IRC Humanitarian Access Safety and Security Manager Jobs 2024 – Ethiopia NGO Jobs.
IRC Ethiopia looking for “Humanitarian Access Safety and Security Manager”.
Applicants with a BA Degree may apply on or before 30th March, 2024.
The International Rescue Committee (IRC) is a global humanitarian aid, relief, and development nongovernmental organization. Founded in 1933 as the International Relief Association, at the request of Albert Einstein, and changing its name in 1942 after amalgamating with the similar Emergency Rescue Committee, the IRC provides emergency aid and long-term assistance to refugees and those displaced by war, persecution, or natural disaster.
The IRC has published a job vacancy announcement on 16th March, 2024 for qualified Ethiopia’s to fill in the vacant post of Humanitarian Access Safety and Security Manager to be based in Shire, Ethiopia.
IRC Job Vacancy 2024
Major Responsibilities:
- Provide technical support to the field office on all policies, procedures, guidelines and planning for staff safety, operational security, and program continuity.
- Develop, review, and update the IRC Tigray Security Management Plan on a regular basis. Ensure all field intervention areas have updated and relevant Security Management Plan, including context-specific Security Risk Assessment. Reference and ensure compliance to IRC Security Management Framework within the SMP and all annexes.
- Work with the Security and Access Coordinator to develop, consolidate, and implement operating procedures and contingency plans.
- Evaluate, review, and update the hibernation, relocation and evacuation plans for Shire Field Office and ensure that the practical preparations are in place and made known by all staff involved.
- Conduct risk assessments of contracted and prospective offices and residences. Follow up on actions to be taken to ensure compliance with safety and security standards.
- Undertake continual assessment of equipment, and the protocols by which that equipment is used, to ensure that minimal conditions for security are being met.
- Develop ongoing relationships with community elders and other power brokers within Tigray. Work to ensure that IRC, its mission, and work within Tigray is known and accepted. Work to encourage stakeholders to work with the IRC in ensuring that staff and programs are safe and allowed to continue humanitarian activities.
- Provide technical input and advice in assessments to consider new IRC programs in new geographic areas, and technical input in the writing of new program proposals as required.
- In coordination with the Security and Access Coordinator, liaise with relevant security actors e.g., NGO Security Focal Points, other NGO security coordinators, and region UNDSS contacts.
- Work to ensure that IRC, its mission, and work within Ethiopia is known and accepted.
- Identify, establish, and manage context-appropriate approaches to assure IRC facilities are secure – i.e. third-party security companies or directly hired IRC security guards.
- Compile and submit monthly and weekly security reporting that tracks incidents and trends within the IRC’s area of operation. Submit daily contextual updates as needed.
- Work closely with IRC teams in Tigray to ensure all incidents and accidents are followed up with an official written report, which is then shared with relevant stakeholders and filed appropriately. Ensure also that final incident reports are provided when IRC is closing the case.
- Design and update security training materials/packages with assistance from Security and Access Coordinator to set standards, around a ‘learning outcomes’ principle, ensuring that key security messages are conveyed to IRC staff and visitors.
- Provide regular training for IRC staff on security preparedness, prevention, and response. Training(s) may include Standard
- Operational Procedures (SOPs); Contingency Plans (CPs); Security Management; Incident Reporting; Prevention and Response
- Mechanisms; and Communications (Equipment -VHF/HF radios; protocols).
- Maintain, review, and update the IRC Ethiopia Security Information package for new staff (orientations for 48hours and 21 days).
Position in Organization:
- Requisition ID: req50880
- Job Title: Humanitarian Access Safety, and Security Manager
- Sector: Safety & Security
- Employment Category: Regular
- Employment Type: Full-Time
- Open to Expatriates: No
- Location: Shire, Ethiopia
Minimum Requirements:
Educational Requirements:
- BA/MA graduate in Law, Political Science and International Relations, Peace Studies, Security Studies, or related social science fields.
Experience:
- A minimum of 4 years for BA degree and 3 Years for postgraduate.
- Non-profit or NGO work experience within international humanitarian assistance programs with demonstrated capabilities in planning, organizing, and executing security operations in the field is preferable.
Language Skills:
- Fluent in English, local language.
How to Apply IRC Humanitarian Access Safety and Security Manager Jobs 2024
Note: Before you apply, please download (link is given below) the full advertisement and read it carefully.
Then to apply, go to https://rescue.csod.com/ux/ats/careersite/1/home/requisition/50880?c=rescue
The Closing Date: 30th March, 2024
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interviews.
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