Employer: GIZ
Location: Bagdad , Iraq
Type of employment: full- or part-time
Application deadline: 04/15/2020
Job description
Minimising security risks to our staff is the highest priority not only in complex environments. In order to achieve this, GIZ implements in its partner countries, in particular in countries with high security risks, professional security risk management systems. Security Risk Management Advisors (SRMA) contribute to the safety and security of our staff and operations and thereby support the successful implementation of development programmes and cooperation. The Risk Management Office (RMO) in Iraq is a key function to enable safe and secure programming across the country as well as promote self-reliance and responsible security awareness among teams. In all duty stations in the Kurdish Region of Iraq and with SRMA tandems for the central, eastern, southern and western regions of federal Iraq, we dynamically implement SRM in accordance with both country-wide strategy and localised approaches.
Your tasks
Support the RMO management and country-wide SRM team in their streamlining of processes, standards, formats and tools
Organise the steps of the process development and organisational development plan to take place and integrate knowledge management
Communicate with project staff on security-relevant needs and coordinate information flow among teams, team leaders and between management and implementing staff
Facilitate physical working groups and the digital exchange fora among SRMAs
Arrange security trainings, risk awareness days, all-country or location-specific briefings and other exchange formats and information Dissemination
Quality-control of repports, assessments, analyses etc.
In case of emergencies, support on-site incident or country-wide crisis management
Perform administrative, logistical, contracting-related tasks with country office teams and service providers
Your profile
A relevant university degree in security management, disaster response, regional studies, political science or similar
A military or police background is neither necessary nor sufficient but might be considered if in combination with relevant work experience in the field of SRM for humanitarian/development actors
Initial work experience in security risk management or humanitarian/development programming in fragile contexts
Dedicated to constructive communication, nurturing dialogue and enabling collaboration with a conscientious approach to transparency and integrity
Working in a systematic, communal manner within a larger team spread across numerous locations, ability to maintain human connections in tense situations
Fluency in English is a must, working proficiency in German is helpful, Arabic and Kurdish would be an asset
Location information
The GIZ offers an additional benefits package for deployments in fragile security situations.
Please use the following link for information about living and working in Iraq.
The security situation is critically tense. It requires continuous monitoring and special security risk mitigation measures for GIZ staff. GIZ staff must adhere to security measures at all times. Please also check the county-specific information provided by the German Federal Foreign Office. GIZ runs a professional security risk management system in the field of deployment. The freedom of movement is severely restricted. It is not possible for life partners and family members to move with you to the country of deployment.
Notes
GIZ operates worldwide. As part of the GIZ team, you are prepared to take on international assignments and pass on your expertise.
This job is suited to a full or a part-time position.
Duty travel and missions are necessary. Staff in Baghdad live on a compound.
Please understand that we can accept and process in principle only applications via our E-recruiting system. Following the confirmation of your successful application, kindly check your spam / junk mail folder on a regular basis, since some provider classify emails from our recruiting system as spam.
GIZ would like to increase the proportion of employees with disability, both in Germany and abroad. Applications from persons with disabilities are most welcome.
The applications received will be considered according to their date of receipt.
A prerequisite for the conclusion of the agreement is the lifting of the restrictions currently in force in the company on the possibilities for travel and business trips in order to contain the worldwide spread of the Covid-19 virus.
Our benefits
We are a provider of international cooperation services for sustainable development and work to build a future worth living around the world. We support projects in over 130 countries to achieve goals sustainably together with our partners.
Everyone has the same opportunities in our company, regardless of gender, nationality, religion, sexual orientation or physical disability. We recruit based on specialist expertise and social skills. Transparency and fair opportunities for career advancement are just as much a matter of course for us as gender not being a barrier to taking up a management position.
Your work will begin with an onboarding and preparation phase that will give you initial insights into GIZ and lay the groundwork for your upcoming assignment, establishing new contacts and building up your network.
We provide opportunities for taking part in training and professional development to all our staff. Our Academy for International Cooperation (AIZ) will help you develop your skills.
Ensuring the compatibility of career, family work and care commitments is part of our corporate policy. Flexible working hours and comprehensive preparation packages for families accompanying staff abroad are two examples of the opportunities that GIZ offers its employees. Our family-friendly philosophy also includes providing support for family members in need of care.
Mobile working within a communication bandwidth between 6 am and 10 pm gives staff maximum flexibility.
We offer you various part-time working models to give you flexibility in planning your working and home lives.
We allow our staff to accrue working time credits in a long-term working time account. This credit can then be used to take a lengthy leave of absence.
Extensive check-ups and preventive measures (e.g. on appointment, before the outward journey, during the stay in a country of assignment, in an emergency) are provided to our staff and the family members accompanying them as a matter of course.
We reward staff who achieve their agreed annual targets with a variable remuneration component.
You will receive various additional benefits during your stay abroad that will depend on your country of assignment.
