UNHCR Senior Field Security Assistant Jobs 2024 – Uganda NGO Jobs

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UNHCR Senior Field Security Assistant Jobs 2024 – Uganda NGO Jobs.

UNHCR Uganda looking for “Senior Field Security Assistant”.

Applicants with a University Degree may apply on or before January 24, 2024.

The office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) was created in 1950, during the aftermath of the Second World War, to help millions of Europeans who had fled or lost their homes. We had three years to complete our work and then disband.

The UNHCR has published a job vacancy announcement on January 12, 2024 for qualified Uganda’s to fill in the vacant post of Senior Field Security Assistant to be based in Kisoro, Uganda.

UNHCR Job Vacancy 2024

Duties

– Provide assistance to the supervisor in evaluating the level of risk and assessing the existing security measures for the UNHCR personnel operations, premises, partners and persons of concern.
– Be aware of security protocols and procedures in place in accordance with the UNSMS policies, UNHCR Policies and the Security Risk Management process in the designated area check for compliance and advise management on any deficiencies.
– Assist in security assessment missions to the field in coordination with UNDSS/other agencies; help the supervisor during field missions to gather information and analyse the security situation.
– Support the Implementation of security-related projects.
– Assist in the monitoring, updating and reporting of security-related events.
– Assist in the processing of administrative security issues.
– Maintain liaison with UN security management system actors, local law enforcement agencies, civil authorities and other relevant agencies.
– Provide security briefings to UNHCR staff, and as appropriate partner staff, on relevant security risk management for the country concerned to include , inter alia, the warden system, communication notification and reporting procedures, travel planning procedures road and fire safety.
– Respond to staff queries on security issues and provide immediate assistance as required.
– Provide security-related advice to the manager and other staff.
– Advise on security gaps and needs.
– Maintain liaison and build relationships with Host Government Security Forces and security counterparts.
– Support the identification and management of risks and seek to seize opportunities impacting objectives in the area of responsibility. Ensure decision making in risk based in the functional area of work. Raise risks, issues and concerns to a supervisor or to relevant functional colleague(s).
– Perform other related duties as required.

Position in Organization:

Full time
Posted Today
job requisition id: JR2435042
Location: Kisoro, Uganda

Qualification:

2 years relevant experience with High School Diploma; or 1 year relevant work experience with Bachelor or equivalent or higher.

Functional Skills

FS-Police, military, NGO Corporate security expertise
IT-Computer Literacy
CO-Cross-cultural communication
(Functional Skills marked with an asterisk* are essential)

Language Requirements

For International Professional and Field Service jobs: Knowledge of English and UN working language of the duty station if not English.
For National Professional jobs: Knowledge of English and UN working language of the duty station if not English and local language.
For General Service jobs: Knowledge of English and/or UN working language of the duty station if not English.