Hiring organization: UN World Food Programme
Job location: Bangkok Thailand
Deadline: 13th August 2023
The job holder reports to the Senior Security Officer. Job holders at this grade level demonstrate a full understanding of strategic context and security analysis approaches identifying potential threats and their likelihood and potential impact on the organization. Job holders are fully conversant with the subject matter, can adapt to different security analysis approaches and methodologies, and interpret complex information providing well-based analytical judgments, anticipating threats, and preparing indicators on security threats as planning tools for security management. They work with minimal supervision substantially contributing to the delivery of security information analysis ensuring the accuracy and reliability of the final products demonstrating substantive depth of analysis and ability to inform decision-making. The high-quality work performed directly affects the overall reputation of the team.
Job purpose:
To independently analyse and contextualize complex security information that identifies potential impact on WFP personnel, assets, and operations, formulating well-based judgments enabling WFP’s security to acquire, process, and effectively communicate security threat information supporting decision-making and ensuring operational success.
Key Accountabilities: (not all-inclusive)
Manage information relevant to security including acquisition, examination, collation, analysis, and dissemination, ensuring good understanding of business requirements and contributing to planning and decision-making at the operational and strategic levels.
Monitor security incidents, daily situation reports, local media and other open sources to enable security information analysis ensuring that it is based on a wide range of reliable sources.
Conduct in-depth research on security threats and risks, identify appropriate sources and validate acquired information ensuring relevance, reliability and accuracy that informs complex security information analysis.
Independently identify and address security information requirements by applying agreed approaches and methodologies in security information analysis consistent with WFP and wider UN security information management policies, guidelines and procedures.
Conduct research on specific threat factors to support activities of the Crisis Management Team ensuring effective response to specific security incidents.
Prepare accurate and timely security updates, security analysis reports, statistics and trends analysis, strategic warnings and assessments contributing to other security reports with important inputs.
Contribute to the development of security information management guidelines and security operating procedures, consistent security advisories and recommendations to improve security information analysis and reporting.
Provide conflict analysis assessing security implications on WFP personnel, assets and operations to support WFP’s access strategy, improve conflict-sensitive and gender-sensitive programming and protection-related efforts.
Provide technical inputs to inform the quality, consistency and standardisation of security reporting and analysis.
Maintain an effective security information management mechanism enabling rapid and coordinated information management and exchange.
Work in close collaboration with internal counterparts and external partners to align security analysis activities with wider programmes.
Build and maintain partnerships within and outside WFP establishing information networks for effective information sharing on security analytical papers, security situation, threats, risk analysis and trends contributing to information sharing cohesion.
Prepare comprehensive presentations and briefings to WFP personnel, donors and partners on security developments in specific countries/regions, as appropriate.
Contribute to the provision of technical advice, guidance and training to other WFP personnel building their capabilities on security information analysis and enhancing performance.
Other as required.
Qualifications And Key Requirements:
Education:
Advanced University degree in Security Management, International Relations Political Science, Social or Military Science, Conflict Analysis, Criminology, Law or other relevant field, or First University degree with additional years of related work experience and/or training/courses.
Experience:
A minimum of five (5) years of relevant progressively responsible postgraduate experience in security and security information analysis in conflict and complex emergencies.
Knowledge of South East Asia or the Pacific region(s).
Language:
Fluency (level C) in the English language.
Intermediate (level B) in any of the listed second UN languages: Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, Spanish, or Portuguese (a WFP working language)
Ability to speak a South East Asian or Pacific language is an asset.
MORE ABOUT YOU
You have:
Provided support in the provision of technical security analysis advice to strengthen the security management function of an international humanitarian organization or NGO.
Provided technical security analysis and information as required to support the assessment of activity impact.
Managed small teams of staff with related areas of expertise.
Developed some experience managing resources in the broader Security function.
Gained considerable experience in one or two operational areas.
Proficiency in using digital data collection and analysis tools/software such as KoBoToolbox, SurveryCTO, LaTex, etc.
Proficiency in incorporating products from open-source geographic information tools such as QGIS, ArcGIS, etc.
Excellent knowledge of the South East Asian and Pacific regions.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
This is an International Professional position and is open to all nationalities.
Mobility is and continues to be, a core contractual requirement in WFP. The selected candidate will be employed on a fixed term as well as a rotational contract with a probationary period of one year.
