Jan 28, 2023

Safety Advisor - North, Mozambique

Job Location: Pemba Mozambique.

Safety Advisor - North, Mozambique (Fluent English, good working knowledge of Portuguese required)
Closing date: 7 Feb 2023
Base Salary: €4,550 per month 

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 vital to the efforts of the NGO community to deliver aid and assistance to the thousands of people who need it.

You will be outgoing and resilient, with the ability to analyze complex security issues and contexts, give sound practical safety and security advice and above all else share  organization’s commitment to humanitarian principles.

Main Responsibilities
Establish and maintain an active information network, which includes NGOs, the UN, military forces, and other 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
Good working knowledge of Portuguese.
Fluency in English, both written and spoken.
Graduate level education and/or experience 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
Prior experience with INSO.
Existing regional information networks.
Detailed understanding of INSO mandate & services.
Experience with NGO security and/or project management.
Experience working in Mozambique with a demonstrable understanding of the context, alternatively experience in another African country

Personal Attributes
Highly organised
Effective communicator
Be able to work under pressure.
Capacity to work in multicultural environments.

Terms & Conditions
12-month contract based in Pemba, Cabo Delgado with €4,550 per month salary, 4 calendar days annual leave per month and 7 days of R&R every 3 months with an allowance of €1000 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 application to: oooooooo@ooooooo.com (Email is available to subscribers Only )