Regional
Security Advisor
Horn, East
and Central Africa
Base: Nairobi
Contract Type: Fixed – Term - 2 yrs
Level: C2 - Global
Background
Oxfam is one of the world's leading humanitarian agencies assisting people affected by natural disasters and conflict throughout the world. With over 5,000 staff and dedicated volunteers in more than 80 countries
Oxfam is able to
achieve the greatest impact to end poverty and suffering through combining
emergency response work, long-term programmes for poverty alleviation and
campaigning for lasting change.
The Horn, East, and Central Africa (HECA) Region is the largest region within Oxfam, covering 8 countries, including Ethiopia, Tanzania, Kenya, Somalia, Democratic Republic of Congo, South Sudan, and Uganda.
The Horn, East, and Central Africa (HECA) Region is the largest region within Oxfam, covering 8 countries, including Ethiopia, Tanzania, Kenya, Somalia, Democratic Republic of Congo, South Sudan, and Uganda.
The Regional
Centre is based in Nairobi and is mandated to provide leadership and support to
the Oxfam country programmes in delivering their strategies within the context
of programme quality, and efficiency.
Oxfam Purpose: To work with others to overcome poverty and suffering
Job Purpose:
Oxfam Purpose: To work with others to overcome poverty and suffering
Job Purpose:
Working from a Regional perspective, ensure that security management systems in each country comply with required standards under SMS and support country offices in the development, implementation, monitoring and review of their respective security strategies and Security Management Plans.
Reporting Lines:
Post holder reports to: Regional Humanitarian Coordinator - RHC
Staff reporting to this post: Security Officer and Assistant
Budget Responsibility: None
Dimensions:
- Required to ensure that security
management systems in each HECA country comply to the Oxfam standards
- Representing Oxfam corporately and
managing and influencing significant and high profile external
relationships.
- Help shape organizational and
divisional objectives in a specific programme unit or team/region.
- Leadership of security unit. Set and
lead the delivery of specified programme unit and/or team objectives
- Plan and manage human and financial
resources and processes related to security unit.
- Produce, assimilate, analyse and use
Security information from varied and diverse sources to provide in-depth
analysis in the security management y area.
- Decision-making is strategic and
operational with a high degree of judgement based on specific problem
solving experience and a range of external and internal factors.
- Working autonomously with significant
financial, human resource, security and representational responsibility.
- Role as key decision
maker/responsible person for Security unit.
- Direct the formulation, organization
and delivery of high-level lobby, and advocacy as part security advisory
unit
Key Responsibilities:
- To collect and
collate regular security updates from the
field sites and other sources and prepare monthly ,
quarterly reports and analysis
for Oxfam management .
- Ensure harmonize
security strategies, evacuation plans, new
staff security orientation and ensure Oxfam
security protocols are maintained and
adhered to.
- Responsible for
reviewing country security evacuation
and contingency plans.
- Ensure the implementation
of the minimum security management
guidelines established
by country programmes
- Organize, implement and follow
up on the promotion of security awareness
among national and international staff.
- Develop security
training plans and implement it by providing
trainings to national and international staff.
- Establish early warning
systems in coordination with other stakeholders
regionally and in countries
- Establish networks
with other NGOs and UN agencies regarding
security and establish an information
exchange network.
- Maintain contact
with Global security team regarding
country security strategies and
incident reporting in conjunction with the
country director.
- Contact and work closely
with country management teams in situations
of increased security risks/ tension
including advise on necessary action points .
- Advise the senior
management team on compliance with security audit
requirements.
- Undertake regular and ad hoc
missions as necessary, in order to gather information and to assist
country offices in the analysis of the overall security situation in
existing and potential areas of intervention.
- Ensure that current reporting
requirements are being met by countries and that the RC can meet corporate
reporting requirements.
- Ensure that the RC has access to all
current security documentation by country.
- Provide regular updates and
recommendations to the RMT to ensure management support to country level
security management and that appropriate resources and budget are
allocated.
- Support country management staff to
develop a security management system which includes a security management
strategy (including detailed acceptance strategy) and plan and which
allows for the continuous updating of security measures.
- Ensure the security management
system is in line with existing Oxfam security policy, protocol and
approach.
- Provide incident and crisis
management support to the RC and to country management including response,
reporting and analysis.
Security Awareness
- Ensure systems are in place in the
RC and in country offices to provide all visitors and new staff members
with security briefings.
- Ensure that an appropriate system is
in place to provide security information to travellers in advance of their
departure.
Learning & Development
- Ensure that staff have the security
skills and awareness that they need to be effective, by providing
appropriate learning and development opportunities, including delivering
or sourcing for training.
- Regularly review the security
learning and development needs of the Regional Management Team.
- Support security learning and
development planning for each country, and for the Regional Centre.
Skills and Competence:
- Considerable practical experience of
security assessment, planning and implementation of procedures in the
context of UN or NGO humanitarian operations.
- Proven influencing and negotiating
skills with internal and external audiences including in complex and stressful
circumstances.
- Proven experience of field based
training.
- Ability to advice and support field
staff in a consultative manner.
- Excellent communication and
interpersonal skills, together with the capacity to remain calm under
pressure and not lose sight of strategic priorities. Must be organised and
efficient.
- A sound understanding of the
importance of gender.
- Sensitivity to cultural differences
and the ability to work in a wide variety of cultural contexts.
- Willingness to travel at short
notice, and often in difficult circumstances.
- Committed to Oxfam principles.
- Excellent spoken and written English
with knowledge of French an advantage.
This is a highly challenging opportunity
for a dedicated and highly motivated professional, with a strong commitment to
Oxfam's values and beliefs.
If you believe
you are the candidate we are looking for, please submit your application and CV
including a day time contact by applying online at www.oxfam.org.uk/jobs using INT 5561
The closing date is 21stJuly 2012.
The closing date is 21stJuly 2012.
Only shortlisted
candidates will be contacted.
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