We have put together an extensive package of benefits for family members accompanying staff abroad, including medical check-ups, language lessons and lump-sum allowances for the outward and homeward journeys. The Academy for International Cooperation (AIZ) also offers a range of preparatory courses on local culture, history and customs and on travelling with children.
During your assignment abroad, we will largely reimburse you for the school fees incurred for sending your children to schools providing a general education.
In many places, you will receive a subsidy towards the rent on your place of residence. If you have not yet found suitable accommodation at the time of your outward journey, you will receive a subsidy to put towards your hotel costs.
We are a provider of international cooperation services for sustainable development and work to build a future worth living around the world. We support projects in over 130 countries to achieve goals sustainably together with our partners., Everyone has the same opportunities in our company, regardless of gender, nationality, religion, sexual orientation or physical disability. We recruit based on specialist expertise and social skills. Transparency and fair opportunities for career advancement are just as much a matter of course for us as gender not being a barrier to taking up a management position., Your work will begin with an onboarding and preparation phase that will give you initial insights into GIZ and lay the groundwork for your upcoming assignment, establishing new contacts and building up your network., We provide opportunities for taking part in training and professional development to all our staff. Our Academy for International Cooperation (AIZ) will help you develop your skills., Ensuring the compatibility of career, family work and care commitments is part of our corporate policy. Flexible working hours and comprehensive preparation packages for families accompanying staff abroad are two examples of the opportunities that GIZ offers its employees. Our family-friendly philosophy also includes providing support for family members in need of care., Mobile working within a communication bandwidth between 6 am and 10 pm gives staff maximum flexibility., We offer you various part-time working models to give you flexibility in planning your working and home lives., We allow our staff to accrue working time credits in a long-term working time account. This credit can then be used to take a lengthy leave of absence., Extensive check-ups and preventive measures (e.g. on appointment, before the outward journey, during the stay in a country of assignment, in an emergency) are provided to our staff and the family members accompanying them as a matter of course., We reward staff who achieve their agreed annual targets with a variable remuneration component., You will receive various additional benefits during your stay abroad that will depend on your country of assignment., We have put together an extensive package of benefits for family members accompanying staff abroad, including medical check-ups, language lessons and lump-sum allowances for the outward and homeward journeys. The Academy for International Cooperation (AIZ) also offers a range of preparatory courses on local culture, history and customs and on travelling with children., During your assignment abroad, we will largely reimburse you for the school fees incurred for sending your children to schools providing a general education., In many places, you will receive a subsidy towards the rent on your place of residence. If you have not yet found suitable accommodation at the time of your outward journey, you will receive a subsidy to put towards your hotel costs.
Location: Bagdad , Iraq
Type of employment: full- or part-time
Application deadline: 04/15/2020
Job description
Minimising security risks to our staff is the highest priority not only in complex environments. In order to achieve this, GIZ implements in its partner countries, in particular in countries with high security risks, professional security risk management systems. Security Risk Management Advisors (SRMA) contribute to the safety and security of our staff and operations and thereby support the successful implementation of development programmes and cooperation. The Risk Management Office (RMO) in Iraq is a key function to enable safe and secure programming across the country as well as promote self-reliance and responsible security awareness among teams. In all duty stations in the Kurdish Region of Iraq and with SRMA tandems for the central, eastern, southern and western regions of federal Iraq, we dynamically implement SRM in accordance with both country-wide strategy and localised approaches.
Your tasks
Support the RMO management and country-wide SRM team in their streamlining of processes, standards, formats and tools
Organise the steps of the process development and organisational development plan to take place and integrate knowledge management
Communicate with project staff on security-relevant needs and coordinate information flow among teams, team leaders and between management and implementing staff
Facilitate physical working groups and the digital exchange fora among SRMAs
Arrange security trainings, risk awareness days, all-country or location-specific briefings and other exchange formats and information Dissemination
Quality-control of repports, assessments, analyses etc.
In case of emergencies, support on-site incident or country-wide crisis management
Perform administrative, logistical, contracting-related tasks with country office teams and service providers
Your profile
A relevant university degree in security management, disaster response, regional studies, political science or similar
A military or police background is neither necessary nor sufficient but might be considered if in combination with relevant work experience in the field of SRM for humanitarian/development actors
Initial work experience in security risk management or humanitarian/development programming in fragile contexts
Dedicated to constructive communication, nurturing dialogue and enabling collaboration with a conscientious approach to transparency and integrity
Working in a systematic, communal manner within a larger team spread across numerous locations, ability to maintain human connections in tense situations
Fluency in English is a must, working proficiency in German is helpful, Arabic and Kurdish would be an asset
Location information
The GIZ offers an additional benefits package for deployments in fragile security situations.
Please use the following link for information about living and working in Iraq.
The security situation is critically tense. It requires continuous monitoring and special security risk mitigation measures for GIZ staff. GIZ staff must adhere to security measures at all times. Please also check the county-specific information provided by the German Federal Foreign Office. GIZ runs a professional security risk management system in the field of deployment. The freedom of movement is severely restricted. It is not possible for life partners and family members to move with you to the country of deployment.