WFP offers an attractive compensation and benefits package, including basic salary, post adjustment, relocation entitlement, travel, visa and shipment allowances, 30 days’ annual leave, home leave, an education grant for dependent children, a pension plan, and medical insurance
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Job location: Bangkok Thailand
Deadline: 13th August 2023
The job holder reports to the Senior Security Officer. Job holders at this grade level demonstrate a full understanding of strategic context and security analysis approaches identifying potential threats and their likelihood and potential impact on the organization. Job holders are fully conversant with the subject matter, can adapt to different security analysis approaches and methodologies, and interpret complex information providing well-based analytical judgments, anticipating threats, and preparing indicators on security threats as planning tools for security management. They work with minimal supervision substantially contributing to the delivery of security information analysis ensuring the accuracy and reliability of the final products demonstrating substantive depth of analysis and ability to inform decision-making. The high-quality work performed directly affects the overall reputation of the team.
Job purpose:
To independently analyse and contextualize complex security information that identifies potential impact on WFP personnel, assets, and operations, formulating well-based judgments enabling WFP’s security to acquire, process, and effectively communicate security threat information supporting decision-making and ensuring operational success.
Key Accountabilities: (not all-inclusive)
Manage information relevant to security including acquisition, examination, collation, analysis, and dissemination, ensuring good understanding of business requirements and contributing to planning and decision-making at the operational and strategic levels.
Monitor security incidents, daily situation reports, local media and other open sources to enable security information analysis ensuring that it is based on a wide range of reliable sources.
Conduct in-depth research on security threats and risks, identify appropriate sources and validate acquired information ensuring relevance, reliability and accuracy that informs complex security information analysis.
Independently identify and address security information requirements by applying agreed approaches and methodologies in security information analysis consistent with WFP and wider UN security information management policies, guidelines and procedures.
Conduct research on specific threat factors to support activities of the Crisis Management Team ensuring effective response to specific security incidents.
Prepare accurate and timely security updates, security analysis reports, statistics and trends analysis, strategic warnings and assessments contributing to other security reports with important inputs.
Contribute to the development of security information management guidelines and security operating procedures, consistent security advisories and recommendations to improve security information analysis and reporting.
Provide conflict analysis assessing security implications on WFP personnel, assets and operations to support WFP’s access strategy, improve conflict-sensitive and gender-sensitive programming and protection-related efforts.
Provide technical inputs to inform the quality, consistency and standardisation of security reporting and analysis.
Maintain an effective security information management mechanism enabling rapid and coordinated information management and exchange.
Work in close collaboration with internal counterparts and external partners to align security analysis activities with wider programmes.
Build and maintain partnerships within and outside WFP establishing information networks for effective information sharing on security analytical papers, security situation, threats, risk analysis and trends contributing to information sharing cohesion.
Prepare comprehensive presentations and briefings to WFP personnel, donors and partners on security developments in specific countries/regions, as appropriate.
Contribute to the provision of technical advice, guidance and training to other WFP personnel building their capabilities on security information analysis and enhancing performance.
Other as required.
Qualifications And Key Requirements:
Education:
Advanced University degree in Security Management, International Relations Political Science, Social or Military Science, Conflict Analysis, Criminology, Law or other relevant field, or First University degree with additional years of related work experience and/or training/courses.
Experience:
A minimum of five (5) years of relevant progressively responsible postgraduate experience in security and security information analysis in conflict and complex emergencies.
Knowledge of South East Asia or the Pacific region(s).
Language:
Fluency (level C) in the English language.
Intermediate (level B) in any of the listed second UN languages: Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, Spanish, or Portuguese (a WFP working language)
Ability to speak a South East Asian or Pacific language is an asset.
MORE ABOUT YOU
You have:
Provided support in the provision of technical security analysis advice to strengthen the security management function of an international humanitarian organization or NGO.
Provided technical security analysis and information as required to support the assessment of activity impact.
Managed small teams of staff with related areas of expertise.
Developed some experience managing resources in the broader Security function.
Gained considerable experience in one or two operational areas.
Proficiency in using digital data collection and analysis tools/software such as KoBoToolbox, SurveryCTO, LaTex, etc.
Proficiency in incorporating products from open-source geographic information tools such as QGIS, ArcGIS, etc.
Excellent knowledge of the South East Asian and Pacific regions.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
This is an International Professional position and is open to all nationalities.
Mobility is and continues to be, a core contractual requirement in WFP. The selected candidate will be employed on a fixed term as well as a rotational contract with a probationary period of one year.
WFP offers an attractive compensation and benefits package, including basic salary, post adjustment, relocation entitlement, travel, visa and shipment allowances, 30 days’ annual leave, home leave, an education grant for dependent children, a pension plan, and medical insurance
Apply