Location: based in South Sudan
Closing date 4th July 2021
Salary: €4550 per month
We are now seeking two experienced individuals to join our team as Safety Advisors in South Sudan.
Job Summary:
Safety Advisor positions are highly rewarding roles, offering a unique opportunity to work in a close-knit team giving security analysis and advice that is not only some of the best of its kind, but that is also vital to the efforts of the NGO community to deliver aid and assistance to the thousands of people who need it. Successful candidates will be outgoing and resilient, with the ability to analyse complex security issues and contexts, give sound practical safety and security advice, communicate to an excellent standard of English both verbally and in writing, and above all else share Organization’s commitment to humanitarian principles.
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 alerts and reports, weekly incident lists, bi-weekly analytical reports, and other thematic 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 of national staff and oversight of local logistics and administration.
* Effectively represent, promote, and protect Organization's mandate of independence, impartiality and neutrality.
We are now seeking two experienced individuals to join our team as Safety Advisors in South Sudan.
Job Summary:
Safety Advisor positions are highly rewarding roles, offering a unique opportunity to work in a close-knit team giving security analysis and advice that is not only some of the best of its kind, but that is also vital to the efforts of the NGO community to deliver aid and assistance to the thousands of people who need it. Successful candidates will be outgoing and resilient, with the ability to analyse complex security issues and contexts, give sound practical safety and security advice, communicate to an excellent standard of English both verbally and in writing, and above all else share Organization’s commitment to humanitarian principles.
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 alerts and reports, weekly incident lists, bi-weekly analytical reports, and other thematic 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 of 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 program.
* 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, organizational and team management skills and standards in a diverse multicultural setting.
* Demonstrable understanding of humanitarian safety practices and principles.
Preferred Characteristics:
* Recent experience in South Sudan - ideally in an NGO safety role or equivalent
* Demonstrable understanding of security dynamics in South Sudan
* Experience with NGO security and/or project management.
* Existing information networks
* Local language skills
Key Personal Competencies:
* A good listener
* An effective communicator
* Excellent analyst
* Team player
* Excellent interpersonal skills
* A people manager
Terms & Conditions:
12-month contract, €4550 per month salary, 4 calendar days annual leave per month and 7 calendar days of R&R every two months, €1000 each R&R cycle, housing at the duty station, global medical coverage (excluding USA) and USD$ 200,000 AD&D coverage.
Safeguarding Policy
Organization is fully committed to safe recruitment, selection and vetting of all potential new staff, trustees and volunteers and we will ensure rigorous compliance with our Code of Conduct and Safeguarding policy throughout the recruitment process. As such, the following safe recruitment practices will be applied:
* All offers of employment will be conditional on receiving at least two satisfactory professional references;
* Organization will ask candidates about significant gaps in employment history or frequent changes of employer and address;
* All essential qualifications and relevant professional accreditations and memberships will be verified;
* The successful candidate will be required to provide a valid proof of identity (passport, ID card);
* All new hires will receive an orientation in Organization’s safeguarding policy and procedures and associated documents (Code of Conduct, Whistleblowing etc.);
* The successful candidate will be required to provide a valid proof of identity (passport, ID card);
* All new hires will receive an orientation in Organization’s safeguarding policy and procedures and associated documents (Code of Conduct, Whistleblowing etc.);
* All new hires will be required to sign and abide by the Code of Conduct as a condition of employment.
How To Apply
Submit application to: xxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxx.com
How To Apply
Submit application to: xxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxx.com
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