Notes
GIZ operates worldwide. As part of the GIZ team, you are prepared to take on international assignments and pass on your expertise.
This job is suited to a full or a part-time position.
Duty travel and missions are necessary. Staff in Baghdad live on a compound.
Please understand that we can accept and process in principle only applications via our E-recruiting system. Following the confirmation of your successful application, kindly check your spam / junk mail folder on a regular basis, since some provider classify emails from our recruiting system as spam.
GIZ would like to increase the proportion of employees with disability, both in Germany and abroad. Applications from persons with disabilities are most welcome.
The applications received will be considered according to their date of receipt.
A prerequisite for the conclusion of the agreement is the lifting of the restrictions currently in force in the company on the possibilities for travel and business trips in order to contain the worldwide spread of the Covid-19 virus.
Our benefits
We are a provider of international cooperation services for sustainable development and work to build a future worth living around the world. We support projects in over 130 countries to achieve goals sustainably together with our partners.
Everyone has the same opportunities in our company, regardless of gender, nationality, religion, sexual orientation or physical disability. We recruit based on specialist expertise and social skills. Transparency and fair opportunities for career advancement are just as much a matter of course for us as gender not being a barrier to taking up a management position.
Your work will begin with an onboarding and preparation phase that will give you initial insights into GIZ and lay the groundwork for your upcoming assignment, establishing new contacts and building up your network.
We provide opportunities for taking part in training and professional development to all our staff. Our Academy for International Cooperation (AIZ) will help you develop your skills.
Ensuring the compatibility of career, family work and care commitments is part of our corporate policy. Flexible working hours and comprehensive preparation packages for families accompanying staff abroad are two examples of the opportunities that GIZ offers its employees. Our family-friendly philosophy also includes providing support for family members in need of care.
Mobile working within a communication bandwidth between 6 am and 10 pm gives staff maximum flexibility.
We offer you various part-time working models to give you flexibility in planning your working and home lives.
We allow our staff to accrue working time credits in a long-term working time account. This credit can then be used to take a lengthy leave of absence.
Extensive check-ups and preventive measures (e.g. on appointment, before the outward journey, during the stay in a country of assignment, in an emergency) are provided to our staff and the family members accompanying them as a matter of course.
We reward staff who achieve their agreed annual targets with a variable remuneration component.
You will receive various additional benefits during your stay abroad that will depend on your country of assignment.
We have put together an extensive package of benefits for family members accompanying staff abroad, including medical check-ups, language lessons and lump-sum allowances for the outward and homeward journeys. The Academy for International Cooperation (AIZ) also offers a range of preparatory courses on local culture, history and customs and on travelling with children.
During your assignment abroad, we will largely reimburse you for the school fees incurred for sending your children to schools providing a general education.
In many places, you will receive a subsidy towards the rent on your place of residence. If you have not yet found suitable accommodation at the time of your outward journey, you will receive a subsidy to put towards your hotel costs.
We are a provider of international cooperation services for sustainable development and work to build a future worth living around the world. We support projects in over 130 countries to achieve goals sustainably together with our partners., Everyone has the same opportunities in our company, regardless of gender, nationality, religion, sexual orientation or physical disability. We recruit based on specialist expertise and social skills. Transparency and fair opportunities for career advancement are just as much a matter of course for us as gender not being a barrier to taking up a management position., Your work will begin with an onboarding and preparation phase that will give you initial insights into GIZ and lay the groundwork for your upcoming assignment, establishing new contacts and building up your network., We provide opportunities for taking part in training and professional development to all our staff. Our Academy for International Cooperation (AIZ) will help you develop your skills., Ensuring the compatibility of career, family work and care commitments is part of our corporate policy. Flexible working hours and comprehensive preparation packages for families accompanying staff abroad are two examples of the opportunities that GIZ offers its employees. Our family-friendly philosophy also includes providing support for family members in need of care., Mobile working within a communication bandwidth between 6 am and 10 pm gives staff maximum flexibility., We offer you various part-time working models to give you flexibility in planning your working and home lives., We allow our staff to accrue working time credits in a long-term working time account. This credit can then be used to take a lengthy leave of absence., Extensive check-ups and preventive measures (e.g. on appointment, before the outward journey, during the stay in a country of assignment, in an emergency) are provided to our staff and the family members accompanying them as a matter of course., We reward staff who achieve their agreed annual targets with a variable remuneration component., You will receive various additional benefits during your stay abroad that will depend on your country of assignment., We have put together an extensive package of benefits for family members accompanying staff abroad, including medical check-ups, language lessons and lump-sum allowances for the outward and homeward journeys. The Academy for International Cooperation (AIZ) also offers a range of preparatory courses on local culture, history and customs and on travelling with children., During your assignment abroad, we will largely reimburse you for the school fees incurred for sending your children to schools providing a general education., In many places, you will receive a subsidy towards the rent on your place of residence. If you have not yet found suitable accommodation at the time of your outward journey, you will receive a subsidy to put towards your hotel costs.