Jun 11, 2022

Safety Advisor , South Sudan

Job Location: South Sudan

Employment Type: Full Time
Base Salary:  €4550 per month
Closing date: 24 Jun 2022

We are now seeking experienced individuals to join our team as Safety Advisors in the field.

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 INSO’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 INSO's mandate of independence, impartiality and neutrality.

Mandatory Requirements:
* Fluency in English, both written and spoken.
* Masters level education or equivalent in a relevant field.
* Proven writing, editing, and analytical skills.
* 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, organisational 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, €1250 each R&R cycle, housing, global medical coverage (excluding USA) and USD$ 200,000 AD&D coverage.

INSO’s Safeguarding Policy

INSO 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 an application to: xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxx.com ( Email is hidden and is available to subscribers Only)