents.
6. Prepare accurate and timely security updates, security analysis reports, statistics and trends analysis, strategic warnings and assessments contributing to other security reports with important inputs.
7. Contribute to the development of security information management guidelines and security operating procedures, consistent security advisories and recommendations to improve security information analysis and reporting.
8. Provide conflict analysis assessing security implications on WFP personnel, assets and operations to support WFP’s access strategy, improve conflict-sensitive and gender-sensitive programming and protection-related efforts.
9. Provide technical inputs to inform the quality, consistency and standardization of security reporting and analysis.
Secondly in support of the operations team, as and when required.
10. Provide technical advice, guidance and support e.g. advice, security assessments and plans to COs to strengthen the capacity within security management and crisis response and preparedness, contributing to the development of emergency response and planning.
11. Build and maintain productive relationships with local partners to align activities and optimise the best protection for staff, activities and facilities.
12. Support the monitoring and evaluation of WFP activities, providing technical analysis and information as required to support the assessment of activity impact.
13. Act in an assigned emergency response capacity as required to meet emergency response and food assistance needs.
14. Other as required.
QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE
Education:
Advanced University degree in Security Management, International Relations, Political Science, Social or
Military Science, Conflict Analysis, Criminology, or Law or other relevant field, or First University degree with additional years of related work experience and/or training/courses.
Experience:
• A minimum of six (6) years of experience in the provision of technical security analysis to strengthen the security management function of an organization;
• Experience in providing technical security analysis and information to support the assessment of activity impact;
• International experience in working and living in difficult security and hardship environments.
Language:
• Fluency (proficiency/level C) in oral and written English is mandatory.
4Ps CORE ORGANISATIONAL CAPABILITIES
Purpose
Understand and communicate the Strategic Objectives: Utilizes understanding of WFP’s Strategic Objectives to communicate linkages to team objectives and work.
Be a force for positive change: Proactively identifies and develops new methods or improvements for self and immediate team to address work challenges within own work area.
Make the mission inspiring to our team: Identifies opportunities to further align individual contributions with WFP’s mission of making an impact on local communities.
Make our mission visible in everyday actions: Helps colleagues to see the link between their individual tasks and the contributions of their unit’s goals to the broader context of WFP’s mission.
People
Look for ways to strengthen people's skills: Is able to identify, support and encourage focused on-the-job learning opportunities to address gaps between current skillsets and needed future skillsets for WFP.
Create an inclusive culture: Recognizes the contributions of teammates, and encourages contributions from culturally different team mates to recognise the value of diversity above and beyond just including it in programming for beneficiaries.
Be a coach & provide constructive feedback: Provides and solicits ongoing constructive feedback on strengths and development opportunities to help develop individual skills, whilst also helping others identify areas for improvement.
Create an “I will”/”We will” spirit: Sets clear targets for self and others to focus team efforts in ambiguous situations (e.g., unprecedented issues and/or scenarios).
Performance
Encourage innovation & creative solutions: Thinks beyond team’s conventional approaches to formulate creative methods for delivering food aid and assistance to beneficiaries.
Focus on getting results: Maintains focus on achieving individual results in the face of obstacles such as volatile or fragile environments and/or organizational roadblocks.
Make commitments and make good on commitments: Takes personal accountability for upholding and delivering upon team’s commitments and provides assurance to stakeholders.
Be Decisive: Demonstrates ability to adjust to team’s plans and priorities to optimize outcomes in light of evolving directives, while also responding quickly in high-pressure environments, such as in emergency settings.
Partnership
Connect and share across WFP units: Demonstrates an understanding of when and how to tactfully engage other units in conversations on impact, timing, or planning.
Build strong external partnerships: Networks regularly with key external partners using formal and informal opportunities to understand each partner’s unique value proposition, and to build and strengthen relationships.
Be politically agile & adaptable: Demonstrates ability to adapt engagement approach in the context of evolving partner circumstances and expectations.
Be clear about the value WFP brings to partnerships: Demonstrates ability to articulate to internal and external audiences the value that individual contributions and immediate teams bring to partnerships.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
• Type of Contract: International Consultancy
• Duration: Initial period of six (6) months
• Competitive monthly honorarium, subsistence allowance, medical coverage, Rest & Recuperation every six weeks (7 days), and Danger Pay allowance.
DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: 10 December 2019
APPLY ONLINE