Nov 2, 2024

Consultancy - Security

Job location: Remote based
Closing date: 8 Nov 2024

Overview: 9 months
Up to 2.5 days per week
Remote based
Ability and willingness to work flexible hours and days to accommodate multiple time zones and provide out-of-hours security support as needed

Scope of Work:
Provide clear expert security advice and recommendations to support organization’s operations and decision-makers – at both the operational and strategic levels. Including for high-risk and dynamic contexts.
Directly conducting, quality reviewing and assisting others in completing comprehensive security risk assessments, security plans, and contingency plans
Maintain analysis, intelligence sources and network to enable targeted security assessment and advice for particular locations and travel plans of interest to organization.
Deliver security inductions for  staff, security focal points and managers with security responsibilities
Support and advise our network of security focal points
Oversee the implementation of further security training, including Hostile Environment Awareness Training (HEAT), Traveller Safety Training and incident management
Ensure compliance with external legislation, best practice and organization policies on security
Develop and improve our Security policies and Standard Operating Procedures as needed
Act as organization’s lead for crisis management, coordinating incident management responses, and ensuring adequate country and global level preparedness
Support organization partners with security recommendations and sharing best practice
Report quarterly to the Executive Leadership Group with analysis of organization’s security risks and exposure, and wider trends to be aware of

Person Specification:
Essential Experience:
Significant experience leading a global security function in the NGO or similar sector.
Direct professional experience managing security of programmes, operations and travel in high-risk, complex environments.
Producing clear and actionable security analysis, advice and recommendations
Managing incidents and building organisational crisis management capacity
Developing high-quality security policies, procedures, and plans
Implementing a positive security management culture within an organisation.
Influencing stakeholders at all levels in a diverse global team
Professional security management certifications

Essential Skills:
Excellent communication, interpersonal skills and emotional intelligence
Highly organised and proactive
Ability to analyse complex security environments and offer strategic advice to senior management
Collaborative and effective team-worker
Understanding of best practices in security management, the NGO sector, and geopolitical and other trends impacting security of organization’s operations

Desirable:
Degree in security or related discipline.
Proficiency in additional languages relevant to organization (e.g. Spanish, Arabic, Ukranian)

Safeguarding
organization is committed to safeguarding the communities with which we work, our partners, staff and any others who we come into contact with. Therefore you will also be responsible for:Preventing harm and abuse from our people, operations and programmes, to anyone that encounters our work;
Reporting all safeguarding incidents you see, hear, hear about or suspect, using our internal reporting mechanism;
Complying with all safeguarding framework policies and practices
Completing mandatory training courses relating to our safeguarding policy framework and complying with HR vetting procedures.

Diversity & Inclusion
organization is dedicated to creating a diverse and inclusive environment for all its employees/consultants while extending the culture of inclusion into our work.

We believe that our workforce should reflect the wide diversity of the communities we serve, and that diverse voices should be elevated and intentionally integrated into our work. We embrace difference and diversity of identity, experience, and thought, and actively strive for inclusive behaviors across our sand work regardless of gender, race, disability, age, nationality, ethnic/national origin, sexual orientation, religious beliefs, marital status, pregnancy, social status, and political beliefs.

Application Process
Interested consultants are invited to submit an Expression of Interest (EOI) for delivery of the assignment and 1-2 references and testimonials to : oooooo@ooooo.com

Applications should be submitted by Friday, 8 November 2024. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Applications should be submitted by Friday, 8 November 2024. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.