Employer: Handicap International
Location: Aden YemenClosing date: 15 Dec 2021
Description:
The role of the Humanitarian Access & Security Manager is aimed at helping to ensure the safety and security of HI’s mission staff and goods at all times through ensuring proper risk analysis, security frameworks, tools and protocols in place and at the same time supervising their correct and effective implementation.
The secondary objective is to develop HI’s capacity to analyze, dialogue, and negotiate in order for populations to fully access humanitarian aid.
The position is directly under the Program Director line management.
Missions:
Contributes to the country strategies in line with the global strategies: steers security strategy and functioning through the active promotion of HI’s institutional policy and the optimization of resources
Operational security management: gain a thorough understanding on security issues in the region and develop an effective and efficient security related information collection.
Representation and coordination: represents HI in meetings with humanitarian actors and with local actors when requested by the Program Director
Training and management: provides training and on the job training toward persons who have security responsibilities in the mission
Humanitarian Access: continually analyses the humanitarian context, identifying challenges to access, opportunities for improvement, and key actors
Reporting: provides monthly security sitrep and contribute to monthly mission sitrep
PROFILE SOUGHT :
Experience :
• 2 year managing security or in a position with specific security responsibility
• Security assessment/review experience and analytical and planning skills
• Substantial experience in developing of security management
• Experience of working with INGO and experience of working with teams of people with varying experience of security planning and management
• Previous experience in the Middle East is a strong asset;
Qualification(s):
Degree in a relevant sector
Skills :
Considerable and string security planning and implementation work experience gained in the context or field relief operations in insecure areas
Substantial experience of working in conflict-affected areas and of associated risks to personal and organizational security
Good written and spoken English is essential
Arabic is a strong asset.
Personal qualities:
• Initiative and creative thinking, patience, sensitivity and tact
• Good reaction capacities
• Organised, rigorous
• Autonomous
• Solution-oriented, adaptable
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Able to manage stress
• Able to work as part of multi- cultural and multi-disciplinary teams
• Engaged
CONDITIONS :
At HI, the conditions offered are up to your commitment and adapted to the context of your mission. Particular attention is paid to health issues and your personal situation.
We offer an induction and training path adapted to our staff members and we have a HR policy oriented toward mobility and professional development.
• 12 months international contract starting on Feb, the 10th, 2022
• The international contract provides social coverage adapted to your situation
• Unemployment insurance benefits for EU nationals
• Pension scheme adapted to the situation of our employees: If you already have a personal pension scheme HI will contribute at the same level of your personal monthly contribution with a maximum of 272.53€/month ; If you do not have a personal pension scheme, we will open a private pension account with your contribution of 272.53€/month and a contribution of HI of the same amount
• Medical coverage (with 50% of employee contribution to the subscription)
• Repatriation insurance paid by HI
• Salary from 2813€ gross/month upon experience
• Perdiem : 550€ net/month
• Hardship allowance : 500€ net/month
• Paid leaves : 25 days per year
• R&R : 7 days every 8 weeks from the day you reach the country/Yemen
• Housing : taken in charge by HI
If you are resident in the country: local package
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