DRC HINGO Access and Safety Manager Jobs

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DRC HINGO Access and Safety Manager Jobs 2024 – Ethiopia NGO Jobs.

DRC Ethiopia looking for “HINGO Access and Safety Manager”.

Applicants with a Master’s Degree may apply on or before 24th May, 2024.

Founded in 1956, the Danish Refugee Council (DRC) is Denmark’s largest, and a leading international NGO – one of the few with a specific expertise in forced displacement. In 40 countries 9,000 employees protect, advocate and build sustainable futures for refugees and other displacement affected people and communities. DRC works during displacement at all stages: In the acute crisis, in exile, when settling and integrating in a new place, or upon return.

The DRC has published a job vacancy announcement on 11th May, 2024 for qualified Ethiopians to fill in the vacant post of HINGO Access and Safety Manager to be based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

DRC Job Vacancy 2024

Responsibilities and Tasks:

Liaise with humanitarian partners to promote and encourage systematic reporting of access constraints. Monitor analyze and report security incidents impacting humanitarian operations.
Serve as the primary focal point for all matters (including policy) related to access coordination in Ethiopia in close consultation with the HINGO Group director and steering committee.
Attend the Access Working Group (AWG) in Addis Ababa, UNDSS meetings, including Security Cell meetings and Saving Lives Together meetings, and any other relevant meetings to identify and follow key access challenges.
Assist the HINGO Group Director in building synergies and facilitating collective understanding and analysis around access impediments among humanitarian partners, especially among NGOs.
Engage with relevant actors on humanitarian access issues, bringing expertise of local culture and dynamics, including traditional conflict-resolution mechanisms.
Maintain, update and facilitate the HINGO Security and Safety Working Group; Organize regular and ad hoc meetings; keeps up to date the contact list and Signal groups.
Establish a strong liaison with the UNOCHA team, the PLSO team and the UNDSS team in Addis Ababa and in the different regions to collaborate on all types of access advocacy and information gathering.
Attend logistics cluster and UNHAS meetings to discuss policy and systems with HINGO members and to bring up any problems the members may be having with the system or policy.
Monitors current media and context.
Maintain an information flow with the ability to create context analysis documentation for HINGO members, but also external bodies such as donors or peer agencies.
When necessary, lead the development of Region-specific or Context/Incident-specific guidelines on access and security issues.
Provide partners with updates on risk assessments for each location as well as an understanding of program activities.
Maintain and secure access in all areas of operation using relevant standard operating procedures (SOPs) in each.
Promote and enforce adherence to the aforementioned guidelines among HINGO members, and advise on potential consequences if these principles are violated.
Participate in the briefing and orientation of all new humanitarian NGO staff, focusing on access and analysis functions as needed.
Maintain a contact list of relevant stakeholders and access influencers.
Maintain logs of all incidents affecting NGOs operating in Ethiopia and analyze their contributing factors and impact. Verify access and security incidents together with partners and UN agencies.
Develop a network of local contacts among key stakeholders, including authorities and the humanitarian community to identify, monitor and analyze key access constraints in collaboration with the HINGO Security and Safety Working Group and UN agencies.
Act as a security focal and maintain liaison with UNDSS and FSOs.
Maintain HINGO Security and Safety Working Group and conduct and chair monthly meeting for the group.
Arrange training/workshop for the security focal from the HINGO member organization both is Addis and the regions.
Identify actual, perceived and foreseeable risks and define risk thresholds in order to maintain programme continuity while enhancing operational resilience through robust security and risk management to HINGO members.

Position in Organization:

Position Title: HINGO Access and Safety Manager
Location: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Employment Category: F1
Salary Range: USD 1,881.00 – 2,287.00 per month which specific amount will be determined up on candidates experience and educational relevancy
Reporting To: Ethiopia HINGO Group Director
Contract Duration: December 31, 2024
Posting date: May 10, 2024
Required Employee: 1

Minimum Requirements:

Education:

Master’s degree (e.g. in political science, peace & conflict studies, history, or disaster management). A lower degree may be considered with significant additional work experience in the relevant field.

Experience:

Minimum 5 years of working experience as a safety and security manager/adviser with an INGO
Proven leadership skills and a competence in people management and coordination
Experience in NGO coordination and networking is a plus
Experience working in multicultural work settings.

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