Country: Norway
Closing date: 13 Feb 2018
Do you want to be part of the Regional Office team for West and Central Africa? NRC is looking for a highly motivated people-oriented and fluent English and French speaking Roving Regional Security Adviser. The Central West Africa-Regional Office currently serves country operations in Mali, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic of Congo. The Roving Regional Security Adviser serves as the lead technical resource on security, risk and crisis management within the Central and West Africa region and serves as a core member of the regional crisis management team. The Roving Regional Security Adviser acts as the technical reference for Country Security Advisors or equivalent within the region.
The Regional Roving Security Adviser reports to the Regional Director, has a technical line to Global Security and is a member of the Regional Management Group.
Job description
- Advises the Regional Director and Country Security Advisers on security risk management, in line with established NRC Security Risk Management policies, standards and procedures.
- Acts as the technical reference/resource for Country Security Advisers within the region. Reviews and provides feedback to Country Security Advisers on all security products, such as plans, reports, assessments, to ensure they comply with NRC standards and ensure copies are sent to Head Office Security for filing.
- Serves as a member of the regional crisis management team, deploys to support country crisis teams within the region upon request, and contributes to the development of crisis management capacity within the region
- Monitors and supports the implementation of global Security initiatives from Head Office.
- Trains and mentors Country Security Advisers or equivalent in the region on security trainings aimed for in particular national staff safety, security and risk management
- Ensures that Regional Office staff receives security inductions and complete the necessary trainings.
- Provides technical guidance on specialised issues such as humanitarian access, negotiations and risk management upon request.
Qualifications
- Minimum 5 years of non-profit or NGO work experience in international humanitarian assistance programs, with demonstrated capabilities in planning, organizing and executing security management operations in high risk contexts.
- Minimum 7 years in the field of security. Demonstrated experience working in good cooperation with regional and country managers and developing cooperative and effective security risk management teams.
- Advanced knowledge of risk assessment and management best practices and international standards.
- Advanced knowledge of humanitarian security management best practices.
- Demonstrated experience in crisis management.
- Substantial and demonstrated prior experience as a trainer, with an effective and professional training style, and the ability to develop, implement, facilitate and impart learning to senior management and to a wide range of audiences.
- Advanced report writing and good communication and presentation skills.
- Demonstrated understanding of humanitarian principles, codes of conduct, and NGO organizational culture.
- Fluency in English and French, both written and verbal
- All NRC employees are expected to work in accordance with the organisation’s core values: dedication, innovation, inclusivity and accountability.
Personal qualities
- Handling insecure environments
- Planning and delivering results
- Working with people
- Analysing
- Communicating with impact and respect
- Coping with change
We offer
- Commencement: January 2018
- Duration: 24 months
- Salary/benefits: According to NRC’s general directions and free housing of moderate standard.
- Grade: 9 in NRC Grade Structure
- Duty station: Roving position - more than 150 days of travel. The Regional Office will be moved to Dakar in July 2018
- Approved health certficate will be requested before contract start.
- Applications will be screened as they are received.
- Application procedures and CV registration: Please note that you are required to enter the geographical location for all your previous positions while registering your CV. There is no specific field for this information in our CV form, but you can use the "Company name" field for both company and location
How to apply:
Click here: Roving Regional Security Adviser