Security Advisor (2583)

Job Title:                          Security Advisor (maternity cover)

Reports to:                       Emergency Director

Terms:                               Fixed Term, Full time 1 year contract

Location:                          Dublin, Ireland with frequent travel to any of Concern’s countries of operation.

Salary:                               GB6 €57,683 to €64,092

Requirements:                Total travel time may be for up to a total of 120 days across the course of the year.

About Concern:               Established in 1968, Concern is a non-profit, non-governmental humanitarian organisation, dedicated to the reduction of suffering and the ultimate elimination of extreme poverty in the world’s poorest countries.

Concern’s vision, our mission and our work are all defined by one goal – ending extreme poverty, whatever it takes. Concern strives for a world free from poverty, fear and oppression.

Our culture is values driven and we believe that our people are central to all that we do and are key to delivering on our goal of Reaching the Furthest Behind First. We are committed to ensuring a workplace where everybody feels valued and are enabled to succeed in their work and contribute to delivering on our mission.

Role Purpose:

To support and strengthen Concern’s safety and security management practice to ensure that it is consistent with good practice and commensurate with the level of threat faced by our country programme teams.

Concern’s country programmes are largely organised into five regions, and this role will support three regions.

To work with country teams in three regions – particularly Security Focal Points (SFP) and Security Focal Groups (SFG) – to reinforce and support essential contextual analysis, situational monitoring specifically in rapidly changing risk environments.

To work with country teams, particularly SFPs and SFGs, to ensure that their security risk management practice, documentation and incident reporting remains commensurate with security risk profiles in their specific locations.

To work with country teams and regional desks on preparation and response plans to ensure the safety of Concern staff in the event of fire and selected natural hazards including extreme wind events, earthquakes, floods and volcanoes.

Responsibilities:

Major Security Tasks

• Undertake security reviews and audits of countries’ security and safety management practice
• Develop in-depth contextual knowledge of the assigned regions of responsibility to support and reinforce country teams’ analysis
• Support the regular analysis of changing/disimproving contexts
• Deliver security management training to staff and partners
• Support the delivery of online HEAT training
• Support countries in the development, preparation and review of Security Management Plans (SMP) and scenario planning for major events such as elections
• Support the management of the Concern security incident data base (SIRT) and share information about incidents with appropriate staff and international security databases
• Respond to serious security incidents by following up with CDs or SFPs to discuss how they will address the deterioration through, for example, further analysis or the revision of SOPs
• Contribute to post-incident reviews following serious incidents reported on SIRT
• Carry out security risk assessments as requested
• Prepare occasional advisories and briefing notes for staff on security issues as required
• Contribute to any revisions of SMP², the SMP template and the Security Policy or the individual security briefing notes that exist, or develop new ones as needed in agreement with the Emergency Director
• Actively engage with relevant regional security fora in the assigned regions of responsibility
• Attend GISF, Alliance2015 Security Group and other occasional security related meetings as required
• Brief new staff on Concern Approach to Security Risk Management as required and at formal induction weeks
• Encourage and assist with appropriate security management support to partners

Major Safety Tasks

• Develop guidelines for staff safety for selected natural hazards
• Develop guidelines for hazards such as fires in offices, residences and warehouses
• Maintain an overview of and provide updates on airlines that have been banned for safety reasons
• Conduct audits as needed to ensure that countries are compliant with these guidelines during field visits

Other

• All staff are responsible for upholding and promoting Concern’s values, including our workplace equality, diversity and inclusion, and safeguarding values.
• All staff are required to participate and contribute as necessary towards Concern’s emergency response as and when required.

Role Holder Requirements:

• Educated to degree level or equivalent
• Minimum of five years’ experience of working in insecure environments for a humanitarian organisation
• Fluent spoken and written English
• Proficiency in French required, proficiency in Arabic would also be an advantage
• Detailed knowledge of INGO security management approaches and practice
• Good understanding of humanitarian principles and practice
• Experience of developing and delivering training courses and workshops
• Ability to coach, mentor and develop staff capacities in security awareness and practice
• Excellent communication, interpersonal and negotiation skills
• Good writing and computer skills
• Ability to work under pressure
• Ability and willingness to travel to and operate in insecure environments