Hiring Organization: World Vision
Job Location:Dakar, Senegal
Employment Type: Full time
Base Salary: TBA
Valid Until: Closing date 23 Mar 2022
Title: Global Security Advisor
Description:
World Vision is a Christian humanitarian, development and advocacy organisation devoted to improving the lives of children, families and their communities around the world. Our 34,000+ staff members in nearly 100 countries are united in helping the most vulnerable children overcome poverty and experience fullness of life.
Through our work, every 60 seconds… a family gets water… a hungry child is fed… a family receives the tools to overcome poverty.
Here’s where you come in:
As the Global Security Advisor, you will design and implement security structures for World Vision International (WVI) Disasters Managements (DM) - Humanitarian Emergency Affairs (HEA) response operations in medium to high-risk conflict and fragile contexts in alignment with WVI security policies and procedures that will allow WVI to deliver humanitarian aid & relief programmes securely and in a timely manner while maximizing staff safety.
When directed, you will also provide direct and indirect security support across the WVI partnership to support Regional and National Senior Management Teams’ with; Critical Security Incident and/or Crisis Management, Investigations, Civil-Military-Police Coordination, Context Analysis, and Technical Security Advice and Training.
Requirements include:
Relevant Bachelor’s degree in Security Management, Risk Management, Strategic Studies, International Relations or Emergency Management. (General Management studies also considered); or
Minimum 5+ years previous experience in the professional security arena (INGO, Corporate, Military, Law Enforcement, or Emergency Services).
Sound knowledge of INGO security practices with proven experience in Security Risk Assessments (SRA), security planning and critical security incident/crises management in the humanitarian context.
Travel and Work Environment
The position requires ability and willingness to travel internationally up to 40% of the time.
Must be prepared to travel to ‘high risk’ security environments at short notice.
Will be expected to manage high stress security events.
Flexibility in work hours is expected.
Job Location:Dakar, Senegal
Employment Type: Full time
Base Salary: TBA
Valid Until: Closing date 23 Mar 2022
Title: Global Security Advisor
Description:
World Vision is a Christian humanitarian, development and advocacy organisation devoted to improving the lives of children, families and their communities around the world. Our 34,000+ staff members in nearly 100 countries are united in helping the most vulnerable children overcome poverty and experience fullness of life.
Through our work, every 60 seconds… a family gets water… a hungry child is fed… a family receives the tools to overcome poverty.
Here’s where you come in:
As the Global Security Advisor, you will design and implement security structures for World Vision International (WVI) Disasters Managements (DM) - Humanitarian Emergency Affairs (HEA) response operations in medium to high-risk conflict and fragile contexts in alignment with WVI security policies and procedures that will allow WVI to deliver humanitarian aid & relief programmes securely and in a timely manner while maximizing staff safety.
When directed, you will also provide direct and indirect security support across the WVI partnership to support Regional and National Senior Management Teams’ with; Critical Security Incident and/or Crisis Management, Investigations, Civil-Military-Police Coordination, Context Analysis, and Technical Security Advice and Training.
Requirements include:
Relevant Bachelor’s degree in Security Management, Risk Management, Strategic Studies, International Relations or Emergency Management. (General Management studies also considered); or
Minimum 5+ years previous experience in the professional security arena (INGO, Corporate, Military, Law Enforcement, or Emergency Services).
Sound knowledge of INGO security practices with proven experience in Security Risk Assessments (SRA), security planning and critical security incident/crises management in the humanitarian context.
Travel and Work Environment
The position requires ability and willingness to travel internationally up to 40% of the time.
Must be prepared to travel to ‘high risk’ security environments at short notice.
Will be expected to manage high stress security events.
Flexibility in work hours is expected.