Safety and security advisor, Ethiopia

Safety and security advisor, EthiopiaClosing Date: Friday, 08 June 2012

INTRODUCTION
Save the Children (SC) is the world's leading independent organization for children. Our mission is to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats children, and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their lives. Recognized for our commitment to accountability, ambition, collaboration, creativity and integrity, our work takes us into the heart of communities, where we help children and families help themselves. We work with other organizations, governments, non-profits and a variety of local partners while maintaining our own independence without political agenda or religious orientation. Save the Children Ethiopia works in 9 regions in Ethiopia with a current staff complement of approximately 1,600 staff. The size of the programme and the amount of human, financial and material resources put into it as well as the requirements of different donors requires substantial amount of quality and efficient human resource. This makes Save the Children an exciting place to work

Accordingly, Save the Children Ethiopia is looking to hire creative individual who has the experience and competencies to work as Senior Management Team (SMT) to contribute to leadership of the Ethiopia Country Office; support the development of an organisational culture that reflects dual mandate values. The SMT will help design and implement a coherent organizational structure that is consistent with agency practices and appropriate to program needs; help establish, maintain, and improve active and regular working relationships with host government authorities, partner agencies including humanitarian and development donors, and local and international NGOs; ensure Ethiopia Country Office complies with all Save the Children Management Operating Standards and Standard Operating Procedures and that all required support is provided promptly, at scale and in line with the rules and principles.

Are you interested to join our team? Please review below position specification and requirement to help you make a decision

JOB SUMMARY: Due to SC's work in insecure and continually changing security environment, there is a need to strengthen the Security management functionperiod The overall objective of this position is to reduce possible risks posed to the programme personnel and assets of all national and international SC staff in Ethiopia through the provision of specialized, coordinated and focused security management support. The incumbent is responsible to develop and maintain a country-wide security plan that is consistent with the accepted model and Save the Children standards, and to adjust security policies and procedures by monitoring the environment. The advisor is expected to monitor events, review incidents and coordinate analysis, and provide security updates with follow-up actions and informed recommendations. S/he monitors HR/Finance/Logistics working practices within the context of safety and security, and alerts the Country Director if inappropriate decisions are impacting safety and security of the team or external perception of the organization, thereby creating security risks. In this role the advisor undertakes security assessments of and field missions to programme areas and potential programme areas; reports on findings and designs necessary improvements; liaises on a regular basis with UN, government, diplomatic and consular officials and community leaders in the process of gathering and verifying security information; develops and implements security training plan for all staff; and develops and applies evaluation processes to determine whether training competencies are met.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED

Bachelors degree in a related field with a minimum of 5 years field based experience in complex and insecure settings, preferably in more than one country with large teams of staffFormal security qualification or advanced security management trainingAdvanced level of understanding with the philosophy and mode of operation of NGOs,& experience in liaising with civilian, police and military government authorities, as well as with regional, national and international institutionsExperience of incident reporting, incident mapping, intelligence collation and analysis functions, set up and execution of an incident warning system (warden system), compilation of security reports and assessments; strong analytical capacity, resourcefulness and creativity in developing the role of security within programmes and ensuring the most effective support to line managementAbility to balance demands of beneficiary and security actors while maintaining appropriate contextual NGO security advice and coordinationHighly developed interpersonal and communication skills including influencing, negotiation and coachingHighly developed cultural awareness and ability to work well in an international environment with people from diverse backgrounds and culturesAbility to present complex information in a succinct and compelling mannerExcellent planning, coordination and reporting skills, with the ability to organize a substantial workload comprised of complex, diverse tasks and responsibilitiesAbility and willingness to dramatically change work practices and hours, and work with incoming surge teams, in the event of emergenciesWillingness to work and travel in often difficult and insecure environmentsCompetency in Internet and Microsoft Office systems including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access and other database/mapping systemsFluency in English, both written and spokenAbility to speak Amharic and preferably other local languagesCommitment to Save the Children values

If you want a challenging career while improving the lives of children, Save the Children , the world's leading independent organization for children, would like to hear from you. Before you apply, we suggest you review announcement of each position and, if you meet the minimum requirements, you can upload your resume on www.savethechildren.net/jobs.

In the selection of its staff, Save the Children is committed to gender balance and diversity without distinction as to race, sex or religion, and without discrimination of persons with disabilities.

Save the Children has a Staff Code of Conduct and a Child Protection Policy which have been developed to ensure the maximum protection of programme participants and children from exploitation. Any candidate offered a job with Save the Children will be expected to adhere to these policies

Candidates currently working for Save the Children in Ethiopia will be given priority for these positions.

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