Job Location: Syria (South)
Employment Type: Full Time
Employment Type: Full Time
Base Salary: €4550 per month
Closing Date: 30 April 2022
Title: Safety Advisor – South
Required: Fluency in English
Job Summary
We are now seeking an experienced professional to join our team as Safety Advisor – South. The post will be based in Beirut, Lebanon.
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, and communicate to an excellent standard of English both verbally and in writing. They will need to proactively engage and co-ordinate with all humanitarian stakeholders in southern Syria and are expected to possess/acquire a deep understanding of security and access challenges faced by NGOs. The successful candidates therefore should also be outgoing, with strong interpersonal skills, and are expected to maintain/expand organization’s existing network.
Above all else they will share organization’s commitment to humanitarian principles.
The Safety Advisor position is being offered on 12-month term (with possible renewable).
Major Responsibilities
Establish and maintain an active information network, which includes NGOs, the UN, and other key actors to obtain credible and relevant safety information.
Provide NGOs with timely and credible security information and in-depth, nuanced contextual analysis through: daily flash alerts, weekly incident lists and bi-weekly analytical reports.
Facilitate and lead regular NGO community security roundtables, presenting trends and facilitating discussions.
Assist NGOs in developing their own security management capacities by reviewing policy documents, conducting site-security surveys, and assisting in crisis evacuation plans.
Manage a small office, including supervision of national staff and oversight of local logistics and administration.
Take a proactive approach to outreach to and networking with partners based in southern Syria.
Effectively represent, promote and protect organization’s mandate of independence, impartiality and neutrality.
Mandatory Requirements:
Fluency in English to an impeccably high standard (written and spoken).
Graduate level education or equivalent work experience.
Significant experience living or working in insecure/conflict-affected environments.
Outstanding writing and analytical skills (samples will be requested).
Demonstrable understanding of humanitarian safety practices & principles and their application.
Ability to adapt to multi-cultural and diverse social backgrounds.
Demonstrated ability to engage, network, and communicate
Understanding and commitment to the humanitarian principles of independence, impartiality and neutrality.
Preferred Characteristics:
Minimum of (1) year’s recent experience working on Syria and demonstrable understanding of the context.
Broad understanding of the Syrian conflict and its evolution in southern Syria
Experience with NGO security and/or project management.
Existing information networks.
Knowledge of mapping software such as ArcGIS, QGIS and Google Earth
Local language proficiency.
Key Personal Competencies:
A good listener
An effective communicator
Excellent analyst
Team player
Strong interpersonal skills
A people manager
Ability to integrate data trends into analytical reports
Terms & Conditions:
12-month contract with expected start date on or before 1 June, €4550 per month salary, 4 calendar days annual leave per month and 7 days of R&R every 3 months with €750 allowance, €1,250 per month housing allowance, 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.
How to Apply:
Submit application to: xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxx.com (Email is hidden and is available to subscribers Only )
Job Summary
We are now seeking an experienced professional to join our team as Safety Advisor – South. The post will be based in Beirut, Lebanon.
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, and communicate to an excellent standard of English both verbally and in writing. They will need to proactively engage and co-ordinate with all humanitarian stakeholders in southern Syria and are expected to possess/acquire a deep understanding of security and access challenges faced by NGOs. The successful candidates therefore should also be outgoing, with strong interpersonal skills, and are expected to maintain/expand organization’s existing network.
Above all else they will share organization’s commitment to humanitarian principles.
The Safety Advisor position is being offered on 12-month term (with possible renewable).
Major Responsibilities
Establish and maintain an active information network, which includes NGOs, the UN, and other key actors to obtain credible and relevant safety information.
Provide NGOs with timely and credible security information and in-depth, nuanced contextual analysis through: daily flash alerts, weekly incident lists and bi-weekly analytical reports.
Facilitate and lead regular NGO community security roundtables, presenting trends and facilitating discussions.
Assist NGOs in developing their own security management capacities by reviewing policy documents, conducting site-security surveys, and assisting in crisis evacuation plans.
Manage a small office, including supervision of national staff and oversight of local logistics and administration.
Take a proactive approach to outreach to and networking with partners based in southern Syria.
Effectively represent, promote and protect organization’s mandate of independence, impartiality and neutrality.
Mandatory Requirements:
Fluency in English to an impeccably high standard (written and spoken).
Graduate level education or equivalent work experience.
Significant experience living or working in insecure/conflict-affected environments.
Outstanding writing and analytical skills (samples will be requested).
Demonstrable understanding of humanitarian safety practices & principles and their application.
Ability to adapt to multi-cultural and diverse social backgrounds.
Demonstrated ability to engage, network, and communicate
Understanding and commitment to the humanitarian principles of independence, impartiality and neutrality.
Preferred Characteristics:
Minimum of (1) year’s recent experience working on Syria and demonstrable understanding of the context.
Broad understanding of the Syrian conflict and its evolution in southern Syria
Experience with NGO security and/or project management.
Existing information networks.
Knowledge of mapping software such as ArcGIS, QGIS and Google Earth
Local language proficiency.
Key Personal Competencies:
A good listener
An effective communicator
Excellent analyst
Team player
Strong interpersonal skills
A people manager
Ability to integrate data trends into analytical reports
Terms & Conditions:
12-month contract with expected start date on or before 1 June, €4550 per month salary, 4 calendar days annual leave per month and 7 days of R&R every 3 months with €750 allowance, €1,250 per month housing allowance, 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.
How to Apply:
Submit application to: xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxx.com (Email is hidden and is available to subscribers Only )